PROPHECIES & THEIR FULFILLMENT IN CHRIST
Jesus fulfilled 350+ prophecies from hundreds of years before his birth…so that we may believe in him. check out some of the most important prophetic fulfillments for yourself below!
1. Offspring of a Woman – Genesis 3:15, Luke 2:7, Revelation 12:5
2. Offspring of Abraham – Genesis 18:18, Acts 3:25, Matthew 1:1, Luke 3:34
3. Offspring of Isaac – Genesis 17:19, Matthew 1:2, Luke 3:34
4. Offspring of Jacob – Numbers 24:17, Genesis 28:14, Luke 3:34, Matthew 1:2
5. Descended from the Tribe of Judah – Genesis 49:10, Luke 3:33, Matthew 1:2-3
6. Heir to the Throne of David – Isaiah 9:7, 11:1-5, 2 Samuel 7:13, Jeremiah 23:5, Matt1:1,6, Luke 1:32-33
7. Born in Bethlehem – Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1, Luke 2:4-7
8. Time of Birth – Daniel 9:25, Luke 2:1-2, 2:3-7
9. Born of a Virgin – Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:26-35
10. Slaughter of Infants – Jeremiah 31:15, Matthew 2:16-18
11. Escape into Egypt – Hosea 11:1, Matthew 2:14-15
12. A PROPHET, LIKE MOSES – Deuteronomy 18:15, John 1:45, 16:15, Acts 3:19-26
13. Ministry in Galilee – Isaiah 9:1-2, Matthew 4:12-16
14. Priest Like Melchizedek – Psalm 110:4, Zechariah 6:12-13, Hebrews 6:20, 5:5-6, 7:15-17
15. Rejected by Jews – Isaiah 53:3, Psalm 2:2, John 1:11, 5:43, Luke 4:29, 17:25
16. Characteristics – Isaiah 11:2, Psalm 45:7, Luke 2:52, 4:18
17. Triumphal Entry – Zechariah 9:9, Isaiah 62:11, John 12:13-14, Matthew 21:1-11
18. Betrayed by a Friend – Psalm 41:9, Mark 14:10
19. Sold for 30 Pieces of Silver, Potter’s Field – Zechariah 11:12-13, Matthew 26:15, 27:6-7
20. Judas’ Position Replaced – Psalm 109:7, Acts 1:18-20
21. False Witnesses’ Accused Him – Psalm 27:12, Matthew 26:60-61
22. Silent When Accused – Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 26:62-63
23. Struck and Spit Upon – Isaiah 50:6, Mark 14:65
24. Hated Without Cause – Psalm 69:4, John 15:23
25. Suffered Vicariously – Isaiah 53:4, Matthew 8:16-17
26. Hands and Feet Pierced – Psalm 22:16, John 20:27
27. Crucified With Sinners – Isaiah 53:12, Matthew 27:38
28. Mocked and Insulted – Psalm 22:6-8, Matthew 27:39-40
29. Given Gall and Vinegar – Psalm 69:21, John 19:29
30. Hears Prophetic Words Used As Mockery – Psalm 22:8, Matthew 27:43
31. Prays for His Enemies – Psalm 109:4, Luke 23:34
32. Side Pierced – Zechariah 12:10, John 19:34
33. Soldiers Cast Lots for His Clothes – Psalm 22:18, Matthew 15:24
34. Not a Bone to Be Broken – Psalm 34:20, John 19:33
35. Buried With the Rich – Isaiah 53:9, Matthew 27:57-60
36. Resurrection – Psalm 16:10, Matthew 28:9
37. Ascension into Heaven – Psalm 68:18, Luke 24:50
Do you know the odds of Jesus fulfilling just 8 prophecies? It is 1 in 10 to the 17th power (1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000).
Do you know the odds of Jesus fulfilling just 48 prophecies? It is 1 in 10 to the 157th power, (or 1 in 10,00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).
Consider the odds for all 300+ prophecies (www.accordingtothescriptures.org/prophecy/353prophecies.html )
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God.
That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell.
You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
20 Future Prophecies about Jesus’ Second Coming
Hebrews 9:28 “so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” (ESV)
Foreshadowing A Future Gathering from Among All the Nations - Deuteronomy 30:3
The Lord as Judge - Isaiah 2:4
The Year of the Lord’s Favor - Isaiah 61:1-3
All Peoples Serve Him, An Everlasting Dominion, A Kingdom that Shall Not Be Destroyed - Daniel 7:13-14
The Lord Shall Stand on and Split the Mount of Olives - Zechariah 14:4
False Christs, Wars and Governmental Conflicts, Famines, Earthquakes, Tribulation, Persecution, False Faith, Hatred, False Prophets, Lawlessness, Cold-Hearts, Gospel Globally Presented - Matthew 24:7-14
Like Lightning, Darkness in the Skies, Everyone Sees Jesus’ Return - Matthew 24:27-31
Signs in Sun, Moon, & Stars, Distress Over Oceanic Waves - Luke 21:25-26
Coming in the Clouds with Great Power and Glory - Mark 13:26, Luke 21:27
He Will Return for His Followers to Bring them to Be with Him - John 14:1-4
Returns in the Same Way He Ascended Into Heaven - Acts 1:9-11
In a Moment, Mortal Body Put on Immortality - 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Lord Will Descend from Heaven with a Cry of Command, Archangel, Trumpet, Dead in Christ will Rise First, Those Alive Caught Up Together with Them in the Clouds to Meet the Lord, Be with Him Forever- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Sudden Destruction when Believed to Be Peace and Security - 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
Difficult Days as People Love Self & Money, Proud, Arrogant, Abusive, Disobedient to Parents, Ungrateful, Unholy, Heartless, Unappeasable, Slanderous, without Self-Control, Brutal, Not Loving Good, Treacherous, Reckless, Swollen with Conceit, Lovers of Pleasure, Appear Godly but Deny Its Power, Upset Households & Women, Learning but Never Arriving at Truth - 2 Timothy 3:1-5
Scoffers Arise, Heavens on Fire, New Heavens and New Earth - 2 Peter 3:1-13
Many Antichrists, Departures from the Fellowship and Faith - 1 John 2:18-19
Comes with Ten Thousands of His Holy Ones to Execute Judgment - Jude 1:14-16
Every Eye will See Him, All Tribes of the Earth will Wail - Revelation 1:7
God’s Righteous Wrath and Judgment - Revelation 19 & 20