Topic(s): Jesus

They borrowed a bed to lay his head when Christ the Lord came down;
They borrowed the ass in the mountain pass for him to ride to town;
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore
Were his own—the cross was his own!

He borrowed the bread when the crowd He fed on the grassy mountainside;
He borrowed the dish of broken fish with which he was satisfied;
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore
Were his own—the cross was his own!

He borrowed the ship in which to sit to teach the multitude;
He borrowed a nest in which to rest; He had never a home so rude;
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore were his own—the cross was his own!

He borrowed a room on his way to the tomb the Passover Lamb to eat;
They borrowed a cave for him a grave; they borrowed a winding sheet;
But the crown that he wore and the cross that he bore

Were his own—the cross was his own!—Author Unknown

“And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull...” —John 19:17

Is Jesus the Nazareth the Messiah of the Old Testament?

Topic(s): Jesus

Jesus fulfilled more than three hundred Old Testament prophecies. Peter Stoner, in Science Speaks (Moody Press, 1963), calculates the odds of fulfilling only eight prophecies as 1 in 10 to the 17th power, or 100,000,000,000,000,000. He suggested that if one covered the state of Texas with that many silver dollars, the entire state would be covered in coins two feet deep. Mark one of the coins, mix thoroughly, then blindfold a man and tell him to pick up the marked coin on the first try. That would be the same probability of just eight of the messianic prophecies coming true by coincidence.