Enclosed by Wickedness

"For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet" (Psalm 22:16).

This is the central verse of the 22nd Psalm, the remarkable prophetic psalm which describes in terrible detail the sufferings of Christ on the cross a thousand years before they were fulfilled.

The Temptation of Jesus

"And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him" (Mark 1:13).

The Righteous Judge

"The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works" (Psalm 145:17).

The Hand of the Lord

"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him" (Ezra 7:6).

The "Triumphal" Entry

"For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord" (Matthew 23:39).

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