Messianic Prophecies
Did Yeshua (Jesus) appear out of nowhere? Or were his birth, ministry,
death and resurrection foretold by Moshe (Moses) and the prophets?
If he wasn’t the Messiah than He wasn’t a good man, He
was a liar. However if He was telling the truth, than He was the
Messiah. If He was the Messiah, than His appearance had to have
been foretold.
In the Tenach there are hundred’s of places that speak of
an anointed one, also known as the Messiah. Some are obvious. Many
are less obvious. The following are a few of the more obvious Messianic
prophecies:
Did the Messiah need to be rejected or was he supposed
to begin an immediate restoration of the Kingdom of Israel?
“The Stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone. This was the L-rd’s doing;
and it is marvelous in our eyes.” (Psalms 118:22-23)
“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 did not esteem Him.” (Isaiah
53:3)
Was The Messiah supposed to be God in the flesh or
an ordinary man?
“Therefore the L-rd Himself will give you a sign: Behold the
virgin shall conceive and bear a Son,
an shall call His name Immanuel (God with us).”
(Isaiah 7:14)
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us
a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty G-d, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There
will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To
order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time
forward, even forever.The zeal of the L-RD of hosts will perform
this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7)
Was the Messiah’s birth predicted?
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among
the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the
One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from
everlasting.” (Micah 5:2)
What about this “New Covenant”? Is that
in the Bible?
“Behold, the days are coming, says the L-rd, when I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
- - not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the
land of Egypt. My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband
to them, says the L-rd. But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, days the L-rd: I will
put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts: and I will
be their G-d, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man
teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know
the L-rd’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them, says the L-rd. For I will forgive their
iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” (Jeremiah
31:31-34)
Is there anywhere in the Bible that says the Messiah
was to die for our sins? Is there a literal description of the Messiah
in the Bible?
"Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the
L-RD been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender
plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness;
and when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised,
and we did not esteem Him.
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we
esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;
the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes
we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned,
every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity
of us all.
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its
shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. He was taken from
prison and from judgment, and who will declare His generation? For
He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions
of my people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked--But
with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, nor
was any deceit in His mouth.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.
When You 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. 1He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He
shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion
with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because
He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the
transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession
for the transgressors." ( Isaiah 53)
If you have any questions regarding these scripture passages or
any of the hundred’s of other passages that point to Y’shua
(Jesus) please feel free to email us at seed@seedofabraham.org
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