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Prophecies of the Messiah in the Old Testament fulfilled in Jesus Christ are presented here in their order of fulfillment:
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Gen. 3:15
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise His heel." |
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Gal. 4:4
"But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under
the law." |
Gen. 12:3
"I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth
shall be blessed." |
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Matt. 1:1
"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham." |
Gen. 17:19
"Then God said "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish
My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.' " |
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Luke 3:34
"the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor." |
Num. 24:17
"I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of Jacob; a Scepter shall rise out
of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult." |
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Matt. 1:2
"Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers." |
Gen. 49:10
"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him
shall be the obedience of the people." |
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Luke 3:33
"the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah."
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Is. 9:7
"Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
to order it and establish it with judgement and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this." |
heir to the throne of David |
Luke 1:32
"He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
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Ps. 45:6,7; 102:25-27
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You love
righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has annointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
"Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but
You will endure; yes, all of them will grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed.
But You are the same, and Your years will have no end." |
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Heb. 1:8-12
"But to the Son He says: 'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, a scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has annointed
You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.' And: 'You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands; they will perish, but You remain; and they will all grow old like a garment; like
a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail.' " |
Mic. 5:2
"But you, Bethlehem, Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of
you shall come forth to Me the One to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." |
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Luke 2:4, 5, 7
"And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was
with child...And she brought forth her first born Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in the inn." |
Dan. 9:25
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until
Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in
troublesome times." |
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Luke 2:1, 2
"And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria." |
Is. 7:14
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and call His
name Immanuel." |
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Luke 1:26, 27, 30, 31
"Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary... Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be
afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall
call His name Jesus.' " |
Jer. 31:15
"Thus says the Lord: 'A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping
for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.' " |
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Matt. 2:16-18
"Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put
to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to
the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 'A
voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted,
because they were no more.' " |
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Hos. 11:1
"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My Son."
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flight to Egypt
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Matt. 2:14, 15
"When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was
there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying, 'Out
of Egypt I called My Son.' " |
Is. 40:3-5
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway
for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; the crooked places shall be made
straight, and the rough places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the
mouth of the Lord has spoken.' " |
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Luke 3:3-6
"And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaih the prophet, saying, 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare
the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low; and the
crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." |
Mal. 3:1
" 'Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly
come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,' says the Lord of hosts."
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Luke 7:24, 27
"When the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak to the multitudes concerning John: 'What did you
go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?...This is he of whom it is written: "Behold, I send My messenger
before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You." |
Mal. 4:5, 6
"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he
will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse." |
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Matt. 11:13, 14
"For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who
is to come." |
Ps. 2:7
"I will declare the decree: the Lord has said to Me, 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You.' " |
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Matt. 3:17
"And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.' " |
Is. 9:1, 2
"Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, as when at first He lightly esteemed the land
of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in
Galilee of the Gentiles. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow
of death, upon them has a light shined." |
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Matt. 4:13-16
"And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 'The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and
upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.' " |
Ps. 78:2-4
"I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers
have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His
strength and His wonderful works He has done." |
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Matt. 13:34, 35
"All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 'I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which
have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.' " |
Deut. 18:15
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall
hear." |
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Acts 3:20, 22
"And that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,...For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The
Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says
to you.' " |
Is. 61:1, 2
"The spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has annointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who
are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn." |
to bind up the brokenhearted |
Luke 4:18, 19
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." |
Is. 53:3
"He is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces
from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him." |
rejected by His own people, the Jews |
John 1:11
"He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him."
Luke 23:18
"And they all cried out at once, saying, 'Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas' "... |
Ps. 110:4
"The Lord has sworn and will not relent, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.' " |
priest after order of Melchizedek |
Heb. 5:5, 6
"So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: 'You are My Son,
today I have begotten You.' As He also says in another place: 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'
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