The Saviour just as explicitly foretold His resurrection. He would rise again "the third

day" (Matt. 16: 21), and that after He was risen He would go before the disciples into

Galilee (Matt. 26: 32; 28: 16). The Lord foretold the descent of the Spirit and the

enduement of the day of Pentecost (Luke 24: 49; Mark 16: 17, 18), the destruction of

Jerusalem with its temple (Mark 13: 2; Luke 21: 20-24).  It would be a profitable

exercise to trace out and tabulate the various expressions, such as: "That it might be

fulfilled", "That the Scripture might be fulfilled", which are found in the four gospels, so

that the close association of "promise and fulfillment" which characterizes the connexion

between the Old Testament and the New might be appreciated for its true worth. There

are twenty-eight such references where pleroo is used, beside other references and

allusions. When all is placed in the balance that can be brought forth from the Scriptures

concerning Prophecy and its fulfillment, the reader will possess an evidence for God and

His Word, for Christ and His Redemption, that is overwhelming. Let us take courage.

The prophecy that has been fulfilled is sufficient pledge to the believer of the prophecy

which awaits fulfillment. "None shall want her mate" (Isa. 34: 16).