Divine Revelation Research Paper

The Old Testament is abundant with information regarding the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament, references are made in relation to Divine Revelation. Divine Revelation is God’s self communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan. It is a supernatural conversation between God and man. The purpose of Divine Revelation is to let others know that God’s divine plan is when Jesus will come again and judge the living and the dead. Here, the worthy will go up into Heaven and the unworthy will go down into Hell. Divine Revelation is shown in many ways through visions, sacred scriptures in the Bible, and through the prophets. Many prophets performed miracles, had visions, and were called by God to spread

The death and resurrection of Jesus is payment for the sins of the world. The Christian perspective of Jesus in the Old Testament is explained by writings and people talking about a Messiah who would be sent down by God and would be crucified (Jesus Christ). Some examples of writings and people in the Old Testament that talked about Jesus before He existed are in the Book of Psalms chapter 22 which was written by King David. There, it explained how people mocked a man who was hung on a cross with two other sinners, and how his bones were out of joint. It then described how his hands and feet were nailed onto the cross. Another example would be in the Book of Isaiah chapter 53:3-6 where it states, “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to His own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” This showed how He suffered for all of us and how He saved us from our sins through his death and

In the fourth year of King Darius’ reign, it talks about a lowly king riding on a donkey that would come into Jerusalem. Also that the lowly king would spread peace to all nations. Then, God would bring great showers and He would bring back Judah and Jerusalem (Swords). Israel then would be gathered into the land across the Earth. God puts an attack on Jerusalem and protects them to show that He is all powerful because they were starting to doubt God. God told Zechariah to tell the Jews to cleanse their temple of sin. Zechariah does so and then tells the Jews that God said to execute any false prophets. He promised He would put a plague on all the enemies of Jerusalem. In the Book of Zechariah, there was a lot of talk about Jesus. Some verses that refer to Jesus’ Event are, “And say to Him: Thus says the LORD of hosts: There is a man whose name is Branch —and from His place He will branch out and He will build the temple of the LORD.” -Zechariah 6:12. Another verse that makes reference to Jesus is, “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on Him whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and they will grieve for Him as one grieves over a firstborn.” - Zechariah 12:10. These verses speak about Jesus’ existence, His plan and His