child Jesus with the virgin Mary, with the Holy Spirit (represented as a dove) and God the Father, with child john the Baptist and saint Elizabeth on the right (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I feel overwhelmed by this piece of information. It has nourished my faith. I wish that this will help you know more the real Jesus. Knowing that Jesus has fulfilled more than 300 prophesies would surely deepen your faith and make you feel how true and authentic my faith is.
This will help you face certain issues raised by Jewish people, the Jehovah's witness, Church of Christ or Iglesia ni Kristo or the Mormones.
It's no longer coincidence. It can never be anyone else, but Jesus who is the son of God.
The partial list is here:
Old Testament Scriptures That Describe The Coming Messiah | ||
The Messianic Prophecy (paraphrased) | Where the prophecy appears in the Old Testament | Jesus’ fulfillment of the prophecy in the New Testament |
The Messiah will be the offspring (descendant) of the woman (Eve) | ||
The Messiah will be a descendant of Abraham, through whom everyone on earth will be blessed | ||
The Messiah will be a descendant of Judah | ||
The Messiah will be a prophet like Moses | ||
The Messiah will be the Son of God | ||
The Messiah will be raised from the dead | ||
The Messiah crucifixion experience | Psalm 22 (contains 11 separate prophecies—not all listed here) | |
The Messiah will be sneered at and mocked | ||
The Messiah will be pierced through hands and feet | Psalm 22:17 (note, a number of translations render this differently; this is a difference between Septuagint and Masoretic translations) | |
The Messiah’s bones will not be broken | ||
Men Will Gamble for the Messiah’s clothing | ||
The Messiah will accused by false witnesses | ||
The Messiah will be hated without a cause | ||
The Messiah will be betrayed by a friend | ||
The Messiah will ascend to heaven (at the right hand of God) | Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9, 2:32-35, 5:31-32, 7:55-56, Romans 8:34, Ephesians 1:20-21,Colossians 3:1, Hebrews 1:3, 8:1, 10:12, 12:2, I Peter 3:22 and elsewhere | |
The Messiah will be given vinegar and gall to drink | ||
Great kings will pay homage and tribute to the Messiah | ||
The Messiah is a “stone the builders rejected” who will become the “head cornerstone” | ||
The Messiah will be a descendant of David | ||
The Messiah will be a born of a virgin | ||
The Messiah will make the blind see, the deaf hear, etc. | Many places. Also see Matthew 11:3-6, John 11:47 | |
The Messiah will be beaten, mocked, and spat upon | ||
The “Gospel according to Isaiah” | The whole of the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | |
People will hear and not believe the “arm of the LORD” (Messiah) | ||
The Messiah will be rejected | ||
The Messiah will be killed | ||
The Messiah will be silent in front of his accusers | ||
The Messiah will be buried with the rich | ||
The Messiah will be crucified with criminals | ||
The Messiah is part of the new and everlasting covenant | ||
The Messiah will be our intercessor (intervene for us and plead on our behalf) | ||
The Messiah has two missions | Isaiah 61:1-3 (first mission ends at “. . . a year of favor from the LORD”) | First mission: Luke 4:16-21; Second mission: to be fulfilled at the end of the world |
The Messiah will come at a specific time | ||
The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem | ||
The Messiah will enter Jerusalem riding a donkey | ||
The Messiah will be sold for 30 pieces of silver | ||
The Messiah will forsaken by His disciples | ||
The Messiah will enter the Temple with authority | ||
source: http://www.catholicbasictraining.com/apologetics/coursetexts/1o.htm
