The Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecies About the Coming of the Messiah

The Fulfillment of Old Testament

Prophecies About the Coming of Messiah!

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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

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Old Testament Prophecy

New Testament Fulfillment

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

Genesis 3:15 - "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Galatians 4:4 - "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law . . . "

2. Messiah to “bruise Satan’s head”

Genesis 3:15 - "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Hebrews 2:14 - "Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." 1 John 3:8 - "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."

3. Messiah to be the “seed of Abraham”

Genesis 22:17-18 - "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multipllying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy see shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed . . . " Genesis 12:3 - "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."

Galatians 3:16 - "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one. And to thy seed, which is Christ."

4. Messiah to be the “seed of David”

Psalm 132:11 - "The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne."

Jeremiah 23:5-6 - "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is His Name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."

Isaiah 11:1-2 - "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem (stump) of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots; And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD."

Acts 13:22-23 - "And when He had removed him, He raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also He gave testimony, and said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, who shall fulfill all My will. Of this man's seed hath God, according to His promise, raised unto Israel a Savior, Jesus."

5. Messiah to be from the tribe of Judah

Genesis 49:10 - "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh (Messiah) come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be."

Numbers 24:17,19 - "And I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel . . . " Hebrews 7:14 - "For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood."

6. Messiah to come at a specific time

Daniel 9:24-26 - "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know, therefore, and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Mesiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks . . . and after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off . . . "

Galatians 4:4 - "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law."

Luke 2:1-2

7. Messiah to be born of a virgin

Isaiah 7:14 - "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel."

Matthew 1:18-25 - "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: When as His mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit . . . she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which, being interpreted, is God with us . . . "

8. Messiah to be born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 - "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."

Matthew 2:1-5 - "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews . . . And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come a Gorernor that shall rule my people, Israel."

Luke 2:1-7

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

Numbers 24:17 - "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a star out of Jacob . . . "

Isaiah 9:2 - "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." Isaiah 60:1-4 - "Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples, but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eye round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee, sons shall come from far . . . " (Both of these passages speak of the coming of Messiah, the Light of the world . . . but also may be referring to the light or star that led the Gentile magi to come to worship.)

Matthew 2:1-2 - "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews. For we have seen his star in the east."

Note: The magi were looking for this star, or sign of Messiah's birth, probably because of the teachings of the Prophet Daniel, centuries before."

10. Messiah to be visited by great persons

Psalm 72:10 - "The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts."

Isaiah 60:3-7 - "And the nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eye round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee, sons shall come from far . . . The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; they all from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the prises of the LORD."

Matthew 2:1-11 - " . . . when they (the magi) saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."

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

Isaiah 60:3-4, Psalm 72:10 (see verses above)

Matthew 2:1 - "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews . . . "

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

Isaiah 60:1-2 - "Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples, but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.

Luke 2:8 - "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, an angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were very afraid."

John 1:14 - "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth."

John may have been referring to the Transfiguration of Christ, when three of the disciples literally saw the glorified Christ. (Mark 9:2-3)

13. Gentiles to bring gifts

Isaiah 60:6 - " . . . they all from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the prises of the LORD."

Matthew 2:11 - "And when they (the magi) were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."

14. Innocent children to be slaughtered

Jeremiah 31:15 - "Thus saith the LORD, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not."

Matthew 2:16-18 - "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under . . . "

15. Messiah to be preceded by a forerunner

Isaiah 40:3 - "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."

Note: This prophecy is a direct prophecy regarding John the Baptist . . . note that he was the forerunner of the LORD . . . Jesus is Jehovah of the Old Testament. John cried out "make straight . . . a highway for our GOD!" Malachi 3:1 - "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple . . . "

Mark 1:2-3 - "As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make His paths straight."

Matthew 3:1-3, Luke 1:17

16. Messiah to be a prophet like Moses

Deuteronomy 18:18 - "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in His mouth, and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him."

Acts 3:20-22 - "And He shall send Jesus Christ, Who before was preached unto you . . . for Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord, your God, raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto Me; Him shall ye hear in all things, whatever He shall say unto you."

17. Messiah to be anointed by Holy Spirit

Psalm 45:6-7 - "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of Thy kingdom is a right scepter. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

Isaiah 11:2 - "And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him . . . "

Isaiah 61:1-2 - "The Spirit of the LORD God is upon Me, because the LORD hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound."

Matthew 3:16 – 4:1 - "And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him. And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased."

Luke 4:14-21

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

Psalm 110:1 and 4 - "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool . . .The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 5:5-6 - "So also Christ gloried not Himself to be made an high priest, but He that said unto Him, Thou art My Son, today have I begotten Thee. As He saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

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

Isaiah 42:1-4 - "Behold My Servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon Him; He shall bring forth justice to the nations."

Isaiah 43:3,11,14, - "For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior . . . I, even I, am the LORD, and beside Me there is no savior . . . Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel."

Isaiah 44:6 - "Thus saith the LORD, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts; I am the first, and I am the last, and beside Me there is no God." Matthew 12:18-21 - "Behold my Servant, Whom I have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased; I will put My Spirit unton Him, and He shall show justice to the Gentiles."

20. Messiah ministry to begin in Galilee

Isaiah 9:1-2 - " . . . in Galilee of the nations . . . the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

Matthew 4:12-17, 23 - "Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into Galilee . . . that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah, the prophet . . . by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations . . . to them who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is spring up . . . From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand . . . And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all maner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

21. Messiah to enter Jerusalem in honor

Zechariah 9:9 - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee, He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a acolt, the foal of an ass."

Matthew 21:8-9 - "And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and spread them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest! And when He was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee."

Mark 11:11

22. Messiah to be lowly and riding upon a donkey

Matthew 21:4-5 - "All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass."

Mark 11:1-7

23. Messiah to enter the Temple

Malachi 3:1 - "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple . . . "

Haggai 2:7-9

Matthew 21:12-14 - "And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves."

24. Messiah to receive the praise of children

Psalm 8:2 - "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained praise because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."

Matthew 21:15-16 - "And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were very displeased, And said unto Hhim, hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou has perfected praise?"

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

Isaiah 6:9-12 - "And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make th heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes . . . "

Isaiah 29:9-15 - " . . . they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes . . . and the vision of all has become unto you like the words of a book that is sealed . . . Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men . . . the widom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."

John 1:11 - "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not."

John 12:37-40 - "But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him; That the saying of Isaiah, the prophet, might fulfilled which he spoke, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore, they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart . . ."

26. Messiah to be zealous for the Lord

Psalm 69:9 - "For the zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up."

John 2:13-17 - " . . . Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the cnangers of money, sitting. And when he had made a courge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things from here; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up."

27. Messiah to teach by parables

Psalm 78:1-2 - "Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old."

Matthew 13:34-35 - "All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables, and without a parable spoke He not unto them, That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet . . . "

28. Messiah to perform many miracles

Isaiah 35:5-6 - "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing . . . "

Matthew 11:4-6 - "Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them."

John 11:47 - "Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? For this man doeth many miracles."

29. Messiah to be rejected by his brethren

Psalm 69:8 - "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children."

Isaiah 53:3 - "He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised and we esteemed him not."

John 1:11 - "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not."

John 7:5 - "For neither did His brethren believe in Him."

30. Messiah to be a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to His own people (the Jews)

Isaiah 8:14 - "And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."

Romans 9:31-33 - "But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Why? Because they sought it not by faith but, as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense . . . "

1 Peter 2:8

31. Messiah to be hated without a cause

Isaiah 49:7 - "Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and His Holy One, to Him whom man despiseth, to Him whom the nation abhorreth . . . "

Psalm 69:4 - "They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty."

John 15:25 - "But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause."

32. Messiah to be rejected by the rulers of Israel

Psalm 118:22 - "The stone which the builders (rulers) refused is become the head of the corner."

Matthew 21:23 - "And when He was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?"

33. Messiah to be betrayed by a friend

Psalm 41:9 - "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."

Psalm 55:12-13

John 13:18, 21 - Jesus said - "I speak not of you all (I know whom I have chosen), but that the scripture may be fulfilled, he that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against Me."

34. Messiah to be forsaken by His disciples

Zechariah 13:7 - "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, saith the LORD, of Hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered . . . "

Matthew 26:31, 56 - "Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad . . . then all the disciples forsook Him and fled."

35. Messiah to be sold for 30 pieces of silver (the price of a slave)

Zechariah 11:12 - "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver."

Matthew 26:15 - "Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you? And they bargained with him for thirty pieces of silver."

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

Zechariah 11:13 - "And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter -- a lordly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD."

Matthew 27:3, 7 - "Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders . . . And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in."

37. Messiah to be smitten on the cheek

Micah 5:1 - "Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek."

Matthew 27:30 - "And they spat upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head."

38. Messiah to be spat upon

Isaiah 50:6 - "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting."

Matthew 27:30 - "And they spat upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head."

39. Messiah to be mocked

Psalm 22:7-8 - "All they who see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him."

Matthew 27:31 - "And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him, and put His own reament on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him."

vs. 39-44 - "And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads . . . likewise also the chief priest mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved other; himself he cannot save . . . "

40. Messiah to be beaten and His beard plucked out

Isaiah 50:6 - "I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting."

Matthew 26:67 - "Then they spat in His face, and buffeted Him; and others smote Him with the palms of their hands."

Matthew 27:26, 30 - " . . . and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified . . . and they spat upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head."

41. Messiah to be crucified

Psalm 22 - "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like was; it is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws . . . they pierced my hands and my feet . . . I may count all my bones; they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lost upon my vesture . . . "

Matthew 27:33-36 - "And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, They gave Him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, He would not drink. And they crucified Him, and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched Him there."

Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19

42. Messiah’s hands and feet to be pierced

Psalm 22:16 (see verse above)

Zechariah 12:10 - "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstorn."

John 19:16-18 - "Then delivered he him, therefore, unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and let him away. And he, bearing his cross, went forth unto a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Goggotha, where they crucified him and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle."

John 20:25-28

43. Messiah’s bones not to be broken

Exodus 12:46 - "In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neigher shall ye break a bone of it." (speaking of the Passover Lamb, a preview of Jesus' death)

Psalm 34:20 - "He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken."

John 19:33-36 - "Then came the soldiers, 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 dead already, they broke not His legs;"

44. Messiah to suffer thirst

Psalm 22:15 - "My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;"

John 19:28 - "After this Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."

45. Messiah to be given vinegar to drink

Psalm 69:20-211 - "Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They gave me also gall for my food, and in my thirst they have me vinegar to drink."

Matthew 27:34 - "They gave Him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, He would not drink."

46. Messiah to be numbered with transgressors

Isaiah 53:12 - "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he hath 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."

Matthew 27:38 - "Then were there two thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left."

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

Isaiah 53:9 - "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth."

Matthew 27:57-60 - "When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple; He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed."

48. Messiah’s body not to see corruption

Psalm 16:10 - "For thou wilt not leave my soul in sheol, neither wilt thou permit thine Holy One to see corruption."

Acts 2:31 - "He, seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hades, neither His flesh did see corruption."

49. Messiah to be raised from the dead

Psalm 2:7 - "Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." ("begotten" = "yalad" = bring forth)

Psalm 16:10 - "For thou shalt not leave my soul in sheol, neither wilt thou permit thine Holy One to see corruption."

Psalm 49:9 - "That he should still live forever, and not see corruption."

Acts 13:33 - "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

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

Psalm 68:18 - "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive."

Psalm 110:1 - "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, untill I make thine enemies thy footstool." Luke 24:51 - "And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven."

Acts 1:9 - "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight."

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.

THE LAW OF PROBABILITY:

Professor Emeritus of Science Dr. Peter Stoner has calculated the probability of one man fulfilling the major prophecies concerning the Messiah to be 1 in 10 to the 17th power (a huge figure having 17 zeros). Twelve of his classes consisting of a total of 600 students at Westmont College worked on the probability figure and they all concluded that this was a very conservative figure.

So, just what is 10 to the 17th power look like? They calculated that you could cover the entire state of Texas with silver dollars to a level of two feet. I have been to the state of Texas and I can tell you it is a pretty big place . . . and two feet of silver dollars thick would be a lot of silver dollars.

Now imagine being blind-folded and picking out the one marked silver dollar . . . on your first pick!

You get the point . . . one man fulfilling the prophecies made about the coming of Messiah could NEVER happen by mere chance!

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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

Professor Emeritus of Science Dr. Peter Stoner has calculated the probability of one man fulfilling the major prophecies concerning the Messiah to be 1 in 10 to the 17th power (a huge figure having 17 zeros). Twelve of his classes consisting of a total of 600 students at Westmont College worked on the probability figure and they all concluded that this was a very conservative figure.

So, just what is 10 to the 17th power look like? They calculated that you could cover the entire state of Texas with silver dollars to a level of two feet. I have been to the state of Texas and I can tell you it is a pretty big place . . . and two feet of silver dollars thick would be a lot of silver dollars.

Now imagine being blind-folded and picking out the one marked silver dollar . . . on your first pick!

You get the point . . . one man fulfilling the prophecies made about the coming of Messiah could NEVER happen by mere chance!