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vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and
Thy years shall not fail" (Heb. 1: 8-12).
His universal Sovereignty.
"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the
earth" (Psa. 72: 8).
"The Lord hath prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all"
(Psa. 103: 19).
"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He
shall reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 11: 15).
". . . . . that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth . . . . ." (Phil. 2: 10).
His obedience as the perfect Man.
"Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not desire; mine ears hast Thou opened: burnt
offering and sin offering Thou hast not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume
of the Book it is written of Me. I delight to do Thy will O My God. Yea, Thy law is
within My heart" (Psa. 40: 6-8).
"Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou
wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
Thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is
written of Me), to do Thy will, O God" (Heb. 10: 5-7).
His Zeal and His Sufferings.
"For the zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up; and the reproaches of them that
reproached Thee are fallen upon Me" (Psa. 69: 9).
"He said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not My Father's
house an house of merchandise. And His disciples remembered that it was written, The
zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up" (John 2: 16, 17).
"For even Christ pleased not Himself: but, as it is written, The reproaches of them
that reproached Thee fell on Me" (Rom. 15: 3).
His Betrayal.
"Yea, Mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, hath
lifted up his heel against me" (Psa. 41: 9).
"I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be
fulfilled, he that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me" (John 13: 18).
The disposal of His seamless robe.
"They part my garments among them, and cast lots for my vesture" (Psa. 22: 18).
"They (the soldiers) said, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted My raiment among them, and
for My vesture they did cast lots" (John 19: 23, 24).
His thirst.
"They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink"
(Psa. 69: 21).
"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar:
and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop and put it to His mouth"
(John 19: 28, 29).
Yet not a bone of Him was broken.
"He keepeth all His bones: not one of them is broken" (Psa. 34: 20; Exod. 12: 46).