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In the Fulfillment of Prophecy 233
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide him a portion
with the many, and he shall divide
the spoil with the strong, because he
poured out his soul to death and was
numbered with the transgressors; yet
he bore the sin of many, and makes
intercession for the transgressors.
Luke 22:37
For I tell you that this Scripture
must be fulfilled in me: “And he was
numbered with the transgressors.”
For what is written about me has its
fulfillment.
One of the reasons for this widespread and detailed reference to the
Old Testament in the New Testament is to magnify the glory that God
is God, and that God is ruling the history that climaxed in Jesus.
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose.” (Isa. 46:9–10)
God’s deity—his Godness—is shown in declaring his purpose before it
happens and then seeing to it that it happens by “accomplishing all my
purpose.” God does not just predict. He plans and accomplishes. The
sheer fact of fulfilled prophecy is not owing to God’s gift of clairvoyance
but to God’s sovereignty over the world. “The counsel of the Lord
stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations” (Ps. 33:11). His
predictions are certain, not mainly because he foresees without error,
but because he executes without fail. This is no small aspect of his glory
in fulfilling Scripture.
The Fulfillment of Scripture Depicts the Peculiar Glory of God
But that is not the main focus of this chapter, wonderful as it is.
Rather, I want to draw attention to how the fulfillment of prophecy
is part of the display of God’s peculiar glory. In the last chapter, I
argued that at the heart of what makes the glory of God uniquely
glorious is the way his majesty and his meekness combine. In other
words, God’s peculiar glory is never seen when his power is viewed
in isolation from his readiness to dwell with “the contrite and lowly
in spirit” (Isa. 57:15).