• Faith and belief PART 1 By Jonnie Ruvolo in 12 Steps to Jesus Throughout your life, you have no doubt heard: Just have faith and believe. But what does that mean? Believe in what? What if you are not sure if you believe or not? I mean, you want to do the right thing, you want to be a good guy, and you may have even tried to think about believing in God and Jesus, but with all the false churches and religious weirdo’s around nowadays you were turned off. I cant say that I blame some people for having trouble with their faith, what with all the lies and contradictions we see among the so-called religious institutions of this day. It was satans plan from the beginning to dilute the truth with an onslaught of lies and heresies till it gets to the point where a person who is newly exposed to Christianity doesnt know what to believe in anymore. It should greatly upset true Christians (righteous indignation) when they see the false and greedy teachers/preachers perverting Gods Word for their own benefit. And when I say true Christians, I dont mean the phony apostates that are so prevalent now. The reason a true Christian should be upset at them is because that through their lies, false promises, false teachings, and the misrepresentation of Gods Word they cause people to turn away from God and cause them to not believe that He even exists. When the lies of the false teachers/preachers fail to come to pass, the people blame God. But God never told them that he would stand behind the empty promises of the rip-off artists that have inundated Gods ministries. Perhaps right about now you are saying to yourself: If this author is trying to get me to believe in God and Gods written Word, The Bible, he sure is going about it in a strange way. That would only be true if I believed that man saves man. However I know that it is only God who does the saving, no man has any power or effect over that except that God will it. You would not even be reading this if it werent Gods will that you somehow ended up in front of this particular Bible study. And maybe this Bible study wont do you any good, but maybe it will. God knows. It is my desire that you who perhaps dont believe, would read the facts contained in this study and be caused to begin to search more truth out in Gods scriptures, but I realize that our Heavenly Father calls whom He will when He will. And I refuse to candy coat the truth for anyone, I will not lie about my Heavenly Fathers Word. And if I error on any particular point, then I pray His forgiveness, for when one teaches Gods Word he becomes responsible for what he says, especially what he says to a beginning Bible student. On judgment day, God begins the judging at those who teach His Word. In other words, it is an awesome responsibility that unfortunately many take oh-so lightly. God doesnt take misleading His precious children lightly! It is prophesied in the Bible that in the end times, of which we are in now, there would be a famine in all the nations and kingdoms (the world) [Mt 24:7, Mk 13:8, Lk21:9-11], and that famine would not be for a lack of bread and water (food), but that it would be for hearing the true Word of God [Amos 8:11]. Has this not come to pass? I mean, sure, there are a lot of people in this end generation that claim to be coming back to God; but the famine is for hearing the TRUE Word of God, not for hearing empty words about God, there is plenty of that to go around. These days when you tune into television and cable access channels you see a plethora of religious programs, but what do the greatest majority have in common? They are empty words by empty people. They are either what is called prosperity ministries, or they are what amounts to nothing more than a infomercial for some large denomination, and then of course you have the off the wall nuts talking in circles. None of these are teaching the True Word of God. There are some good ones mixed in, but they are far and few between. The prosperity preachers teach that if you believe in God and Jesus, then God will reward you financially. They encourage you to plant seeds of faith ie: send them money, and God will give you more money in return. They have many catch phrases and even twist scripture to fit their message. They are thieves and liars, and their followers are greedy and insincere phonies trying to con God. They are not in a Church or Ministry of God, and they most certainly arent conning God, it is they that are being defrauded by their false teachers/preachers, and they end up losing what little money they did have. Good for them, they deserve no better than poverty for trying to use God and Jesus as a get rich quick scheme. Like Jesus said: They have their reward. And I assure you, its not the reward that they have in mind. So where then can one find Gods True Word? It is within Gods written Word, The Bible. Your Heavenly Father assured that you would have the operating instructions of your soul (The Bible), and that it would be complete and faithful. Of course you must believe the promises and instruction within the Written Word in order to receive them. This present Bible study will endeavor to document the authenticity of Gods Written Word and to assure you that the promises of God contained within it, are a promise from your Creator Almighty God directly to you, if you will only but believe. The King James Version Bible is an English translation of the Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament, and the Greek New Testament Manuscripts, as Divinely given to the Prophets and Apostles from God through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is the Living Word, and the Bible (as in the original manuscripts) is the Written Word of God. We were given the written Word of God to educate us in His way. The Bible is our handbook to God, Jesus, and eternal life. And dont listen to the anti Christians that tell you that the Bible is full of contradictions and inaccuracies. Their main problem, other than being void of faith in their Creator, is in their misunderstanding of four basic foundations in the Bible. Without understanding these four principles, the Bible will seem like a hopeless riddle to even the most intelligent person. There are other In-depth Bible Studies that cover these topics more in depth. 1). This earth is not 6000 years old, and the Bible does not say it is. This earth in untold millions of years old. In [Gen 1:1] it states: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. You will notice a period at the end of the sentence. For between that sentence and the next sentence is untold billions of years of time. The Bible never does say when the beginning was. 2). Adam and Eve were not the first two people on the earth, and all the different people and races did not descend from them. All the races were created in the sixth day [Gen 1:27]. God rested the seventh day, and the next day (the eighth) Adam was formed [Gen 2:7]. 3). The flood of Noah was not planet wide but was regional in scope. The word World in [Gen 7:17-19] is erets in the Hebrew and means a particular part of the earth, not the entire globe. 4). When the Bible speaks of the house of Israel, the house of Judah, and the Jews, it is speaking of three different peoples. To put it simply: Adam from the Garden of Eden is the great ancestor to Abraham, Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, God changed Jacobs name to Israel, Israel had 12 sons, these twelve sons were the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel, Judah (spelled Juda in the New Testament) was one of the sons and thus the head of one of the twelve tribes, the Jews are only a portion of the tribe of Juda that were taken into captivity, the other part of the tribe of Juda migrated before the captivity. Gods chosen people are Israel, which are referred to as the ten lost (northern) tribes that migrated north over the Caucasus mountains settling Europe and later colonizing the Americas. The Jews are only part of the tribe of Juda, and Juda is only one tribe out of the twelve that descended from the Patriarch Abraham. In other words, all Jews trace their lineage back to the tribe of Judah and thus Israel, but all those of Israel are not Jews. This makes a big difference when reading the New Testament, does it not?!? And it clears up a lot of the supposed discrepancies in the Bible! The Bible does not contradict itself, it is the true written Word of Almighty God, written by men who were inspired by the operation of the Holy Spirit of God, and He would not let it become contradictory. For if He did, then He could not judge us out of the things written therein. And we most certainly will be judged according to those things written. Those who would tell you that Gods Holy Written Word the Bible is not dependable are ignorant to basic Biblical facts and just have not themselves read it with all the innocent belief and understanding of a child that is required to receive it. Mark 10:13-16 (Christ words in Bold) 13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. (KJV) When I was younger, before I studied the Bible, I would see little booklets at the checkout counter of the supermarket that were titled something like:The 15 inconsistencies in the Bible, and in my ignorance I believed that science had proved the Bible to be just another religious book made up by man. I thought that since the Bible was exposed as being wrong about things that we now know, then the book must not be true. I didnt think much about it for years, I just took it for granted that they have disproved the validity of the Bible, and that while it was obviously full of good advice, it was probably nothing more than a crutch for the weak minded. But it was when I began to read and study the Bible that I discovered that the things that they said were wrong and inaccurate in the Bible, where just the result of their own misinterpretation and/or ignorance of the scriptures. They were so far off the mark with their conclusions that I was embarrassed for listening to them. Satan plants or influences many in this world, and they go about doing his business very well but so very subtly. It wasnt Gods written Word the Bible that was inaccurate and inconsistent, it was the reasoning and understanding of those detractors of it who were wrong. If you do not believe the Bible now, perhaps you will after you observe the many proofs and evidences of prophecy fulfilled that this Bible study will endeavor to bring to remembrance. For whether you believe it or not; Jesus Christ is the Living Word, and the Bible is the Written Word of Almighty God. Stick around with us here and you will henceforth see the Bible in a whole new light. The heathen and the atheists are not the only ones to blame for driving people away from the one true God, perhaps the ones who do the most damage are the false teachers/preachers of Gods Word. This is why God speaks so strongly against them and has a special plan for them that they most definitely are not going to like. But lets not anyone feel like a victim in all of this, God gave you an able mind and He insured that the truth was available to all whom seek it. Seek is a verb, it requires action on your part ie: Study and prayer, with a big dose of faith thrown in. But that is not say blind faith, for as Jesus stated: in Mark 13:22-23: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. Blind faith is a tool of satans false teachers to bring to acceptance their false doctrines. If someone cant show it to you in the Bible, and instead tells you something like: You just have to have faith brother, then beware of them. For Jesus said that He foretells us of all things, He does that through the written Word, and you should wonder why He didnt foretell the particular thing that this false teacher/preacher is trying to ram down your throat. Jesus assures us that we can find the true way and Gods True Word, and He tells us how to go about it in the scripture below. Matt 7:7-8 (Christ speaking) 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (KJV) And certainly those that have been turned away from the very belief in God due to the actions of the atheists and of the false and uneducated teachers/preachers of His Word, are not themselves blameless. They seem to have such a hard time believing that God created the universe and them just the way He wanted them. But on the other hand, they have no problem swallowing the absurdity presented to them from the thinkers of our generation that tell them that they have evolved from God knows what. They swallow hook, line, and sinker that their great, great, great, great, great, . . . grandfather was a maggot or a leach, who crawled out from under some rock, and eventually evolved into the highest organism on this planet. The things that a seemingly intelligent society will believe in the name of science is amazing. However, legitimate science and the Bible do not conflict. True unbiased, unfiltered science bears out all things in the Bible, but Im sure that you havent been taught that in our public schools of today. Thats really no wonder though, in fact it was prophesied long ago, for God knew that in these times, many would come, many so-called wise men and scientists; you know them, they call themselves the thinkers of our world, they make the brilliant discoveries like the fact that the earth is round, and apples fall downward. . . . Im sure that God gets a chuckle out of our discoveries. Rocket science, brain surgery, and nuclear detonations must seem so amusingly primitive to The Lord who created the science and the very laws of nature that spawn them. But the humor ceases when they educate our children in the schools, forming the young minds that will someday govern the world and go on to teach the young minds of the next generation; and they program into these fertile minds from 1st grade through the higher education that God is not real, and that the Bible is just the imaginations of some ancient men. If God foreknew that these scoffers would come, then surely He spoke of them and what was to be their fate. In the New Testament book of 1stCorinthians, Chapter 1, verses 18-25, Apostle Paul speaks of this, and in verse 19 below, he quotes the Old Testament Isaiah 29:14 where God prophecies that which has come to pass in our era. (Gods words in Bold Italics). 1 Cor 1:18-25 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (KJV) This present in-depth Bible study Faith and Belief will endeavor to show you that hard evidence that you may be seeking. And dont feel too awful bad that your faith may be weak now, for every soul who ever lived on this earth started out as a babe, not knowing the Lord. Some of us just come along a little later than others. But the simple fact that you have read this far is the evidence that you do care to know His truth. The Lord calls whom He will, when He will, could it be that He is calling you? Rev 3:20+21 (Jesus speaking) 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (KJV) OK lets get down to business, lets absorb the truth from Gods Word itself. For Gods Word to be real it would have to bear witness historically with tangible documentation. And of course it does, we will see more proof here in this one Bible study than most have probably heard in their whole lifetime, and hopefully enough to get the unbeliever interested in beginning to study and learn the truth of God, Jesus, and all the instruction and promises in the Bible. Okay, lets address the number one question that most unbelievers pose: Question: If God is real, then why doesnt He just show me that He is real? Answer: He has, in the Bible He has told you all things, of course you must read of them. But as far as God physically coming to earth and appearing before your eyes; it isnt time yet for that. He will return someday soon, He has written it to you in a letter, the Bible, and what He has written will come to pass, exactly as it is written. That is a promise from God Himself to you. But I dont want you to think that this author is sidestepping the above question, so lets have Gods word teach why God doesnt just appear before their eyes and say: Hey you, look at me, Im real, here touch me, do you want to see a couple miracles? Then will you do me a favor and believe that I even exist? To some it may seem that I am being a little sarcastic there, but believe it or not, some people actually feel that way about God and salvation. Below is an account from the Gospel of John. In the verses Prior to these, Christ has already been crucified and had arisen on the third day. In these scriptures Below, Jesus appears to his twelve Disciples after He had defeated death. Incidentally, this is where we get our saying: Dont be a doubting Thomas. John 20:24-31 (Christs words in BOLD) 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. (KJV) An interesting point: In verse 26 above, it states: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst. How does one walk into a room while the door is still shut, Jesus walked through the wall. And also, Jesus was not present for the conversation between Thomas and the other disciples, but he knew of Thomas need for physical proof of the nail and spear holes in Him. Thomas never asked Jesus about this, Jesus read his mind and showed them to him. Try not to read over things like that when you study the Bible, for sometimes much is being said in few words. Jesus was in His transfigured body at this time, He beforehand showed the transfiguration to three of His disciples at the mount of transfiguration [Mt 17:1-9] so that they would understand it at this appointed time. The sole purpose of this lifetime on earth is to decide whether you will love God or you will follow satan and the ways of the world. There are not three choices, and there is not a no choice. If you dont make a choice to love God then you will have made a choice to follow satan, whether or not you know or acknowledge it. Thats the way God said it was, and that is the way it is. Your approval is not required. So this study is presented to those who would like to believe in God, and acquire and build upon their faith, belief, and thus their love of our Lord God Almighty and His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ (The Holy Spirit of course being present wherever these two are). But if we have done our task well, then we have also packed this Bible study with information that even an ardent Bible student can appreciate and remain truly interested in. Contrary to what the biblically illiterate Preachers in the watered down Churches of today may have told you, God does address the fact that sometimes faith comes hard for some. God is all knowing, and He knew that there would be many good-hearted people in this final generation that want to do the right thing and that they would hunger for the truth of Gods Word. He also knew that due to all the false and blasphemous teachings that are the norms of today, that some of us might have trouble finding the truth. For us, He gives this instruction, read it well and understand it, it is written for you. Rom 10:13-17 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (KJV) What exactly is meant by: Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.? The Word of God is the Bible. He wants you to hear itwith understanding. Because when you hear it with understanding, you cannot help but to have faith. In other words; your answers are in the Bible, they have been there all along! Lets dig them out. All scripture in your Bible is from God. God uses people to bring His message forth. When you read the Bible, understand that while it is penned by a flesh man, it is inspired by Almighty God Himself. Acts 3:21 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. (KJV) The way to finding your faith in the Lord is through His written Word, the Bible. Once you begin to understand the Bible, you see that there is a great plan and that everything is foretold to us in the scriptures. Nothing will happen unless it is written, and everything will happen exactly as it is written. Rom 16:25-27 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. (KJV) While all the Psalms were not written at the same time, it is recognized that they were put together in one book, in the Hebrew manuscripts about the tenth century B.C., approximately one thousand years before Christs birth. The particular Psalm that we are going to study is Psalm 22, and it is truly a special one! When understood, the inspired Word of God laid down to us in Psalm 22 will bolster anyones faith and supply impossible to ignore and/or refute evidence that: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was not a haphazard event that Christians today blindly believe upon, but rather it was prophecy that was fulfilled one thousand years later, exactly as it was written. This documented evidence, as well as all the other scriptures and prophecies that have come to pass, are recorded in our Bible (Gods written Word) and were placed there by Gods divine inspiration for our benefit, education, and faith. 2 Tim 3:16 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (KJV) First, lets understand that the book of Psalms is in the Old Testament, it is scripture that was written and in circulation long before any of the New Testament was written - so you cant think that the prophecies were written after the fact and tailored to fit the events!! In fact there are many copies of Old testament scripture and fragments thereof still preserved to this day, mostly in museums and religious archives. The last book of the Old Testament was written in approximately 374 BC (Malachi), and the earliest written book of the New testament was written in approximately AD 52 (1st Thessalonians)* *Note: The order of the books as they appear in the Bible are not always in the chronological order that they were written in or that they occurred in. In fact, some scholars feel that the book of Jude may have been the first New Testament book written, but the date for 1stThessalonians is sound. As afore-stated, the book of Psalms that we are studying was written in approximately 1000 B.C., and it foretells of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; which did in fact come to pass a thousand years after Psalm 22 was written. Psalm 22 foretold of: 1). Christs first words from the cross, and reference to all eight of Christs utterances on the cross. 2). What the people, and the high priest would be saying around Him as he hung there, dying on the cross. 3). The wounds Christ would receive; his side being run through with a spear, his hands and feet being pierced as He was nailed to the cross. 4). The parting and gambling for his clothes by the soldiers. 5). His thirsting on the cross as he hung dying in the hot sun. 6). The fact that the legs, nor any bones of Jesus were to be broken. 7). And right down to Christs very last words on the cross. 8). * There is so much more there, but this is as far as we will take it in this study. We will examine Psalms 22; but first, because of the false teaching of Heretics and the misunderstanding of the ignorant, it is important that I make two points emphatically clear. Many may have told you that God forsake Jesus Christ on the cross and left Him, and/or that Jesus Christ was trying to back out of the crucifixion. This is not the case, and if it werent for the innocence of the ignorance that they say it in, it would be a blasphemy! In verse 1, of Psalm 22, we are going to see Christs first words from the cross: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This was not Jesus saying this to God; it was Jesus simply quoting Psalm 22 from the cross, as it was written by David 1000 years prior. For these are the first words in the Psalm. Jesus was teaching from the cross and fulfilling prophecy, in that we could believe that He was the True Messiah foretold of by the Prophets of the Old Testament and promised of by God to be sent to the world, and that it was He, through whom all could find salvation and life eternal. God did not forsake Jesus Christ on the cross, nor was Jesus implying so when he uttered those words while He hung on the cross: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is translated in English: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Ps 22:1 & Mk 15:34]. Jesus was only quoting the scripture of Psalms 22. If you search the scriptures, you find that Jesus never, not one time in the entire Bible, ever spoke to God by saying the name: God. When He spoke to God, Jesus always called him: Father! In Jesuss perfect love for us, He was teaching us from the cross as His very life blood ran from him. And it is a fact that at least one of those who was crucified with Christ was himself converted while he was on the cross next to Jesus and was saved [Lk 23:39-43], as well as the Roman Centurion that guarded the crucifixion site. For the Centurion fulfilled the minimum requirements for salvation written in [Jn 3:16]. John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV) The Centurion fulfilled the above when he stated that he believed that Jesus Christ was the True Son of God. We are only left to guess as to whether the centurion went on to live his life as a repentant Christian or not, for the Bible doesnt speak anymore of him , but I could make a good guess! It is uncertain if it is this Centurion whom is spoken of in [Acts 10:1-7], but you will notice that he had the vision from the Angel of God at the ninth hour of the day. This is the also the hour on the crucifixion day that Jesus cried out and gave up the ghost (died) in [Matt 27:46-50]. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is directing us to this correlation. And below we see that the Centurion did in fact believe. Mark 15:39 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. (KJV) Jesus Christ did not try to back out of the crucifixion, nor did He regret having to die on the cross for the sins of the world. In fact He look forward to it! It was the reason that God sent Him here in the first place! Scripture bountifully shows that Jesus Christ knew full well that His purpose on earth was to ultimately be crucified, and that He had the power over death, it held no power over Him. And through Him, the death eternal, the death of a soul, has no power over us that accept Jesus Christ as our Savior! Luke 18:31-33 (Christ speaking of Himself) 31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. (KJV) ___________________ John 10:14-18 (Christ speaking) 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. (KJV) Jesus could have called twelve legions of angels to His defense had He not wanted to be crucified! And Jesus knew this. Matt 26:53 (Christ speaking, admonishing Peter to allow them to betray and arrest Him (Jesus) 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (KJV) In the following, I have supplied the entire verses of Psalm 22, which is in the Old Testament. When an instance arises where words that are prophesied in the Psalm have come to pass and are recorded in the New Testament, I will supply one of the New Testament verses that relate to the fulfillment of that prophecy. Be aware that before they were translated to English; the Old Testament was originally written in the Hebrew tongue, and the New Testament was originally written in the Greek tongue; for you may notice a slight difference in the wording due to the rules of the individual language and its syntax. When this phenomenon affects the true meaning of the verse I will point it out to you. I dont think that should be a big problem in these particular verses, but you should always keep it in mind any time you compare wording between the Old & New testaments. This is one of the stumbling blocks of the Bible critics.
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