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Prophecies Concerning Jesus

There were over 300 Old Testament prophecies about Messiah that were fulfilled by the life of Jesus Christ.

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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?

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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)

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Jesus did not just fulfill EIGHT prophecies, he fulfilled THREE HUNDRED!

Outline

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.
Prophecies
Made
Fulfilled
Notes
Jesus would come the first time after sixty-nine "sevens" and the second time after one "seven."
Daniel 9:24-26
Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:16
See the Seventy Week prophecy.
He would be born of the seed of woman
Genesis 3:15
Galatians 4:4; Matthew 1:20
He would be born of a virgin
Isaiah 7:14
Matthew 1:18, 24, 25
No one has been born of a virgin. This by itself would be astounding. Yet this specific prophecy was made 750 years before it happened.
He would be the Son of God
Psalm 2:7
Matthew 3:17
He would a “Seed of Abraham"
Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18
Matthew 1:1; Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:16
He would be of Jewish descent.
He would be a “Son of Isaac”
Genesis 21:12
Matthew 1:2; Luke 3:23,34; Hebrews 11:17-19
Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Now God eliminates one half of the lineage of Abraham.
He would be a “Son of Jacob”
Numbers 24:17
Matthew 1:2; Luke 3:23,34
Isaac had two sons, Jacob and Esau. Now God eliminates one half of the lineage of Isaac.
He would be from the tribe of Judah
Genesis 49:10
Luke 3:23,33; Hebrews 7:14-17
Jacob had twelve sons and each became a tribe of the Hebrew nation. Now God eliminates eleven-twelfths of the lineage of Jacob.
He would be from the family line of Jesse
Isaiah 11:1
Luke 3:23,32
Now God narrows it down even further by picking one family line out of the tribe of Judah.
He would be come from David's family and be heir to his throne
2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalms 89:3-4;Psalms 110:1; Psalms 132:11; Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 11:1-5; Jeremiah 23:5;
Matthew 1:1; Matthew 1:6; Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 1:69-70; Luke 2:4-7; Luke 3:23,31; Luke 20:42-44; John 7:42; Revelation 22:16
Jesse had at least eight sons 1 Samuel 16:10,11. Now God eliminates all of Jesse's sons except one, David.
"Elijah" would come just prior to Jesus
Malachi 4:5; Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 40:3-5
Matthew 3:1-3; Matthew 11:10-14; Mark 1:2-3; Luke 1:17; Luke 3:2-6; Luke 7:27; John 1:23
“Elijah” was the forerunner of Jesus, John the Baptist
He would be born at Bethlehem
Micah 5:2
Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:6; Luke 2:4-7; John 7:42
God eliminates all the cities in the world except one, Bethlehem.
He would be presented with gifts
Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 60:6
Matthew 2:1,11
The wise men brought gifts
Kings would bow down to Jesus
Psalms 72:10-11
Matthew 2:1-11
It is not routine for kings to bow down before a peasant infant.
He would live in Egypt
Hosea 11:1
Matthew 2:14-15
He would live in Galilee
Isaiah 9:1-2
Matthew 4:13-16
Even though Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, he was raised in Nazareth in Galilee