• Abiding in Jesus, Encouragement, For Christians, Fulfilled Prophecy, Rob Robinson, Trials

    Posted on February 16th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    The Prophecy of a Shepherd

    The Prophecy of a Shepherd

    “I shall not want”.

    Once we have submitted our life to Jesus as “Lord”, He then can lead us. The results of being led by the Lord is that we will have no “want”. We will be content, and the longing of our heart for love and a purpose in our life will be satisfied. All the needs we have will be taken care of, as long as we keep the Lord first as Lord and Shepherd of our life.

    Though the Lord is our Shepherd, we will still suffer losses during our life. Those we love will die, friends will come and go, and material blessings will be gained and lost. There will be suffering, pain, and sorrow, but in all these things, there will be a knowledge that we are loved by God, and that we have a Shepherd who is caring for us, tending to our injuries, and comforting us in our losses. There will be no “want” for answers to life’s problems and difficulties, if we abide in and stay close to our Shepherd. There will be a confidence about us, though doubts will come, and fears will never cease. If the Lord is our Shepherd, we will always come back to a place of peace, knowing that God is for us and the He will never leave us or forsake us. In these things we will have no “want” for answers, for the Shepherd will be our abiding provider and will guide us through all of life’s perils.

  • Doctrine, Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus v. Everything, Jesus v. Religion, Rob Robinson, Salvation

    Posted on January 30th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , ,

    Prophecy of the Messiah: “You are a Priest Forever”

    Prophecy of the Messiah: “You are a Priest Forever”

    Many years ago, a young man approached me immediately after I had concluded teaching the word of God on Sunday morning, and he said to me: “Pastor you have the best job in the world, you only have to work one day a week”.

    He did not realize that being a servant of God is a lifetime appointment, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

    When Jesus took the body of a man at Bethlehem, He did not become a servant to the Father on our behalf for only thirty-three and one half years, He became “a priest forever”.

    Hebrews 5:4-6 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”

    The responsibility of becoming our High Priest was not something that Jesus took upon Himself, he was “appointed” to this position by the Father.

    The term “You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” in verse 6, is a very strange indeed. The priesthood described in the Old Testament, came from the Tribe of Levi, Jesus came from the Tribe of Judah. Here in Hebrews chapter 5, we see that Jesus is not the same type of priest as those from the tribe of Levi. Jesus is a High Priest after the likeness of Melchizedek.

  • Fulfilled Prophecy, Is Jesus God?, Is Jesus the Messiah?, Rob Robinson

    Posted on January 24th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    ,

    Prophecy: “Let Them Be Driven Backwards”

    Prophecy: “Let Them Be Driven Backwards”

    It is amazing to consider that although Jesus was laying down His life for us as a servant, He was still Lord of the universe, and in control over absolutely every event that we read in the four Gospels.

    The foal of a donkey submits to His authority. (Matthew 21:7)
    The wind and the waves submit to His authority. (Mark 4:39)
    The dead submit to His authority. (John 11:43)
    Death submits to His authority. (John 11:25)
    Sickness and disease, submit to His authority. (Luke 18:42)
    The demons submit to His authority. (Luke 4:35)
    The devil submits to His authority. (Matthew 4:10)
    All History submits to His authority (Matthew 26:56)
    All the kingdoms of this world will submit to His authority (Matthew 19:28)

  • Fulfilled Prophecy, Is Jesus the Messiah?, Rob Robinson, Salvation

    Posted on January 19th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    Prophecy: The Messiah Will Thirst While Being Crucified

    Prophecy: The Messiah Will Thirst While Being Crucified

    As we examine this list from Psalm 22, what can we assume by what is being described?

    It appears that someone was present at the crucifixion of Jesus and recorded the events that surrounded His death. The only problem with this assumption is that David was not there when Jesus died on the cross. He wrote this description in Psalm 22, about 1,000 before the events took place. Crucifixion did not exist when David wrote these things, and neither he, nor anyone that he knew, had been ever been crucified. The terrible method of execution by crucifixion would not be invented for another 600 years. These facts stand as conclusive proof that David was writing these words as he was directed by a transcendent being that lives outside of time. A being who knows all the events of human history, and conveyed the knowledge of what Jesus would endure, to the mind of David so that he could write the words of Psalm 22.

  • Doctrine, Encouragement, Forgiveness, Fulfilled Prophecy, Rob Robinson

    Posted on January 17th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , ,

    Prophecy: The Curse Has Been Removed

    Prophecy: The Curse Has Been Removed

    The Bible is clear that all men since Adam are under a curse. From the moment that Adam disobeyed God, he was under the judgment of sin and death. Because all men are descended from Adam, all human beings have inherited this curse.

    We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners.

    The propensity towards sin comes from the fact that we are inherently flawed in our basic spiritual DNA. We commit sin because that is what we do best. It is not really possible for any human being to not sin. Although we may try very hard to be a better person, at some point we will always fail. This is true for those who do not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior, as well as those who do.

    The advantage that a person who has come into a relationship with Jesus possesses, is that Jesus is now dwelling within us, giving us the power to overcome sin. Before a person comes into a relationship with the Lord, the Bible describes this person as being “slaves” to sin. After we come into this new relationship with Jesus we can become slaves to righteousness.

  • Existence of God, Fulfilled Prophecy, Is Jesus God?, Resurrection/Easter, Rob Robinson

    Posted on January 16th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    Prophecy: God Proves His Existence Through His Son

    Prophecy: God Proves His Existence Through His Son

    An amazing fact is that nowhere in the Bible does God seek to prove to us that He exists.

    In the 1st chapter of Romans, the Holy Spirit tells us why:

    Romans 1:19-20 …because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

    First; God created each human being with an inner awareness that He exists (“what may be known of God is manifest in them” Romans 1:19). The evidence of this is universally seen all over the earth. Human beings have a desire to worship. They will worship many and various gods, objects, passions, and pleasures, even self. There is no other explanation for why all people have a desire to direct their affections so fervently towards something, except that God created us with a desire to worship. God made us for Himself, and it is through our worship of Him that we find our joy and satisfaction. Not until we truly begin to worship the one true God, will we find inner peace and contentment. People spend their entire life trying to fill up the emptiness they feel inside with everything they can. Only when a person comes into a personal relationship with God, through His Son Jesus Christ, is that emptiness fully and completely filled.

  • Fulfilled Prophecy, Is Jesus God?, Is Jesus the Messiah?, Rob Robinson, Sanctification

    Posted on January 13th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    Prophecy: The Power of the Messiah Comes Through Holiness

    Prophecy: The Power of the Messiah Comes Through Holiness

    Very often, when a particular point is of the utmost importance to the Holy Spirit, we will see a principle repeated more than once. In stating once again that the Messiah will find His power to save all men through the Holy life He lives, we see just how important Jesus being without sin is to our salvation. As I have previously stated, if Jesus had yielded to a single sin throughout His life, He could not have been the Savior of anyone.

    In order for Jesus to be the Savior of all people, He would need to be perfect, just as the Passover Lamb from the book of Exodus had to be “without spot or blemish.”

    As Jesus’ life is examined under careful scrutiny, it can be seen that there was not a single failure on His part to keep the entire law of God perfectly. Jesus came to submit His life to God under the Law, so that by perfectly fulfilling the law He could transfer His righteousness to us, if we would believe upon Him for our Salvation.

  • Doctrine, Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus v. Religion, Rob Robinson, Salvation

    Posted on January 12th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    ,

    Prophecy: One Life Can Pay For All Other Lives

    Prophecy: One Life Can Pay For All Other Lives

    Jesus is the eternal God dwelling within the body of a man. It is from this basis, that the claim is made that His life is sufficient to pay for the lives of all other men. What is the value of the life of God? If we can agree that because He is eternal and the Creator of all things, His life is of infinite worth, it would certainly be reasonable that He could redeem all human beings.

    God could offer His life in exchange for all of ours, If that was His desire.

    In order for God to make His life a ransom, He would have to become one of us. It is only possible for mankind to be redeemed by another man. God could orchestrate the redemption, but He would have to use the vessel of human flesh to redeem those who are also human. For this reason, before time began, Jesus offered His life for us, knowing that we would required a redeemer. The book of Hebrews presents an interesting exchange between the Father and the Son when they agreed to fashion a human body for Jesus to live in as a man, when He would come to earth as the Messiah.

  • Abiding in Jesus, For Christians, Fulfilled Prophecy, Prayer, Rob Robinson

    Posted on January 6th, 2013

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    Prophecy of the Messiah’s Prayer

    Prophecy of the Messiah’s Prayer

    As the Messiah, Jesus defined the true meaning and intent of prayer in a way that none of us had know previous to His instructions to us. It is certain that a large part of Jesus ministry was empowered by His voracious prayer life. When all others were fast asleep, Jesus was on His knees before the Father, interceding for us.

    The model for effective prayer is found in the habit and method of Jesus as He demonstrated how, and to who we should pray.

    The Pharisees were known for their pretentious public prayers that they conducted before the public eye. The fact that the religious leaders felt it necessary to let the public see them praying gives us an indication of where their hearts were at. Jesus defined those who pray in this manner as “Hypocrites”. He said that they conduct their prayers in public so that they will be seen by others. He then contrasted how the true servant of the Lord should pray; “go into your room and pray to the Father in a secret place.” Secondly, when we speak to the Father, we talk to Him as if He is an intelligent being, who hears us the first time we speak. We do not need to conduct our prayers in repetition as is the practice of the pagan nations who do not know God.

  • 365 Prophecies, Atheists, Existence of God, For Christians, Fulfilled Prophecy, Is Jesus the Messiah?, Israel Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus v. Religion, Rob Robinson

    Posted on December 30th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , , ,

    Prophecy is Directed Towards Fulfillment by God’s Sovereignty

    Prophecy is Directed Towards Fulfillment by God’s Sovereignty

    In examining the Old Testament prophecy that the Messiah will be betrayed by a friend for thirty pieces of silver. We find that God is intentionally causing the prophecy to be difficult to fulfill, by the addition of impossible requirements

    Zechariah 11:12-13 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter.

    When we arrive at the New Testament fulfillment of these words, we find that the circumstances surrounding this fulfillment are trull stunning

    Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

    Israel sold her Messiah for the price of a slave who had been gored by an ox.

    Exodus 21:32 If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

    This is all that Jesus was worth to the Jews and the religious leaders of Israel. The thirty shekels that the chief priest paid Judas for the Lord’s betrayal was intended as an insult towards Jesus. Though He created everything that exists, and He came first to His own people, they insulted, rejected, and butchered Him on a Roman cross.

  • 365 Prophecies, For Christians, Fulfilled Prophecy, Israel Fulfilled Prophecy, Rob Robinson

    Posted on December 27th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , ,

    Prophecy: When Messiah Comes, Israel Will Have False Teachers

    Prophecy: When Messiah Comes, Israel Will Have False Teachers

    The Jews who had believed in Jesus as their Messiah, evacuated Jerusalem after its first siege in 66 AD, and ahead of the final Roman siege in 70 AD. Just as Jesus had predicted, there was a massive slaughter of those who remained in Jerusalem and did not believe the words of Jesus.

    The Roman army general, Titus, who later became the Emperor, came with his second in command, Tiberius Julius Alexander. Titus brought his army to the western side of Jerusalem. Three legions of soldier came from 5th Macedonica, 12th Fulminata, and 15th Apollinaris. On the east side of Jerusalem, Titus brought 10th Fretenis, near the Mount of Olives.

    The strategy was simple; cut off the food and water supplies to Jerusalem and starve the people into submission.

    Many people died of starvation during this siege of Titus, as the food supplies of the Jews inside the city of Jerusalem were depleted. Some people resorted to eating the flesh of their dead in order to survive. This was the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah 11:9 “Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

    During Passover, Titus allowed the pilgrims to enter the city to celebrate Passover, but then refused to allow them to depart. A few attacks by the Jews on the Roman soldiers killed some of Titus men. In an insightful move by Titus, he dispatched his men to bring the Jewish historian “Josephus” to the city to try and reason with the Jews to surrender peacefully. Instead the Jews put an arrow into Josephus, viewing him as a traitor for seeking the surrender of Jerusalem to the Romans.

  • 365 Prophecies, Christmas, Fulfilled Prophecy, Rob Robinson

    Posted on December 22nd, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , , ,

    Prophecy: The Messiah Will Be Born In Bethlehem

    Prophecy: The Messiah Will Be Born In Bethlehem

    Place yourself now, in Nazareth. You are standing beside the road, across the way from where Mary and Joseph live. A toddler is wobbling back and forth in the first days of his learning to walk. He stumbles and falls to the ground. His mother runs to his aide and picks him up, dusting off the dirt from where he has fallen. Suddenly you realize, this is the Son of God, the One who made all things that exists. He has not always been a human being. He has not always been a tiny boy. He was and is the King of the Universe, the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

    He walked the halls of heaven, but now He must learn to walk as a child. He has spoken the universe into existence, but now He must learn to talk for the first time as a human being.

    It appears that the plan of God for His Son, was that He would need to understand everything that all men go through in their life. From normal birth, infancy, into the teen years and adulthood, our Savior would need to experience what it is like to be one of us. Jesus went through every circumstance that we will go through in our life. He understands what it is like to live as a human being in this world. This is why He is not only able to die in our place, but He can also perfectly sympathize with all of the struggles and difficulties that we feel as we live in a fallen world.

  • Bible Prophecy Updates, Breaking News, Middle East

    Posted on November 15th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    ,

    War Breaking Out in Israel

    War Breaking Out in Israel

    News reports inside Israel are that war is breaking out. Over 250 rockets have been launched against Tel Aviv in the past few hours. The “iron Dome” anti missile system has shot down and destroyed over 80 of those rockets.

    An emergency order has been put into place by the Israeli leadership to call into service all army reservists. This is in preparation for an all out attack on Gaza, the source of these missiles.

    As we prayrfully await further news from Israel, we are reminded of Jesus words that “when we see all these things, know that His return is near.”

  • 365 Prophecies, Fulfilled Prophecy, Rob Robinson

    Posted on November 8th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    ,

    The Correct Method of Interpreting Bible Prophecy

    The Correct Method of Interpreting Bible Prophecy

    The method that Peter used in interpreting the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament, is quite interesting to me. Peter’s method is very similar in substance and form to the procedure of Biblical interpret that I have used in writing this book; “365 Prophecies”.

    Today we call the technique that Peter used in interpreting the Old Testament prophecies of Joel chapter 2, in light of their New Testament fulfillment, a “Pesher”,.

    The word “Pesher”, comes from the Hebrew word “peser, which means “interpretation”. In the “Peser” interpretation and application of an Old Testament prophecy, the importance is placed on the fulfillment, not on the exegesis of the prophecies technical points that it is interpreting.

    It is this technique whereby we can rightly attribute Old Testament prophecies that do not at first glance seem to be attributable to the Messiah, as being absolutely relevant.

  • 365 Prophecies, Existence of God, Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus v. Religion, Rob Robinson

    Posted on November 8th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    The Prophecies of Isaiah 53

    The Prophecies of Isaiah 53

    The book of Isaiah contains 131 of these 365 prophecies from the Old Testament that Jesus fulfilled. The gap between the original prediction of these events and the actual time of their fulfillment, is conservatively 600-700 years.

    We know from history that Isaiah wrote his prophecies during the reign of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, of Judah, who reigned at least 600 years before Christ was born. This is a matter of history that is indisputable and unimpeachable.

    We can verify from history that all of the prophecies spoken in the Old Testament were written by these authors who lived and penned their prophecies as God gave them, from the record of the Bible, as well as extra-Biblical sources. These prophets wrote during the reign of certain kings to which we know a great deal. Since these prophecies were written at the same time that these kings are recorded in the history books as being over certain kingdoms, the certainty of these prophecies and the dating of their writings is conclusive.

    As you read and study each of the 365 Prophecies in their entirety, you will be shocked and amazed at the precision and detail to which the Lord spoke the original prophecy, then recorded for us, how Jesus precisely fulfilled each one.

  • America In Prophecy, Encouragement, Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus Church, Obama Watch, Rob Robinson, Signs

    Posted on November 7th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    The Beginning of the End

    The Beginning of the End

    There is a familiar pattern emerging that is reminiscent of ancient Israel. As the hearts of the people grew progressively farther from the Lord, He began to remove His blessing from their midst. Eventually, He gave them kings and leaders who were like them, far from God and distant from His heart. These leaders seemed to the people to be the perfect figures to lead them into prosperity. In the end, these men led the nation to destruction, in much the same way that the United States in on a sure course for today.

    It very well may be that the results of the election for President of the United States, is a clear indicator that the favor of God is waning and fleeting.

    We may be about to enter a time of unparalleled fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy. The time of the end, when Jesus will return, and the church He died to redeem, will be taken from the earth. The planet will then endure the most horrific seven years that it has ever experienced. Jesus said that “unless those days were shortened, no flesh would survive”.

  • Archeology, Atheists, Controversial Subjects, Creation v. Evolution, Existence of God, Rob Robinson, Salvation, Sin

    Posted on October 19th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , , , ,

    Understanding the Wrath of God

    Understanding the Wrath of God

    1 Samuel 15 (the Lord speaking to Saul) Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

    This verse is regarded as one of the most difficult to understand pieces of scripture in the Bible.

    The Lord orders the complete slaughter of all men, women, and children. Including all infants, and nursing children, as well as every animal. The Critics of God, and of the Bible, use this verse as an example of the viciousness of God.

    They assert that God is not nearly as loving as he claims He is.
    They maintain that God is angry, vindictive, and cruel.
    They claim that God is dual in His personality, loving and merciful in the New Testament, but vengeful and bloodthirsty in the Old Testament.
    The reason that people have developed these Ideas is that they do not know God.

    It is common for people to make untrue statements about people that they do not know, nor have any type of relationship with. This is what human beings do; they judge without knowledge of the true facts. We read and observe what the Bible says that God has done, and many time we do not have a clue what is really going on. The fact that the Old Testament discloses these verses of scripture to us, describing God’s command to destroy these nations entirely, should reveal a few fact to us.

  • Existence of God, Fulfilled Prophecy, Jesus v. Everything, Rob Robinson

    Posted on October 13th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

    Tags

    , ,

    The Importance of Bible Prophecy

    The Importance of Bible Prophecy

    The prophets of the Old Testament not only predicted events that would happen in the distant future, they also predicted events that would take place in their immediate future.

    The only way that a person in Old Testament days could know if someone was a true prophet of God, was whether or not their words predicting events in the immediate future, came true. The test of a true prophet given in the book of Deuteronomy, was whether their predictions came to pass.

    In addition to predicting events that would happen hundreds or thousands of years into the future, these prophets of the Old Testament were predicting events that were to happen in their own lifetime. If their close predictions failed, they were labeled “false prophets” and were quickly put to death. Because of this strict requirement for one hundred percent accuracy, we are certain that all the predictions that we have in our Old Testament Bible, are true. If they were not, those prophets who spoke their close prophecies would have been stoned to death long ago, and none of their later prophecies would be in the Bible.

  • Older Posts Yeah! There are more posts, check them out.