it’s a fulfillment of the prophets foretelling of Christ
“They gave me also gall for my meat; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
Psalm 69:21
“they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
Matthew 27:34
what’s strange to me is they recognized it and still Wouldn’t repent and believe
“And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”
Mark 15:36 KJV
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Of the stuff like that the y doesn’t make sense we can understand it when we realize the prophets were foretelling it and it was Now happening like for instance
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
For dogs have compassed me: The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: They pierced my hands and my feet. They part my garments among them, And cast lots upon my vesture.”
Psalm 22:1, 7-8, 16, 18 KJV
so all this stuff in the gospel is what they said coming to pass the promises God made happening finally
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46
“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.”
“And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”
Matthew 27:39, 41,
“They pierced my hands and my feet. They part my garments among them, And cast lots upon my vesture.”
“And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.”
Matthew 27:35 KJV
In the Old Testament psalms and prophets and the law it’s full of verses like that it’s meant to cl Vince people who had read this before so when it happened they would repent and believe him Jesus life and all he did and said is written thousands of years before he came into the world
when it happened ot was meant to fulfill what God had been promising the people , the idea is of God tells you something is going to happen a certain way and the. Later it happens like he said it , it’s meant to convince the person hat it’s true and they need to pay attention
Jesus fulfilled all Of those scriptures like drinking vinegar and having them cast lots for his garments while he hung upon the cross seeing it
psalm 22 is like we’re hearing what Jesus was thinking While he hung on the cross the agony and misery he felt the abandonment he felt but the entire old testsment is a witness of Jesus and the gospel like that
often things happen because God said this will happen and when it does believe “ so prophecy has a principle it’s God telling us what is going to happen before it does , so when it does we’ll believe
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Isaiah 42:9
before Jesus was born of a virgin , God told them It would happen that way through the prophets
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:14 KJV
about 700 years later it happened when Jesus was born
“Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
Matthew 1:22-23 KJV
the whole Bible is like that the Old Testament is foretelling the new and the new is the old coming to pass and foretelling what’s now ahead Gods doing the same thing now the New Testament tells us what’s coming some day so when it happens we’ll know and believe
God always says it first and makes it known and then it happens he said let there be light , and then Light shines out of darkness
He said “ a son will be born of a virgin and he shall be called God with us “ and then he was born later and manifest as God with us
my point is that if you want to understand the Bible better , it is designed for the prophets writings tomlewd us to understanding the gospel , and the gospel is designed to help us grasp the Old Testament
it sort of works together like a vague witness and foretelling first and the. Manifestation of what he said comes later to pass the understanding of the gospel is rich in the prophets d the prophets are rich in thoer wot eases of Jesus Christ they were always waking things about Jesus and the gospel it’s just hidden until we see the light of the gospel
Good luck In Your studies prayer helps understanding a lot
I think he said he would done with them again until they all dined together in the kingdom is just Jesus saying this is our last meal together for now but We’ll be together again
