Lamb of God

• The First Prophecy Concerning Messiah
• Prophecies Concerning Messiah’s Earthly Ancestry
• Bible Verses About Forerunner
• Prophecies Concerning Messiahs Birth
• Prophecies Concerning Messiahs Birthplace
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Pre-Existence
• Prophecy Concerning A Sacrificial Lamb
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Earthly Ministry
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Betrayal
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Suffering
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Death And Burial
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Resurrection
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Second Coming
• Prophecies Of Messiahs Everlasting Kingdom

Prophecies Of Messiahs Everlasting Kingdom

“Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.” (Psalm 2:6)

Then to Him wds given dominion and, glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and, languages should. serve Him. His opinion is Art everlasting dominion, Which shall not Pdss away, And, his kingdom the one Which shall rust be destroyed, (Daniel 7: 14)

And the LORD shall be King of all the earth,
In that day it shall be
” The LORD is one,” And- His name one. (Zechariah 14:9)

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Daniel spoke of the Messiah having an everlasting kingdom and exercising absolute rule over all the nations. Zechariah prophesied that a day would come when Messiah would be King over all the earth.

Messiah The Righteous King

“Behold, the days Are coming,” says the LORD,
” That I will raise to Dauid a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and prosper
And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.” ( Jeremiah 23:5)

Arud it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:L6)

Messiah will judge the nations with perfect righteousness. Repentant and believing people among those nations that attacked Jerusalem will worship the King and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

Those nations who are unwilling to worship the King and attend the yearly Thanksgiving feast will experience God’s judgment (Micah 4:2).

During Messiah’s reign, the people of Judah and Jerusalem fulfilled their destiny, as a holy priesthood belonging to God.

“Remember the former things of old,
For I am God,, and,there is no other;
I am God., and there is one like Me,
Declaring the end, from the beginning,
And, from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand.,
And I will do all My pleasure.”(Isaiah 46:9-10)

In the beginning was the Word And the Word was God. When He created you and me In His image, He created us in love. We were created for His pleasure, To love Him and each other. His peace surrounds you, His love upholds you, Shalom, Shalom.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Second Coming

Messiah’s Return Promised

“Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who tags Takeru up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven ‘(Acts 1: 11)

At the end of His earthly ministry, Jesus met with His disciples on the Mount of Olives and instructed them to wait in Jerusalem, for the outpouring and baptism of the Holy Spirit.

On hearing this, the disciples were concerned about when the kingdom would be restored to Israel. But Jesus told them that only the Father knew the dates and times, their focus must be on telling others about Him. They would receive the power to witness when the Holy Spirit came upon them.

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After Jesus had spoken these things and blessed them, He was taken up to heaven in a cloud.

And while His disciples were watching His ascent, two angels appeared to them and promised that Jesus would return in the same way that they had seen Him go.”Daniel the prophet had a vision of Messiah’s return to earth on the clouds of heaven (Daniel 7:13).

Messiah’s second coming will be at a time when the antichrist has already appeared on the political scene. As this charismatic and manipulative leader rises to dominant world power, he will make a treaty with Israel, gaining favor with the Jewish people.

But the antichrist’s deception and treachery will be revealed when he demands to be worshipped as God.

The Iews will refuse to obey this blasphemous command and the antichrist will turn on them in furious revenge; stirring up war against Israel and influencing worldwide persecution against Jews (Daniel: 27 and 11:36).

All Nations Gather Against Israel

‘And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem d aery heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” (Zechariah 12:3)

This universal attack will be disastrous for Israel; two out of every three Jews will be killed, but a third will be saved by divine mercy and intervention.

Jeremiah spoke of these future events. ‘Alas! For that day is great, 5o that none is like it; And. it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.” (Jeremiah 30:7)

Daniel also prophesied concerning this period, ‘And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was A nation, Even to that time. Arud at that time your people shall be delivered, Everyone who is found written in the book. ” (Daniel 12:1)

Gods Day Of Vengeance

At the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, full of the Holy Spirit, He returned to Galilee and taught in the synagogues. When He went into the synagogue in Nazareth on the Sabbath day and stood up to read, He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Jesus declared the following words: ” The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the Poor; He has sent Me to beal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to Proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD…”

Then He closed the book in the middle of the sentence and sat down. He did not continue reading because He was the fulfillment of those prophetic words. He was the long-awaited Messiah, the time of God’s mercy and favor had come to Israel.

The next phrase, referring to the day of God’s vengeance, would be fulfilled at the time of Messian’s second coming.

Messiah Will Return With The Saints

Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And on that day His feet will stand on the Mount of
Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall l be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain will move toward the north
And half of it toward, the south.
Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall react to Azal.
Yet you shall flee
As you fled, from the earthquake
On the day of Uzziah king of Judah. (Zechariah 14: 3-5)

When God judged the nation of Egypt with a series of plagues, this forced Pharaoh to release His people” After Moses had led the Hebrews out of Egypt, Pharaoh changed his mind, and accompanied by the Egyptian army, pursued his former slaves.

By this time the Hebrew people were camping at the Red Sea. Trapped between the advancing army and the sea, there was nowhere to flee. But God Himself intervened and miraculously parted the waters, making a way of escape for His people.

He also destroyed the Egyptians that pursued them into the sea, by bringing the waters back together and drowning them (Exodus 15:3-5).

In like manner, at a future time, when all human hope for Israel’s survival has gone, God Himself will intervene. He will bring judgment on the attacking nations with a supernatural plague on their bodies and minds.

And in their confusion, they will fight against each other. He will also make a way of, escape for the survivors of His people (Zechariah 14: 12-13).

Spirit Of Grace And Supplication

‘And I will pour on the house of Dauid and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; there they will look on Me whom they pierced, Yes, they still mourn for Him ds one mourn for his only son, and. grieve for Hirn as true grieves for a firstborn. ” (Zechariah 12:10)

At the same time, He will show mercy on the remnant of Israel and the Holy Spirit will bring revelation to their hearts. They will know that the One they rejected and crucified is their Messiah. The result of this understanding will be deep repentance, they will mourn bitterly, as for a first-born son.

Spiritual Cleansing and Renewal

“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of
Dauid and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and uncleanness.” (Zechariah. 13: 1)

There will also be a spiritual cleansing for the land and people. All forms of idolatry will be banished and any false prophet continuing to practice these things will be put to death (Deuteronomy 18:20). Purged and refined, ) Jerusalem will emerge as the holy city of God.

Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You,.(Zechariah 14:5)

Messiah Descends Onto The Mount Of Olives

At some point during these events, Messiah will descend onto the Mount of Olives with innumerable angels and resurrected believers.

His coming will cause momentous geological changes. There will be an earthquake and the Mount of O1ives will split in two, making a valley by which the besieged survivors can escape.

Jerusalem will be raised and leveled off, becoming the highest mountain in the area. An event also foretold by the prophets Isaiah and Micah (Isaiah 2:2 and Micah 4:l).

Cosmic Upheaval

It shall come to pass in that day

That there will be no light;

The lights will diminish. (Zechariah 14:6)

Before the days of the glorious reign of Messiah, there will be cosmic upheavals and dark days of judgment; a time like no other in earth’s history ( Joel 2:10-11, Malachi 3:2-3).

God The Glory Of His People

” The suru shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you, But the LORD will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory. ” (Isaiah 60:19)

This time of darkness will be followed by the light of Messialt’s kingdom reign on earth. On that day, as a result of the geological changes, fountains will burst forth.

Jerusalem will become a source of living water that will flow into two rivers. One will flow towards the Dead Sea and the other to the Mediterranean Sea; irrigating the land both summer and winter.

Ezekiel prophesied that this river would bring life and healing wherever it flows (Ezekiel 47: 9).

Prophecies Of Messiahs Resurrection

Power Over Death

For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Ydwr Hob One to see corruption. (Psalm 16:10)

Power Over Death FuIfilment

Early in the morning, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and another woman named Mary came to the tomb. Suddenly, there was an earthquake and an angel of God descended from heaven.

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The angel told the women not to be afraid. Jesus was not there; He had risen, just as He had promised. The angel invited them to look into the empty tomb where ]esus had been laid. Then he told them to quickly go and tell the disciples that Jesus had risen and was going on ahead of them to Galilee.

Witnesses Disciples

FuIl of wonder, the women left the tomb and ran to tell the disciples. Suddenly, Jesus met them and they fell to their knees, embracing His feet and worshiping Him. Jesus told them not to be afraid, but to tell His brothers to go to Galilee, and He would see them there.

Meanwhile, some of the guards returned to the city and told the high priests everything that had happened.

The religious leaders urgently consulted together and came up with a plan. They gave the soldiers a large sum of money as a bribe, to say that | Jesus’ disciples had come at night and stolen His body while they were sleeping.

Later that day, the disciples were together in a locked room, because they were afraid of the |ews. Suddenly, ]esus stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.” Then He showed them His hands and His side ( Iohn 20:19).

Jesus said again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Then He breathed on them and told them to receive the Holy Spirit ( John 20: 2L).

Now Thomas was absent at the time and the other disciples told him they had seen the LORD. He said that, unless he saw and touched the wounds in Jesus’ hands and side, he would not believe.

” After eight days, Jesus came again to His disciples. He told Thomas to touch His wounds and to stop being unbelieving, but believing.

And Thormas answered and said, to Him, “My Lord, and my God!” Jesus said, to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Mq you have believed,. Blessed are those who have not seen around, yet have believed.” ( Iohn 20:28-29)

Witnesses Over 500

In the early morning, after His resurrection, Jesus was seen by Mary Magdalene and other women. In the afternoon He appeared to two disciples on the way to Emmaus and also to Peter.

In the evening He appeared to ten of His disciples, and a week later to His eleven disciples, including Thomas.

Sometime later Jesus appeared to several of His disciples at Galilee and, at an unspecified time, He met with James. His final appearance to all His disciples was at His Ascension (Acts 1:3 and Acts 1: 11).

The apostle Paul records that Jesus was seen by Peter, and then by His other disciples. After that, He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once.

At an unspecified time, he was seen by |ames; and then by all of the apostles. Last of all He was seen by Pauh himself on the Damascus Road (1 Corinthians 15:5-8 and Acts 9:3-6).

Victorious Over Death

He will swallow up death forever,
And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces;
Tlte rebuke of His people He still takes away from all the
earth; For the Lord has spoken (Isaiah 25:B)

It was not such an incredible thing for God to raise the dead. Elisha the prophet rniraculously brought a child back to life.

And there was another miracle of resurrection when the body of a dead man was thrown on Elishds grave; immediately the corpse touched the prophet’s bones, and the man was restored to life (2 Kings 4:34-35 and 2 Kings 13:20-21).

During Jesus’ ministry, He raised Lazarus from the dead, and many Iewg believed in Him because of this miracle. Jesus stated, “I Am the resurrection and, the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall lie. And, whoever lives and. believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” ( John 11:25-26)

Through the atoning death of |esus, all who believed in Him would be raised from death to eternal life.

Although there are many references to faith in resurrection recorded in the Bible, the Sadducees denied that there could be a resurrection and based their teaching solely on the five books of Moses.

One day when Jesus was teaching in the temple, the Sadducees asked Him a question concerning the resurrection and marriage. Jesus replied that for those who were included in the resurrection, there was no marriage, they would be like angels of God.

He also pointed out that Moses had shown clearly that the dead are raised to life, by recording God’s words to him from the burning bush: Moreover, He said, “I am the God, of your father-the God of Abraham? ru, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:6 and Matthew 22:23-33) God was not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Victorious Over Death Fulfillment

During the forty days, from His victory over the grave to the day He was taken up to heaven, His disciples walked, talked, and ate with their Risen Lord.

Having fulfilled many of the Biblical prophecies; Iesus opened up their minds to understand all that the prophets had written about Him.

Jesus’ glorified body had visible marks of the nails in His hands and feet, and the wound in His side. But in the power of His glorified body, Jesus was no longer subject to the limitations of human life.

Messiahs Ascension

Before Jesus’ Ascension, He told His disciples that they would be His witnesses in Jerusalem, then in Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. He instructed them to wait in Jerusalem until they had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Witnesses Eleven Disciples and Others with Them

His disciples were eager to know when He would restore the kingdom to Israel, but Jesus said that it was not for them to know the times set by His Father. After saying these things, while His disciples were watching, Jesus was taken up to heaven in a cloud.

Enoch did not experience death as his living earthly body was caught up to God” Also, while still living, Elijah the prophet was taken up to Heaven by angels.

But Messiah rose from the dead and in a glorified body ascended to Heaven, as the Son of God. Enoch and Elijah ascended as servants of God.

Messiah Is Our Saviour

And it shall come to pass

Whoever calls on the name of the LORD

Shall be saved. ( Joel 2:32)

Jesus’ life was lived entirely dedicated to His Father’s will. He was the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God, whose death and shed blood secured a perfect salvation for all those who would believe in Him.

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the abar to make Atonement for, lour souls; for it is the blood that makes dtoru€mentfor the soul.” (Leviticus 17:11)

“For God, so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have euerlasting 1ife.” (John 3:16)

Prophecies Of Messiahs Death And Burial

Messiah Gives Up His Life

Into Your hand commit my spirit. (Psalm 31:5)

Messiah Gives Up His Life Fulfilment

Despite His physical weakness and thirst, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. (Luke 23:46)

Having accomplished His Father’s will and finished His mission, Jesus yielded up His spirit to His Father.

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At that moment the veil of the temple, separating the holy place from the Most Holy Place, was torn in two from top to bottom; God had made a direct and personal way of access to Himself through His Son’s atoning death.

Witnesses The Centurion and His Soldiers

There was an earthquake, rocks were split and many dead saints came back to life.

When the centurion and the soldiers who were guarding Jesus saw these frightening supernatural signs, they were convinced that He truly was the Son of God.

Witnesses Many Women

Many women had followed Jesus from Galilee, and they were watching at a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Not One of His Bones Broken

“In one house it (the Passover lamb) shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones. ’’(Exodus 12:46, note). It was Preparation Day and the bodies could not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath.

So the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken to hasten death and their bodies taken away. So the soldiers broke the legs ofthe two crucified on either side of Jesus; but seeing that Jesus was already dead, they did not break His legs.

Messiahs Side Is Pierced

“And I will pour on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced.” (Zechariah 12:10)

Buried with the Rich

And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth. (Isaiah 53:9)

Buried with the Rich Fulfillment

It was the Roman custom to throw crucified bodies to the dogs. But Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man and a secret disciple of Jesus, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Pilate permitted him and Joseph took the body away.

Witnesses Joseph Of Arimathea And Nicodemus

Then Nicodemus, who was also a secret believer, came openly with myrrh and aloes. They covered Jesus’ body with spices and bound it with clean linen cloths.

Then they placed His body into Joseph’s tomb, which he had recently cut into the rock. Afterward, they rolled a large stone across the entrance of the tomb.

The day after Preparation Day, the Jewish leaders went to Pilate and said that Jesus had claimed He would arise from the dead after three days.

Therefore they asked for the tomb to be guarded until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples might steal the body and deceive the people, claiming that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Pilate agreed to their request and told them to go and secure the tomb. So they sealed the stone across the entrance and put soldiers there to guard it.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Suffering Lamblike

He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep, before its shearers are silent, So He opened not His mouth. (Isaiah 53:7, Emphasis added)

Lamblike Fulfilment

The Jewish leaders had no authority to execute Jesus and the next morning He was taken to Pilate, to be tried in the Roman Court.

Pilate asked Jesus if He was the King of the Jews and Jesus answered that it was so. But during the incessant accusations from the chief priests and leaders, He remained silent.

Pilate was very impressed with Jesus and did not want to condemn an innocent man. It was the custom during the Passover feast for the Roman governor to release a prisoner.

So Pilate asked the crowd who they wanted him to release. Should Jesus Barabbas, a notorious murderer and rebel against the Roman government, be set free; or Jesus, who was called Messiah?

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The Jewish leaders had already persuaded the gathered mob against Jesus and they cried out for the release of Barabbas.

When Pilate asked what he should do with Jesus, they all answered that he should be crucified. Pilate asked them why, seeing that Jesus had done no evil. But they continued to cry out for Him to be crucified.

Reason and justice did not influence the mob. So Pilate washed his hands before them, saying that he had no responsibility for Jesus’ death, it was their decision. Seeing that a riot was imminent, he reluctantly handed Jesus over to be scourged, a life-threatening punishment.

Messiah Disfigured Beyond Recognition

Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;
He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men. (Isaiah 52:13-14)

Messiah Disfigured Beyond Recognition Fulfillment

After Jesus was scourged, the Roman soldiers took Him to the Praetorium and the whole garrison gathered around him. They dressed Jesus in a scarlet robe and pressed down a crown of thorns on His head.

Then they placed a reed in His hand, as a mock scepter and they knelt before Him saying, “Hail, King of Jews!” (Matthew 27:29). They spat on Jesus, took the reed from His hand and beat Him on the head with it.

The brutal punishment and abuse disfigured His appearance until Jesus was no longer recognizable.

After the soldiers had satisfied their sadistic pleasure, they took off the robe and returned His clothes to Him. Then He was led out to be crucified, the crudest form of execution, reserved for the worst of criminals.

Messiah Was To Be Pierced

For dogs have surrounded Me;

The congregation ofthe wicked has enclosed Me.

They pierced My hands and My feet. (Psalm 22:16)

This psalm describes, 1000 years before Jesus was born, the crucifixion of Messiah, in complete and accurate detail.

Messiah Was To Be Pierced Fulfilment

Exhausted and weakened, Jesus was unable to carry His cross. One of the guards ordered a bystander, Simon from Cyrene, to carry Jesus’ cross to Golgotha.

They offered Him a mixture of wine and myrrh to dull His pain, but after tasting it Jesus refused to drink. Then they nailed His hands and feet to the cross.

They Gambled for Messiah’s Garments

They divide My garments among them,
Andfor My clothing they cast lots. (Psalm 22:18)

They Gambled for Messiah’s Garments Fulfillment

The executioners had the privilege of taking the victim’s clothes. After crucifying Jesus, the soldiers threw dice for His garments. Above His head, they had put a written sign of the criminal charge against Him.

This Is Jesus The King Of The Jews

Messiah Crucified With Thieves

And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:12)

Messiah Crucified With Thieves Fulfilment

Jesus was crucified with two robbers, one on either side of Him, and all those passing by contemptuously blasphemed Him.

Jesus experienced cruel rejection yet He responded with prayers for those who sinned against Him; asking His Father to forgive them, because they were acting in ignorance.

Messiah Is Despised And Rejected

He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him. (Isaiah 53:3a)

All those who see. I ridicule Me;
They shoot out the lip, and they shake their head, saying,
“He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him since He delights in Him!” (Psalm 22:7-8)

Messiah Is Despised And Rejected Fulfillment

Those who passed by challenged Jesus to save Himself, if He was the Son of God! The religious leaders observed His suffering with indifference and joined in with the mockery. They also defied Him to prove He was the Messiah, by coming down from the cross.

Messiah Is A Sin Offering

But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bisector of our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes, I am healed.
All we like sheep have astray;
We have turned, everyone, to his iniquity of us all.
And the LORD has laid on Him the in the iniquity of us all (Isaiah 53:5-6)n way;

Messiah Is A Sin Offering Fulfilment

Jesus’ enemies continued to sneer, even the two robbers next to Him joined in the ridicule. What they did not understand, was that Jesus could not save Himself and save us at the same time! Therefore He chose to endure His suffering and remained on the cross.

Jesus had said when arrested in the garden, that if He had asked His Father, He would have provided twelve legions of angels. But He needed to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. To fulfill what was written about Him in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.

Messiah Feels Forsaken by God’s Fulfillment

From the sixth hour (noon), there was a supernatural darkness over all the land for three hours, and Jesus was hidden from the gaping crowd. About the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”(Matthew 27:46).

These words, spoken by Jesus in Aramaic, were written by David 1000 years previously.

Jesus had always been with the Father and this must surely have caused Him to experience a most cruel sense of rejection and complete isolation.

Messiah Thirsts

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death. (Psalm 22:15)

Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of heaviness;
I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.
They also gave me gall for my food,
And for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psalm 69:20-21)

Messiah Thirsts Fulfilment

From the time of His arrest to being crucified, Jesus had endured six separate trials and extremely brutal punishment. On the cross He suffered agonizing pain, exhaustion, and terrible thirst; as well as the emotional pain of scorn, rejection, and isolation.

One of those standing by the cross ran and soaked a sponge with sour wine; then lifted it on a stick for Him to drink. But others with him told him not to bother. They wanted to see if Elijah would come and help Him.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Earthly Ministry

By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them, a light has shined. (Isaiah 9:1-2)

Messiah entered this dark world to give it spiritual light. John the Baptist was sent by God as a forerunner, to testify of the Light; so that people might believe in Him. He was the fulfillment of God’s call to Abraham and Israel, to be a blessing to all nations.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Earthly Ministry Fulfillment

Jesus began His ministry in Galilee, traveling through the region preaching repentance, teaching in the synagogues, and healing the people of all their sicknesses. News spread about Him to all the surrounding regions and great crowds flocked to Him.

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From the Galilee region, Jesus began calling out fishermen to follow Him, promising to make them fishers of men.

Witness Nathanael

When Nathanael heard about Jesus of Nazareth, knowing from Scripture that Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, he asked if anything good could come out of Nazareth.

But after Jesus had spoken with him, Nathanael called Him Rabbi and declared He was God’s Son and the King of Israel.

” The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening ofthe prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year ofthe LORD. . .” (Isaiah 61:1-2, emphasis added)

Witness Nathanael Fulfillment

On the Sabbath day, Jesus read this portion of Scripture from Isaiah to the synagogue congregation in Nazareth. He told the people assembled there that the Scripture was now fulfilled.

In applying these prophetic words to Himself, He was claiming to be the Messiah and proclaiming the nature of His mission.

At first, he was received well, but they also remembered that He was only Joseph and Mary’s son. Jesus would not prove His claim by performing miraculous signs for them and He said that no prophet was welcome in his hometown.

There had been many widows in Israel during three years of drought, but God did not send Elijah the prophet to any of them, He had only sent him to help a widow in Zarephath, in the region of Sidon.

There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, but only Naaman the Syrian was cleansed. After hearing this they were furious and dragged Jesus to a cliff edge, to throw Him over; but He calmly walked through the mob and went on His way.

Now Herod Antipas had divorced his wife, to marry his niece. John the Baptist had publicly condemned him for this sin and consequently, Herod had ordered his arrest.

While in prison, John sent two of his disciples to Jesus, to ask whether He was the coming One, or if should they continue waiting.

John’s surprising uncertainty was possibly caused by his expectations of a conquering Messiah, as most Jews were anticipating at that time. Perhaps he had even expected to be liberated from prison.

But Jesus was releasing captives of sin and performing miraculous healings. The blind could see; the lame could walk, and the deaf could hear! He also excelled in preaching and teaching the Gospel of Good News to the poor.

Witnesses John’s Disciples

Jesus told John’s disciples to report back to John with the evidence they had seen and heard of His ministry.

After their departure, Jesus praised John the Baptist, saying that he was a messenger from God and a great prophet. It was written about him in the Scriptures, the one who would come and prepare the way for Messiah’s coming (Malachi 3:1).

Messiah’s Entry Into Jerusalem As King

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey. “(Zechariah 9:9)

Messiah’s Entry Into Jerusalem As King Fulfilment

Jesus, knowing it would be His final journey, went up to Jerusalem with His disciples for the Passover feast. On this occasion presented Himself publicly as the Messiah and King of Israel.

Witnesses Disciples and Multitudes

As He rode towards Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey, the large crowds accompanying Him from Jericho cried out, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!”{Matthew 21:9, Psalm 118:2; emphasis added)

As He drew near the city, knowing the future events that would happen to Jerusalem and her people, Jesus wept with great compassion.

He said that a time would come when their enemies would destroy the city and not one stone of the temple would remain intact. They would not see Him again until they said, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!” (Matthew 23:39)

When Jesus’ procession entered Jerusalem, with the accompanying multitude loudly rejoicing and praising God, the whole city was shaken and wanted to know what was happening.

Jesus went straight to the temple and drove out those who were buying and selling there. In righteous anger, He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

Witnesses The Lame The Blind And The Children

Then the blind and lame came to Jesus in the temple and He healed them. But the chief priests and scribes were angered by Jesus’ actions; and indignant when they heard the children shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”.

Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise?”(Psalm 8:2 and Matthew 21:16)

The ordinary and disreputable people had listened to John’s message of repentance and were baptized. But the religious leaders had refused to listen to John or submit to being baptized by him.

These Jewish religious leaders also rejected and opposed Jesus. Throughout His ministry, they had looked for a way to outwit and trap Him.

Jesus had publicly accused them of pretending to be pious, but secretly seeking prestige and power. He had condemned them as being blind guides, who neglected justice, mercy, and truth.

After Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem as Messiah, they secretly plotted together to kill Him after the Passover feast.

Israel Rejects the Gospel Fulfilment

Jesus, knowing that He had a redemptive purpose to accomplish at His first coming, had openly declared His predicted sufferings and death. But He also said that He would be victorious over death and spoke of His future glory.

However, Jesus was misunderstood by the Jews when he said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” ( John 2:19). They thought that He was speaking ofthe temple building, but Jesus was speaking of the temple of His body.

When pressed by the Jews for a sign, Jesus spoke of Jonah, who was a sign of death and resurrection. Just as the prophet had been three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so He would be three days and three nights in the earth.

Jesus had also taught about the signs that would precede His second coming. But at that time, His disciples did not fully comprehend the things He told them. Knowing that the appointed time of His suffering was drawing near, Jesus was troubled.

He said that when He was lifted from the earth, He would draw all peoples to Himself, signifying how He would die.

The crowd, knowing the Scriptures that spoke of Messiah reigning triumphantly forever, questioned His statements. Even after all the miraculous signs and miracles they had witnessed, they did not believe in Him.

Yet some secretly believed, even among the leaders. But because of their fear of being put out of the synagogue, they kept quiet.

After His triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the confrontation in the temple, Jesus went to stay with friends in nearby Bethany.

While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar of pure spikenard, and breaking the jar she poured all the contents on Jesus’ head. His disciples, especially Judas, criticized her for wasting perfume that was worth a year’s wages.

But Jesus defended the woman’s action; she had poured oil on His body to anoint Him for burial. What she had done would be remembered and admired.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Betrayal

Betrayed by a Friend

Even my familiar friend whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted His heel against me. (Psalm 41: 9)

Betrayed by a Friend Fulfilment

After the meal at Bethany, Judas Iscariot went secretly to the chief priests. He asked what they would offer him to betray Jesus and they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

During the Passover meal with His disciples, Jesus was troubled. He said that one of them was going to betray Him. The disciples were stunned, and each of them began to ask Him if they were the ones who would do this.

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After receiving the piece of bread, Satan entered Judas and he left the room quickly. And it was night.

A New Covenant

“Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.. . ” (Jeremiah 31:31)

A New Covenant Fulfilment

Jesus took the bread and broke it. Then He gave it to the disciples; saying that the bread was His body. He took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and told them to drink from it. He said that it was His blood ofthe new covenant, which is shed for the forgiveness of sins.

Forsaken By His Disciples

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
Against the Man who is My Companion,”
Says the LORD of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered.”(Zechariah 13:7)

Forsaken By His Disciples Fulfillment

Jesus told His disciples that they would all forsake Him that night, as it was prophesied. Peter protested, stating that he would never deny Him. But Jesus said that night, before the rooster crows, he would deny Him three times.

Then Jesus went out with the disciples, to a place called Gethsemane. Deeply troubled, Jesus prayed to His Father, asking if it were possible for this cup of suffering to pass from Him. Nevertheless, not His will, but His Father’s will be done.

As Jesus continued in anguished prayer, His disciples fell asleep.

Then He warned them to be alert, His time of betrayal was near. While He was still speaking Judas arrived, leading an armed crowd.

He went straight to Jesus and identified Him to the guards with a kiss. When they seized Jesus, one of His disciples struck the high priest’s servant and slashed off his ear.

But Jesus told him to put his sword away and restore the man’s ear. He had all heaven’s power at His disposal, but it was His Father’s will that the Scriptures concerning Him were fulfilled. At this point, all His disciples deserted Him and ran away.

Jesus was arrested and led away to the high priest’s house, where all the scribes and elders had assembled. Peter followed at a distance and joined the guards sitting around a fire in the courtyard.

Messiah Oppressed And Afflicted

He was oppressed He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth. (Isaiah 53:7)

Messiah Oppressed And Afflicted Fulfilment

Throughout His unlawful arrest and trial, alone and undefended, Jesus acted with dignity. He remained silent as false witnesses came forward and told lies about Him.

Finally, the high priest commanded Jesus, under oath to the living God, to say whether He was the Messiah, the Son of God.

Jesus answered in the affirmative. Speaking prophetically of His second coming, He stated that He would be seen sitting at the right hand of God and coming on the clouds of heaven (Daniel 7:13).

Jesus was speaking truthfully, but the high priest accused Him of blasphemy, and all those assembled there called for the death sentence. Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat Him.

Having blindfolded Jesus, they mockingly asked Him to prophesy who it was who had struck Him.

Meanwhile, as Peter waited in the courtyard, a servant girl came to him and said that he had been with Jesus of Nazareth. But Peter denied it and said he didn’t know what she was talking about.

As he went out to the gateway another girl saw him and also said that he was with Jesus of Nazareth. But Peter swore that he did not know Him.

Later on, other bystanders insisted that Peter was one of the disciples because it was obvious from his speech that he was a Galilean. Peter began to swear and curse, saying that he did not know the Man.

While Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed. Then he remembered Jesus telling him that before the rooster crows, he would deny Him three times. Then Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

To Be Sold For Thirty Pieces Of Silver

And the LORD said to me, “ Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house ofthe LORD for the potter. (Zechariah 11:13)

To Be Sold For Thirty Pieces Of Silver Fulfilment

Judas, seeing that Jesus was condemned, was overcome with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

He said that he had sinned in betraying an innocent man, but they were indifferent to his remorse. So Judas threw the coins into the temple, then he went out and hanged himself.

Knowing that it was unlawful to accept blood money as an offering in the temple, the chief priests decided to buy a plot of ground to bury strangers in, known as the potter’s field.

Prophecies Of Messiahs Pre-Existence

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

“But, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.” (Micah 5:2, emphasis added)

“For unto us, a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6, emphasis added)

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The promised Child was both human and divine. He would reign forever on the throne of David, something that God Himself promised to accomplish.

In writing this psalm David speaks of ‘my Lord’, someone greater than himself. Jesus was a descendant of David, yet his pre-existent LORD.

The apostle John omits any reference to the human descent of Jesus and begins his Gospel account with a bold and clear declaration of the deity of Jesus (John 1:1).

The divine and eternal Messiah existed before the earth and man were created. The LORD God’s Anointed preceded all written prophecies and any recorded genealogies.

Prophecies Concerning Messiahs Birthplace Bethlehem

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting. ” (Micah 5:2, emphasis added)

Bethlehem Fulfilment

Now Mary was engaged to Joseph, a direct descendant of King David. When he discovered Mary was pregnant, it appeared that she had betrayed him. Bitterly disappointed, he wanted to break off the engagement.

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But being a good man and a devout Jew, he desired to do it discreetly; so that Mary would not be shamed and disgraced.

She would have a Son and He was to be named JESUS, meaning Saviour; because He would save the people from their sins.

Overawed by the mystery of Mary having been chosen to be the mother of the Saviour King, Joseph’s concerns were banished.

He did as the angel had commanded and married Mary as originally planned, but the marriage was not consummated until after the birth of her firstborn son. Joseph, of the lineage of David, was not the physical father of Jesus, but he became His legal father.

Mary and Joseph were living in Nazareth before the birth of Jesus. About that time, Caesar Augustus had ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. In Israel it was customary to register at a person’s ancestral home; so Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, the city of David.

While they were there, the time came for Jesus to be born. However, as Bethlehem was crowded with visitors registering for the census, there were no rooms left at the inn. So Jesus was born in a humble stable, wrapped in strips of cloth, and laid in a manger.

Witnesses Angels

That night, there were shepherds in the fields nearby guarding their sheep. Suddenly an angel of God appeared to them and the light of God’s glory shone around.

The angel told them not to be afraid because he had some wonderful news for all people. That day a Saviour had been born in David’s town, the Messiah and Ruler. He told the shepherds that they would find the Baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a manger.

Then a huge angelic choir joined the first angel, singing God’s praises and giving him glory, announcing peace toward all men and women on earth.

Witnesses Shepherds

The shepherds quickly ran to Bethlehem. They found Joseph and Mary, and the Baby lying in a manger, just as the angel had said.

After the shepherds had seen Him they spread the news of what had happened and everyone who heard their story was amazed.

Witness Simeon

On the eighth day, to fulfill the Jewish Law, the Baby was circumcised and named JESUS. After Mary’s days of purification were completed, they went to Jerusalem, to present their firstborn to God (Exodus 13:1-2).

Living in Jerusalem at that time was an old man named Simeon. He was a devout Jew, waiting expectantly for the coming of Israel’s Messiah. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he would see the Messiah before he died. He was led by the Spirit to the Temple, just as Joseph and Mary arrived with Jesus, to carry out the rituals of the Jewish Law.

Simeon took Jesus up in his arms. He blessed God and said that the LORD would now let him depart in peace, for he had seen His salvation, a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of God’s people Israel.

Jesus’ father and mother marveled at the things that Simeon had spoken. Simeon blessed them, and he told Mary that there would be controversy in Israel concerning her Son and it would cause her pain, like a sword piercing her heart.

Witness Anna The Prophetess

Anna was a widow and very old; she continually served God in the Temple with fasting and prayers. Seeing Simeon holding Jesus and praying, she also gave thanks to God for Him. Then she spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for national deliverance.

Witnesses Three Learned Men

Sometime after Jesus was born, learned men came from the East to Jerusalem. They had seen a supernatural star announcing the birth of the King of the Jews and had come to worship Him.

When King Herod heard of this he was deeply troubled. He gathered the Jewish religious scholars together and asked them where Messiah would be born. They answered that it was written, by the prophet Micah, that Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.

Then Herod held a secret meeting with the wise men, to find out when the star had appeared. Afterward, he sent them to Bethlehem and told them to let him know when they found the Child, pretending that he also wanted to go and worship Him.

The star they had followed from the east led them again and hovered over the exact place where the Child was.

When they entered the house and saw the Child with His mother, they fell and worshipped Him. Then they presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The wise men were warned in a dream not to report back to Herod and they returned to their own country by another route.

An angel warned Joseph in a dream to take the Child and His mother to Egypt, because Herod would hunt for the Child and kill Him. Joseph left while it was dark, taking Mary and Jesus with him. The family remained in Egypt until after Herod’s death.