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Jesus is the Messiah applying Old Testament Prophesy

Messianic Prophesy

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Is Jesus the Messiah?

There are probably no other persons in history whose life has raised as many questions as that of Jesus Christ (Yeshua). His life, teaching and deeds were of such a nature that his first disciples and closest followers were often baffled by him. But for Jesus himself, the Hebrew scriptures were the key by which he understood his vocation as Israel's Messiah (mashiach - one who is anointed). A clear example of this comes at the end of Luke's gospel. After Jesus was crucified, his followers were crushed. They had hoped that he would be the Messiah who would destroy the tyranny of Rome and restore the kingdom of Israel. But their idea of the Messiah was not God’s idea. To his disappointed followers, Jesus said to them;


  • “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself." Luke 24:25


In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Jews believed that Messiah would come as a ruling King that would defeat all their enemies like the Romans and setup the eternal kingdom. What they didn't understand is that the Messiah would first come as a suffering servant and later in the second coming as a ruling King. There is no finer teacher on whether Jesus is to be found (as the Messiah) in the pages of the Old Testament than the teaching of Jesus himself. He said in John 5:39 below which at that time were the 39 books of the Tanak (Hebrew Bible).


  • "You (Pharisees & Sadducees) study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life".  John 5:39


John Barton Payne listed some 574 verses in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) that had direct personal messianic foretelling's. Payne found 127 personal messianic predictions involving some 348 verses that had any or all types of real and typological prophecies of Jesus’ first or second coming. This number was exceeded only by Alfred Edersheim (a Jewish convert to Christianity), who noted that in some 558 rabbinic writings in pre-Christian times, there were some 456 separate Old Testament (Tanak) passages used to refer to the Messiah or to messianic times.

Read Alfred Edersheim's "The Life & Times of Jesus The Messiah"

MESSIAH FULFILLMENT PROBABILITY

Fulfilled Prophesy Probability

A number of years ago, Peter W. Stoner and Robert C. Newman wrote a book entitled Science Speaks. The book was based on the science of probability and vouched for by the American Scientific Affiliation. It set out the odds of any one man in all of history fulfilling even only eight of 60 major prophecies (and 270 ramifications) fulfilled by the life of Christ.


The probability that Jesus could have fulfilled even eight such prophecies would be only 1 in 10^17. That's 1 chance in 100,000,000,000,000,000. Stoner claims that that many silver dollars would be enough to cover the face of the entire state of Texas two feet deep. Texas is a very big state. Who in his right mind would suppose that a blindfolded man, heading out of Dallas by foot in any direction, would be able, on his very first attempt, to pick up one specifically marked silver dollar out of 100,000,000,000,000,000? Some of the major prophesy's covered in section below.

“It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases."


― Johan Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Poet and Dramatist (1759-1805) 

The Big Announcement

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Isaiah's Prophesy Fulfilled

Jesus had been teaching in the synagogues, and everyone praised him. When He returns to His hometown of Nazareth on the Sabbath day, He makes a stop to visit the synagogue, as was custom. Jesus stood up to read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah that was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:


  • "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me (Messiah) 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, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor...." Isaiah 61:1-2


Jesus abruptly stops reading after the first two verses, rolls up the scroll, then gives it back to the attendant and sits down. Everyone's eyes were fastened on Jesus. Then He said to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing" (Luke 4:16-21). Never before had someone stopped reading in the middle of a verse. It was common practice in the synagogue to read the entire verse and unthinkable to stop in the middle. At this moment Jesus was announcing that He was the Messiah and they had just witnessed the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1-2. The reason why Jesus didn't read the entire verse is because the rest of the scripture had yet to be fulfilled.

Messiah Foreshadowing

In the Old Testament Melchizedek was both a king and a high priest. This is the first time a king was described as having both titles foreshadowing the Messiah who would also have both leadership titles. In the verse below Melchizedek brings out the bread and wine as he blessed Abraham which also is foreshadows Jesus' blessing the breaking of the bread and drinking of the wine at the last supper.


  • "Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything." Genesis 14: 18-20

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.”


― Corrie ten Boom

Dutch Christian Watchmaker & Writer

A Blood Sacrifice

Jesus Bloodline & Birthright

The Book of Genealogy proves Christ was a descendant of David (Nehemiah 7:5) from the Tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:9). The Messiah had to be both a direct blood relative of King David and He must have the legal right to the throne. Jesus' mother Mary was a descendent of King David through Nathan, one of David's sons which gave Jesus the blood birthright (Luke 3:31). Jesus was also a descendant of King Solomon (King David's son) through His stepfather Joseph which gave Him the legal right (Matthew 1:1–17). Jesus could not have been the Messiah if He had been physically born though the blood line of King Solomon because in Jeremiah 22, a curse was put on the Solomon bloodline so no future King would ever again sit on Israel's throne because of Jeconiah. Jeconiah was the nineteenth and penultimate king of Judah who was dethroned by the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century B.C.


Another fascinating fact is that Eve was not found legally culpable by God for the fall of humanity because God did not tell her directly not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God considered Eve to be deceived by Adam. She was to be instructed by Adam instead who was directly commanded by God not to eat from the cursed tree. This is why Adam was held responsible for the fall of humanity and we all inherit our sin nature from him. God used this legal loophole, that a woman (Eve) was not held legally culpable, so that only a woman could be the one to bear the Messiah. The human side of the Messiah had to come from the woman bloodline or Mary's, not from Joseph’s bloodline. Therefore, Joseph had to be a stepfather to Jesus. If the Messiah had had a human father, He would have been directly responsible through His relation to Adam for our sin nature. Only Mary had the legal birthright to bear the Messiah because she was a direct descendant of King David's bloodline. Mary fulfilled both preconditions along with being a virgin.


  • "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man (Adam), and death through sin, and in this way, death came to all people, because all sinned." Romans 5:12


Not only was Jesus sinless at conception and His mother Mary was also sin free although she too was in need of redemption. She acknowledges this need in the Magnificat and when she receives a rebuke from Jesus in John 2:3-5. The scripture tells us that she is the greatest of all women and should be honored as such because she was the one selected by God to birth the Messiah. She repents and tells the servants to go through Jesus, not her. This cancels the Roman doctrine that says that we can go to Mary as an intercessor when she clearly says this is not my role and so does 1 Timothy 2:5-6.


  • "When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.” 4 “What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.” 5 “Do whatever He tells you,” His mother told the servants." John 2:3-5


Jesus did not have a sin nature at birth because He didn't not have DNA input from His stepfather Joseph. Mary got pregnant from the Holy Spirit planting a seed in her. There are physical genes and spiritual genes, since Jesus didn't descend from Adam, He didn't inherit a sin nature. Jesus was sin free His entire life on earth and He made this claim in front of a large audience that included His family (Mother, sisters and four brothers). He declared He was sin free and no-one in the crowd challenged Him including the religious leaders who were enemies of Jesus. A guilty person cannot pay your fine for being sinful, but someone innocent can. 

A Blood Sacrifice Required

In order to reconcile the curse, God requires a blood sacrifice for the atonement of sin found in the Old Testament. Every book in the Old Testament points toward the Great Sacrifice that was to come, Jesus’ the perfect sacrificial lamb, giving of His own sinless life on our behalf as the final atonement for sin. Blood represented life. Without blood, a creature or person could not live. Because of this, God chose to use a unblemished blood sacrifice as part of the sacrificial system of the Jewish people. Each time blood was shed, it reminded the people of life and death.


  • "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


The blood sacrifice of the Jewish people was directly related to the freedom of the Israelites from Egypt at the first Passover. On that night, each family was to share a meal of lamb, placing some of the blood on the sides and top of the doorposts to keep the family from losing its firstborn son. The blood on the doorposts formed a sign of the cross-foreshowing Christ's crucifixion 600 years later. The Egyptians who did not paint their doorposts were struck by the plague which killed their firstborn son (Exodus 11:4–6). The blood in the sacrifices represented life and death as well as freedom by the hand of God from slavery. There cannot be forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood.


  • "In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Hebrews 9:22


One of the greatest stories foretelling the coming of Christ as the sacrificial lamb is Genesis 22 where Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his only son Isaac, when just before Abraham was to take Issacs life, the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven to stop. Just at that moment Abraham looked up and there in a thicket, a ram appeared caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering substitute for his son.

A “sacrifice” is defined as the offering up of something precious for a cause or a reason. Making atonement is satisfying someone or something for an offense committed. The Leviticus verse can be read more clearly now: God said, “I have given it to you (the creature’s life, which is in its blood) to make atonement for yourselves (covering the offense you have committed against Me).” In other words, those who are covered by the blood sacrifice are set free from the consequences of sin.


Of course, the Israelites did not know of Jesus per se, or how He would die on their behalf and rise again, but they did believe God would be sending them a Savior or Messiah. All of the many, many blood sacrifices seen throughout the Old Testament were foreshadowing the true, once-and-for-all sacrifice to come so that the Israelites would never forget the notion that without the blood, there is no forgiveness. This shedding of blood is a substitutionary act. Therefore, the last clause of Leviticus 17:11 could be read either “the blood ‘makes atonement’ at the cost of the life” (i.e., the animal’s life) or “makes atonement in the place of the life” (i.e., the sinner’s life, with Jesus Christ being the One giving life through His shed blood). This one-time sacrifice became the completion of the law and marked a new covenant for those who would believe in His name.


Hebrews 9:11-18 confirms the symbolism of blood as life and applies Leviticus 17:11 to the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 12 below clearly states that the Old Testament blood sacrifices were temporary, only atoned for sin partially and for a short time, hence the need to repeat the sacrifices yearly. But when Christ entered the Most Holy Place, He did so to offer His own blood once for all time, making any future sacrifices unnecessary. This is what Jesus meant by His dying words on the cross: “It is finished" or "paid in full” (John 19:30). Never again would the blood of bulls and goats cleanse men of their sins. Only by accepting Jesus’ blood, shed on the cross for the remission of sins, can we stand before God covered in the righteousness of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).


  • "He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption." Hebrews 9:12

“ “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."


  ― Voltaire 

 French Enlightenment Writer  

King David's Prophesy Fulfilled

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King David Predicts Christ's Crucifixion

Psalm 22 describes Christ's crucifixion in great detail written 1,000 years before it occurred and before crucifixion was used as a method of torture. Below are just a few verses. It is well documented that Jesus hands and feet were pierced, not one of His bones were broken which is uncommon for crucifixion and His garments were casting lots to see who would get his clothing.


  • "For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; 18 They divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing." Psalm 22:16-18


In the Book of Psalms, King David also refers to upper case "Lord" which means God the Father and lower case "lord" which refers to the son of God. A capitalized "L" always refers to God the Father.

 

  • "The Lord (God) says to my lord (Jesus Christ): “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Psalms 110:1

King David Predicts Judas Betrayal

Psalm 41 predicts Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus also written 1,000 years before it took place. King David describes his close friend that he broke bread with before betraying him. The Book of John records what actually transpired during the last supper. Zechariah 11:12 further below predicts how much Judas will be paid for his betrayal.


  • "All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, 8 “A vile disease has afflicted him; he will never get up from the place where he lies.” 9 Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me." Psalm 41:7-9


  • "13 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him." John 13:13, 26-27

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”


― St. Augustine of Hippo

Theologian & Philosopher

Fulfilled Messianic Scripture

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Top 10 Bible Messianic Prophesies

Listed below are only our top 10 fulfilled Messianic prophesies from the Bible. Provided below is a link to the Jews for Jesus website for a deeper understanding of the Messianic prophesy's Jesus fulfilled and at the page bottom is an analysis of the probability that anyone could fulfill all the Hebrew Bible Messianic prophecies. 

1. The Messiah would be Born of a Virgin

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • 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 written 740 B.C.E.


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:22–23 written A.D. 80 and 90


  • "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 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, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:31–35 31  written  A.D. 63 and 68 

2. The Messiah would be Born in Bethlehem

 Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • “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 written 750–700 B.C.E. 


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod,  Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 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. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:  6 “‘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 2:1–6 written A.D. 80 and 90


  • "On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from  Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus." John 7:40–43 written A.D. 70 

3. The Messiah would be Resurrected

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  • “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 11 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 16:8–11 written 539 B.C.E.


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "So it is also stated elsewhere: You will not let your holy one see decay.’ 36 Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay." Acts 13:35–37 written A.D. 63

4. The Messiah will be Betrayed for 30 Pieces of Silver

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  • “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." Zechariah 11:12 written 518 B.C.E.


  •  "If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death."


Pretty interesting that a male bull or female slave were worth the same @ 30 shekels which was the same price paid for the Son of God.


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver." Matthew 26:14–15 written A.D. 80 and 90


  • "When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders." Matthew 27:3


  • "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, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me." Matthew 27:9–10

5. The Messiah would come Riding on a Donkey

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  • “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 written 518 B.C.E. 


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

  • "The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on." Matthew 21:6-7 written A.D. 80 and 90

6. The Messiah would be Pierced

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • "Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet." Psalms 22:16 written 587 B.C.E.


  • “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son." Zechariah 12:10 written 518 B.C.E. 


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water." John 19:33–34 written A.D. 90


  • “Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen."  Revelation 1:7 written A.D. 96

7. The Messiah would be a Descendant of David

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • "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. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name (David), and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." 2 Samuel 7:12–13 written 630–540 B.C.E.


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

  • "This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham." Matthew 1:1 written A.D. 80 and 90 


  • "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, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:32-33 written A.D. 85

8. The Messiah would Die with the Wicked & Buried with the Rich

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • "He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,
    though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
    " Isaiah 53:9 written 740 B.C.E.


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

  • "As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb." Matthew 27:57–61 written  A.D. 80 and 90 

9. The Messiah would be a Suffering Servant

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  • “See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him - his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness 15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. 53:1 Who has believed our message  and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,  and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,  nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 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. 4 Surely he took up our pain  and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,  each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 52:13–53:12  written 740 B.C.E. 


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick." 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Matthew 8:16–17 written A.D. 80 and 90  


  • "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 written A.D. 80 and 90


  • "In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:20 written A.D. 85 


  • "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:21–24 written A.D. 63

10. The Messiah would Bring in a New Covenant

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

  • “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. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, declares the Lord. 33 This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Jeremiah 31:31 written 627 B.C.E. 


New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

  • "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:28 written A.D. 80 and 90


  • "In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:20 written A.D. 63 and 68


  • "He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Corinthians 3:6 written A.D. 55


  • "But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. 7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said: “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. 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand  to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,  and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel  after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds  and write them on their hearts. I will be their God,  and they will be my people. 11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,  or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me,  from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” 13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." Hebrews 8:6–13 written A.D. 90-100


  •  "to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." Hebrews 12:24


  • "For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant." Hebrews 9:15

"Christ literally walked in our shoes."


― Tim Keller

American Pastor, Theologian, and Christian Apologist

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Disciples Identify The Messiah

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Baptism Announces Messiah's Public Ministry

There were four disciples that were primarily looking for the coming Messiah based on Old Testament prophesy; John the Apostle (John 1:34), Andrew (John 1:41), Peter (Andrew's brother) and Philip (John 1:45). John the Baptist was Jesus' older, first cousin and had no idea Jesus would be the Messiah although he had been anticipating His appearance and waiting for a sign from Heaven (Matthew 3:11). Before Jesus' ministry began, He must have lived an exemplary holy life, so much so, that John the Baptist even said that Jesus should be baptizing him instead (below). Once Jesus was baptized in Bethany, John saw the Holy Spirit descend on Jesus as a dove resting on him and he realized at that moment a close member of his family was actually the Messiah. This event must have blown his mind. All four disciples were there in Bethany to witness Jesus baptism (John 1:28). 


  • "Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan, coming to John to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have the need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?" Matthew 3:13-14


In this verse John the Baptist identifies Jesus as the Lamb who will remove all sin and replace the recurring animal sacrifice practices of Judaism. This pretty much sums up the entire reason for the Old Testament. Only a divine man sacrifice could pay for the sins of man, not an animals blood sacrifice. And as a divine man, He takes away every sin as an issue or wall between man and God once and for all. This realization was all new news to the Israelites because He used the word "World" which included both Jews and Gentiles, not just Jews.


  • "The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29, Also see John 1:36


This was all predicted by Isiah over 700 years before the Messiah would appear and announce His ministry.


  • "he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob (Israelites) and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” Isiah 49:6


The Holy Spirit had already given Philip a deep insight into the person of the Messiah (John 1:43). All Jesus has to say was "Follow Me" because Phillip was already preparing to meet Him. The Bible says a crown is given to those Believers who are looking and longing for Christs coming. For those Believers preparing for His return they are blessed by the Holy Spirit with more insight into His return.


Philip went to tell Nathaniel that he had found the Messiah and He was Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Nathanial knew that the Bible had predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:1-2) so that is why he was skeptical about Philip's claim and said; "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked." and needed to confirm this proclaimed Messiah himself (John 1:45-46).


  •  "When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” 48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you. 49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel. Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” John 1:47-51


It is believed that Nathanael received a revelation from the Holy Spirit from the verse above earlier that day while under the fig tree before Jesus confronted him. In the Old Testament Book of Proverbs there is a prophesy that identifies the Messiah as being the son of God (Messiah), "ascending and descending". Jesus eludes to this verse stating that He is the one who has come from Heaven.


  • "Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name (God) or His Son’s name (Messiah)? Surely you know!" Proverbs 30:4, also see John 3:13

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Fulfilled Scripture Probability

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Messianic Scripture Fulfillment

The questions we want to answer; "Was Jesus of the Bible who He claimed to be? Was He really God's Son? Was Jesus the Messiah?" Jesus had no control over things like the where, when and how He was born, or where He was buried. These events  just adds to the available evidence that He did not just intentionally attempted to make sure that all of the prophecies were fulfilled so that people would believe Him to be the Messiah, Savior. We've only chosen the following 8 Biblical Messianic scriptures that were fulfilled by Christ to do our analysis.


1. He would be born of a Virgin. (Isaiah 7:14)

2. He would be born in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2)

3. He would be Resurrected. (Psalm 16:8–11)

4. He would be betrayed for 30 Pieces of Silver. (Zechariah 11:12)

5. He would come Riding on a Donkey. (Zechariah 9:9)

6. He would be Pierced. (Psalms 22:16)

7. He would be a Descendant of David (2 Samuel 7:12–13) 

8. He would Die with the Wicked, He would be Buried with the Rich. (Isaiah 53:9)

 "God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."


― Tony Evans

American Christian Pastor, Author

Probability Jesus is the Messiah Examined

Mathematics & Astronomy Professor Peter W. Stoner has made the statement that the chances of just any 8 prophecies (like these) coming true by sheer chance is 1 in  10^17(or 100,000,000,000,000,000). That would be equivalent to covering the whole state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep and then expecting a blindfolded man to walk across the state and on the very first try find the ONE coin you marked. And if we were to add only 8 more similar prophecies, for a total of 16, the odds would be 1 x 10^28 x 10^17 or 1 in 10^45 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).


Using the same type of illustration as the coins covering Texas, if we were to press this many (10^45) silver dollars into a ball and place the center of this ball where the center of our Sun is, this silver ball's outer edge would be in approximately the same area as the orbit of Neptune (almost to Pluto.). One man fulfilling all 16 prophecies by sheer chance would be like sending a blind-folded person out to find one specific silver dollar that has been marked and has been mixed up somewhere in this huge ball and actually finding it the first time!  (Keep in mind that this is a BALL, not a disk like our Solar System.)


 By using only 48 of these prophecies it was calculated that the chances of one person fulfilling them all by sheer chance would be 1 in 10^157. To help us understand how huge this number is he suggested taking 10^157 electrons and pressing them into a solid ball.  This ball, made entirely of electrons, would fill, not just our galaxy, but the entire known universe, MANY times over.  Once again we would mark just one electron, blindfold a man and send him out to find that one electron.  (In 1952 when Peter Stoner's book was originally published the universe was believed to be about 6 billion light years in all directions.  That universe would need to be filled with electrons about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times.


"To the extent, then, that we know this blindfolded man cannot pick out the marked electron, we know that the Bible is inspired. This is not merely evidence. It is proof of the Bible's inspiration by God--proof so definite that the universe is not large enough to hold the evidence." "Any man who rejects Christ as the Son of God is rejecting a fact proved perhaps more absolutely than any other fact in the world." 


Peter W. Stoner

The Christ of Prophecy, Science Speaks 

What is the probability that someone could fulfill all the Messianic prophesy's of the Hebrew Bible? This should close the book on the identity of the the Messiah as no other than Jesus Christ.  You have mathematical proof that Jesus was, and is the Messiah. Jesus Christ really is God's Son. Now, what are you going to do about it?

Messiah's Old Testament Identification

 Probably the most powerful verse in the Bible describing who the Messiah would be is found in Isaiah 53. This verse leaves no doubt that Jesus fulfilled this scripture written 740 to 700 B.C.E.

  • "Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 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. 4 Surely he took up our pain  and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,  stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,  and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore, I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." 

365 Messianic Fulfilled Prophesy's List

Below is a list of over 365 Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) scripture references referring to the Messiah, and their corresponding New Testament fulfillment in Jesus Christ. 

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." 


― Chuck Swindoll

Evangelical Christian Pastor

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