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Catechism Of The Catholic Church Reprinted With Permission.
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Proof Jesus Is God
(Volume 1 - Part 8) -
Commentary By: Doug Lawrence
For almost 2,000 years people have been asking the question, “How can we know
for sure that Jesus is the Redeemer, the Son of God?” For those of us living
today, excellent proofs can be found using
PROPHECY and HISTORY. Here, the risen Jesus
reminds his disciples:
Luke 24:44 - 48 And he said to them: These are
the words which I spoke to you while I was yet
with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled
which are written in the law of Moses and in the
prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.
Then he opened their understanding, that they
might understand the scriptures. And he said to
them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead,
the third day: And that penance and remission
of sins should be preached in his name, unto all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are
witnesses of these things.
We study Bible prophecy to see what was foretold
and when. We study history to see if and when the prophecies came true. People
of other generations were often unable to do this, because they either didn’t have
access to the information or they lived in a time before key prophecies were
fulfilled. We’re fortunate to live in a time of abundant information, when a great
number of Bible prophecies have already been fulfilled. With a bit of effort, we can
thoroughly check them out.
In the beginning, shortly after Adam and Eve sinned, God told them He would
send a Redeemer who would save mankind. This statement from the Almighty
was the first prophecy, a divine promise of things to come.
Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and
her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
The “woman” is Mary. Her “seed” is Jesus. He is the one who is to come. His
sacrificial death on the cross would “crush the head” of the serpent. And yes,
Satan would be there, lying in wait at the foot of the cross, savoring his “victory”,
right up to the moment of his own abject and utter defeat! If you have any doubt
about the identity of the “woman” consider this: why would Jesus refer to His dear
mother as “woman” in the next two passages?
John 2:1 – 5 And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the
mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the
marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no
wine.
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