Friday, June 29, 2018

Prophecies About Jesus In The Old Testament

By Shirley Snyder


The coming of Jesus Christ was prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament. There is clear evidence of prophecies about Jesus and how they came to be. This is a list of some of interesting ones that are accurately captured in gospels about Christ.

Jesus is referred to as the Son of the Most High. This reference of the son is repeated in so many scriptures that it is impossible to miss it. Psalms 2,7 is where God pronounces that He is pleased with Christ, long before he was born. These words are repeated during baptism on River Jordan and during transfiguration. This is the clearest indication that the reference was on Christ.

It was prophesied that Christ would be born of a virgin. This is a message that was given by Isaiah in chapter 7 and verse 14. God was to give his people a sign regarding this birth by a virgin. This is fulfilled when Mary, a virgin who was betrothed to Joseph conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Christ. Matthew chapter 1 and verse 23 captures this prophecy in detail.

It was prophesied that people will prepare the way of the Lord. Isaiah is still the prophet behind this prediction in chapter 40 and verse 3. The New Testament features this prophecy prominently. John the Baptist is tasked with preparing this way. He tells people to repent and believe as a way of preparing. Even when Christ comes, John announces him as he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Christ was to die a painful death in order to earn human kind salvation. Through the wounds, he would pay for the transgressions of human kind. In fact, Isaiah says that it is through the stripes of Christ that we are healed. This is enacted in the gospels as they narrate how Christ suffered and died in order to redeem human kind. In the desert, it is the golden statue of a snake that saved people who were bitten by snakes. This represented the cross from where the salvation of human kind was to come from.

Chapter 25 of the book of Nephi verse 13 gives an account of how Christ is to die. He is to be crucified and die on the cross. He will then resurrect on the third day as a sign of defeating death. This is what the gospels capture. Salvation is only promised to the people who believe.

Psalms 22 captures the torture and death on the cross. This chapter details what his crucifiers will do to him. Verse 16 is explicit that his enemies have overpowered him and are nailing both his hands and legs on the cross. Verse 18 further states that they are balloting on his cloths. This is a perfect description of what happened to Christ at Calvary during crucifixion.

The Old Testament features a lot of prophecies that were fulfilled in the New Testament. The above episodes are just a few of them that demonstrate that the promise came to be. It would only be an arrogant person who would deny that Christ was not prophesied and became a fulfillment.




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