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Dec 22, 2024

Jesus Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies

Jesus Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies

Passage: Matthew 5:17

Speaker: Chip Dean

Series: Before All Things

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Jesus Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies

 

Prophecy = נְבוּאָה nevu’ah

Fulfill = πληρόω plēroō

Matthew 5:17

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 

Probability of 8 specific Messianic prophecies fulfilled

1 in 10^17 (1 in 100 quadrillion)
100,000,000,000,000,000

The list of Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus

https://www.newtestamentchristians.com/bible-study-resources/351-old-testament-prophecies-fulfilled-in-jesus-christ/ 

Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled about Jesus’ Ministry

Isaiah 40:3-4 

John the Baptist before Jesus

Psalm 78:1-2 

Jesus’s taught using parables

Isaiah 53:5

Jesus would heal people

Zechariah 9:9 

Jesus would ride on a donkey

Zechariah 11:13 

Jesus betrayed for 30 pieces of silver 

Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled about Jesus’ Death

Numbers 9:12

None of Jesus’ bones broken

Leviticus 17:11

Jesus would poor out His blood

Psalm 41:9

Jesus would be betrayed

Psalm 22

Jesus forsaken, mocked, and pierced

Psalm 22:18

Lots would be cast for Jesus’ clothes

Isaiah 53:9

Buried in a rich man’s tomb

Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled about Jesus’ Resurrection

Psalm 68:18

Jesus would ascend to heaven

Ezekiel 37:5

Dead bones come back to life

Isaiah 53:10

Jesus’ days prolonged after death

Hosea 6:2

Raised to life on the third day

Jonah 2:6

Jesus raised from death to life

God’s Purpose for Prophecy:

1. Faith in His Sovereignty.

2. Trust in His Word.

3. Hope for the Future.

4. Courage in Witnessing 

Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled about Jesus’ Birth

Genesis 3:15

Jesus born to defeat Satan

Genesis 49:10

Jesus from the tribe of Judah

Jeremiah 23:5-6

Jesus from the lineage of David

Numbers 24:17 

Star would mark His birth

Jeremiah 31:15

Herod’s Attempted to Kill Him

Micah 5:2 

Jesus born in Bethlehem

Isaiah 7:14 

Jesus born of a virgin

Psalm 72:10-11

Kings worshiped and gave gifts

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Luke 1:26-27 26

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”

Matthew 2:4-5 4

And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet.”

Psalm 72:10

“May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!”

Matthew 2:1, 11

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem… And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 

Psalm 139:13-14

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. 

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

Hebrews 2:14

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.