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[ Created: 2023-12-17 08:01:44  Updated: 2024-12-15 07:21:28 Owner: rl ]
Title: Prophecies of the Messiah    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


It has been said there are over 300 Old Testament prophecies of Messiah that were fulfilled in Christ Jesus.   The mathematical probability of a these prophecies being fulfilled in one man is virtually zero.   

Our Lord Jesus Christ is Creator, Messiah, Saviour, Lord and King.   
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
This is the most amazing prophecy ever uttered.     

Immanuel means 'God with us'.     This is why Jesus referred to Himself as the Son Of Man rather than the Son Of God.     

Jesus is the incarnation of God, not merely His offspring.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Because of Adamïs sin all humanity fell into darkness because of the Sin Nature that our dead spirits took on.     The curse of death was upon us.     
Jesus was born of a Virgin and prophesied to be God with us - Immanuel.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
This conflicting description of a single being could not have come from a rational mind.     It came from the Holy Spirit who would fulfil these words in Christ Jesus.     

Jesus was born of woman and His Holy Spirit and so He is the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father.     This means that the Father begat Himself!     

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus.     Jesus is the body of the Holy Spirit.     We are made in the image of our Creator.     We are Spirit Soul And Body and so also is our Creator.     His name is Jesus.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.     The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Jesus` Government spans Heaven and Earth and is Eternal.     For a period of time He will sit upon the literal Throne of David in the Millennial Kingdom.     But even after the New Heaven And Earth are created He will still Reign.     

The Zeal of the Lord is the Holy Spirit who birthed Jesus, filled Jesus, raised Jesus and Transformed the Body of Jesus.

Who hath believed our report?     and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
The report of Isaiah was mind-boggling and so many of his day did not believe his prophecy.     

Unfortunately, the people who lived during its fulfillment did not believe the report either.     

Many do not believe His report today even though it is only by believing the report that any person is saved.

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
The ground that Jesus grew up in and ministered to was ground hardened by tradition, blindness and stubbornness.     
The Messiah came humbly as a common man with common physical features.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
The Jewish leadership which consisted of Scribes Pharisees And Hypocrites despised Jesus and plotted against Him from the beginning.     

Our Lord`s heart was broken by rejection He endured.     In His brutal death the Jews turned their faces away in a combination of shame and reproach toward Him.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of the Lord, and afflicted.
The physical life of Messiah was spent healing and delivering the people from their sorrows.     But, in the end, the people turned their backs on Him as He took their reproach upon Himself.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Jesus was guilt free.     The suffering He bore was for us.     The reproach He endured was ours.     In His loving sacrifice He purchased our peace and healing.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Our disconnection by rebellion against the Holy Spirit created a chasm of separation between us and Him.     Our Lord Jesus bore the punishment for that rebellion in His own body.     

By the obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ we are now reconciled to His Holy Spirit such that He abides in us and we abide in Him.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Jesus submitted Himself to the death of cross fulfilling the requirement of the shedding of blood for the remission of sin.

He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation?     for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Jesus was treated unfairly by His accusers.     His life was cut short by His enemies.     He even died for the transgression of His murderers.     

The question about who will declare His generation is interesting.     All who believe on Jesus are required to declare His generation by preaching the Gospel of His kingdom.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Jesus died between two thieves.      He was buried in a rich man`s sepulchre.

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
How did the Holy Spirit get pleasure out of our Lord being ridiculed, bruised, beaten, spit-upon, pierced and murdered?     
The Holy Spirit sees the end from the beginning.     
So, He saw past the suffering to the innumerable host of the redeemed who will worship Him In Christ Jesus as a result of that suffering.

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
The Holy Spirit has required the blood of a perfect sacrifice to cover the sins of the people.     

What knowledge did Jesus have that enabled Him to justify us?     Jesus knew the scriptures.     He knew that the Holy Spirit would honour His Word about sin and redemption through the sacrifice of a perfect lamb.

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The Holy Spirit has given all power in heaven and earth to Christ Jesus for His obedience and faithfulness.     Jesus is now our Intercessor, mediator.and High priest.     We are Eternally Secure In Christ Jesus.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

The Holy Spirit is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
The Holy Spirit in Jesus made Him the Christ who preached the Gospel to us.

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Since the serpent was obviously possessed by Satan, this prophecy speaks to the conflict between Christ Jesus and the destroyer.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And the Lord said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
The Lord wants faith from us in Him.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
This is prophetic of our Lord Jesus who manifested the Word.

I delight to do thy will, O my Lord: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Jesus poured Himself into the written Word and He is the body of the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear.     So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them.     And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
A foreboding of the price paid for betrayal and its use to buy the potter's field.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Jesus shed His Perfect Blood for our Forgiveness.

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
This prophetic verse was fullfilled in

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord of truth.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
This is speaking of Christ Jesus who will set foot on the Mount of Olives and establish Jerusalem as the seat of His Millennial Kingdom.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter`s vessel.
On the Day Of Wrath Christ Jesus will destroy the ungodly and all their works.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is this righteous branch.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE Lord OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The Holy Spirit of our Lord Jesus is our righteousness.     

Judah (Jews) will be saved if and only if they receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.     Jesus is the righteous branch.