Deuteronomy 9

In Deuteronomy chapter 9..

we read the israelites are about to cross into the promise land,

God is speaking through Moses trying to tell everyone

to remember, to know...that it is not by their righteousness

that they are receiving this land that is flowing with milk and honey.

God says it is because of the wickedness of the nations

living in "The Promise Land" and because

of the promise that God made their fathers,

not for anything they have done.

After the Lord your God has driven them out before you,

do not say to yourself, "The Lord has brought me here to

take possession of this land because of my righteousness."

No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations

that the Lord is going to drive them out before you.

It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity

that you are going in to take possession of their land;

but on account of the wickedness of these nations the Lord

will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore

to your fathers, to Abraham,Isaac and Jacob.

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness

that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess,

for you are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:4-6

Gods pretty much saying in his own special way..

"Hey..it's not because of anything you have done,

it's not because of your integrity...because frankly

you have done nothing but complain...and you have no integrity

to even speak of." Chapter nine continues

with just how many times the israelites made the Lord angry,

and how the Lord just wanted to destroy them.

For all the good the Lord did...the israelites only wanted more..

for all the good the Lord did, it seems the israelites would always forget,

and just fall back into their old ways.

This is a good example of how we should not be,

how we can't say we should have this happen

or we should get this or that because we are so "righteous"

or I am where I am because I..did this...I did that...I am awesome

NO!

You are where you are because GOD allowed you to be there..

God did that!...God allowed that...

GOD is awesome and praiseworthy, not you.

If you decide to get all high and mighty

and decide to think as if everything you got you deserve,

because you are so faithful and great,

don't be surprised when God lets you fall on your ass.

Just like a child who screams for their mom/dad

when they fall and hurt themselves, so will be you

when you fall and when trouble comes..

you won't scream for help from you, you'll scream for help from God.

And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you

but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways,

to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul, and to observe the Lords commands

and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

Love the Lord your God with all your heart,soul, mind and strength..

praise him for his glory...

in the bad times and the good times..

when in pain

when in sorrow..

when it doesn't look like the sun will shine tomorrow.

hold steadfast to his glory..

because never will he leave you

hold his name on high

because never will he forsake you.

to you O Lord be the glory

forever and ever

because without you we are nothing.

Your breath gave us life we didn't earn

from dust we came

and to dust we shall return

†..So Help Me God..†

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Savior and my God.

                               Psalms 42:5

A good question to ones self...is it not?

When every thing around us seems to be breaking down..

It's easy to focus on that negative thats happening,

seriously how many of us, when something terrible happens

say: "Why so down? I must put my hope in God"

It's easier said then done.

However take the time to think about that verse,

because if we have Jesus on our side, and

obviously we do, he did die for us after all,

then what can harm us? what trouble that comes our way..

can we not rise above?

The answer to that is none,

there is no trouble or situation that we can not

look to God as our guiding light and know he has

our best interest at heart.

Again it's easier said then done,

and I'm sure most of you are saying..

"Dude...if you were in my situation, you just have no Idea.."

and you're right, I don't..

but I promise you God does,

I promise you there is a God and he loves you,

and any bad situation you are going through...

there is a reason for it, wether you understand it or not.

You could be lying in a hospital bed right now,

You could be sleeping on the streets...

abused...defeated and lost..

As crazy as it sounds, God doesn't give you anything

you can't handle, He won't let you be put into

a position where you can't come out on top.

It will take work on your part of course,

It will take your faith and trust that he has a plan

It will take you to know that whatever happens...happens..

God is in control...

No Temptation has seized you except what is common to

man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be

tempted beyond what you can bear. But when

you are tempted, He will also provide a way

out so that you can stand up under it.

                                                   1 Corinthians 10:13

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?

No pain...no gain?

A perfect saying for what I'm trying to say.

If we believe physically what doesn't kill us makes us stronger..

(no pain no gain)

how come we don't think like that with our faith?

Now I think you see where I'm going with this,

however before you rush into it..let me explain something..

I don't believe God, and let me steal a quote from Bruce Almighty

I DON'T BELIVE..

"God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass."

meaning, I don't believe God gets his jollies..

by punishing his creation,

I don't believe he sits up in Heaven saying

"You will obey ME!" 

[insert test here]

"Oh...you failed...you burn in Hell!"

I believe God may allow for some difficult things to happen,

or step aside and let something happen,

and most of the time I believe it is to wake you up.

For he is a jealous God, and he wants your focus on him..period.

So back to the question of...

why don't we apply:

"What doesn't kill us.. makes us stronger" to our faith?

whatever we go through,

whatever little things that happen,

 and we look back and we say

"God...I should of handled that better"

it's something we learned, it's something to

file in the old memory bank and remember

to simply learn from our mistakes.

For it will make us strong the next time around,

so we don't keep doing the same mistake over, and over again.

This all falls inline with us thinking positive,

Not just thinking but BEING positive..

How can we not be positive when we have God on our side?

If he is in control, and all things happen for a reason..

shouldn't we just let go?

just give glory to him, and surrender? 

Put your trust in God, for he can carry the burdens that surround you...

I know it's hard, and nobody is perfect...

It's hard when things don't go your way...

I'm saying this to give you hope, to give you faith..

to know God will protect you.

I use to think my negative thinking was a positive

in a sick twisted sort of way, I would say:

"If I expect something bad to happen..

I wont be disappointed when it does"

the flip side to that is if something good does happen

I would always find the negative to point out.

 Who wants to hang around a "Debby Downer"

I mean seriously, and the point I'm trying to make is this...

If you expect bad to happen, then guess what?

 It's going to happen, thats just the way it is.

Do you think God wants you to be a negative & bitter person?

No...he wants you to be happy! He wants you to enjoy life,

he wants to lift every burden from you, there is no need to worry.

So the next time you are going through trials and hard times..

I say to you rejoice.....WHAT? yes thats right..rejoice!

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever

you face trials of many kinds, because

you know that the testing of your faith

develops perseverance. Perseverance must

finish its work so that you may be mature

and complete, not lacking anything. If

any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God,

who gives generously to all without finding fault,

and it will be given to him. But when he asks,

he must believe and not doubt, because he

who doubts is like a wave of the sea,

blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not

think he will receive anything from the Lord;

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

                                                       James 1:2-8

God gives generously without finding fault...

that is a powerful line in its self,

I don't know about you, but I'm constantly thanking God for his glory,

because I sure the hell know I don't deserve it one bit.

God,through his word, is telling us to relax

calm down, and just turn to him when trials come...

don't just go

"Why God...Why...take this away please"

but you really don't believe he will take it away,

In your eyes your just going to God as a last resort

thinking "Hey, maybe he will take it away who knows?"

rather you should know he is there for you & say something like:

"Why God...Why...I don't understand, help me understand...

I know through you all things are possible,

and I know that you will help me through this and you will provide

for my needs."

notice how I still started with "Why..God..Why" for there is nothing wrong

with asking God a question, but at the same time

you should glorify him, and acknowledge through him all things are possible,

and he will save you from every stress every worry..every 

pain every addiction anything and everything, and he wants to bless you.

All you have to do is just ASK...

Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find: knock and the door

will be opened to you. For everyone who asks

receives; he who seeks finds; and to him

who knocks the door will be opened.

                                           Matthew 7:7

Break down your walls, maybe you know of God..

and maybe you read the word, and right now you are struggling..

Let me asure you that God is listening...

you don't have to pray a certain way...

you don't have to say fifteen hail maries,

God just wants you to ask,

and when you ask...to believe he can help...

to know that through him you are washed clean

and protected, and nothing can touch you..

you are his and you are not alone.

let him break down those walls of guilt,

let him come in and worry for you..

(although he doesn't worry, but you get the point)

just....LET GO..

You sit beside me
And I love you
But I hate you
I don't want to feel this way
But I can't stop
You reach for my hand
But I move it
Before you can
I won't let you have the
Power once again

**So help me, God
To let this go
To let this go
So help me, God
(Become what I believe)
To break this hold
(I'm afraid to leave)
To find myself
(I just need to breathe)**

You think you know me
But you changed me
Into somebody
That I don't ever want to be again
I'm letting go now
Of this burden
I've been holding
I've been hurting myself now for way too long

It's not too late
It's not too late
To leave it all behind
It's not too late
It's not too late

"So Help Me God"

By

FireFlight

Signs of the Times V

If you have read one through four of 'Signs of the Times'
you know what is coming, You know it's going to be difficult
and a time of great sorrow. What happens at the end though,
seven years of tribulation and then what? Plain and simple..
after the tribulation comes the thousand year reign of God/Christ.
Now you are probably wondering..
"A thousand years? huh? why only a thousand years"
first lets establish how this happens. Now the army of the anti-christ
and all who have been marked(mark of the beast)
have marched down to a place called Armageddon.
Now comes Christ on a white horse with the army of heaven,
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"I saw heaven standing open and there before me
was a white horse, whose rider was called faithful and true.

On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Then I saw the beast(Anti Christ) and the kings of the earth
and their armies gathered together to make war against
the rider on the white horse and his army. But the beast
was captured, and with him the false prophet who had
performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With
these signs he had deluded those who had received
the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The
two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning
sulfur."
Revelation 19: 11,16,20

Now comes the thousand year reign of Christ
and his followers on earth,called by most as "The Millennial Period"
During this time an Angel with the key to the abyss
comes and binds Satan there for 1 thousands years so he cant
come and deceive anyone on earth for that time period.
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And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having
the key to the abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil,
or satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because
of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God.
They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not
received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came
to life and reigned with christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:1-4

After the thousand years are up, Satan will be released
and he will go out to deceive, and gather
people for another battle. They will march on to Jerusalem
(the camp of Gods people) they will surround it,
but they will not be able to touch it for fire will reign down
from heaven, and satan will be thrown into the
lake of burning sulfur. However this time it will be for ever and ever.
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When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his
prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners
of the earth-Gog and Magog- to gather them for battle. In number
they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the
breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of Gods people,
the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured
them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake
of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been
thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:7-10


Now comes the time where everyone is judged,
if we are not found in the book of life then we are tossed
into the fiery lake of sulfur with Satan.
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If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life,
he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:15

Most people already know about being judge,
and what happens to those who haven't acknowledge
Christ as the son of God, So there really isn't a need to get into all that.
The reason for this series of blogs was to point out the signs...
to point out what to watch out for, for those who may not know what's coming.
For those who may be left behind, and yet sense something isn't right.
I feel the time is near, and I find it hard to explain to people.
For I know every time a disaster happens 9/11 or the Y2K scare
somebody jumps up and says "Armageddon is near!! Christ is coming soon!"
and people just laugh when it doesn't happen. It's like the boy who cried wolf..
All I know is we all should be ready for his coming, we should be
ready for his return, not because I said so, but because Jesus himself
said for us to always be ready for the master to return.
You hear talk, and if you have been to Rev22-12.com you know I
believe we must be on the watch, we must keep an eye on
Israel,Iran and Russia...because they play a huge role in end times prophecy.
God will not stand by and let the promise land be wiped off the map,
as Iran and the Jihadists want. It's a fact that the Jewish people are
Gods chosen people, and we can only pray that more come to know
Jesus as the messiah. We as Christians should embrace them,
and we should stand with them.

I pray we would ready ourselves for his return, does that mean we stand back
and say "Oh Christ is returning soon, so I don't need to do this or that"
no..you still have to live your life. What I'm trying to say is this..
knowing He is coming soon doesn't mean you stop living,
it simply means we should live as we always should have.
We should study Gods word and strive to live how He wants us to,
we should defend Christ, and not hide our beliefs because its the
politicly correct thing to do. We should reach out and pick up
the fallen, We should be helping the sinner and the lost,
not just hiding in our church and inflating our egos.

Christ's return is a blessing, and most of us cant wait.
This earth..this world...it isn't heaven, if anything it's more like hell.
A lot of people have become blinded however,
and I'm not just talking about the atheist or none believer
I'm mostly talking about the believer in general.
The church who doesn't want to talk about Christ's return,
The church who only turns to revelation to talk about Hell...
not a lot of church's want to preach about his second coming,
they treat it as a taboo subject, and they only focus on the here and now..
they focus on God blessing you and giving you tenfold on what you put
in to the church. Don't get me wrong, God does bless you...
God, if it's his will, can put you in a job where you earn lots of money,
He can even give you a winning lottery ticket. All things are possible,
However to focus so much on what God can do for you, instead
of what you can do for others is completely wrong. Prosperity is great..
sure, but you can't take it with you when you die. I believe
because of certain pastors and church's the average believer has
become blinded to believe Heaven is on earth. That everything
is all sunshine and lollipops as long as you believe in Jesus,
and he is like a genie in the sky that will make you rich as long as you
do this that or the other thing. Have we forgotten it's not about works?
WAKE UP! This church...these pharisees...these hypocrites are
not the reason Jesus Christ first came to earth, Jesus came
for the none believer, He came for the sinner. He didn't come
to those who believed they were saved because of what they
did for the church or in there lives.....Jesus first came for those
who didn't know of his grace, who didn't know of love,
He came for the blind...in todays terms he came for the
Druggie, the Alcoholic, the Prostitute, the Thief, the Liar, and the Lost
He came for everyone in the end, Because without his sacrifice
none of us would be able to enter Gods kingdom, for we are all sinners.
So if Jesus while on earth reached out to "the hopeless and lost"
shouldn't we as well? Jesus first came to earth to save us,
and soon he will return again, not to save us per say, but to bring
everlasting peace and joy to those who recognize him as the Christ.

"Behold I am coming soon my reward is with me,
and I will give to everyone according to what they've done."
Revelation 22:12

God bless and thanks for reading...

Signs of the Times IV

Now we begin to talk about the Tribulation period,
those that believed in the son of God
have been raptured from the earth. 

This however doesn't mean...

that the people that are left still can't be saved.
If you are here during such a time, you'll have a choice to make..
If you choose Christ, then be prepared to be persecuted
be prepared for pain and suffering worse then you can imagine.
If you choose the Anti-Christ for a short period, like I've stated before,
It may seem like paradise(Heaven on earth) but only for a short while..
because during this 7 year tribulation period God is not going to stand Idle.
First you will see the Seven seals, the first four being the
"Four horsemen of apocalypse"
Pestilence, War, Famine, and death.
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"And I saw, and behold a white horse: he that

sat on him had a bow;

and a crown was given unto him; and he went forth conquering"


"Then another horse came out, a fiery red one.
Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth
and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword"


"Then came a black horse! it's rider was
holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice
saying "A quart of wheat for a days wages, and three quarts of barley
for a days wages."

"Then there before me was a pale horse! it's riders name was death,
and hades was following close behind him. They were given power
over a fourth of the earth to kill by the sword famine and plague.
Revelation 6
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Then next we have the last three seals

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under an alter
the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God
and the testimony they had maintained.

I watched as he opened the sixth seal.
There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth
made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
and the stars in the sky fell to earth,
and every mountain and island was removed from it's place.

When he opens the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels
who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
And there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning
and an earthquake.
Revelation 6 and 7
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As you can see it's going to be a very difficult time,
and this isn't even the full seven years of the Tribulation,
bare with me because we are just getting started.
Now comes the seven trumpets that are blown..

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TRUMPET I
The first Angel sounded his trumpet, and there came
hail and fire mixed with blood, 

and it was hurled down upon the earth.
A third of the earth was burned up, 

a third of the trees were burned up,
and all the green grass was burned up

TRUMPET II
The second Angel sounded his trumpet, 

and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, 

was thrown into the sea. 

A third of the sea turned to blood, 

a third of the living creatures in the sea died,
and a third of the ships were destroyed.

TRUMPET III
The third angel sounded his trumpet, 

and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky 

on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- 

the name of the star is wormwood.
A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people
died from the waters that had become bitter.

TRUMPET IV
The fourth angel sounded his trumpet,

and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, 

and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark.
A third of the day was without light, and a third of the night.

TRUMPET V
The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, 

and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky
to earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of abyss.
When he opened the Abyss, 

smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.

 Out of the smoke came locusts who were given power
like that of scorpions. 

They were told to only harm humans who did not have the seal 

of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them,

only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered

was like that of the sting of a scorpion. 

During those days men will seek death
but they will not find it; 

they will long to die, but death will elude them.

TRUMPET VI
The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, 

and I heard a voice coming from the horns
of the golden altar that is before God. 

It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet
"release the four angels who are bound at the great river euphrates." 

And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour 

and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not
repent of the work of their hands; 

they did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold,silver,bronze,stone 

and wood- idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

Nor did they repent of their murders, there magic arts,
their sexual immorality or their thefts.

TRUMPET VII
The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, bringing flashes of lightning,
rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
Revelation 8,9,10,11
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As you can see this will be a time of great stress,
and you can just imagine how horrible it's going to be in these times.
To put it simply...it's going to be hell on earth, so bad
that people will plead and scream for death... but it will not come.
There will be no easy way out...again this is all in a span of just seven years
and we still haven't covered the seven vials/bowls or the climatic ending
of Christ coming down to earth and purging it from evil.
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Bowl I
The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land,
and ugly painful sores broke out on the people who had
the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.

Bowl II
The Second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into
blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died.

Bowl III
The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,
and they became blood.

Bowl IV
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun
was given power to scorch people with fire. they were seared
by the intense heat and they cursed God, who had control
over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.

Bowl V
The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his
kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in
agony and cursed the God of heaven because their pains and
their sores, but they refused to repent for what they have done.

Bowl VI
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,
and it's water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the east.
Then I saw three evil spirits who looked like frogs; they came out of the
mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth
of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous
signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them
for battle on the great day of God almighty.
Then they gathered the kings together to the place
that in hebrew is called Armageddon

Bowl VII
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, then came a loud
voice from the throne saying, "It is done!" Then there came
flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a severe
earthquake. NO earthquake like it has ever occurred since man
has been on earth, so tremendous was the earthquake.
The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
collapsed. Every island fled away and the mountains could
not be found. From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds
each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail,
because it was so terrible.
Revelation 16
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It just keeps getting worse, instead of 1/3 of the sea
it's all of the sea. It's the sun scorching people alive... and a great earthquake,

bigger then any ever on earth before. 

Now I'm sure if you've been reading these blogs..you've heard me say

"If the old prophecies came to pass surely the new Testament ones will"

Before I get into the final battle of the end times, and what happens.
I'm sure you would like proof that the old prophecies were fulfilled right?
So here we go, lets start with..
Micah 5:2 (700 years before Christ)

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans
of Judah,
out of you will come from me one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

Jesus of course was born in Bethlehem of Judea, obviously
fulfilling part of that prophecy, and fulfilling the part about
"origins are from old ancient times" Jesus the son of God said
in John 8:58

"I tell you the truth, Before Abraham was born, I am"
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Then in Zechariah (450 years before Christ)
this was said..

"Rejoice greatly, O' daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughters of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:9

of course we can see that was fulfilled later
through Jesus Christ in Matthew..

"The disciples went and did as Jesus told them.
They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks
on them, and Jesus sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks
on the road, while the others cut branches from the trees and spread
them on the road, and they shouted
"Hosanna to the son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!"
Matthew 21:6-9
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Then back in Isaiah (700 years before Christ)
this was said...

" I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who
pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting."
Isaiah 50:6

I'm sure you can see already where this is going,
but lets look at Matthew

"Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.
Others slapped him and said
"Prophesy to us Christ. Who hit you?"
Matthew 26:67
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"But he was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed"
Isaiah 53:5

"For he bore the sins of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors"
Isaiah 53:12

And obviously those also were fulfilled in the new testament...

"When they came to the place called the skull,
there they crucified him,
along with the criminals-one on his right and one on his left.
Jesus said: "Father forgive them for they know not what they do"
Luke 23:33-43
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Then in Psalms 1,000 years before Christ it was said...

"They divided my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing."
Psalms 22:18

We also know that was fulfilled by looking right back at Luke
when he was crucified...

"and they divided up his clothes by casting lots"
Luke 23:34
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Going back to Psalms we can find this was said also...

"I can count all my bones people stare and gloat over me"
Psalms 22:17

which we know is fulfilled in the new Testament
about Jesus's bones not being broken...

"But when they came up to Jesus, and they saw that he was already dead
they did not break his legs"
John 19:33
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There is obviously much more from the Old Testament,
I could talk about Moses and Israel, Abraham and God telling
him how he will have many children and so on and so on..
Not to mention, the many times Jesus told his disciples about
what was going to have to happen to him, and only later
after it happened did they truly understand.
The fact is the Bible isn't something you pick and choose
what suits you, It is the divine written word of God.
It's not about a bunch of crazy stories..
or a book you open every once and awhile to make you feel good.
It was written, not only, to tell us how we should live,
but obviously to tell us what is coming.