Thursday, December 21, 2017

Psalm 22:6-8

Psalm 22:6-8
Jesus Was Rejected So You Could Be Accepted

Psa 22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 
Psa 22:7  All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 
Psa 22:8  He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 

  1. Jesus is a Worm (Tola’ath) – vs. 6a*
    1. The worm that Jesus is referring to is the coccus ilicis
                                                               i.      When the mother worm gets ready to have her offspring she does the following:
1.      First the Tola’ath attaches itself to a tree
2.      Then she makes a hard red shell around herself and young
3.      She then lays her eggs in the shell
4.      Then she dies and allows her young to feed on her flesh
5.      After that, her body covers them in a red dye like blood.
6.      On the 3rd day, her body contracts into a heart like shape that is the constancy of wool
7.      This then covers the young in a snow like whiteness
8.      Isaiah, when he prophesies of the Messiah, describes this perfectly
a.       Isaiah 1:18 
  1. Jesus is Not Just a Man – He is Divine – vs. 6b*
    1. Colossians 1:15-22 
  2. Jesus is a Disgrace to Mankind – vs. 6c*
    1. Jesus is hated by many in history. This is why modern scholarship wants to even change our calendars from BC and AD to BC and BCE. People see the Savior of the world as a disgrace.
                                                               i.      Isaiah 53:3-6 
  1. Jesus Was Mocked By His Own People (The Jews) – vs. 6d-8*
    1. The exact words of the people that watched the crucifixion, over a 1000 years later, are perfectly predicted here.
                                                               i.      Matthews 27:40-43 

                                                             ii.      Mark 15:29-32  

Special thanks to Jobe Martin and his research on the Tola'ath. Please reference his material for more detail on this very special worm that Jesus refers to.

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