"He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
I scoured the Old Testament looking for a passage(s) saying that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem--and I cannot find it.
Can anyone help me locate this specific prophecy?
First understand this; it is written in the Bible.
" Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a PROPHET mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:"
Jesus knows what will happen in the FUTURE and the Pharisees that want him dead do not.
There is nothing written in the laws of Moses concerning Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Son of God. What is written in Jewish belief is a son of Abraham, a Son of Man, will be their Christ. That military leader will die in battle as a sacrifice in defense of his country in the final war on Earth and in 3 days his position will be replaced by another to take lead of the remaining military as the war continues. That is why God had his son that refused to kill anyone, stay in his grave 3 days before giving him life again so those still alive in the final war after the Son of Man military commander is dead will remember what was written about the Son of Man that killed people and the Son of God that refused to kill people. The merciless son of man is eternally dead and there is no Peace and the worst weapons the world has is not saving anyone. The merciful Son of God is given a new life to live and people will see him when he returns to Earth to rescue his few disciples.
Jesus is the Christ for the entire world accepting all races not just Jews and does not want people to become "spiritual Jews" first making themselves "twofold a child of Hell" according to scripture.
Jesus in his doctrine often made comparisons to his religion and the completely separate religion the Jews supported even back to Moses that wrote the Jewish laws.
Wine is used as a symbolic word for doctrine and we are not to mix the doctrine of Abraham/Moses with the doctrine of Jesus because the true religion will be destroyed if that is done.( which is exactly what Pharisee Paul did, so few find the path to God) The 2 religions do not worship the same God, they do not have the same laws.
The Living God is the Father of Jesus that sent Jesus to the worst religious Mafia the world had seen to stop their child killing, war mongering, money demanding, self exalting, merciless religious beliefs. Those beliefs are rampant today because Jesus left Earth and is not here so the last generation will see what happens when the Son of God is killed for crimes he did not commit
Jesus said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
Jesus knew the Roman court would declare him innocent to be set free because Jesus is innocent even though the Jews tried to stone Jesus to death for what he taught because they refused to believe his doctrine and prophecy. Jesus is "perfected" in that Roman court of Justice based on facts verdict that was righteous, Jesus did nothing worthy of Death and should have been allowed to live. The Romans tried to be merciful to Jesus even after hearing the Jews still demand he die and the Jews refused to allow it threatening a bloody uprising if Jesus was not killed.
Many people that call themselves, "Christians" want to claim only the Romans killed Jesus but we are shown that is not true it was the Jews and the Romans that had Jesus killed. No disciple of Jesus wanted him killed because Jesus wanted mercy and not sacrifice because that is righteous justice. People need to learn that but they do not hear his words. To save the world Jesus needed to continue to live to preach and heal. Now the world has nothing to save it but they will try to save themselves with Lucifer, a nuclear missile.
"And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him." The rulers were the Romans and the chief priests were the leaders of the religion Jesus was destroying by leading people away from belief in Abraham's covenant into the true merciful religion accepted by God.