HOW DID JESUS FULFILL THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE MESSIAH

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There are several references in the New Testament which show how Jesus Christ fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah’s coming.
​These are;

• Luke 1:26 – 27:
  Old Testament prophesies that Jesus Christ would be born in David’s lineage is confirmed when angel Gabriel was sent from God to a young woman i.e. Mary, Joseph’s fiancee.  Joseph came from David’s lineage.
• Luke 1:32:
  Nathan’s prophecy that God would make David’s descendant rule over Israel forever is affirmed by angel Gabriel during the annunciation. The angel said, ‘.........the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David and will reign over the house of Jacob forever.’
• Isaiah’s prophecy of the virgin conception in Isaiah 7:14 is fulfilled in angel Gabriel’s message to Mary that she was going to conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, Luke 1:35.
• Isaiah’s prophecy that the Messiah would be named Immanuel in Isaiah 7:14 is fulfilled in Angel Gabriel’s message to Joseph that Mary’s son would be called Immanuel.
• Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the small town of Judah which was also the birth place of    King David (Luke 2:5).  This was in fulfillment of Micah’s prophecy Micah 5:1 about a ruler of Israel whom God would raise up from the town of Bethlehem.
• Jesus was hailed as the Messiah descended from David by the blind beggar of Jericho who shouted ‘Jesus son of David! Take pity on me.’  Luke 18:38.  This was a fulfillment of Nathan’s prophecy that was echoed by Jeremiah that the Messiah would come from David’s family (2nd James 7:12 – 13, Jeremiah 23:5-6).
• Isaiah’s prophecy of the Messiah who would bring salvation to the whole world (Isaiah 42:6, 46:13, 52:10) is echoed in Simon's prophecy in the temple in reference to baby Jesus (Luke 2:29 – 32)
• When Jesus taught in the synagogue in Nazareth at the beginning of his ministry, he quoted from Isaiah 61:12 to affirm that he was the messiah that Isaiah had talked about Luke 4:18 – 19.
• Isaiah’s prophecy about the messiah who would work miracles Isaiah 29:19, 35:56, 61:1    was fulfilled when Jesus turned water into wine at Can in Galilee, raised the dead, cast out evil spirits and carried out a number of healing miracles. Through these miracles, Jesus was showing that the Messianic age had come.
• Isaiah’s prophecy of a suffering servant in chapter 53 is fulfilled through the passion and death of Jesus.

HOW DID JESUS FULFILL THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE MESSIAH?

EXPECTED RESPONSE IN SUMMARY​

• During the annunciation of Jesus birth the angel gave Jesus name and said he would be called Emmanuel as prophesied by Isaiah
• Angel Gabriel also reaffirmed Nathan’s prophecy to David that God would make David’s descendants rule over Israel forever.
• Mary’s conception fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that a virgin would give birth to a son.
• Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem as Micah had prophesied.
• Herod massacre of the innocent children’s after  the birth of Jesus was in fulfillment of Jeremiahs prophesy
• The baptism and the transfiguration  of Jesus proved he was Gods anointed and was reminiscent of then old testament idea of the Messiah as Gods anointed
• The old testaments prophesy of the messiah who would bring salvation to the world came to pass as stated by Simeon in the temple.
• When Jesus taught in the synagogue in Nazareth at the beginning of his ministry, he quoted from Isaiah 61:1-2 and said that he was the messiah Isaiah had prophesied about.
• Through miracles Jesus shares in the suffering of human kind thus fulfilling the prophesy of the suffering servant found in Isaiah 53:4-5.
• Jesus fulfilled the old testament prophesy of a peaceful king during the triumphant entry when he entered Jerusalem riding on a  donkey
• Jesus taught through parables as foretold by Isaiah  6 :9-10
• Jesus suffering, death and ascension fulfill the psalmist prophecy.
• Jesus fulfilled the new covenant foretold by Jeremiah during the last supper ,His death and resurrection.

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