Amen!! That is what got me to first see Fulfilled Escahtology. When I saw the entire Bible is about Jesus , then the rest began to fall into place.
Jesus is God’s plan. He is the One whose testimony is the spirit of prophecy (See
Rev 9:10), and the one to whom we must look to properly interpret the prophecies found within the pages of our Bible (See
Joh 14:6;
Heb 1:2, 12:2). Jesus said, “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (
Joh 5:39). Paul similarly agreed with this when he said, “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (
Gal 3:24). As we read through the pages of our Bibles, we see that from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible speaks about one master plan, of which Jesus was the focus. He was first mentioned in
Gen 3:15 when God said, “And I will put enmity between thee [satan] and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy [satan’s] head, and thou shalt bruise his [Jesus’] heel.” This is, of course, the first promise recorded in our Bibles of Jesus coming as the Savior for mankind. This promise was made at the time of Adam’s fall, and was given as an assurance from God that mankind would someday receive from Him a spiritual reconciliation. This same promise is subsequently mentioned in different ways throughout the Old Testament. The good news is we do not have to wait for this reconciliation to arrive. The Apostle Peter believed this was true because he said he believed Jesus has NOW fulfilled these same promises (
Act 3:18-26;
1 Pet 1:9-11).
Jesus was the plan that God made before the foundation of the world: (
Rev 13:8) Angels announced His coming (
Mat 1:20-25;
Luk 1:26-38), a virgin brought Him into this world (
Luk 1:26-35), Shepherds were called to His birth (
Luk 2:8-17), the Magi came to pay Him homage (
Mat 2:1-12), Simeon and Anna prayed to see His salvation’s arrival (
Luk 2:22-38), John the Baptist prepared His way (
Mat 3; Mar 1:1-11;
Luk 3:1-23;
Joh 1:19-34), the cross became His plan for the redemption of mankind (
Mat 27:35-38; Mar 15:25-28;
Luk 23:33-38;
Joh 19:18-24;
Rev 13:8), an empty tomb was His assurance of His reigning power in heaven and in earth (
Mat 28:5, 6; Mar 16:4-6;
Luk 24:1-6;
Joh 20:6-17), the outpouring of His Holy Ghost on Pentecost was the reuniting of His Spirit with man’s (
Act 1:4-8, 2:1-40;
Joh 14:17;
Rom 8:9), and on and on are the evidences found throughout the New Testament that Jesus was the One who came to fulfill all the redemptive promises found in the Bible.
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