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Did you know that I am writing a series on the cross?

Some of you Old Testament junkies will enjoy this.

I’m taking my sweet ole’ time with it too. I have recently finished answering the second question in the series and wanted to give you a snippet of the article. There you will find more information, along with an entire table of Old Testament prophesies fulfilled in Jesus.

This is a series where I will leave the comment section open in the articles. That way, if people have questions (specifically, people who don’t know Jesus) they can ask them openly.

Take a moment to give it a read. Leave some feedback in the comments below.

Question #2: What did Jesus die for?

Let’s take a look at 1 Corinthians 15:3. Starting at verse 3, it says, “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures . . .”

Jesus died for our sins according to Scripture. This is important, because if it was not according to Scripture He would not have been the Deliverer. What I mean by that is all the prophecies—or foretelling—of Christ in the Old Testament regarding the coming Messiah was fulfilled in the person of Jesus. Everything had to line up with all the hundreds of prophecies in order for this to actually be what it is.

Our first introduction to the promise of a deliverer is found in Genesis 3:15, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” This is called the protoevangelium. In other words, the first gospel, or “good news”. The wording for offspring is singular. The word “offspring” is the Hebrew word “zera`” (zeh’-rah), which may be better translated “seed.” This is singular, not plural—The Seed. From that point on, the Bible records that God’s people long for the promised Messiah.

Read the rest of the article here.

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