PROPHECIES OF THE MESSIAH FULFI PROPHECIES OF THE MESSIAH FULFILLED IN JESUS CHRIST Presented in their order of fulfillment
SUBJECT: SEED OF WOMAN
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Gen. 3:15
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the heel.”
FULFILLED
Gal. 4:4
But when the fulness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law.
SUBJECT: DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Gen. 12:3
“And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
FULFILLED
Matt. 1:1
The book of the geneology of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
SUBJECT: DESCENDANT OF ISAAC
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Gen. 17:19
But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”
FULFILLED
Luke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
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SUBJECT: DESCENDANT OF JACOB
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Num. 24:17
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star shall come forth from Jacob, and a scepter shall rise from Isreal, and shall crush through the forehead of Moab, and tear down all the sons of Sheth.”
FULFILLED
Matt. 1:2
To Abraham was born Isaac; and to Isaac, Jacob; and to Jacob, Judah and his brothers;
SUBJECT: FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Gen. 49:10
“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”
FULFILLED
Luke 3:33
the son of Amminidab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
SUBJECT: HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 9:7
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
FULFILLMENT
Luke 1:32,33
“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.”
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SUBJECT: ANOINTED AND ETERNAL
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 45:6,7; 102:25-27
Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteouness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee with the oil of joy above Thy fellows. Of old Thou didst found the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. Even they will perish, but Thou dost endure; and all of them will wear out like a garment; like clothing Thou wilt change them, and they will be changed. But Thou art the s ame, and Thy years will not come to an end.
FULFILLED
Heb. 1:8-12
But of the Son He says, “THY THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. THOU HAST LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, THY GOD, HATH ANOINTED THEE WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE THY COMPANIONS.” And, “THOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING DIDST LAY THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF THY HANDS; THEY WILL PERISH, BUT THOU REMAINEST; AND THEY WILL ALL BECOME OLD AS A GARMENT, AND AS A MANTLE THOU WILT ROLL THEM UP; AS A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED. BUT THOU ART THE SAME, AND THY YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END.”
SUBJECT: BORN IN BETHLEHEM
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Mic. 5:2
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Isreal. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.”
FULFILLMENT
Luke 2:4,5,7
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with chil d….And she gave birth to her first-born son, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
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SUBJECT: TIME FOR HIS BIRTH
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Dan. 9:25
“So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.”
FULFILLMENT
Luke 2:1,2
Now it came about in those days that a decree went out from Ceasar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
SUBJECT: TO BE BORN OF A VIRGIN
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 7:14
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”
FULFILLMENT
Luke 1:26,27,30,31
Now in the sixth month an angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary….And the angel said to her, “Do not be afr aid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.”
SUBJECT: SLAUGHTER OF CHILDREN
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Jer. 31:15
Thus says the LORD, “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 2:16-18
Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in the environs, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the ma gi. Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fufilled, saying, “A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE.”
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SUBJECT: FLIGHT TO EGYPT
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Hos. 11:1
When Isreal was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 2:14,15
And he arose and took the Child and His mother by night, and departed for Egypt; and was there until the death of Herod, that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “OUT OF EGYPT DID I CALL MY SON.”
SUBJECT: THE WAY PREPARED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 40:3-5
A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; and let the rough ground become plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
FULFILLMENT
Luke 3:3-6
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. EVERY RAVINE SHALL BE FILLED UP, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BECOME STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH ROADS SMOOTH; AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.'”
SUBJECT: PROCEEDED BY A FORERUNNER
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Mal. 3:1
“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.
FULFILLMENT
Luke 7:24, 27
And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?…This is the one whom it is written, ‘BEHOLD, I SEND MT MESSENGER BEFROE YOUR FAC E, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.'”
SUBJECT: PRECEDED BY ELIJAH
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Mal. 4:5,6
“Behold,I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terible day of the LORD. And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the la nd with a curse.”
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 11:13,14
“For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you care to accept it, he himself is Elijah, who was to come.”
SUBJECT: DECLARED THE SON OF GOD
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 2:7
“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘Thou art My Son, toady I have begotten Thee.'”
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 3:17
and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
SUBJECT: GALILEAN MINISTRY
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa.9:1,2
But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of th e Gentiles. Thepeople who walk in darkness will see a great light; those who live in a dark land, the light will shaine on them.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 4:13-16
and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES–THE PEOPLE WHO SAW A GREAT LIGHT; AND TO THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED.”
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SUBJECT: SPEAKS IN PARABLES
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 78:2-4
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 13:34,35
All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable, so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE F OUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
SUBJECT: A PROPHET
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Deut. 18:15
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.”
FULFILLMENT
Acts 3:20,22
and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you….”Moses said, “THE LORD GOD SHALL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED in everything He says to you.”
SUBJECT: TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 61:1,2
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year of the LO RD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.
FULFILLMENT
Luke 4:18,19
“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPLE TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE DOWNTRODDEN, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR O F THE LORD.”
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SUBJECT: REJECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE, THE JEWS
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:3
He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows, and aquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
FULFILLMENT
John 1:11
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
Luke 23:18
But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”
SUBJECT: PRIEST AFTER ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 110:4
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, “Thou art a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
FULFILLMENT
Heb. 5:5,6
So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, “THOU ART MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN THEE”; just as He says also in another passage, “THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”
SUBJECT: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Zech. 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
FULFILLMENT
Mark 11:7,9,11
And they brought the colt to Jesus and put their garments on it; and He sat upon it….And those who went before, and those who followed after, were crying out, “HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD”….And He entered Jerusalem and c ame into the temple; and after looking around, He departed for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.
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SUBJECT: ADORED BY INFANTS
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 8:2
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, because of Thine adversries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 21:15,16
But when the chief priests and the cribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant, and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying ?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABES THOU HAST PREPARED PRAISE FOR THYSELF?”
SUBJECT: NOT BELIEVED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:1
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
FULFILLMENT
John 12:37,38
But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet the were not believing in Him; that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHO HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?
SUBJECT: BETRAYED BY A CLOSE FRIEND
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 41:9
Even my close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
FULFILLMENT
Luke 22:47,48
While He was still speaking, behold, a multitude came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
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SUBJECT: BETRYED FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Zech. 11:12
And I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 26:14,15
Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, and said, “What are you willing to give me to deliver Him up to you? And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver.
SUBJECT: ACCUSED BY FALSE WITNESSES
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 35:11
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
FULFILLMENT
Mark 14:57,58
And some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying, “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made of hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.”
SUBJECT: SILENT TO ACCUSATIONS
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before the shearers, so He did not open His mouth.
FULFILLMENT
Mark 15:4,5
And Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “Do You make no answer? See how many charges they bring against You!” But Jesus made no further answer; so that Pilate was amazed.
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SUBJECT: SPAT ON AND STRUCK
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 50:6
I gave my back to those who strike Me, and My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 26:67
Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him.
SUBJECT: HATED WITHOUT REASON
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 35:19
Do not let those who are wrongfully my enimies rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink maliciously.
FULFILLMENT
John 15: 24, 25
“If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. But they have done this in order that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law, “THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'”
SUBJECT: VICARIOUS SACRIFICE
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:5
But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.
FULFILLMENT
Rom. 5:6,8
For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly… But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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SUBJECT: CRUCIFIED WITH MALIFACTORS
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:12
Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the booty with the strong; because He poured out Himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressor s.
FULFILLMENT
Mark 15: 27,28
And the crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”]
SUBJECT: PIERCED THROUGH HANDS AND FEET
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Zech. 12:10
“And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one who mourns for an only son, and they will w eep bitterly over Him, like the bitter weeping over a first-born.”
FULFILLMENT
John 20:27
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here your fingers, and see My hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.”
SUBJECT: SNEERED AND MOCKED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 22:7,8
All who see me sneer at me; they separate with the lip, they way the head, saying, “Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
FULFILLMENT
Luke 23:35
And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One.”
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SUBJECT: WAS REPROACHED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 69:9
For zeal for Thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach Thee have fallen on me.
FULFILLMENT
Rom. 15:3
For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED THEE FELL UPON ME.”
SUBJECT: PRAYER FOR HIS ENEMIES
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 109:4
In return for my love they act as my accusers; but I am in prayer.
FULFILLMENT
Luke 23:34
But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.
SUBJECT: SOLDIERS GAMBLED FOR HIS CLOTHING
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 22:17,18
I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 27:35,36
And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots; and sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.
SUBJECT: FORSAKEN BY GOD
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 22:1
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?”
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SUBJECT: NO BONES BROKEN
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 34:20
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
FULFILLMENT
John 19:32,33,36
The soldiers therefore came, and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other man who was crucified with Him; but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, thay did not break His legs;…For these things came to pass, that the Script ure might be fulfilled, “NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN.”
SUBJECT: HIS SIDE PIERCED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Zech. 12:10
“And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him, like the bitter weeping over a first-born.”
FULFILMENT
John 19:34
but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
SUBJECT: BURIED WITH THE RICH
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Isa. 53:9
His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet He was with a rich man in His death, because He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
FULFILLMENT
Matt. 27:57-60
And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given over to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in a rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.
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SUBJECT: TO BE RESURRECTED
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 16:10
For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; neither with Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay.
Ps. 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; for He will recieve me. [Selah]
FULFILLMENT
Mark 16:6,7
And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He is risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you into Gali lee; there you will see Him, just as He said to you.'”
SUBJECT: HIS ASCENSION TO GOD’S RIGHT HAND
PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE
Ps. 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high. Thou hast led captive Thy captives; Thou hast reveived gifts among men, even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there.
FULFILLMENT
Mark 16:19
So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
1 Cor. 15:4
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Eph. 4:8
Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”
Abbreviations ————— Gen./Genesis Jer./Jeremiah Matt./Matthew Num./Numbers Hos./Hosea Heb./Hebrews Isa./Isaiah Mal./Malachi Rom./Romans Ps. /Psalms Deut./Deuteronomy 1 Cor./ 1 Corinthians Mic./Micah Zech./Zechariah Eph./ Ephesians Dan./Daniel Gal./Galatians
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I hope this project will help you see through Scripture how Christ was not a mere man. A mere man would not have fulfilled all these prophecies. I hope this sheds light on the fact that Christ is indeed God who took on the form of man and dwelt among men, for the purpose of paying the debt of man’s sin on the cross, so that whoever puts their trust in Him will have eternal life.
John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. He came for a witness, that he might bear witness of the light; that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. There was the light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John bore witness of Him, and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'” For of His fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
May God use this tool to help many see the TRUTH.
Diane L. Gaither