PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE MESSIAH
(from Moody Press, 1976, Share the New Life with a Jew@)
2 Peter 1:20‑21, Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. [21] For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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New Testament |
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Messiah to be the seed of the Woman |
Genesis 3:15 |
Galatians 4:4 |
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Messiah to be the seed of Abraham |
Genesis 12:3; 18:18 |
Luke 3:34 Matthew 1:2 Acts 3:25 Galatians 3:16 |
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Messiah to be of the Tribe of Judah |
Genesis 49:10 |
Luke 3:33 Matthew 1:2 |
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Messiah to be of the seed of Jacob |
Numbers 24:17,19 |
Matthew 1:2 Luke 3:34 |
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Messiah to be of the seed of David |
Psalm 132:11 Jeremiah 23:5;33:15 Isaiah 11:10 |
Matthew 1:6 Luke 1:32-33 Romans 1:3 Acts 2:30 |
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Messiah to be a prophet like Moses |
Deuteronomy 18:15, 19 |
Matthew 21:11 John 6:14 John 1:45 Acts 3:22-23 |
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Messiah to be the Son of God |
Psalm 2:7 (Proverbs 30:4) |
Luke 1:32 Matthew 3:17 |
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Messiah to be raised from the dead |
Psalm 16:10 |
Acts 13:35-37 |
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The crucifixion experience |
Psalm 22 Psalm 69:21 |
Matthew 27:34-50 John 19:28-30 |
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Messiah to be betrayed by a friend |
Psalm 41:9 |
John 13:18, 21 |
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Messiah ascends to heaven |
Psalm 68:18 |
Luke 24:51 Acts 1:9 |
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Homage and tribute paid to Messiah by great kings |
Psalm 72:10-11 |
Matthew 2:1-11 |
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Messiah to be a priest like Melchizedek |
Psalm 110:4 |
Hebrews 5:5-6 |
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Messiah to be at the right hand of God
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Psalm 110:1 |
Matthew 26:64 Hebrews 1:3 |
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Messiah, the stone which the builders rejected, to become the head cornerstone |
Psalm 118:22-23 Isaiah 8:14-15 Isaiah 28:16 |
Matthew 21:42-43 Acts 4:11 Romans 9:32-33 Ephesians 2:20 1 Peter 2:6-8 |
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Messiah to be born of a virgin |
Isaiah 7:14 |
Matthew 1:18-25 Luke 1:26-35 |
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Galilee to be the first area of Messiah=s ministry |
Isaiah 9:1-8 |
Matthew 4:12-16 |
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Messiah will be meek and mild |
Isaiah 42:2-3 Isaiah 53:7 |
Matthew 12:18-20 Matthew 26:62-63 |
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Messiah will minister to the Gentiles |
Isaiah 42:1 Isaiah 49:1-8 |
Matthew 12:21 |
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Messiah will be smitten |
Isaiah 50:6 |
Matthew 26:67 Matthew 27:26, 30 |
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The Gospel according to Isaiah (The suffering Messiah brings salvation) |
Isaiah 52:13--53:12 |
The four gospels |
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The New and Everlasting Covenant |
Isaiah 55:3-4 Jeremiah 31:31-33 |
Matthew 26:28 Mark 14:24 Luke 22:20 Hebrews 8:6-13 |
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Messiah, the Right Arm of God |
Isaiah 59:16 Isaiah 53:1 |
John 12:38 |
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Messiah as Intercessor |
Isaiah 59:16 |
Hebrews 9:15 |
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Twofold mission of the Messiah |
Isaiah 61:1-11 |
Luke 4:16-21 |
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Messiah will perform specific miracles of healing |
Isaiah 35:5-6 |
John 11:47 Matthew 11:3-6 |
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Messiah will calm the storm |
Psalm 107:29 |
Mark 4:39 |
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Messiah is called AThe Lord@ |
Jeremiah 23:5-6 |
Acts 2:36 |
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The time of Messiah=s coming prophesied |
Daniel 9:24-26 |
Galatians 4:4 Ephesians 1:10 |
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Bethlehem to be the place of Messiah=s birth |
Micah 5:2 |
Matthew 2:1 Luke 2:4-6 |
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Messiah will enter the Temple with authority |
Malachi 3:1 |
Matthew 21:12 |
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Messiah will be preceded by a forerunner |
Malachi 3:1 |
Matthew 11:10-14 |
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Messiah will enter Jerusalem on a donkey |
Zechariah 9:9 |
Matthew 21:1-10 |
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Messiah will be pierced |
Zechariah 12:10 Psalm 22:16 |
John 19:34, 37 |
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Messiah=s bones will not be broken |
Psalm 34:20 |
John 19:33,36 |
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Messiah to be forsaken by his disciples |
Zechariah 13:7 |
Matthew 26:31, 56 |
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Messiah to be buried in a rich man=s grave |
Isaiah 53:9 |
Matthew 27:57-60 |
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Messiah to commit his spirit into the Father=s hands |
Psalm 31:5 |
Luke 23:46 |
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The coming of the Holy Spirit in the days of the Messiah |
Joel 2:28 |
Acts 2:16-18 |
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Opposition of the nations |
Psalm 2:2 |
Revelation 19:19 |
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Messiah=s final victory over death |
Isaiah 25:8 |
1 Corinthians 15:54 Revelation 7:17; 21:4 |
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The glorious Messiah |
Isaiah 63:1 |
Revelation 19:11-16 |
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Messiah as King |
Psalm 2:6-9 |
Revelation 19:15-16 |
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Submission of all nations to Messiah=s rule |
Isaiah 2:4 Micah 4:1-4 |
Revelation 12:5 |
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The Gentiles shall seek the Messiah of Israel |
Isaiah 11:10 |
Romans 11:25 |
Fulfillment of Types
A type is a literary symbol of something, usually something in the future. The Bible is loaded with types of Christ, and Jesus fulfilled them all. They are not exactly prophecies, or predictions, because they don't specifically say this or that will happen to so and so. They are usually people or objects which find their fuller meaning in the life and work of Jesus Christ. For example:
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He was a prophet like Moses, who led the people of God out of their slavery to sin, symbolized by the exodus out of Egypt. Deuteronomy 18:15/Matthew 21:11; Luke 2:25‑34; Luke 7:16; Luke 24:19; John 1:21; John 1:25; John 4:19; Acts 3:22; Acts 7:37. |
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He was the leader like Joshua who led the people of God into the promised land of a relationship with God. |
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He was a High Priest like Aaron, who represents the people before God, pleading for their forgiveness on the basis of the sacrifice He brings. |
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He was a priest in the order of Melchizedek, whose name means A king of righteousness |
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He was also the Son of David, who will sit on David's throne |
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He was the Noah who saves His people from the wrath of God=s judgment |
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He was the Jonah who spent three days in the belly of the grave, instead of the fish, and then was raised again to new life and service for God. |
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covering from sin and shame typified by the garments of skin that God made for Adam and Eve |
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the only begotten and well beloved Son miraculously born pictured by Isaac, whom God commanded Abraham to sacrifice |
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protection from the Angel of death prefigured by the shed blood of the Passover Lamb. |
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cure from the Serpent's bite typified by the brass serpent that Moses lifted up on a pole in the wilderness; Jesus said if He was lifted up, He would draw all men to Himself. |
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life-giving fountain, the water of life symbolized by the rock that gushed water in the desert when Moses struck it. |
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the bread of life foreshadowed by the Manna which God supplied the Israelites in the wilderness |
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And He was the Scapegoat, on whom the sins of the people were laid, and then it was driven outside the camp, as symbolized by the fact that Jesus died outside the city. |