[[Gal-01]] Prev: [[Prophecies in 2 Cor-13]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Gal-02]] --- ### Paul, an apostle--not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead-- *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead by God the Father. *Historical context*: Theological and historical analysis identifies the resurrection of Jesus as the fulfillment of various Old Testament messianic prophecies, most notably [[Ps-16#v10|Psalm 16:10]], which states that God would not let His 'Holy One' see decay. Apostles Peter and Paul explicitly cited this as fulfilled in Jesus in [[Acts-02#v25|Acts 2:25]]-32 and [[Acts-13#v34|Acts 13:34]]-37. *Related to*: [[Ps-16#v10|Psalm 16:10]] ### who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father-- *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Jesus Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for human sins to provide deliverance from the world. *Historical context*: This is widely recognized by scholars as the realization of the 'Suffering Servant' prophecy in [[Isa|Isaiah 53]], particularly [[Isa-53#v6|Isaiah 53:6]], which foretells that the Lord would lay the 'iniquity of us all' upon the Messiah. It also fulfills the ritual shadows of the Day of Atonement ([[Lev|Leviticus 16]]). *Related to*: [[Isa-53#v5|Isaiah 53:5]]-12 ### But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his grace to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Paul's calling from birth to serve as the apostle and 'light' to the non-Jewish (Gentile) nations. *Historical context*: Paul utilizes specific language from [[Isa-49#v1|Isaiah 49:1]] ('The Lord called me from the womb') and [[Isa-49#v6|Isaiah 49:6]] ('I will also make you a light for the Gentiles') to describe his mission. His career, as recorded in Acts and his epistles, involved establishing the church throughout the Roman Empire, fulfilling the prophetic mandate for God's salvation to reach the ends of the earth. *Related to*: [[Isa-49#v1|Isaiah 49:1]]-6 ### But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb... *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The divine pre-ordination of a specific prophet/messenger before their birth. *Historical context*: This verse mirrors the call of the prophet Jeremiah, whom God told, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you... I appointed you as a prophet to the nations' ([[Jer-01#v5|Jeremiah 1:5]]). Paul identifies his specific apostolic authority as having the same prophetic continuity and divine origin. *Related to*: [[Jer-01#v5|Jeremiah 1:5]] --- #ai_prophecy