Day 10: Fulfilled up to his final breath

Readings: Matthew 27:45-54, Psalm 22:1, Amos 8:9, Psalm 69:21

“When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

They witnessed.

Were filled with awe.

And declared him the Son of God.

As we finish up this section of the Easter Reading Plan looking at the Old Testament passages that point to the power of the cross and that prophesy the death of the Messiah, I pray you are filled with awe. I pray even more-so that you are ready to declare him the Son of God. Your personal Savior.

The best part is we are only on day 10. We have so much more to share with you. We have some major key lessons coming up on God’s redemptive plan that He set into place starting in Genesis 3.

We pray these next few days help explain some of those hard concepts that keep us from fully understanding God’s word.

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If you are just joining us, here is a quick outline of what we’ve covered so far.

Easter Reading Plan

During this Easter Reading, our goal is to bring you through of journey of deepening and solidifying your faith – starting with how all the Old Testament points to Jesus, through some major key lessons of atonement, sacrificial lamb and the new covenant, and ending with the significance of the resurrection and power of the Holy Spirit.

Fulfillment of Scripture

Day 1: “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.”

– Meaning, if we want to know who Jesus is, we look to the writing of Moses ( first 5 books of the Bible, the prophetic books and the scriptures. Essentially the Old Testament.

Readings: Luke 24: 13-34

Bonus Reading: Luke 24:44-48

Words of Moses:

Upon first glance, these passages are just stories, but when you dive down deep, we find that they are much more. They point to the power of the Cross.

Day 2: Power of the Red sea

Reading: Exodus 14:1-31

Bonus Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:2

Day 3: Bitter water at Marah

Reading: Exodus 15: 22-27

Bonus Reading: John 4:1-42

Day 4: Battle over the Amaleks

Reading: Exodus 17: 8-16

Day 5: Bronze Serpent

Reading: Numbers 21:4-9

Bonus Reading - John 3:1-15, Hebrews 12:2

The Prophesies and Scriptures

It’s these details that help solidify our faith, these prophesies were given to us hundreds of years before the death of Christ and this is just a small sampling!

Day 6: Full reading to get an overview of Christ’s crucifixion

Reading: John 19:1-42

Day 7: details leading up to the crucifixion.

Donkey - Readings: Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:1-11

30 pieces (price of an ox or slave found in Exodus 21:32) - Readings: Zechariah 11:12-13, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 27:3-10

strike and scatter - Readings: Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 26: 31-35, Matthew 26:55-56

Day 8: Isaiah gave us an extremely detailed account of Christ’s death 700+ years BEFORE it actually happened.

Readings: Isaiah 53:1-12, Isaiah 50:6,

Day 9: King David wrote this Messianic Psalm 1,000 years before the death of Christ.

Readings: Psalm 22:1-18, Psalm 34:20

Day 10: Jesus was still fulfilling scripture until he took his last powerful breath.

Readings: Matthew 27:45-54, Psalm 22:1, Amos 8:9, Psalm 69:21