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Yeah, none of those put humans above gods.Like
What?Those religions that put man above god are way more intelligent and are not usually confused.
The only one I am aware of is Buddhism.
A good example that is second only to Gnostic Christianity. I see the Phrases in Judaism do so as well.
Their end of Judaism is where Jesus in scriptures asks, have ye forgotten that ye are gods and children of the most high?
The Hindu might also qualify because if you ask them who their god is they will laugh as they have many many gods.
Regards
DL
I think there were probably several words and still are. But "sin" is a magical concept defined not by reasoned moral or ethical arguments, but rather by allegedly divine dictation from books from a more ignorant, primitive time.Do you know what they called crimes back then and if it was synonymous with sin?
Human beings are not deities
But you will immediately be separating your idea of sin from the magical idea of sin found in iron aged religious handbooks.I can use both as synonyms without breaking into a mental sweat.
But you will immediately be separating your idea of sin from the magical idea of sin found in iron aged religious handbooks.I can use both as synonyms without breaking into a mental sweat.
Surely you would not deem jealousy to be a "crime", or the eating of shellfish.
So, sure, you can always create synonyms, when you can pick whatever definition of a word that you like.
In what majority christian country is jealousy a crime? Adultery? Eating shellfish? The "separation" is slapping you right in the face.I do not see a separation of church and state in ancient days, and not a lot more today, and perhaps that makes it easy for me to accept a synonym.
Not always. Muslims are encouraged to lie to and steal from infidels, as this is proposed to be morally correct. Yet that argument isn't going to win in court, or in any serious ethical discussion.Stealing, for instance, is a crime for you and a sin for the religious.
Okay...in which country is the eating of non kosher foods a crime?Think of kosher and halal food.
In what majority christian country is jealousy a crime? Adultery? Eating shellfish? The "separation" is slapping you right in the face.I do not see a separation of church and state in ancient days, and not a lot more today, and perhaps that makes it easy for me to accept a synonym.
Not always. Muslims are encouraged to lie to and steal from infidels, as this is proposed to be morally correct. Yet that argument isn't going to win in court, or in any serious ethical discussion.Stealing, for instance, is a crime for you and a sin for the religious.
Okay...in which country is the eating of non kosher foods a crime?Think of kosher and halal food.
Agreed, so not synonyms, unless you change the delineation of one or both words.I do not think all sins have analogies as crimes.
Perhaps, in a more ignorant, superstitious time. But today, these laws don't exist in any enforceable legal code. So I think you basically agree with my point of empirical knowledge being necessary to improve morality, as you just drew a good contrast in support of it, with your example.If your Jewish community raises goats for the tribe, the tribe will frown upon you buying a pig from the gentile heathens at first, then invent a law that says don't eat pork to lock Jews into not helping the other tribes economy.
"Social engineering"Stupid today but set and setting rules the day when it comes to social manipulation and control.
Right, a stark example of "consequential ethics". Had we been armed with more knowledge -- e.g., the intent of each of those japanese-american citizens -- we could have made a more informed moral choice. So again, a shaky ethical choice was made due to ignorance.Lest we forget that jailing people without a just cause is evil, but both of our governments did just that when we declared war against Japan.
No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
, these laws don't exist in any enforceable legal code.
.E., the application of the allegedly objective (but clearly not) tenet you presented earlier, regarding the good of the many.
So again, a shaky ethical choice was made due to ignorance.
No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
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It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DL
But we have drawn a distinction between "sin" and "crime", and it's been me with which you seemingly agree.Not a legal enforcement. No argument.
There is enforcement via peer pressure fostered by the religion though.
Which is an actual crime, in most instances.Hence the ongoing discrimination against gays and women and their equality to men.
Indi,But we have drawn a distinction between "sin" and "crime", and it's been me with which you seemingly agree.Not a legal enforcement. No argument.
There is enforcement via peer pressure fostered by the religion though.
Which is an actual crime, in most instances.Hence the ongoing discrimination against gays and women and their equality to men.
You are a damnable liar and a blasphemer of God. You are a serpent and a viper, and will some day be crushed by God.No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
------------
It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DL
No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
------------
It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DLSadly, Christians - and you - say that Jesus died for the sins of man, and that's it. You stop short of the full story.
Jesus died for the church:
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Eph 5:25)
The church and her union with Christ was the Messiah’s mission (and also judgment on apostate Judea). The kingdom was Christ’s mission, the end of his work. His unblemished bride with whom he would wed was something he deemed worth dying for.
That is what absolved the adulterous nation of its sins. Or sin, perhaps, as their one great offense was idolatry. The law they violated first and foremost was the restriction on eating the fruit of another. Then all through their history, from Adam to Jesus, they chose Baal, Asherah, Ashtoreth, Molech, and all the rest, even to the point of practicing what should otherwise have been to their utter horror: human sacrifices (2 Kgs 17:16-18; Jer 19:5, 32:35; Ez 20:25-26).
To their contemporaries who believed in the divinity and work of Christ, the apostles made frequent reference to the habits of their wayward forebears. Paul, for instance:
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. (Rom 1:21-23)
Luke also reminded them of the transition from old to new:
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. (Acts 17:30)
Likewise, Peter addressed dispirited readers in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia to tell them that they were ransomed from the futile ways of their forefathers (1 Peter 1:1, 18). God reconciled His people to Himself and stopped counting their trespasses against them (2 Cor 5:16-19). The Messiah had delivered God’s people from that then-present evil age (Gal 1:4).
Like the veil that, before being torn in the temple, would open to reveal the glory of God to a select few high priests at certain times of the year, Christ's flesh was ripped open to reveal God's glory to all priests (all saints/Christians) at all times.
He died to establish God's kingdom on the earth. He died for the church with whom he is wed - the new Israel, the unblemished bride with whom he is one body. The church and her king - the kingdom on earth.
I know who the orthodox Jesus is, the one who died for the believer who drinks too much and watches porn. I know who my Jesus is, the one in whose new creation I proclaim citizenship. I do not know who your Jesus, but I suspect he is worse off than the orthodox Jesus.
But we have drawn a distinction between "sin" and "crime", and it's been me with which you seemingly agree.Not a legal enforcement. No argument.
There is enforcement via peer pressure fostered by the religion though.
Which is an actual crime, in most instances.Hence the ongoing discrimination against gays and women and their equality to men.
You are a damnable liar and a blasphemer of God. You are a serpent and a viper, and will some day be crushed by God.No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
------------
It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DL
The Prophecies required Yeshua, Messiah to pay for the sins of His people on Golgotha, the same place Yaweh tested Abraham when He asked Abraham to provide His only son as a sacrifice for sin.
Yeshua was crucified as Messiah Ben Joseph, The Suffering Messiah, and was buried, and resurrected on The 17th of Nissan, That Same Day, that The Ark providing salvation for Noah and his family, landed on Mount Ararat and God made his Covenant with Noah on the 17th of Nissan, & so was The Covenant of Salvation made with man at The Resurrection on The 17th of Nissan when Messiah defeated Death and Hell and Rose from The Grave, was seen by many, and ascended to Heaven and is coming again.
Yeshua is prophesied to come a 2nd time in the latter days, not as Messiah Ben Joseph, but as Messiah Ben David, The Ruling Savior. Do not doubt this. It can be proven in scripture. Christ had to be rejected as The Cornerstone of The Builders, so that He could be made a Propitiation for us all, and is coming again to sit upon The Throne of David and rule with a rod of Iron in His New Kingdom, I Jerusalem at the end of the age, the end of time.
Yeshua Messiah came first to His People Israel to fulfill The Law, and then to The Gentiles and is coming again for His People Israel to draw them to Himself as The Good Shepherd and as their God and King. And when He returns for His People Israel, "They shall look upon Him whom they pierced." And they shall ask Him, "What are these wounds that we see in Thy Hands?" and He shall say, "The were given to me in the house of my friends" And then they shall weep for Him as one weeps for the death of an only son. And God Yeshua Messiah will pour out His Spirit on Israel.
Anyone who denies The Son of God, denies The Father, and The Father will deny him.
Islam by The Way Denies Christ, and allah is described in The Koran as The Great Deceiver, The Trickster. "Who can deceive like allah can deceive?"
If you want to know how Sin and Free Will entered The World, read my post below.
Who Is Worthy To Open The Scroll?
If you want to ensure you go to Hell, read The Koran, and listen To Muslims tell you about God.
As an addendum to my post, Jesus fulfilled 100s of prophecies about The Messiah. Here are just a few of them found in this article:
55 Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus | Jesus Film Project
55 Old Testament prophecies about Jesus
We put together 55 prophecies that cover four specific areas:
We've ordered the prophecies based on their Old Testament book order. For each one, we included a verse showing its fulfillment in the New Testament.
- Jesus's birth
- Jesus's ministry
- Jesus's death and resurrection
- Jesuss' role in the church
It's our hope that your faith is strengthened as you peruse these prophecies about Jesus.
Prophecies of Jesus's birth
Not only was Christ's miraculous birth prophetically revealed, but God planned his lineage from the very beginning. Here are eight prophecies predicting elements of Jesus’ birth and childhood.
1. The nations will be blessed through Abraham's lineage
Prophecy:
"I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you" (Genesis 12:3).
Fulfillment:
"And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways” (Acts 3:25–26).
2. God's covenant with Isaac's ancestors
Prophecy:
"Then God said, 'Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him'" (Genesis 17:19).
Fulfillment:
"Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, 'It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned'” (Romans 9:7).
3. The nations will be blessed through Jacob's offspring
Prophecy:
"Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring" (Genesis 28:14).
Fulfillment:
Jacob is part of Jesus’ genealogy.
"the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor" (Luke 3:34)
4. The scepter will come through Judah
Prophecy:
"The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his" (Genesis 49:10).
Fulfillment:
Judah is part of Jesus's genealogy.
"the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,
the son of Judah" (Luke 3:33)
5. David's offspring will have an eternal kingdom
Prophecy:
"When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever" (2 Samuel 7:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1)
6. A virgin will give birth, and he will be called Immanuel (God with us)
Prophecy:
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14).
Fulfillment:
"The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35).
7. The Messiah will end up in Egypt
Prophecy:
"When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son" (Hosea 11:1).
Fulfillment:
"So he [Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son'" (Matthew 2:14–15).
8. The Christ will be born in Bethlehem
Prophecy:
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times." (Micah 5:2).
Fulfillment:
"When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 'In Bethlehem in Judea,' they replied, 'for this is what the prophet has written:
"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.'" (Matthew 2:4–6).
Prophecies about Jesus's ministry
It was God’s plan that Jesus would have a profound ministry during his time on earth. This collection of prophecies focuses on particularly specific elements of Christ's earthly ministry.
9. Christ's ministry will destroy the devil's work
Prophecy:
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel" (Genesis 3:15).
Fulfillment:
"The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work" (1 John 3:8).
10. Jesus will have a sinless, blemish-free life and ministry
Prophecy:
"The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats" (Exodus 12:5).
Fulfillment:
"How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!" (Hebrews 9:14)
11. The Messiah will be humbled in order to serve mankind
Prophecy:
"You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet" (Psalm 8:5–6)
Fulfillment:
"It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:
'What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
and put everything under their feet.'
"In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:5–9).
12. Jesus would become the perfect sacrifice
Prophecy:
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
but my ears you have opened—
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart" (Psalm 40:6–8).
Fulfillment:
"Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.'
"Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
"First he said, 'Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them'—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, 'Here I am, I have come to do your will.' He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" (Hebrews 10:5–10).
13. Jesus would preach righteousness to Israel
Prophecy:
"I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know" (Psalm 40:9).
Fulfillment:
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:17).
14. Jesus would teach in parables
Prophecy:
"My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old" (Psalm 78:1–2)
Fulfillment:
"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
'I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'" (Matthew 13:34–35).
15. Christ's parables would fall on deaf ears
Prophecy:
"He said, 'Go and tell this people:
"Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed"'" (Isaiah 6:9–10).
Fulfillment:
"This is why I speak to them in parables:
'Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
'"You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them"'" (Matthew 13:13–15).
16. The Messiah would be a stone that causes people to stumble
Prophecy:
"He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare" (Isaiah 8:14).
Fulfillment:
"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,'
and,
'A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.'
"They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for" (1 Peter 2:7–8).
17. Christ's ministry would begin in Galilee
Prophecy:
"Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned" (Isaiah 9:1–2).
Fulfillment:
"When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles—
the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.'
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:12–17).
18. Jesus would draw the Gentiles to himself
Prophecy:
"In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious" (Isaiah 11:10).
Fulfillment:
"Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, 'See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!'
"Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. 'Sir,' they said, 'we would like to see Jesus'" (John 12:18–21).
19. Jesus would have a miraculous ministry
Prophecy:
"Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert" (Isaiah 35:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'
"Jesus replied, 'Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me'" (Matthew 11:2–6).
20. The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner
Prophecy:
"A voice of one calling:
'In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain'" (Isaiah 40:3–4).
Fulfillment:
"John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, "Make straight the way for the Lord"'" (John 1:23).
21. Jesus will be a gentle redeemer of the Gentiles
Prophecy:
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope" (Isaiah 42:1–4).
Fulfillment:
"Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
'Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
In his name the nations will put their hope.'" (Matthew 12:15–21).
22. Jesus would be despised and rejected
Prophecy:
"He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem" (Isaiah 53:3).
Fulfillment:
"All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff" (Luke 4:28–29).
23. Jesus will set the captives free
Prophecy:
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners" (Isaiah 61:1)
Fulfillment:
"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
'The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.'
"Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, 'Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing'" (Luke 4:16–21).
24. The Messiah will have a throne that is everlasting
Prophecy:
"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed" (Daniel 7:13–14).
Fulfillment:
"You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end" (Luke 1:31–33).
25. The Messiah will bring an end to sin
Prophecy:
"Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place" (Daniel 9:24).
Fulfillment:
"Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" (Daniel 9:25–26).
"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen" (Galatians 1:3–5).
26. Jerusalem will rejoice as the Messiah comes to her upon a donkey
Prophecy:
"Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9).
Fulfillment:
"A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
'Hosanna to the Son of David!'
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'
'Hosanna in the highest heaven!'
"When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, 'Who is this?'" (Matthew 21:8–10)
27. He will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
Prophecy:
"I told them, 'If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.' So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
"And the Lord said to me, 'Throw it to the potter'—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord" (Zechariah 11:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"The chief priests picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'" (Matthew 27:6–10).
28. Christ's forerunner would come in the spirit of Elijah
Prophecy:
"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction" (Malachi 4:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"This is the one about whom it is written:
'I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’
"Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Whoever has ears, let them hear" (Matthew 11:10–15).
Prophecies about Jesus's death and resurrection
The death and resurrection of Christ are the most significant events in human history. It’s no surprise that there would be plenty of Old Testament prophecies pointing to this remarkable event.
29. Christ will be our Passover Lamb
Prophecy:
"Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.
'None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
'Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, "What does this ceremony mean to you?" then tell them, ‘"t is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians."' Then the people bowed down and worshiped" (Exodus 12:21–27).
Fulfillment:
"Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Corinthians 5:7).
30. Like the Passover Lamb, none of the Christ's bones will be broken
Prophecy:
"It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones" (Exodus 12:46).
Fulfillment:
"Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken'" (John 19:31–36)
31. The Messiah's blood will be spilled for atonement
Prophecy:
"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life" (Leviticus 17:11).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
32. Jesus will be lifted up, and everyone who looks on Him will live
Prophecy:
"So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived" (Numbers 21:9).
Fulfillment:
"'Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.'
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son" (John 3:14–18).
33. Christ's resurrection prophesied
Prophecy:
"Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,
or engraved in rock forever!
I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him
with my own eyes—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!" (Job 19:23–27)
Fulfillment:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned" (John 5:24–29).
34. The Messiah would be forsaken
Prophecy:
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?" (Psalm 22:1)
Fulfillment:
"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')" (Matthew 27:46).
35. The Messiah would be scorned
Prophecy:
"'He trusts in the Lord,' they say,
'let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him'" (Psalm 22:8).
Fulfillment:
"'He saved others,' they said, 'but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, "I am the Son of God"'" (Matthew 27:42–43).
36. The Messiah's suffering would include thirst
Prophecy:
"My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death" (Psalm 22:15).
Fulfillment:
"Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty'" (John 19:28).
37. They would pierce Christ's hands and feet
Prophecy:
"Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet" (Psalm 22:16).
Fulfillment:
"These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken,' and, as another scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced'" (John 19:36–37).
38. They would cast lots for Jesus's clothing
Prophecy:
"They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment" (Psalm 22:18).
Fulfillment:
"When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
'Let’s not tear it,' they said to one another. 'Let’s decide by lot who will get it.'
"This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
'They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.'
"So this is what the soldiers did" (John 19:23–24).
39. The Messiah will cry, "Into your hands I commit my Spirit"
Prophecy:
"Into your hands I commit my spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God" (Psalm 31:5).
Fulfillment:
"Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last" (Luke 23:46).
40. Everyone will abandon the Messiah
Prophecy:
"Because of all my enemies,
I am the utter contempt of my neighbors
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
those who see me on the street flee from me" (Psalm 31:11).
Fulfillment:
"Then everyone deserted him and fled" (Mark 14:50).
41. They will plot to kill God's anointed
Prophecy:
"For I hear many whispering,
'Terror on every side!'
They conspire against me
and plot to take my life" (Psalm 31:13).
Fulfillment:
"Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed" (Matthew 27:1).
42. The Messiah will be quiet before his accusers
Prophecy:
"Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak" (Psalm 38:12–13)
Fulfillment:
"When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, 'Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?' But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor" (Matthew 27:12–14).
43. God's anointed will not see decay
Prophecy:
"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand" (Psalm 16:9–11).
Fulfillment:
"Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay" (Acts 2:31).
44. The Messiah would be abandoned by those closest to him
Prophecy:
"Even my close friend,
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me" (Psalm 41:9).
Fulfillment:
"I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me’" (John 13:18).
45. The Christ will ascend into the heavens to distribute gifts
Prophecy:
"When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious—
that you, Lord God, might dwell there" (Psalm 68:18).
Fulfillment:
"But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:
'When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.'
"(What does 'he ascended' mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
"Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work" (Ephesians 4:7–16).
46. The Christ's thirst will be quenched with vinegar and gall
Prophecy:
"They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst" (Psalm 69:21).
Fulfillment:
"There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it" (Matthew 27:34).
47. The Messiah's resurrection predicted
Prophecy:
"I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
The Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death" (Psalm 118:17–18).
Fulfillment:
"In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: "The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again"'" (Luke 24:5–7).
48. The Messiah will conquer death
Prophecy:
"On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken" (Isaiah 25:7–8).
Fulfillment:
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory'" (1 Corinthians 15:54).
49. The Messiah will be mocked and abused
Prophecy:
"'I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.'
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting" (Isaiah 50:3–6).
Fulfillment:
"Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him" (Matthew 27:27–31).
Prophecies about Jesus's role in the church
What kind of presence would Jesus have in his church? These prophecies consider how Jesus would rule and judge the world.
50. God will raise up a prophet like Moses
Prophecy:
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, 'Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die'" (Deuteronomy 18:15–16).
Fulfillment:
"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" (John 5:45–47)
51. God will raise up a faithful priest who does God's will
Prophecy:
"I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always" (1 Samuel 2:35).
Fulfillment:
"For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:17).
52. The Messiah will judge the world justly
Prophecy:
"The Lord reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness
and judges the peoples with equity.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you" (Psalm 9:7–10).
Fulfillment:
"For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
53. The Messiah will have all authority over judgment
Prophecy:
"I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Isaiah 22:22).
Fulfillment:
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Revelation 3:7).
54. The Messiah will pour out his Spirit
Prophecy:
"For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants" (Isaiah 44:3)
Fulfillment:
"But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7).
55. The Messiah will usher in a new covenant
Prophecy:
"'The days are coming,' declares the Lord,
'when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah'" (Jeremiah 31:31).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
Discovering God's plan in the Old Testament
As these prophecies reveal, God planned our redemption all the way back in the garden. Jesus's death and resurrection were the most important events in history. It's no surprise that God would give us signs of his plans throughout Israel's history and prophets.
Jesus's story reveals God's incredible love for us. And throughout the Old Testament, we discover how incredibly thorough his plan for rescuing us was—now, we can all be reconciled to Him through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus.
Allah The Greatest Deceiver of them AllYou are a damnable liar and a blasphemer of God. You are a serpent and a viper, and will some day be crushed by God.No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
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It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DL
The Prophecies required Yeshua, Messiah to pay for the sins of His people on Golgotha, the same place Yaweh tested Abraham when He asked Abraham to provide His only son as a sacrifice for sin.
Yeshua was crucified as Messiah Ben Joseph, The Suffering Messiah, and was buried, and resurrected on The 17th of Nissan, That Same Day, that The Ark providing salvation for Noah and his family, landed on Mount Ararat and God made his Covenant with Noah on the 17th of Nissan, & so was The Covenant of Salvation made with man at The Resurrection on The 17th of Nissan when Messiah defeated Death and Hell and Rose from The Grave, was seen by many, and ascended to Heaven and is coming again.
Yeshua is prophesied to come a 2nd time in the latter days, not as Messiah Ben Joseph, but as Messiah Ben David, The Ruling Savior. Do not doubt this. It can be proven in scripture. Christ had to be rejected as The Cornerstone of The Builders, so that He could be made a Propitiation for us all, and is coming again to sit upon The Throne of David and rule with a rod of Iron in His New Kingdom, I Jerusalem at the end of the age, the end of time.
Yeshua Messiah came first to His People Israel to fulfill The Law, and then to The Gentiles and is coming again for His People Israel to draw them to Himself as The Good Shepherd and as their God and King. And when He returns for His People Israel, "They shall look upon Him whom they pierced." And they shall ask Him, "What are these wounds that we see in Thy Hands?" and He shall say, "The were given to me in the house of my friends" And then they shall weep for Him as one weeps for the death of an only son. And God Yeshua Messiah will pour out His Spirit on Israel.
Anyone who denies The Son of God, denies The Father, and The Father will deny him.
Islam by The Way Denies Christ, and allah is described in The Koran as The Great Deceiver, The Trickster. "Who can deceive like allah can deceive?"
If you want to know how Sin and Free Will entered The World, read my post below.
Who Is Worthy To Open The Scroll?
If you want to ensure you go to Hell, read The Koran, and listen To Muslims tell you about God.
As an addendum to my post, Jesus fulfilled 100s of prophecies about The Messiah. Here are just a few of them found in this article:
55 Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus | Jesus Film Project
55 Old Testament prophecies about Jesus
We put together 55 prophecies that cover four specific areas:
We've ordered the prophecies based on their Old Testament book order. For each one, we included a verse showing its fulfillment in the New Testament.
- Jesus's birth
- Jesus's ministry
- Jesus's death and resurrection
- Jesuss' role in the church
It's our hope that your faith is strengthened as you peruse these prophecies about Jesus.
Prophecies of Jesus's birth
Not only was Christ's miraculous birth prophetically revealed, but God planned his lineage from the very beginning. Here are eight prophecies predicting elements of Jesus’ birth and childhood.
1. The nations will be blessed through Abraham's lineage
Prophecy:
"I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you" (Genesis 12:3).
Fulfillment:
"And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways” (Acts 3:25–26).
2. God's covenant with Isaac's ancestors
Prophecy:
"Then God said, 'Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him'" (Genesis 17:19).
Fulfillment:
"Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, 'It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned'” (Romans 9:7).
3. The nations will be blessed through Jacob's offspring
Prophecy:
"Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring" (Genesis 28:14).
Fulfillment:
Jacob is part of Jesus’ genealogy.
"the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor" (Luke 3:34)
4. The scepter will come through Judah
Prophecy:
"The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his" (Genesis 49:10).
Fulfillment:
Judah is part of Jesus's genealogy.
"the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,
the son of Judah" (Luke 3:33)
5. David's offspring will have an eternal kingdom
Prophecy:
"When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever" (2 Samuel 7:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1)
6. A virgin will give birth, and he will be called Immanuel (God with us)
Prophecy:
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14).
Fulfillment:
"The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35).
7. The Messiah will end up in Egypt
Prophecy:
"When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son" (Hosea 11:1).
Fulfillment:
"So he [Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son'" (Matthew 2:14–15).
8. The Christ will be born in Bethlehem
Prophecy:
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times." (Micah 5:2).
Fulfillment:
"When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 'In Bethlehem in Judea,' they replied, 'for this is what the prophet has written:
"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.'" (Matthew 2:4–6).
Prophecies about Jesus's ministry
It was God’s plan that Jesus would have a profound ministry during his time on earth. This collection of prophecies focuses on particularly specific elements of Christ's earthly ministry.
9. Christ's ministry will destroy the devil's work
Prophecy:
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel" (Genesis 3:15).
Fulfillment:
"The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work" (1 John 3:8).
10. Jesus will have a sinless, blemish-free life and ministry
Prophecy:
"The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats" (Exodus 12:5).
Fulfillment:
"How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!" (Hebrews 9:14)
11. The Messiah will be humbled in order to serve mankind
Prophecy:
"You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet" (Psalm 8:5–6)
Fulfillment:
"It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:
'What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
and put everything under their feet.'
"In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:5–9).
12. Jesus would become the perfect sacrifice
Prophecy:
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
but my ears you have opened—
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart" (Psalm 40:6–8).
Fulfillment:
"Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.'
"Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
"First he said, 'Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them'—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, 'Here I am, I have come to do your will.' He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" (Hebrews 10:5–10).
13. Jesus would preach righteousness to Israel
Prophecy:
"I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know" (Psalm 40:9).
Fulfillment:
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:17).
14. Jesus would teach in parables
Prophecy:
"My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old" (Psalm 78:1–2)
Fulfillment:
"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
'I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'" (Matthew 13:34–35).
15. Christ's parables would fall on deaf ears
Prophecy:
"He said, 'Go and tell this people:
"Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed"'" (Isaiah 6:9–10).
Fulfillment:
"This is why I speak to them in parables:
'Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
'"You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them"'" (Matthew 13:13–15).
16. The Messiah would be a stone that causes people to stumble
Prophecy:
"He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare" (Isaiah 8:14).
Fulfillment:
"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,'
and,
'A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.'
"They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for" (1 Peter 2:7–8).
17. Christ's ministry would begin in Galilee
Prophecy:
"Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned" (Isaiah 9:1–2).
Fulfillment:
"When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles—
the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.'
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:12–17).
18. Jesus would draw the Gentiles to himself
Prophecy:
"In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious" (Isaiah 11:10).
Fulfillment:
"Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, 'See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!'
"Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. 'Sir,' they said, 'we would like to see Jesus'" (John 12:18–21).
19. Jesus would have a miraculous ministry
Prophecy:
"Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert" (Isaiah 35:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'
"Jesus replied, 'Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me'" (Matthew 11:2–6).
20. The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner
Prophecy:
"A voice of one calling:
'In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain'" (Isaiah 40:3–4).
Fulfillment:
"John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, "Make straight the way for the Lord"'" (John 1:23).
21. Jesus will be a gentle redeemer of the Gentiles
Prophecy:
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope" (Isaiah 42:1–4).
Fulfillment:
"Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
'Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
In his name the nations will put their hope.'" (Matthew 12:15–21).
22. Jesus would be despised and rejected
Prophecy:
"He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem" (Isaiah 53:3).
Fulfillment:
"All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff" (Luke 4:28–29).
23. Jesus will set the captives free
Prophecy:
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners" (Isaiah 61:1)
Fulfillment:
"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
'The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.'
"Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, 'Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing'" (Luke 4:16–21).
24. The Messiah will have a throne that is everlasting
Prophecy:
"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed" (Daniel 7:13–14).
Fulfillment:
"You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end" (Luke 1:31–33).
25. The Messiah will bring an end to sin
Prophecy:
"Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place" (Daniel 9:24).
Fulfillment:
"Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" (Daniel 9:25–26).
"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen" (Galatians 1:3–5).
26. Jerusalem will rejoice as the Messiah comes to her upon a donkey
Prophecy:
"Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9).
Fulfillment:
"A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
'Hosanna to the Son of David!'
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'
'Hosanna in the highest heaven!'
"When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, 'Who is this?'" (Matthew 21:8–10)
27. He will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
Prophecy:
"I told them, 'If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.' So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
"And the Lord said to me, 'Throw it to the potter'—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord" (Zechariah 11:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"The chief priests picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'" (Matthew 27:6–10).
28. Christ's forerunner would come in the spirit of Elijah
Prophecy:
"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction" (Malachi 4:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"This is the one about whom it is written:
'I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’
"Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Whoever has ears, let them hear" (Matthew 11:10–15).
Prophecies about Jesus's death and resurrection
The death and resurrection of Christ are the most significant events in human history. It’s no surprise that there would be plenty of Old Testament prophecies pointing to this remarkable event.
29. Christ will be our Passover Lamb
Prophecy:
"Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.
'None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
'Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, "What does this ceremony mean to you?" then tell them, ‘"t is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians."' Then the people bowed down and worshiped" (Exodus 12:21–27).
Fulfillment:
"Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Corinthians 5:7).
30. Like the Passover Lamb, none of the Christ's bones will be broken
Prophecy:
"It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones" (Exodus 12:46).
Fulfillment:
"Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken'" (John 19:31–36)
31. The Messiah's blood will be spilled for atonement
Prophecy:
"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life" (Leviticus 17:11).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
32. Jesus will be lifted up, and everyone who looks on Him will live
Prophecy:
"So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived" (Numbers 21:9).
Fulfillment:
"'Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.'
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son" (John 3:14–18).
33. Christ's resurrection prophesied
Prophecy:
"Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,
or engraved in rock forever!
I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him
with my own eyes—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!" (Job 19:23–27)
Fulfillment:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned" (John 5:24–29).
34. The Messiah would be forsaken
Prophecy:
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?" (Psalm 22:1)
Fulfillment:
"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')" (Matthew 27:46).
35. The Messiah would be scorned
Prophecy:
"'He trusts in the Lord,' they say,
'let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him'" (Psalm 22:8).
Fulfillment:
"'He saved others,' they said, 'but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, "I am the Son of God"'" (Matthew 27:42–43).
36. The Messiah's suffering would include thirst
Prophecy:
"My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death" (Psalm 22:15).
Fulfillment:
"Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty'" (John 19:28).
37. They would pierce Christ's hands and feet
Prophecy:
"Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet" (Psalm 22:16).
Fulfillment:
"These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken,' and, as another scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced'" (John 19:36–37).
38. They would cast lots for Jesus's clothing
Prophecy:
"They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment" (Psalm 22:18).
Fulfillment:
"When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
'Let’s not tear it,' they said to one another. 'Let’s decide by lot who will get it.'
"This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
'They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.'
"So this is what the soldiers did" (John 19:23–24).
39. The Messiah will cry, "Into your hands I commit my Spirit"
Prophecy:
"Into your hands I commit my spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God" (Psalm 31:5).
Fulfillment:
"Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last" (Luke 23:46).
40. Everyone will abandon the Messiah
Prophecy:
"Because of all my enemies,
I am the utter contempt of my neighbors
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
those who see me on the street flee from me" (Psalm 31:11).
Fulfillment:
"Then everyone deserted him and fled" (Mark 14:50).
41. They will plot to kill God's anointed
Prophecy:
"For I hear many whispering,
'Terror on every side!'
They conspire against me
and plot to take my life" (Psalm 31:13).
Fulfillment:
"Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed" (Matthew 27:1).
42. The Messiah will be quiet before his accusers
Prophecy:
"Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak" (Psalm 38:12–13)
Fulfillment:
"When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, 'Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?' But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor" (Matthew 27:12–14).
43. God's anointed will not see decay
Prophecy:
"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand" (Psalm 16:9–11).
Fulfillment:
"Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay" (Acts 2:31).
44. The Messiah would be abandoned by those closest to him
Prophecy:
"Even my close friend,
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me" (Psalm 41:9).
Fulfillment:
"I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me’" (John 13:18).
45. The Christ will ascend into the heavens to distribute gifts
Prophecy:
"When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious—
that you, Lord God, might dwell there" (Psalm 68:18).
Fulfillment:
"But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:
'When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.'
"(What does 'he ascended' mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
"Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work" (Ephesians 4:7–16).
46. The Christ's thirst will be quenched with vinegar and gall
Prophecy:
"They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst" (Psalm 69:21).
Fulfillment:
"There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it" (Matthew 27:34).
47. The Messiah's resurrection predicted
Prophecy:
"I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
The Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death" (Psalm 118:17–18).
Fulfillment:
"In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: "The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again"'" (Luke 24:5–7).
48. The Messiah will conquer death
Prophecy:
"On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken" (Isaiah 25:7–8).
Fulfillment:
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory'" (1 Corinthians 15:54).
49. The Messiah will be mocked and abused
Prophecy:
"'I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.'
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting" (Isaiah 50:3–6).
Fulfillment:
"Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him" (Matthew 27:27–31).
Prophecies about Jesus's role in the church
What kind of presence would Jesus have in his church? These prophecies consider how Jesus would rule and judge the world.
50. God will raise up a prophet like Moses
Prophecy:
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, 'Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die'" (Deuteronomy 18:15–16).
Fulfillment:
"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" (John 5:45–47)
51. God will raise up a faithful priest who does God's will
Prophecy:
"I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always" (1 Samuel 2:35).
Fulfillment:
"For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:17).
52. The Messiah will judge the world justly
Prophecy:
"The Lord reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness
and judges the peoples with equity.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you" (Psalm 9:7–10).
Fulfillment:
"For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
53. The Messiah will have all authority over judgment
Prophecy:
"I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Isaiah 22:22).
Fulfillment:
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Revelation 3:7).
54. The Messiah will pour out his Spirit
Prophecy:
"For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants" (Isaiah 44:3)
Fulfillment:
"But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7).
55. The Messiah will usher in a new covenant
Prophecy:
"'The days are coming,' declares the Lord,
'when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah'" (Jeremiah 31:31).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
Discovering God's plan in the Old Testament
As these prophecies reveal, God planned our redemption all the way back in the garden. Jesus's death and resurrection were the most important events in history. It's no surprise that God would give us signs of his plans throughout Israel's history and prophets.
Jesus's story reveals God's incredible love for us. And throughout the Old Testament, we discover how incredibly thorough his plan for rescuing us was—now, we can all be reconciled to Him through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus.
TLDR you pathetic piece of human garbage.
Regards
DL
Says the subversive seeking to subordinate Christianity.You are a damnable liar and a blasphemer of God. You are a serpent and a viper, and will some day be crushed by God.No, it doesn't.Human beings are not deities
Was Jesus a deity to you?
If so, this says that there can be many deities.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Regards
DL
The "gods' of the temple (the ruling places) were merely wicked men. And the first generation of Christians could not have been the first fruits of the redeemed without the first born of the resurrection.
Human beings did not rise from the dead on their own. Resurrection of the dead began with Jesus.
In Jesus we have humanity. In the Son of God we have divinity. In this one Christ both human and divine we have a great high priest who not only roamed the earth but also passed through the heavens (Heb 4:14), and so we have the mediator between heaven and earth.
Only one can be the first born.
If that quote is a lie, why would you think anything else in the bible is true?
If Jesus resurrected, where is he?
The prophesy says he would resurrect to rule over Judaism. Judaism rejected him as savior because he failed to follow the prophesy.
Further, have you looked at the really poor moral position you put Jesus and yourself in be advocatind substitutional punishment?
Let's chat on that if you have the strength of your convictions.
Most Christians just run away.
Let's start with this.
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It takes quite an inflated ego to think a god would actually die for you, after condemning you unjustly in the first place.
You have swallowed a lie and don’t care how evil you make Jesus to keep your feel good get out of hell free card.
It is a lie, first and foremost because, like it or not, having another innocent person suffer or die for the wrongs you have done, --- so that you might escape responsibility for having done them, --- is immoral. To abdicate your personal responsibility for your actions or use a scapegoat is immoral.
You also have to ignore what Jesus, as a Jewish Rabbi, would have taught his people.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 24:16 (ESV) "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
Psa 49;7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
There is no way that you would teach your children to use a scapegoat to escape their just punishments and here you are doing just that.
Jesus is just a smidge less immoral than his demiurge genocidal father, and here you are trying to put him as low in moral fibre as Yahweh.
Regards
DL
The Prophecies required Yeshua, Messiah to pay for the sins of His people on Golgotha, the same place Yaweh tested Abraham when He asked Abraham to provide His only son as a sacrifice for sin.
Yeshua was crucified as Messiah Ben Joseph, The Suffering Messiah, and was buried, and resurrected on The 17th of Nissan, That Same Day, that The Ark providing salvation for Noah and his family, landed on Mount Ararat and God made his Covenant with Noah on the 17th of Nissan, & so was The Covenant of Salvation made with man at The Resurrection on The 17th of Nissan when Messiah defeated Death and Hell and Rose from The Grave, was seen by many, and ascended to Heaven and is coming again.
Yeshua is prophesied to come a 2nd time in the latter days, not as Messiah Ben Joseph, but as Messiah Ben David, The Ruling Savior. Do not doubt this. It can be proven in scripture. Christ had to be rejected as The Cornerstone of The Builders, so that He could be made a Propitiation for us all, and is coming again to sit upon The Throne of David and rule with a rod of Iron in His New Kingdom, I Jerusalem at the end of the age, the end of time.
Yeshua Messiah came first to His People Israel to fulfill The Law, and then to The Gentiles and is coming again for His People Israel to draw them to Himself as The Good Shepherd and as their God and King. And when He returns for His People Israel, "They shall look upon Him whom they pierced." And they shall ask Him, "What are these wounds that we see in Thy Hands?" and He shall say, "The were given to me in the house of my friends" And then they shall weep for Him as one weeps for the death of an only son. And God Yeshua Messiah will pour out His Spirit on Israel.
Anyone who denies The Son of God, denies The Father, and The Father will deny him.
Islam by The Way Denies Christ, and allah is described in The Koran as The Great Deceiver, The Trickster. "Who can deceive like allah can deceive?"
If you want to know how Sin and Free Will entered The World, read my post below.
Who Is Worthy To Open The Scroll?
If you want to ensure you go to Hell, read The Koran, and listen To Muslims tell you about God.
As an addendum to my post, Jesus fulfilled 100s of prophecies about The Messiah. Here are just a few of them found in this article:
55 Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus | Jesus Film Project
55 Old Testament prophecies about Jesus
We put together 55 prophecies that cover four specific areas:
We've ordered the prophecies based on their Old Testament book order. For each one, we included a verse showing its fulfillment in the New Testament.
- Jesus's birth
- Jesus's ministry
- Jesus's death and resurrection
- Jesuss' role in the church
It's our hope that your faith is strengthened as you peruse these prophecies about Jesus.
Prophecies of Jesus's birth
Not only was Christ's miraculous birth prophetically revealed, but God planned his lineage from the very beginning. Here are eight prophecies predicting elements of Jesus’ birth and childhood.
1. The nations will be blessed through Abraham's lineage
Prophecy:
"I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you" (Genesis 12:3).
Fulfillment:
"And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’ When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways” (Acts 3:25–26).
2. God's covenant with Isaac's ancestors
Prophecy:
"Then God said, 'Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him'" (Genesis 17:19).
Fulfillment:
"Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, 'It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned'” (Romans 9:7).
3. The nations will be blessed through Jacob's offspring
Prophecy:
"Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring" (Genesis 28:14).
Fulfillment:
Jacob is part of Jesus’ genealogy.
"the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor" (Luke 3:34)
4. The scepter will come through Judah
Prophecy:
"The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his" (Genesis 49:10).
Fulfillment:
Judah is part of Jesus's genealogy.
"the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,
the son of Judah" (Luke 3:33)
5. David's offspring will have an eternal kingdom
Prophecy:
"When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever" (2 Samuel 7:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1)
6. A virgin will give birth, and he will be called Immanuel (God with us)
Prophecy:
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14).
Fulfillment:
"The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35).
7. The Messiah will end up in Egypt
Prophecy:
"When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son" (Hosea 11:1).
Fulfillment:
"So he [Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son'" (Matthew 2:14–15).
8. The Christ will be born in Bethlehem
Prophecy:
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times." (Micah 5:2).
Fulfillment:
"When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 'In Bethlehem in Judea,' they replied, 'for this is what the prophet has written:
"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.'" (Matthew 2:4–6).
Prophecies about Jesus's ministry
It was God’s plan that Jesus would have a profound ministry during his time on earth. This collection of prophecies focuses on particularly specific elements of Christ's earthly ministry.
9. Christ's ministry will destroy the devil's work
Prophecy:
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel" (Genesis 3:15).
Fulfillment:
"The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work" (1 John 3:8).
10. Jesus will have a sinless, blemish-free life and ministry
Prophecy:
"The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats" (Exodus 12:5).
Fulfillment:
"How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!" (Hebrews 9:14)
11. The Messiah will be humbled in order to serve mankind
Prophecy:
"You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet" (Psalm 8:5–6)
Fulfillment:
"It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:
'What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
and put everything under their feet.'
"In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:5–9).
12. Jesus would become the perfect sacrifice
Prophecy:
"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
but my ears you have opened—
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart" (Psalm 40:6–8).
Fulfillment:
"Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.'
"Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
"First he said, 'Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them'—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, 'Here I am, I have come to do your will.' He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" (Hebrews 10:5–10).
13. Jesus would preach righteousness to Israel
Prophecy:
"I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know" (Psalm 40:9).
Fulfillment:
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:17).
14. Jesus would teach in parables
Prophecy:
"My people, hear my teaching;
listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old" (Psalm 78:1–2)
Fulfillment:
"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
'I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'" (Matthew 13:34–35).
15. Christ's parables would fall on deaf ears
Prophecy:
"He said, 'Go and tell this people:
"Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed"'" (Isaiah 6:9–10).
Fulfillment:
"This is why I speak to them in parables:
'Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
'"You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them"'" (Matthew 13:13–15).
16. The Messiah would be a stone that causes people to stumble
Prophecy:
"He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare" (Isaiah 8:14).
Fulfillment:
"Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,'
and,
'A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.'
"They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for" (1 Peter 2:7–8).
17. Christ's ministry would begin in Galilee
Prophecy:
"Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—
The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned" (Isaiah 9:1–2).
Fulfillment:
"When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles—
the people living in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.'
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near'" (Matthew 4:12–17).
18. Jesus would draw the Gentiles to himself
Prophecy:
"In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious" (Isaiah 11:10).
Fulfillment:
"Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, 'See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!'
"Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. 'Sir,' they said, 'we would like to see Jesus'" (John 12:18–21).
19. Jesus would have a miraculous ministry
Prophecy:
"Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert" (Isaiah 35:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'
"Jesus replied, 'Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me'" (Matthew 11:2–6).
20. The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner
Prophecy:
"A voice of one calling:
'In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain'" (Isaiah 40:3–4).
Fulfillment:
"John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, "Make straight the way for the Lord"'" (John 1:23).
21. Jesus will be a gentle redeemer of the Gentiles
Prophecy:
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope" (Isaiah 42:1–4).
Fulfillment:
"Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
'Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
In his name the nations will put their hope.'" (Matthew 12:15–21).
22. Jesus would be despised and rejected
Prophecy:
"He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem" (Isaiah 53:3).
Fulfillment:
"All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff" (Luke 4:28–29).
23. Jesus will set the captives free
Prophecy:
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners" (Isaiah 61:1)
Fulfillment:
"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
'The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.'
"Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, 'Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing'" (Luke 4:16–21).
24. The Messiah will have a throne that is everlasting
Prophecy:
"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed" (Daniel 7:13–14).
Fulfillment:
"You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end" (Luke 1:31–33).
25. The Messiah will bring an end to sin
Prophecy:
"Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place" (Daniel 9:24).
Fulfillment:
"Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed" (Daniel 9:25–26).
"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen" (Galatians 1:3–5).
26. Jerusalem will rejoice as the Messiah comes to her upon a donkey
Prophecy:
"Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9).
Fulfillment:
"A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
'Hosanna to the Son of David!'
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'
'Hosanna in the highest heaven!'
"When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, 'Who is this?'" (Matthew 21:8–10)
27. He will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
Prophecy:
"I told them, 'If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.' So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.
"And the Lord said to me, 'Throw it to the potter'—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord" (Zechariah 11:12–13).
Fulfillment:
"The chief priests picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me'" (Matthew 27:6–10).
28. Christ's forerunner would come in the spirit of Elijah
Prophecy:
"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction" (Malachi 4:5–6).
Fulfillment:
"This is the one about whom it is written:
'I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’
"Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Whoever has ears, let them hear" (Matthew 11:10–15).
Prophecies about Jesus's death and resurrection
The death and resurrection of Christ are the most significant events in human history. It’s no surprise that there would be plenty of Old Testament prophecies pointing to this remarkable event.
29. Christ will be our Passover Lamb
Prophecy:
"Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.
'None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
'Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. And when your children ask you, "What does this ceremony mean to you?" then tell them, ‘"t is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians."' Then the people bowed down and worshiped" (Exodus 12:21–27).
Fulfillment:
"Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Corinthians 5:7).
30. Like the Passover Lamb, none of the Christ's bones will be broken
Prophecy:
"It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones" (Exodus 12:46).
Fulfillment:
"Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken'" (John 19:31–36)
31. The Messiah's blood will be spilled for atonement
Prophecy:
"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life" (Leviticus 17:11).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
32. Jesus will be lifted up, and everyone who looks on Him will live
Prophecy:
"So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived" (Numbers 21:9).
Fulfillment:
"'Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.'
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son" (John 3:14–18).
33. Christ's resurrection prophesied
Prophecy:
"Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,
or engraved in rock forever!
I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God;
I myself will see him
with my own eyes—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!" (Job 19:23–27)
Fulfillment:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned" (John 5:24–29).
34. The Messiah would be forsaken
Prophecy:
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?" (Psalm 22:1)
Fulfillment:
"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' (which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?')" (Matthew 27:46).
35. The Messiah would be scorned
Prophecy:
"'He trusts in the Lord,' they say,
'let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him'" (Psalm 22:8).
Fulfillment:
"'He saved others,' they said, 'but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, "I am the Son of God"'" (Matthew 27:42–43).
36. The Messiah's suffering would include thirst
Prophecy:
"My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death" (Psalm 22:15).
Fulfillment:
"Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty'" (John 19:28).
37. They would pierce Christ's hands and feet
Prophecy:
"Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet" (Psalm 22:16).
Fulfillment:
"These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken,' and, as another scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced'" (John 19:36–37).
38. They would cast lots for Jesus's clothing
Prophecy:
"They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment" (Psalm 22:18).
Fulfillment:
"When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
'Let’s not tear it,' they said to one another. 'Let’s decide by lot who will get it.'
"This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
'They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.'
"So this is what the soldiers did" (John 19:23–24).
39. The Messiah will cry, "Into your hands I commit my Spirit"
Prophecy:
"Into your hands I commit my spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God" (Psalm 31:5).
Fulfillment:
"Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last" (Luke 23:46).
40. Everyone will abandon the Messiah
Prophecy:
"Because of all my enemies,
I am the utter contempt of my neighbors
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
those who see me on the street flee from me" (Psalm 31:11).
Fulfillment:
"Then everyone deserted him and fled" (Mark 14:50).
41. They will plot to kill God's anointed
Prophecy:
"For I hear many whispering,
'Terror on every side!'
They conspire against me
and plot to take my life" (Psalm 31:13).
Fulfillment:
"Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed" (Matthew 27:1).
42. The Messiah will be quiet before his accusers
Prophecy:
"Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak" (Psalm 38:12–13)
Fulfillment:
"When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, 'Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?' But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor" (Matthew 27:12–14).
43. God's anointed will not see decay
Prophecy:
"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand" (Psalm 16:9–11).
Fulfillment:
"Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay" (Acts 2:31).
44. The Messiah would be abandoned by those closest to him
Prophecy:
"Even my close friend,
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me" (Psalm 41:9).
Fulfillment:
"I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me’" (John 13:18).
45. The Christ will ascend into the heavens to distribute gifts
Prophecy:
"When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious—
that you, Lord God, might dwell there" (Psalm 68:18).
Fulfillment:
"But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:
'When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.'
"(What does 'he ascended' mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
"Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work" (Ephesians 4:7–16).
46. The Christ's thirst will be quenched with vinegar and gall
Prophecy:
"They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst" (Psalm 69:21).
Fulfillment:
"There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it" (Matthew 27:34).
47. The Messiah's resurrection predicted
Prophecy:
"I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
The Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death" (Psalm 118:17–18).
Fulfillment:
"In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: "The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again"'" (Luke 24:5–7).
48. The Messiah will conquer death
Prophecy:
"On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken" (Isaiah 25:7–8).
Fulfillment:
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory'" (1 Corinthians 15:54).
49. The Messiah will be mocked and abused
Prophecy:
"'I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.'
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting" (Isaiah 50:3–6).
Fulfillment:
"Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. 'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him" (Matthew 27:27–31).
Prophecies about Jesus's role in the church
What kind of presence would Jesus have in his church? These prophecies consider how Jesus would rule and judge the world.
50. God will raise up a prophet like Moses
Prophecy:
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, 'Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die'" (Deuteronomy 18:15–16).
Fulfillment:
"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" (John 5:45–47)
51. God will raise up a faithful priest who does God's will
Prophecy:
"I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always" (1 Samuel 2:35).
Fulfillment:
"For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:17).
52. The Messiah will judge the world justly
Prophecy:
"The Lord reigns forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
He rules the world in righteousness
and judges the peoples with equity.
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you" (Psalm 9:7–10).
Fulfillment:
"For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
53. The Messiah will have all authority over judgment
Prophecy:
"I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Isaiah 22:22).
Fulfillment:
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open" (Revelation 3:7).
54. The Messiah will pour out his Spirit
Prophecy:
"For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants" (Isaiah 44:3)
Fulfillment:
"But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7).
55. The Messiah will usher in a new covenant
Prophecy:
"'The days are coming,' declares the Lord,
'when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah'" (Jeremiah 31:31).
Fulfillment:
"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
Discovering God's plan in the Old Testament
As these prophecies reveal, God planned our redemption all the way back in the garden. Jesus's death and resurrection were the most important events in history. It's no surprise that God would give us signs of his plans throughout Israel's history and prophets.
Jesus's story reveals God's incredible love for us. And throughout the Old Testament, we discover how incredibly thorough his plan for rescuing us was—now, we can all be reconciled to Him through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus.
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