READ: 1 Peter 1:18-21
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace… The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. :-Isaiah 9:6-7
All the scriptures in the Old Testament predict in detail how the Messiah would come and what will happen in His life and ministry. There are many things that Jesus could not control. The fact that He would be crucified between thieves was not under His control. The fact that He would be buried with the rich was not determined by Him. How could Jesus have decided how He would be buried after He was dead?
A study of the predetermined life of Jesus Christ should make everyone have faith in the truth that we are basically acting out a script that has been written already. Truly, Jesus came in the volume of the book to fulfil the destiny that God had purposed years ago.
1. Christ was predestined to come through Abraham.
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
Genesis 12:3 (NIV)
The predestination of Christ being a descendant of Abraham is fulfilled in Acts 3:25-26.
2. Christ was predestined to come through Isaac.
Then God said, Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 17:19 (NIV)
The predestination of Christ being a descendant of Isaac is fulfilled in Romans 9:7.
Perhaps, this is how your life is too! You are fulfilling a destiny that is determined by God already! Spend your life seeking the will of God and praying that you will fulfil all the purposes and plans that God has already laid out for you.