Prophecies of The Messiah Fulfilled in Christ

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Genesis 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.”

Seed of a woman

Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Genesis 12:3 ”I will bless those that bless you, and I will curse him who curse you; and in you, will the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Descendants of Abraham

Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham:

Genesis 17:19 And 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.”

Descendant of Isaac

Luke 3:34theson of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Numbers 24:17 ”I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; a Star shall come out of Jacob; and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.”

Descendant of Jacob

Matthew 1:2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.

Genesis 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.”

From the tribe of Judah

Luke 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

Isaiah 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 to establish it with judgment 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 1:32-33 ”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.”

Psalms 45:6-7;Psalms 102:25-27 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed 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.

Anointed and eternal

Hebrews 1:8-12 But to the Son Hesays: “Your throne, O Lord, is for ever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed 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.”

Micah 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.”

Born in Bethlehem

Luke 2:4-5;Luke 2:7 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto 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 firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Daniel 9:25 ”Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until the 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.”

Time for His birth

Luke 2:1-2 And it came to pass in those days, that a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place when Quirinius was governing Syria.

Isaiah 7:14 ”Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”

To be born of a virgin

Luke 1:26-27;Luke 1:30-31 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.”

Jeremiah 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.”

Slaughter of children

Matthew 2:16-18 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and he put to death 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.

Hosea 11:1 ”When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”

Flight to Egypt

Matthew 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 EgyptI called my son.”

Isaiah 40:3-5ew:3-5w: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.”

The way prepared

Luke 3:3-6 And he went into all the region around Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah 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.’”

Malachi 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.

Preceded by a forerunner

Luke 7:24;Luke 7:27 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.’”

Malachi 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.”

Preceded by Elijah

Matthew 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.”

Psalms 2:7 ”I will declare the decree: the Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You.’”

Declared the Son of God

Matthew 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Isaiah 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 a light has shined.

Galilean ministry

Matthew 4:13-16 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Nephtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The land of Zebulun, and the land of Nephtali, 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.”

Psalms 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 that He has done.

Speaks in parables

Matthew 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.”

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Deuteronomy 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,”

A prophet

Acts 3:20;Acts 3:22 ”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.’”

Isaiah 61:1-2 ”The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed 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 heal the broken hearted

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.”

Isaiah 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.”______

Psalms 110:4 The Lord has sworn, and will not relent, “You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Priest after order of Melchizedek

Hebrews 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 for ever according to the order of Melchizedek;”

Zechariah 9:9 ”Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Triumphal entry

Mark 11:7;Mark 11:9;Mark 11:11 Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it, and He sat on it…. Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is Hewho comes in the name of the Lord!’”… And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Psalms 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

Adored by infants

Matthew 21:15-16 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise?’”

Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Not believed

John 12:37-38 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which He spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

Psalms 41:9 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Betrayed by a close friend

Luke 22:47-48 And while He was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Zechariah 11:12 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver

Matthew 26:14-15 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

Psalms 35:11 Fierce witnesses rise up; they ask me things that I do not know.

Accused by false witnesses

Mark 14:57-58 And some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying, “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’”

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shepherds is silent, so He opened not His mouth.

Silent to accusations

Mark 15:4-5 Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, “ Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!” But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

Isaiah 50:6 ”I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.”

Spat on and struck

Matthew 26:67 Then they spat in His face, and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands,

Psalms 35:19 Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies; nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

Hated without reason

John 15:24-25 ”If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now have seen and also heard both Me and My Father. But thishappened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’”

Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Vicarious sacrifice

Romans 5:6;Romans 5:8 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly… But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Crucified with criminals

Mark 15:27-28 With Him they also crucified two bobbers, one on His right and the other on His left. So the Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.”

Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for his first born.”

Pierced through hands and feet

John 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

Psalms 22:7-8 All those who see Me laugh Me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

Scorned and mocked

Luke 23:35 And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

Psalms 69:9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Was reproached

Romans 15:3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproach You fell on Me.”

Psalms 109:4 In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer.

Prayer for His enemies

Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.

Psalms 22:17-18 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divided my garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.

Soldiers gambled for His clothing

Matthew 27:35-36 Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.” Sitting down they kept watch over Him there.

Psalms 22:1 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?

Forsaken by God

Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” That is “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Psalms 34:20 He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken.

No bones broken

John 19:32-33;John 19:36 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs… For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”

Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a first born.”

His side pierced

John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear and immediately blood and water came out.

Isaiah 53:9 And they made His grave with the wicked - but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Buried with the rich

Matthew 27:57-60 Now when everything had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. The Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.

Psalms 16:10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Psalms 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. Selah

To be resurrected

Matthew 16:6-7 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. But go and tell His disciples - and Peter - that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”

Psalms 68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there.

His ascension to God’s right hand

Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 1 Corinthians 15:4 And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, Ephesians 4:8 Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”