i'd like to tell you a quick story about why i learned about messianic prophecies. earlier this week, during my morning prayer and reading of the bible, i was reading zechariah chapter 11. i'm not sure why, but that's where God led me. it's a story of a shepherd who watches over a flock, and God asks the shepherd to feed the flock. but the flock eventually rejects the shepherd and the shepherd. the shepherd was frustrated by the flock's behavior and said, "I will not be your shepherd. let the dying die and the perishing perish. let those who are left eat each others flesh." the shepherd is paid 30 pieces of silver for his efforts. but God tells the shepherd to throw the 30 pieces of silver to the potter...and so he does it.
last night i was at a college service and the pastor mentioned that judah was paid 30 pieces of silver for turning over Jesus. i had heard this before, but now there was a connection. was it a coincidence? or something more? i went and talked with the pastor this morning and asked him if it was a coincidence. he read zechariah 11 and agreed that it was not a coincidence. that the shepherd in the story was a prediction of Jesus' work here on earth to "feed the flock", but was rejected and "paid" 30 pieces for his "efforts."
it was interesting talking with the pastor who explained that the salvation of the "flock" was only worth 30 pieces of silver. as he explained it to me, i could begin to see that zechariah 11 was in fact a prediction of Jesus' work here on earth.
i'm sure that there are a lot more prophecies in the bible. the book of isaiah is full of them. and even Jesus himself said that He came to fulfill the prophesies. but this experience in my life, only makes me want to dive into the bible further and find those correlations. not because i want to be smarter; rather gain wisdom of God's amazing 66 book love letter to His people, so that i may go out with confidence and reach souls. i encourage all of you to do the same...
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