Life, Work and Jesus
Prophecies Concerning Jesus
There were over 300 Old Testament prophecies about Messiah that were fulfilled by the life of Jesus Christ.
If we assign a probability of guessing each of these predictions correctly, we see that from a human viewpoint it is impossible to predict these events as the Bible has. Not one prediction failed. All are correctly fulfilled. This proves that the Bible is not humanly authored, but authored by God who ALONE knows the future.
If you take just EIGHT of these prophecies, the odds of one person fulfilling all EIGHT of these by coincidence is 1: 1000000000000000000 (one in 10 to the 17th power).
How hard is this for one person to fulfill by coincidence?
Suppose you took the state of Texas and spread silver dollars two feet deep across the whole state, then marked just one of them and buried it somewhere in the state. Then, if you chose one person, blindfolded him, and told him to pick just one silver dollar, his chances of getting the marked one on his first try would be one in 10 to the 17th power! (Peter Stoner, Science Speaks)
Jesus did not just fulfill EIGHT prophecies, he fulfilled THREE HUNDRED!
I. Prophecies Concerning His Birth
Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ, Jeremiah 600 years; Micah 600 years;
Hosea 780 years; David 1000 years, and Zechariah lived 520 years before Christ.
II. Prophecies Concerning His Nature
Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ, Jeremiah 600 years; Micah 600 years;
Hosea 780 years; David 1000 years, and Zechariah lived 520 years before Christ.
III. Prophecies Concerning His Ministry
Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ, Jeremiah 600 years; Micah 600 years;
Hosea 780 years; David 1000 years, and Zechariah lived 520 years before Christ.
IV. Prophecies Concerning His Death and Burial
Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ, Jeremiah 600 years; Micah 600 years;
Hosea 780 years; David 1000 years, and Zechariah lived 520 years before Christ.
The following prophecies from the Old Testament, which speak of the betrayal, trial, death and burial of Jesus, were spoken at various times by many different voices during the five centuries from 1000-500 BC, and yet all of them were literally fulfilled in one twenty-four hour period of time in Jesus' life.
V. Prophecies Concerning Later Events
Isaiah lived 750 years before Christ, Jeremiah 600 years; Micah 600 years;
Hosea 780 years; David 1000 years, and Zechariah lived 520 years before Christ.
Resources
Peter W. Stoner, Science Speaks, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1968.
Josh McDowell , Evidence The Demands A Verdict, Thomas Nelson, 2017
Dave Arch http://www.askapastor.org/proph.html