Jesus fulfills the Messianic prophecies in Zephaniah, Psalms and the Song of Solomon, and established the daughter of Zions, the New Israel of God.
1. Zephaniah foretells of the coming of the eternal King to redeem and establish the New Covenant Israel, the daughter of Jerusalem.
[Zeph 3:14] Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
[Zeph 3:15] The LORD has taken away the judgments against you, he has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall fear evil no more.
[Zeph 3:16] On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.
[Zeph 3:17] The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
[Zeph 3:18] as on a day of festival. "I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.
2. The righteous in Christ, the holy nation, the royal priesthood, the peculiar people show forth the praises of Him who hath called them out of darkness into His marvellous light.
[Pss 33:1] Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
[Pss 33:2] Praise the LORD with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
[Pss 33:3] Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
[Pss 33:11] The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
[Pss 33:12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
[Pss 33:20] Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield.
[Pss 33:21] Yea, our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
3. Our redeemer, the bridegroom , is foreseen by Solomon giving His all in defeating the forces of winter and darkness and bringing forth the springtime of new life to His beloved bride, the Church.
[Song of Solomon 2:8] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.
[Song 2:9] My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.
[Song 2:10] My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
[Song 2:11] for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
[Song 2:12] The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
[Song 2:13] The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[Song 2:14] O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is comely.
4. The joy of Christs' birth in fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies is captured as Elzabeth, John the Baptist in the womb and Mary rejoice and exult under the power of the Holy Spirit. Mary proclaims that God has remembered and fulfilled his promises to Abraham and Israel.
[Luke 1:39] In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
[Luke 1:40] and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
[Luke 1:41] And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
[Luke 1:42] and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
[Luke 1:43] And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
[Luke 1:44] For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.
[Luke 1:45] And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
46: And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47: And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48: For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49: For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50: And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51: He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52: He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53: He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54: He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55: As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
All glory and honor to God our FAther, the Lord Jesus, and to the Holy Spirit. We rejoice and praise his name for remembering his promises to Abraham and to Israel, and for opening up the door of salvation for every nation and tongue of men in the whole world. All men may enter into the Kingdom of God through this single door of Christ Jesus.
Praise the Lord for ever more.
In the love of Christ
Emile |
