David Macdonald - September 12, 2021 - a podcast by NBC Podium

The Master theme of the Bible - Part 7 –the final offering of a Lamb

A lamb for sin – Genesis 4
A lamb for an individual – Genesis 22
A lamb for a family – Exodus 12
A lamb* for a nation – Leviticus 16
A lamb for the many – Isaiah 53
A Lamb for the whole world – John 1
A Lamb for all time – Mark 15; Psalm 22

A lamb on a cross (Mark 15:22-41; Psalm 22)
The centrality of the cross
Divides our time (BC & AD)
Core of who we are –
1 Corinthians 2:2 - For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
Our only boast –
Galatians 6:14 - But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
The theme of the OT Scriptures: Abraham, Moses, Prophets
Focus of the Gospels

Psalm 22
Opens and closes with statements by Jesus on the cross
Written by David – but – not about David
Depicts one suffering and dying – executed
1000 years before Jesus Christ was crucified
600 years before crucifixion was invented
Act 2:31 NKJV "he (David), foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

1. The Abandonment at the Cross (vv. 1-5)
2. The Anguish on the Cross (vv. 6-21)
3. The Accomplishment of the Cross (vv. 22-31)

The abandonment at the cross (vss 1-5)
Psalm 22:1-5 NKJV
First 3 hours focused on others
Always addressed the Father as His Father not as “My God”
Separation caused by sin – my sin, your sin
Never separated from the Father before
John 10:30 – “I and My Father are one”
John 11:42 – “And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
Substituted by the Father
Jesus the sin bearer – Isaiah 52:6
Holy character of God displayed
2 Corinthians 5:21 - "God made Him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us.“
Imputed righteousness

The anguish on the cross (vss 6-21)
Despised by People
Psalm 22:6-8 But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people. (7) All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, (8) "He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"
Matthew 27:43 - "He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
"I am a worm, and no man" (v. 6)
Worm – ??????? to?la?? (Heb) 43x in OT
Tola – “worm” or scarlet/crimson – see: Isaiah 1:18 – Though your sins be as scarlet…
Crimson Crocus worm
Distressed by Pain
Clearly depicted by David 1000 yrs. before event
“Poured out like water” – sweat in agony of crucifixion – began in the Garden of Gethsemane
“All my bones are out of joint” – dislocation due to hanging on cross
“My tongue clings to My jaws” – vs. 15 – “I thirst” – dehydration from trauma
“Pierced my hands and my feet” – vs. 16
“they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots – vs. 18
Twenty-three details from Psalm 22 fulfilled in NT

The accomplishment of the cross (vss 22-31)
Resurrection
Change in tone in vs. 22
First section vs. 1-21 – suffering
Second section – vs. 22 – 31 – Praise
Salvation of many people
Expansion
Hebrews 2:11-12 –
For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, (12) saying, "I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE."
My brethren – family of God – expands
Brethren – vs. 22
Descendants of Jacob – vs. 23
The great assembly – vs. 25
All the ends of the earth/all the families of the nations – vs. 27
A posterity – vs. 30
To a people who will be born – vs. 31
He Has done this (vs. 31)
Psalm 22:31 NKJV They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.

John 19:30 NKJV

Tetelestai – finished! Complete, no more sacrifices!

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