Bible Lesson: Prophecies Made By The
Lord Jesus: Martyrdom Of James And John
The Prophecy: James And John To
Suffer Martyrdom.
Bible Texts:
Matthew 20:23 KLJV
And He saith unto them, Ye shall
drink indeed of My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with: but to sit on My right hand, and on My left, is not
Mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared
of My Father.
Mark 10:39 KJV
And they said unto Him, We can. And
Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink
of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be
baptized:
The Fulfillment:
Bible Texts:
Acts 12:1,2 KJV
1 Now about that time Herod the king
stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the
brother of John with the sword.
Matthew 14:1-12 NLT
1 When Herod Antipas, the ruler of
Galilee, heard about Jesus,
2 he said to his advisers, “This
must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he
can do such miracles.”
3 For Herod had arrested and
imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias (the former wife of
Herod’s brother Philip).
4 John had been telling Herod, “It
is against God’s law for you to marry her.”
5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he
was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a
prophet.
6 But at a birthday party for Herod,
Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
7 so he promised with a vow to give
her anything she wanted.
8 At her mother’s urging, the girl
said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”
9 Then the king regretted what he
had said; but because of the vow he had made in front of his guests,
he issued the necessary orders.
10 So John was beheaded in the
prison,
11 and his head was brought on a
tray and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
12 Later, John’s disciples came
for his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus what had
happened.
The Martyrdom of
John the Baptist AD 31, Martyrdom of Stephen AD 35, and
the Martyrdom of James the apostle in AD 44, and there would
be many to follow.
Our God, who
created all that there is, knows the future, and His predictions, are
100% accurate!
Psalm 147:5 KJV
Great is our Lord, and of great
power: His understanding is infinite.
Isaiah 42:8,9
NLT
8 “I am The Lord; that is My name!
I will not give My glory to anyone else, nor share My
praise with carved idols.
9 Everything I prophesied has come
true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future
before it happens.”
Isaiah 46:9,10
KJV
9 Remember the former things of old:
for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none
like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure:
Daniel 2:20,28
KJV
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed
be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are
His:
28 But there is a God in heaven that
revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what
shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy
head upon thy bed, are these;
Romans 8:28,29
KJV
28 And we know
that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them
who are the called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He did foreknow,
He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son,
that He might be The Firstborn among many brethren.
Romans
11:2,33,34 KJV
2 God hath not
cast away His people which he foreknew...”
33 O the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His
judgments, and His ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of
The Lord? or who hath been His counselor?
I Peter 1:2 KJV
Elect
according to the foreknowledge of God The Father..."
Isaiah 40:12-31
NLT (The Lord Has No Equal)
12 Who else has held the oceans in
His hand? Who has measured off the heavens with His fingers? Who else
knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills
on a scale?
13 Who is able to advise The Spirit
Of The Lord? Who knows enough to give Him advice or teach Him?
14 Has The Lord ever needed anyone’s
advice? Does He need instruction about what is good? Did someone
teach Him what is right or show Him the path of justice?
15 No, for all the nations of the
world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust
on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain
of sand.
16 All the wood in Lebanon’s
forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a
burnt offering worthy of our God.
17 The nations of the world are
worth nothing to Him. In His eyes they count for less than
nothing—mere emptiness and froth.
18 To whom can you compare God? What
image can you find to resemble Him?
19 Can He be compared to an idol
formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver
chains?
20 Or if people are too poor for
that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a
skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down!
21 Haven’t you heard? Don’t you
understand? Are you deaf to The Words Of God— The Words He gave
before the world began? Are you so ignorant?
22 God sits above the circle of the
earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to Him! He spreads out
the heavens like a curtain and makes His tent from them.
23 He judges the great people of the
world and brings them all to nothing.
24 They hardly get started, barely
taking root, when He blows on them and they wither. The wind carries
them off like chaff.
25 “To whom will you compare Me?
Who is My equal?” asks The Holy One.
26 Look up into the heavens. Who
created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after
another, calling each by its name. Because of His great power and
incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.
27 O Jacob, how can you say The Lord
does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores
your rights?
28 Have you never heard? Have you
never understood? The Lord is The Everlasting God,
The Creator Of All The Earth. He
never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of His
understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak and
strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and
tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in The Lord
will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Friend, do you know
this great and wonderful God? He received James and John up to heaven
to be with Him forever. Stephen when he lay dying said.....
Acts 7:55,56 KJV
(While Stephen was being
stoned.)
55 But he, being full of The Holy
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the
heavens opened, and The Son Of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Will He receive us
up to heaven? He will if we have received His love Gift, The Lord
Jesus Christ, Savior of the world.
John 3:15-18 KJV
15 That whosoever believeth in Him
(The Lord Jesus)
should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of
God.
