MESSIAH: MORE THAN A MIRACLE!

There are over 300 Old Testament prophecies concerning the first coming of Jesus the Messiah. If only 50 of them were perfectly fulfilled, the probability of chance fulfillment as calculated by mathematicians according to the theory of probabilities is less than one in 1,250,000,000,000,000. (1 to 1 quadrillion, 250 trillion)    Dr. Olinthus Gregory

THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH:

1. Messiah to be born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 / Matthew 2:1-5, Luke 2:1-7

 2. Messiah to be born of a virgin

Isaiah 7:14 / Matthew 1:18-25

 3. Messiah’s birth to be announced by the appearance of a bright light

Numbers 24:17, Isaiah 9:2, Isaiah 60:1-4 / Matthew 2:1-2

4. Messiah to be visited by great persons

Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 60:3-7 / Matthew 2:1-11

 5. Visitors from many nations to come at the birth of the Messiah

Isaiah 60:3-4, Psalm 72:10 / Matthew 2:1

6. The glory of the LORD to be revealed at the coming of the Messiah.

Isaiah 60:1-2 / Luke 2:8, John 1:14

7. Gentiles to bring gifts

Isaiah 60:6 / Matthew 2:11

8. Innocent children to be slaughtered

Jeremiah 31:15 / Matthew 2:16-18

 9. Messiah to be the “seed of Abraham”

Genesis 22:18 / Gen. 12:3 /  Galatians 3:16

10. Messiah to be the “seed of David”

Psalm 132:11, Jeremiah 23:5, Isaiah 11:1-2 / Acts 13:22-23

11. Messiah to be from the tribe of Judah

Genesis 49:10, Numbers 24:17 / Hebrews 7:14

12. Messiah to come at a specific time

Daniel 9:24-26 / Galatians 4:4, Luke 2:1-2

13. Messiah to be the “seed of the woman”

Genesis 3:15 / Galatians 4:4

14. Messiah to “bruise Satan’s head”

Genesis 3:15 / Galatians 4:5, Hebrews 2:14 1 John 3:8

15. Messiah to be preceded by a forerunner

Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1 / Mark 1:2-3 Matthew 3:1-3, Luke 1:17

16. Messiah to be a prophet like Moses

Deuteronomy 18:18 / Acts 3:20-22

 17. Messiah to be anointed by Holy Spirit

Psalm 45:6-7, Isaiah 11:2, 61:1-2 / Matthew 3:16 – 4:1, Luke 4:14-21

18. Messiah to be a priest after the order of Melchizedek

Psalm 110:4 / Hebrews 5:5-6

19. Messiah as the Servant of the Lord to be the Redeemer of Jews & Gentiles

Isaiah 42:1-4, 43:3,11,14, 44:6 / Matthew 12:18-21

20. Messiah ministry to begin in Galilee

Isaiah 9:1-2 / Matthew 4:12-17, 23

21. Messiah to enter Jerusalem

Zechariah 9:9 / Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:11

22. Messiah to be lowly and riding upon a donkey

Zechariah 9:9 / Matthew 21:1-5, Mark 11:1-7

23. Messiah to enter the Temple

Malachi 3:1, Haggai 2:7-9, / Matthew 21:12-14

24. Messiah to receive the praise of children

Psalm 8:2 / Matthew 21:16

25. Israel to be blinded and the Messiah to be rejected by His own people

Isaiah 6:9-12, 29:9-15 / John 1:11 / John 12:37-40

26. Messiah to be zealous for the Lord

Psalm 69:9 / John 2:13-17

27. Messiah to teach by parables

Psalm 78:2 / Matthew 13:34-35

28. Messiah to perform miracles

Isaiah 35:5-6 / Matthew 11:4-6, John 11:47

29. Messiah to be rejected by his brethren

Psalm 69:8, Isaiah 53:3 / John 1:11, 7:5

30. Messiah to be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to the Jews

Isaiah 8:14 / Romans 9:32-33, 1 Peter 2:8

31. Messiah to be hated without a cause

Isaiah 49:7, Psalm 69:4, / John 15:25

32. Messiah to be rejected by the rulers

Psalm 118:22, Psalm 49:7 / Matthew 21:23, 42

33. Messiah to be betrayed by a friend

Psalm 41:9, 55:12-13 /  John 13:18, 21

34. Messiah to be forsaken by His disciples

Zechariah 13:7 / Mathew 26:31, 56

35. Messiah to be sold for 30 pieces of silver

Zechariah 11:12 / Matthew 26:15

36. Messiah’s betrayal money to be given for a potter’s field

Zechariah 11:13 / Matthew 27:3,7

37. Messiah to be smitten on the cheek

Micah 5:1 / Matthew 27:30

38. Messiah to be spat upon

Isaiah 50:6 / Matthew 27:30

39. Messiah to be mocked

Psalm 22:7-8 /  Matthew 27:31, 39-44

40. Messiah to be beaten and His beard plucked out

Isaiah 50:6 / Matthew 26:67, 27:26,30

41. Messiah to be crucified

Psalm 22 / Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19

42. Messiah’s hands and feet to be pierced

Psalm 22:16, Zechariah 12:10 / John 19:18, 37, 20:25

43. Messiah’s bones not to be broken

Exodus 12:46, Psalm 34:20 / John 19:33-36

44. Messiah to suffer thirst

Psalm 22:15 / John 19:28

45. Messiah to be given vinegar to drink

Psalm 69:21 / Matthew 27:34

46. Messiah to be numbered with transgressors

Isaiah 53:12 / Matthew 27:38

47. Messiah’s body to be buried w/ the rich

Isaiah 53:9 / Matthew 27:57-60

48. Messiah’s body not to see corruption

Psalm 16:10 / Acts 2:31

49. Messiah to be raised from the dead

Psalm 2:7, 16:10 / Acts 13:33

50. Messiah to ascend to the right hand  of God the Father

Psalm 68:18, 110:1 / Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9, Hebrews 1:3

Note: This is just a partial list of the many prophecies about the Lord Jesus Christ. Such prophecies and their exact fulfillment could not possibly have been contrived by mere man.

If you have not considered the truth that Jesus Christ is God in human flesh and that He came to save you from your sins, turn to Him today, and ask Him to be your Savior and Lord.