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Prophecies of the Messiah Fulfilled in Jesus Christ *
Presented Here in Their Order of Fulfillment
Prophetic Scripture
Subject
Fulfilled
Genesis 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."

seed of a woman
Galatians 4:4
But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Genesis 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."

descendant of Abraham
Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Genesis 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.

descendant of Isaac
Luke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Numbers 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 Israel, and shall crush through the forehead of Moab, and tear down all the sons of Sheth.

descendant of Jacob
Matthew 1:2
To Abraham was born Isaac; and to Isaac, Jacob; and to Jacob, Judah and his brothers;
Genesis 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.

from the tribe of Judah

Luke 3:33
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
Isaiah 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.

heir to the throne of David
Luke 1:32
"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;
Psalm 45:6-7
6 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy kingdom. 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee with the oil of joy above Thy fellows.

anointed and eternal
Hebrews 1:8-12
8 But of the Son He says, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom. 9 "Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy companions." 10 And, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thy hands; 11 They will perish, but Thou remainest; and they all will become old as a garment, 12 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. "
Micah 5:2
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 Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity."

born in Bethlehem
Luke 2:4-7
4 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, 5 in order to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child. 6 And it came about that while they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Daniel 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.

time for His birth
Luke 2:1-2
1 Now it came about in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Isaiah 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.

to be born of a virgin
Luke 1:26-31
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And coming in, he said to her, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you." 29 But she was greatly troubled at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this might be. 30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. 31 "And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
Jeremiah 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."

slaughter of children
Matthew 2:16-18
16 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 all its environs, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magi. 17 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 18 "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."
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a youth I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

flight to Egypt
Matthew 2:14-15
14 And he arose and took the Child and His mother by night, and departed for Egypt; 15 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."
Isaiah 40:3-5
3 A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. 4 "Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; and let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; 5 Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

the way prepared
Luke 3:3-6
3 And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4 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. 5 `Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough roads smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
Malachi 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.

preceded by a forerunner
Luke 7:24-27
24 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? 25 "But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces. 26 "But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet. 27 "This is the one about whom it is written, `Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
Malachi 4:5-6
5 "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. 6 "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 land with a curse."

preceded by Elijah
Matthew 11:13-14
13 "For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. 14 "And if you care to accept it, he himself is Elijah, who was to come.
Psalm 2:7
"I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, `Thou art My Son, today I have begotten Thee.

declared the Son of God
Matthew 3:17
and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."
Isaiah 9:1
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 the Gentiles.

Galilean ministry
Matthew 4:13-16
13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- 16 "The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death, upon them a light dawned."
Psalm 78:2-4
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 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.

speaks in parables
Matthew 13:34-35
34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable, 35 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 foundation of the world."
Deuteronomy 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.

a prophet
Acts 3:20-22
20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. 22 "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.
Isaiah 61:1-2
1 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; 2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,

to bind up the brokenhearted
Luke 4:18-19
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel 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 of the Lord."
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

rejected by His own people, the Jews
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!"

Psalm 110:4
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "Thou art a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

priest after order of Melchizedek
Hebrews 5:5-6
5 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"; 6 just as He says also in another passage, "Thou art a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."
Zechariah 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.

accused by false witnesses
Mark 14:57
And some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,
Psalm 35:11
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.

silent to accusations
Mark 15:4
And Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, "Do You make no answer? See how many charges they bring against You!"
Isaiah 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.

spat on and struck
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,
Psalm 35:19
Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.

hated without reason
John 15:24
"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.
Isaiah 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.

vicarious sacrifice
Romans 5:6-8
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Isaiah 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 transgressors.

crucified with malefactors
Mark 15:27
And they crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.
Zechariah 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.

pierced through hands and feet
John 20:27
Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing."
Psalm 22:7
All who see me sneer at me; they separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

sneered and mocked
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."
Psalm 69:9
For zeal for Thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach Thee have fallen on me.

was reproached
Romans 15:3
For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached Thee fell upon Me."
Psalm 109:4
In return for my love they act as my accusers; but I am in prayer.

prayer for His enemies
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.
Psalm 22:17-18
17 I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; 18 They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

soldiers gambled for His clothing
Matthew 27:35
And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots;
Psalm 22:1
My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.

forsaken by God
Matthew 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?"
Psalm 34:20
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

no bones broken
John 19:32-36
32 The soldiers therefore came, and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other man who was crucified with Him; 33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs; 34 but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water. 35 And he who has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. 36 For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of Him shall be broken."
Zechariah 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.

His side pierced
John 19:34
but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
Isaiah 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.

buried with the rich
Matthew 27:57-60
57 And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given over to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.
Psalm 16:10
For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay.

Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; for He will receive me. Selah.


to be resurrected
Mark 16:6-7
6 And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. 7 "But go, tell His disciples and Peter, `He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He said to you.'"
Psalm 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captive Thy captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there.

His ascension to God's right hand
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 Corinthians 15:4
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Ephesians 4:8
Therefore it says, "When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men."

* this table is taken from "Prophecies of the Messiah", The New Open Bible Study Edition

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