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Messianic Prophecies in the Old Testament
 All Fulfilled in the New Testament

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The Old Testament Foretells A Coming Messiah - And Only One Fulfilled All The Prophecies: Jesus Christ

Prophecy is history written in advance. Its 100% accuracy rate proves that it comes from God, whose plan for man's salvation was in place since Adam. So when ancient prophets speak, consider their words as about or from the Messiah. Their pain foreshadows His pain; their jubilation foreshadows His victory over death.

The Messiah would be:

Eternal
From eternity and everlasting

2. God Come Down in Human Form

The Messiah would be:

The Creator of all
LORD
Holy
God





Both God and man

3. The Only Son of God

God would have a Son
The Messiah would be the Son of God




The Messiah would call God His Father

4 . Genealogy

The Messiah would be a descendant of:

Shem
Abraham


Isaac


Jacob
Judah

Boaz & Ruth
Jesse

David
(David's son Nathan, not Solomon, was the ancestor of Christ. God cursed Solomon's descendants because Jehoiakim, king of Judah, burned Jeremiah's prophecies that fortold the coming devastation from Babylon's king: Jer. 36:29-31)










Zerubbabel

Luke 3:23-36
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Galatians 3:16
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-34
Luke 3:23-32
Luke 3:23-32
Luke 3:23-32
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Luke 3:23-32
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 1:1
Luke 3:23-32
Luke 3:23-32
Luke 3:23-32
Matthew 1:1
Luke 3:23-27

5. His Advent Was Prophecied Precisely By Daniel In 535 B.C. - 5 Centuries Before His Birth

The Messiah would appear exactly 483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem; King Artaxerxes gave the order to Nehemiah in 444 B.C. (483 Biblical years = 476 solar years + 1 for B.C. to A.D. transition.) Jesus arrived in Jerusalem with His followers, who proclaimed Him King, on Passover week 33 A.D.
The Jews would have lost the power of capital punishment when Messiah arrived
The Messiah would be killed before the destruction of the Temple (70 A.D.) by Rome

Daniel 9:25
Nehemiah 2:1-6


Deuteronomy 13:9
Daniel 9:26

6. Birth and Early Years

The Messiah would:

Be born of the "seed" of a woman
Be born of a virgin

Be called Immanuel, or "God with us"
Be called by His name before He was born
Be born in Bethlehem
By His birth, signal God come down to earth
Be worshipped by shepherds
Be worshipped by kings
Be protected by God
Come out of Egypt
Grow up in a poor family, a "shoot," not a king
Grow up in a poor family, the Davidic line being "dry ground"
Be aware of His Father from His youth

Luke 1:34-35
Luke 1:34-35
Matthew 1:18-20
Matthew 1:21-23
Luke 1:30-31
Matthew 2:1-2
Luke 2:11
Luke 2:8-11
Matthew 2:1-2
Matthew 2:13-15
Matthew 2:14-15
Luke 2:7
Luke 2:7
Luke 2:40

7. John the Baptist

The Messiah's forerunner would:

Live in the wilderness
Prepare the way for the Messiah

Come in the spirit of Elijah
Turn many away from sin and to righteousness

8. Characteristics

The Messiah would:

Be a Prophet like Moses

Be a Priest in the order of Melchizedek
Be Priest and King
Be a King


Be the "Wonderful Counselor"
Be the "Prince of Peace"
Be the subject of angels' worship
Be a witness
Be as a shepherd
Speak in parables


Speak with a message of grace
Have words like a sharp sword
Speak with words of authority given to Him from God
Have a Galilean ministry
Have the Spirit of God upon Him


Have the Spirit of Wisdom
Have the Spirit of Understanding
Have the Spirit of Counsel
Have the Spirit of Might
Have the Spirit of the Knowledge of God
Have the Spirit of the Fear of God
Have a quick understanding in the fear of the LORD
Place His trust in God
Be just
Not judge on the basis of external representations
Judge the poor with righteousness
Have compassion for the poor and needy
Act with righteousness
Be responsible for the judgment of mankind
Not draw attention to himself
Be humble
Have the appearance of an ordinary man
Be the cornerstone
Be the cornerstone
Be the "Rock"
Be as the "light of the morning"
Say the scriptures were written of Him
Have the key of David

9. Sent To Do God's Will

The Messiah would:

Be called to God's service from the womb

Be sent by God
Come to do God's will
Please God
Do work that would glorify God
Not conceal His mission from the congregation
Not be rebellious to God's will
Steadfastly set His face toward His mission
Be God's servant







Bear reproach, for God's sake

Be the sin-bearer for all mankind, by God's will 
Die for all mankind, by God's will

Fully satisfy God with His suffering
Receive guidance from God
Speak with knowledge given to Him from God
Come in the name of the LORD

10. Specific Incidents Prophesied

The Messiah would:

Preach the good news
Declare that He was the Son of God
Receive praise from children 
Be greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem
Be beheld as King
Be presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey
Visit the second Temple
Make a sudden appearance at the Temple
Be angered by disrespect toward the Temple
Be ministered to by God
Be promised an inheritance by God

11. Miracles That Only God Could Do

The Messiah would:

Raise the dead
Heal the blind

Heal the deaf
Heal the lame
Heal the deaf and mute
Have a healing ministry
Walk on water

12. Come For All

The Messiah would:

Come for all nations

Come for all people




Have a ministry in Galilee to the Gentiles
Be a light to the Gentiles


Provide justice to the Gentiles and to all nations

13. Would Be The Sacrificial Lamb To Save Mankind

The Messiah would:

Be the messenger of the new covenant
Be the new covenant

Come to make an end to sins
Provide freedom from the chains of sin and death
Proclaim a message of grace
Die for the sins of the world

Willingly give up His life to save mankind
Be God's spotless sacrificial lamb
Be an offering for sin
Offer himself to replace all sacrifices
Shed His blood to make atonement for all
Bear the penalty for mankind's sins




Be the sacrifice to provide peace between man and God
Justify man before God
Be the intercessor between man and God
Intercede with God on behalf of all sinners, even His tormenters
Enable believers to be His brothers by His atonement
Come to provide salvation
Bring salvation
Have a ministry to the oppressed
Offer salvation to all mankind
Come to bring Israel back to God
Come to Zion as their Redeemer
Judge those who refused to listen to Him
Reject those who did not believe in Him

14. Betrayed

The Messiah's betrayer would be a friend with whom He broke bread
The Messiah would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver
Thirty pieces of silver would be thrown into the house of the LORD
The potter's field would be uninhabited
The Messiah's betrayer would have a short life
The Messiah's betrayer would be replaced

15. Friends Desert Him

The Messiah would be abandoned by the disciples
The Messiah's disciples would fail Him in His time of need
Men would hide from being associated with the Messiah

16. Hated

The Messiah would be:

Despised



Hated by many without cause
Conspired against by political and religious leaders

17. Falsely Judged

The Messiah would:

Be accused by false witnesses

Be judged
Be silent before His accusers
Be innocent and had done no violence
Have no deceit in His mouth

18. Rejected

At the time of Messiah's coming, Israel would have unfit leaders
The Messiah's brothers would disbelieve Him
Messiah would be the "stone" rejected by the Jews
The Jews would have a hardened heart against the Messiah
Messiah would be a "stumbling stone" for the Jews
The unbelief of Israel's leaders would force the Messiah to reject them
Messiah would stop ministering to those who rejected Him
Messiah would be distressed over the Jews' unbelief
Messiah's own people would not believe He was the Christ
Messiah would be rejected



Messiah would be rejected by the Jews

Messiah would be rejected in favor of another king
Messiah would be rejected by Gentiles
Messiah's rejection would cause God to remove His protection of Israel

The Messiah's rejection would cause God to scatter Israel

19. Suffering

The Messiah would:

Suffer while reconciling men to God
Have great sorrow and grief
Pray without ceasing in anguish
Be oppressed and afflicted
Be confined and persecuted
Have His face beaten and spit upon
Have His back whipped

Have His face disfigured from severe beatings

20. The Cruelest Execution Imaginable

The Messiah would:

Be sacrificed upon the same mountain where God tested Abraham

Be grouped with criminals
Have His hands and feet pierced 
(written 500 years before the Romans invented crucifixion as capital punishment)
Be crucified
Have His body pierced
Pray for His enemies
Be offered gall and vinegar
Have His garments divided
Have lots cast for His clothes
Be surrounded by Gentiles at His crucifixion
Be surrounded by Jews at His crucifixion
Have people stare at Him during His crucifixion
His friends would stand watching far away
Be thought to be cursed by God
Be mocked by people shaking their heads

Have mockers say of Him, "He trusted God, let God rescue (deliver) Him"
Cry out to God
Be forsaken by God
Be surrounded by evil spirits
Thirst during crucifixion

Thirst shortly before His death
Commit His Spirit to God
Be killed

Die a violent death
Have none of His bones broken

Have His heart burst, flowing with blood and water
Cause God to bring darkness from noon to 3 PM across the land
Be buried in a rich man's grave

21. Resurrected in Triumph Over Death

The Messiah would:

Not have His body subject to decay
Be resurrected
Be resurrected and live forever
Be resurrected by God 
Cause others to rise to life at His own resurrection
Be God's "firstborn"
Defeat death

Defeat Satan
Be justified by His righteousness
Ascend into heaven

Be originally descended from heaven and would ascend there to return
Be exalted to the right hand of God
Be resurrected and crowned as King
Be exalted by God with power and strength
Be at the right hand of God


Have an everlasting throne

Have an everlasting dominion
Be greatly exalted by God because of His sacrifice
Be highly exalted

Prosper
Receive authority over all
Be given authority over all things
Be seen in a vision in a glorified state

Psalm 16:8-10
Psalm 16:8-10
Isaiah 53:10
Isaiah 55:3
Isaiah 26:19
Psalm 89:27
Isaiah 25:8
Hosea 13:14
Genesis 3:15
Isaiah 50:8
Psalm 68:18
Daniel 7:13-14
Proverbs 30:4
Psalm 16:11
Psalm 2:7
1 Samuel 2:10
Psalm 80:17
Psalm 110:1
Psalm 110:5
1 Chron. 17:11-12
Psalm 45:6-7
Daniel 7:13-14
Isaiah 53:12
Isaiah 52:13
Daniel 7:13-14
Isaiah 53:10
Psalm 2:8
Psalm 8:6
Daniel 7:13
Daniel 10:5-6

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