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The Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus Christ and their subsequent fulfillment testifies that the word of God is true. The fulfillment of the prophecies in the New Testament not only proves that the scriptures are real, but further strengthens our Faith in Him as Messiah and Light of the world. The following prophets and servants received revelation from God about the coming Messiah:
Jacob
Moses
Nathan
David
Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Joel
Micah
Zechariah
Malachi
Moses Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
God revealed to Moses about the coming Messiah from the House of Israel. Moses is used as a mirror to Jesus Christ in that as Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, Jesus Christ will save the world from its sins by dying at the cross. Whoever rejects salvation in Christ, will be condemned to Hell (Deuteronomy 18:19)
Prophecy:
Deuteronomy 18:15,18,19. 15The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
18I 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.
19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Fulfillment:
Matthew 1:17. “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Jesus Christ are fourteen generations.”
John 5:46 “For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.”
Nathan’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Nathan, a prophet during the reign of David spoke about the everlasting Kingdom under a King from the House of David. We get to know that Nathan spoke of Jesus Christ because he said the Kingdom would be an everlasting Kingdom, an eternal one.
Prophecy:
2nd Samuel 7:12,13. 12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Fulfillment
The fulfillment of Nathan’s prophecy is both Spiritual and Physical. The Spiritual Kingdom has been fulfilled already by the coming of Christ and dying on the cross. This put an end to the Old Testament and brought in the New Testament, and the release of the Holy Spirit to all believers.
The Spiritual Kingdom fulfilled:
Matthew 28:18,19. 18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Physical Kingdom Yet to be Fulfilled in the Millennial Rule that comes after the 2nd Coming of Christ.
Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus Christ, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
Revelation 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
David’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
The Psalmist David gave us the prophecy about the coming of Jesus Christ, His betrayal and death by crucifixion. We find the prophecy in his writings in the Psalms.
Prophecy:
Psalms 2:6-8. 6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms 22:6-8. 6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Psalms 22:16-18. 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Psalm 110:1,4. 1(A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Fulfillment:
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.”
Matthew 27:35. “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.”
Matthew 27:42,43. 42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Acts 2:33-36. 33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Hebrews 6:20. “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus Christ, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Solomon’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Solomon became king of Israel after the death of his father David. Among many sons of David and his wives, Solomon whose mother was Bathsheba was chosen by God to lead Israel. Solomon would later on backslide and fall into idolatry but he later repented. He prophesied about the coming Messiah in and wrote in the Proverbs.
Prophecy:
Proverbs 8:22-30. 22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Fulfillment:
John 1:1-3, 10. 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Hebrews 1:2. 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Isaiah’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Isaiah, the son of Amoz was one of the major prophets of God during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah. He was mightily by God and he received visions about the then Judah and Jerusalem and the coming reign of Christ in the end times.
Prophecy:
Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 9:6. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 11:1,2. 1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2And 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;
Isaiah 53:3,5,7-10. 3He 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.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9And 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.
10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 61:1. “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 them that are bound;”
Fulfillment:
Luke 1:26,27,31-33. 26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
John 1:10,11. 10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 18:12. “Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,”
Matthew 27:57,58. 57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
Matthew 8:16. “When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:”
Luke 4:18,21. 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
21And he began to say unto them, this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jeremiah’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah was a prophet of the Lord in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. The land of Benjamin, one of the tribes of Israel is in the North of Judah but to the South of Israel. These are his prophecies about Jesus Christ.
Prophecy:
Jeremiah 23:5,6. 5Behold, 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 judgment and justice in the earth.
6In 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.
Jeremiah 30:9. “But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34. 31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Fulfillment:
Romans 1:3,4. 3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Mark 11:10. “Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.”
Colossians 3:24. “Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
Matthew 26:28. “For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
1 Corinthians 3:16. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
2 Corinthians 6:16. “And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
Daniel’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Daniel was a prophet during the captivity of the Israelites, who had been captured and exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem. This happened during the reign of king Jehoiakim of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon required a few Israeli young men to serve at the palace, and also to be taught the language of the Chaldeans. Four young men were chosen and they were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. They were skillful in all wisdom, gifted in knowledge and without blemish but handsome.
Daniel received visions about the four Kingdoms that would rule the earth before the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. He also prophesied about the second coming of Christ and His everlasting Kingdom.
Prophecy:
Daniel 7:13,14. 13. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Fulfillment:
2 Peter 1:11. “For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Mark 11:10. “Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.”
Joel’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Joel the son of Pethuel was a prophet of the Lord in Jewish history. He prophesied about the chastisement of God against Judah and Jerusalem. He also received visions about their enemies and eventual restoration. Among his visions, he prophesied about the coming of Christ, and the release of the Holy Spirit unto the church under the new covenant.
Prophecy:
Joel 2:28,29. 28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:31,32. 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Fulfillment:
John 14:16,17,26 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;
17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Acts 2:2-4. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Micah’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Micah was a prophet of the Lord during the reigns of Kings Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Israel. The Lord revealed to him about the coming Messiah, and His everlasting reign.
Prophecy:
Micah 5;2-4. 2But 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.
3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Fulfillment:
Matthew 2:1. “Now when Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,”
2 Peter 1:11. “For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Zechariah’s Prophecy about Jesus Christ.
Zechariah was mightily used by the Lord as a prophet during the captivity of the Israelites. The Israelites were initially captured by the Babylonians but during Zechariah’s time, the Babylonian Empire had fallen into the hands of the Medes and Persians (Medo-Persian Empire) under King Darius.
Zechariah received visions about the restoration of Jerusalem and Israel as a whole, the everlasting temple on Mt. Zion and the coming of Jesus Christ.
Prophecy:
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 colt the foal of an ass.”
Fulfillment:
Matthew 21:1-3,9. 1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus Christ two disciples,
2Saying unto them, go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
9And 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.
(See also Mark 11:1-10)