Canadian Celebration Going Back 2,000 Years and Beyond

It's 2010 Anno Domini, or "In the Year of Our Lord," this year, which looks back to the time when Jesus lived, died, and rose again. This Good Friday and Easter season, we look back in history at a great event from which we date everything. But did you know that that event did not come as a surprise? There were many predictions, from the beginning of human existence, more than a thousand years before it happened, until about 400 years before Jesus was born.

These prophecies were very specific. They talked about how He would be born, to whom, and where. They describe how He would die, with whom, and the legacy of his garments. They also tell of His resurrection and victory over death, and the results of that for the human race. (Mandarin speakers can access a lecture on Jesus' death here.)

Here are several Youtube videos that discuss this time-honoured Canadian tradition:

The Prophet John the Baptist, who was born just before Jesus, says that Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. Because the Jewish people had for centuries been practising the ritual of slaughtering lambs, they understood exactly what John meant:



Some prophecies about Jesus were written by Moses 1,500 years before He was born: