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A Summary of First Coming Prophecies

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Friday, 09 March 2007

There are over 300 prophecies in the Old Testament about the First Coming of the Messiah, but many of these are repetitious. When the repetitious ones are deleted, we are left with 108 specifically different prophecies, all of which were fulfilled in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
The fulfillment of so many prophecies in the life of one person is overwhelming proof that Jesus is the Messiah of God. The odds of so many prophecies being fulfilled coincidentally in the life of any person is beyond the realm of probability. Fulfilled prophecy is thus one of the most substantial proofs that Jesus was who He said He was-namely, the anointed Son of God (Mark 14:62-63).

In the following outline, only one source is given for each prophecy, but keep in mind that some of the prophecies are repeated several times in the Old Testament Scriptures.

A detailed listing of both Old Testament and New Testament verses pertaining to these prophecies can be found in The Christ in Prophecy Study Guide. Available at The PromiseLand Bookstore (512) 458-4582

Lineage

Testament Source		THE PROPHECY	New Testament Fulfillment

Gen. 9:26	1)	From the Shemite branch of humanity	Luke 3:36
Gen. 12:3	2)	Through Abraham	Matt. 1:1
Gen. 17:21	3)	Through Abraham's son, Isaac	Luke 3:34
Gen. 28:14	4)	Through Isaac's son, Jacob	Luke 3:34
Gen. 49:8	5)	Through the tribe of Judah	Luke 3:33
Isa. 11:1	6)	Through the family of Jesse	Luke 3:32
Jer. 23:5	7)	Through the house of David	Luke 3:31

The Messiah's Birth & Childhood

Testament Source		THE PROPHECY	New Testament Fulfillment
Gen. 49:10	1)	Timing of birth	Matt. 2:1
Mic. 5:2	2)	Place of birth	Matt. 2:1
Isa. 9:6	3)	Born in the flesh	Luke 2:11
Isa. 7:14	4)	Born of a virgin	Luke 1:34
Isa. 7:14	5)	Divine name	Matt. 1:21
Psa. 72:l0	6)	Presented with gifts at birth	Matt. 2:1-12
Jer. 31:15	7)	Infants massacred	Matt. 2:16
Hag;11:1	8)	Sojourn in Egypt	Matt. 2:l4
Isa. 11:1	9)	Residence in Nazareth	Matt. 2:23
Isa. 11:l	11)	Spirit-filled and anointed from birth as prophesied.	Luke 2:46

Life and Ministry

Testament Source		THE PROPHECY	New Testament Fulfillment
Isa. 40:3	1)	Preceded by a prophet who would prepare His way	Matt. 3:1
Isa. 42:1	2)	Receive a special anointing by the Holy Spirit	Luke 3:22
Gen. 3:15	3)	Do battle with Satan	Matt. 4:1
Psa. 91:11	4)	Receive the ministry of angels	Matt. 4:11
Isa. 9:1	5)	Ministry centered in Galilee	Matt. 4:13
Isa. 42:2	6)	Unpretentious ministry	John 6:15
Isa. 53:2	7)	Power of ministry not based on personal appearance	Matt. 7:28
Psa. 40:9	8)	Preacher	Matt. 4:17
Psa. 78:2	9)	Teacher in parables	Matt. 13:34
Deu. 18:15	10)	Prophet	Matt. 21:11
Isa. 33:22	11)	Judge	John 5:30
Isa. 11:2	12)	Miracle-worker	John 3:2
Psa. 109:4	13)	Man of prayer	Luke 18:1
Psa. 22:9	14)	A Man whose reliance and trust is in God	John 5:19
Psa. 40:8	15)	A Man of obedience	John 4:34
Isa. 11:2	16)	A Man of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding	Matt. 13:54
Isa. 11:2	17)	A Man of counsel	John 3:1-4
Zec. 9:9	18)	Humble in spirit	Phil. 2:8
Psa. 145:8	19)	Patient	1 Tim. 1:16
Psa. 103:17	20)	Loving and merciful	John 15:13
Psa. 69:9	21)	Zeal for God's house in Jerusalem	John 2:14
Isa. 61:1-2	22)	Proclaim a Jubilee	Luke 4:17
Isa. 61:1	23)	Preach the gospel to the poor	Matt. 11:4-5
Isa. 61:1	24)	Comfort the brokenhearted	Matt. 11:28
Isa. 61:1	25)	Proclaim liberty to captives	Matt. 8:16
Isa. 42:3	26)	Minister to broken lives	Luke 5:30
Isa. 53:5	27)	Heal the sick	Matt. 8:16
Isa. 35:5-6	28)	Heal those with special afflictions	Matt. 11:4
Psa. 69:4	29)	Hated without cause	John 15:24
Psa. 69:7-8	30)	Despised and rejected by His own people, the Jews	John 1:11
Isa. 29:13	31)	Rejected by the Jews due to exaltation of tradition	Mark 7:6
Psa. 8:2	32)	Praised by babes and infants	Matt. 21:15
Isa. 49:6	33)	Offered to the Gentiles	John 1:12
Hos. 2:23	34)	Accepted by the Gentiles	Acts 28:28

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