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 give His life to 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?
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