This man Jesus

In our yearly Bible reading, we’re now in the book of Matthew. The word that keeps leaping off the page for me is fulfill. Matthew uses it about 7 times. 

To FULFILL is to bring to completion that which was incomplete — and this is where prophecy comes in. Last year, I learnt to study the Bible with a Jewish posture and this word gains new weight from that perspective. To a Jew, prophecies were spoken, yes, but not yet seen. They carried promise but also a sense of something missing.


Matthew is putting every effort to show the Jews(Israelites) that every fulfillment is tied to prophecy concerning the Messiah. Words once carried by prophets now find their completion in Jesus. This man, Jesus — Yehoshua, meaning Yehovah saves — is truly the God who saves. Finally, salvation was delivered to the Jew first and also to the gentiles(Akamba, Ameru, Abagusii...all other nations) If you are still searching for salvation, you will only find it in Him.


“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet…” (Matthew 1:22)

“…it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15)

“…to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah…” (Matthew 4:14)

“…I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matthew 5:17)

“This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.’” (Matthew 8:17)

“This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah…” (Matthew 12:17)

“This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet…” (Matthew 21:4)


Prophecy spoken was finally a person seen in the man Jesus. They had an opportunity to receive him, we have the opportunity to believe in him. This man Jesus is indeed the savior of the world, mankind and everyone who believes in Him.


Believe in the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved.


We read on.


Read more about the new testament here... https://mapstage.blogspot.com/2024/11/rethinking-new-testament-fresh.html

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