GRACE 1 Peter 1:10-12

Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. 

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who spoke 
Matthew 26:24  "The Son of Man will go just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

of the grace that was to come to you 
1 Peter 1:13  Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

searched intently and with the greatest care 
Matthew 13:17  "For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them 
Acts 16:7  When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.
2 Peter 1:21  For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow
Matthew 26:24  "The Son of Man will go just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you 
Romans 4:23-24  The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness--for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you 
1 Peter 1:24-25  For, "All people are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8) And this is the word that was preached to you.

by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven 
Luke 24:49  "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

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