44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” <<
How many posting here hold a firm grasp on the fact that what Yeshua called “scripture” is not exactly the same as what we generally call scripture today?
The full plan was laid out in Moses' time, and nothing has been added since. Fulfillment of the plan of salvation is our present day advantage, and little is being done with that, that couldn't have been done before.
The power of the scriptures has largely been abandoned by the church today.
2 Timothy 3:1-8 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
The gentlemen pinged along with you (GarySpFc) recommended a book to me (I have been woefully behind in reading it) called “Jesus on Every Page.” Based on your comments you may be interested in reading it.
“The full plan was laid out in Moses’ time, and nothing has been added since”
There was no Bible in Mose’s time and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were unheard of. The Catholic Church compiled the 4 gospels which become the NT.