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showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God'.-- Mark 6:6, 'He went round
about the villages, teaching'.-- Luke 4:15,44, 'He taught in their
synagogues; and he preached in the synagogues of Galilee'. See also Matthew
4:23; 9.35; Mark 1:38,39.-- Matthew 11:5, 'The poor have the Gospel preached
to them'.-- Matthew 13:34,35, 'All these things spake Jesus unto the
multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
mouth in parables'.-- Mark 4:33, 'With many such parables spake he the word
unto them'.
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(ii).
The Messiah was to instruct and enlighten men
Prophecy.-- Isaiah 9:2, 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a
great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them
hath the light shined'.
Fulfilment.-- John 12:46, 'I am come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness'. (See also John 8:12,
9:5).-- Luke 2:32, 'A light to lighten the Gentiles'.-- Acts 26:18, 'To open
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of
Satan unto God'.-- Ephesians 5:8, 'Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye
light in the Lord: walk as children of light'.-- Acts 3:26, 'God, having
raised up his son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of
you from his iniquities'.
§ 3.
He was to be the Messiah, Christ, or Anointed of God
Prophecy.-- Isaiah 61:1, 'The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
because the Lord had anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek'.--
Daniel 9:24,25, 'To anoint the most holy,-- the Messiah the Prince'.-- Psalm
132:17, 'I have ordained a lamp for mine Anointed'. See also Psalm
89:20,51.-- Psalm 2:2, 'The rulers take counsel together, against the Lord,
and against his Anointed or Messiah'.
Fulfilment.-- John 4:25,42, 'I know that Messiah cometh, which is
called the Christ. This is indeed the Christ'.-- John 6:69, 'We believe and
are sure that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God'. See also John
11:27; Matthew 16:16.-- Matthew 26:63,64, 'The high priest said, "I adjure
thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son
of God"; Jesus saith unto him, "Thou hast said"'. See also Mark 14:61.--
Acts 18:28, 'He mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by
the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ'. See also Acts 9:22 and 17:3.-- Acts
2:36, 'Let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that
same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ'.-- Philippians
2:11, 'That every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord'.
§ 4.
The Messiah was to be a Priest
Prophecy.-- Psalm 110:4, 'Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek' (cited in Heb. 5:6; 7:21).-- Zechariah 6:13, 'He shall be a
priest upon his throne'.
Fulfilment.-- Hebrews 4:14, 'We have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God'. (See also 8:1). Hebrews
3:1; 10:21, 'Consider the apostle and high priest of our profession, Christ