jesus = messiah

“I will put enmity between you & the woman,

And between your seed & her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” Genesis 3:15

Jesus = Messiah• He claimed it – John 4:25,26 “I who

speak to you am He.”• It was claimed by others of Him – John

1:41 “We have found the Messiah.”• He demonstrated it by His fulfillment

of every Messianic prophecy we know of, leaving no room for doubt.

Probability of Jesus fulfilling only 8 prophecies

• 1 in 1017 or 1 in 1 Hundred Million Billion or 100,000,000,000,000,000• Like covering the entire state of Texas

with silver dollars two feet deep.• Mark One – Drop from a Plane -Mix

them up – have a person select the marked one at random the 1st time!

Lineage of Messiah• Begins with Eve and ends with Mary• About 4,000 years!• Genesis 3:15 one of the earliest

Messianic Prophecies.• Offspring is of the woman (Eve)• Galatians 4:4 “God sent forth His Son,

born of a woman, born under the law.”

Lineage of Messiah• Genesis 12:3 – God’s promise to

Abram.• Isaac, Son of Abraham – Genesis

17:19;21:12• Jacob, son of Isaac – Genesis 28:14• Judah, son of Jacob (Israel) Genesis

49:10 • Matthew Chapter 1; Luke 3:33,34

John the Baptist• Prepare the way for Messiah• Preaching that the Jews needed to

repent and turn back to the Lord their God• Identifies Jesus as “the Lamb of God

who takes away the sins of the world.” John 1:29

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:

• His Birth- Born of a Virgin - Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18,24,25• His Lineage – –Seed of Abraham (Genesis 22:18;

Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16)–Son of Isaac (Genesis 21:12; Luke 3:23,34)–Son of Jacob (Numbers 24:17; Luke

3:23,34)


• His Lineage – –Seed of Abraham (Genesis 22:18;

Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16)–Son of Isaac (Genesis 21:12; Luke

3:23,34)–Son of Jacob (Numbers 24:17; Luke

3:23,34)–Tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10;

Luke3:23,33)


• His Lineage – –Family of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1; Luke

3:23,32)–House of David (Jeremiah 23:5; Luke

3:23,31; 1 Samuel 16:10,11)

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His Place of Birth – • Bethlehem – Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1• His Preexistence-• Micah 5:2 “Whose goings forth are

from of old, From everlasting.”• John 1:1 “in the beginning was the

Word”• John 8:58“before Abraham was, I Am”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• “God with us” – Isaiah 7:14 “shall call

His name Immanuel.”• Matthew 1:23 “which is translated,

“God with us.”• Priest & King – Zechariah 6:13 “a priest

on His throne”• Hebrews 8:1; 5:5,6; 7:1 “high

priest..forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”


• Beginning of His Ministry– • Isaiah 9:1,2 “In Galilee of the Gentiles.

The people ..have see a great light..”• Matthew 4:12,13,17 “He departed to

Galilee..from that time began to preach & to say. ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His Miracles – • Isaiah 35:5 “Then the eyes of the blind

shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.”• Matthew 9:35 “Jesus went about all

the cities & villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, & healing every sickness & every disease among the people.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His Teaching in Parables – • Psalm 78:2 “I will open my mouth in a

parable; I will utter dark sayings of old.”• Matthew 13:34 “All these things Jesus

spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Enter Jerusalem on a donkey – • Zechariah 9:9 “…your king is coming

to you;…Lowly & riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”• Luke 19:34-37 “…Why are you loosing

the colt? …The lord has need of him….they set Jesus on him…”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Betrayed by a Friend – • Psalm 41:9 NKJV 9 Even my own

familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.”• Matthew 10:4 “…Judas Iscariot, who

also betrayed Him.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Sold for 30 Pieces of Silver – • Zechariah 11:12 “So they weighed out

for my wages thirty pieces of silver.”• Matthew 26:15 “What are you willing

to give me if I deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Accused by False Witnesses – • Psalm 35:11 “Fierce witnesses rise

up;”• Matthew 26:59-61 “…sought false

testimony… two false witnesses came forward…”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Hands & Feet Pierced – • Psalm 22:16 “they pierced My hands

& My feet.”• Luke 23:33 “..when they had come to

the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him…”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Crucified with Thieves – • Isaiah 53:12 “I will divide Him a

portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He has poured out His soul unto death, & was numbered with the transgressors,…”• Matthew 27:38 “Two robbers were

crucified with Him…”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Made Intercession for Persecutors – • Isaiah 53:12 “and He bore the sin of

many, And made intercession for the transgressors.”• Luke 23:34 “Jesus said, ‘Father,

forgive them, for they do not know what they do.’…”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His forsaken cry – • Psalm 22:1 “My God, My God, why

have You forsaken Me?...”• Matthew 27:46 “…Jesus cried out with

a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Committed Himself to God – • Psalm 31:5 “Into Your hand I commit

my spirit;…”• Luke 23:46 “And when Jesus had cried

out with a loud voice, He said, ‘Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ Having said this, He breathed His last.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His bones not broken – • Psalm 34:20 “He guards all his bones;

Not one of them is broken.”• John 19:33 “But when they came to

Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His side pierced– • Zechariah 12:10 “then they will look

on Me whom they pierced.”• John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers

pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Darkness over the land – • Amos 8:9 “I will make the sun go

down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;”• Matthew 27:45 “Now from the sixth

hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Buried in Richman’s Tomb– • Isaiah 53:9 “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.• Matthew 27:57-60 “A rich man…

Joseph, …laid it in his new tomb… and rolled a large stone against the door..”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His Resurrection – • Psalm 16:10 “For You will not leave

my soul in Sheol, or will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.”• Acts 2:31 “he, foreseeing this, spoke

concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• His Ascension – • Psalm 68:18 “You have ascended on

high..”• Acts 1:9 “while they watched, He was

taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”

Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning:• Seated at God’s Right Hand – • Psalm 110:1“The LORD said to my

Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’”• Hebrews 1:2,3 “has in these last days,

spoken to us by His Son….He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

“He purged our sins!”• Not Unconditionally• Mark 16:15,16 “preach the gospel to

every creature, He who believes & is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”• SAVED = BELIEVE + BAPTIZED• LOST = DO NOT BELIEVE

Most Will Not Take The Road to Eternal Life

• Matthew 7:13,14

•Narrow Gate, Difficult Way – Few Who Find it•Wide gate, Broad Way –

Many who go in by it.

Most Will Not Take The Road to Eternal Life

• Matthew 7:13,14

•Narrow Gate, Difficult Way – Leads to LIFE {Few}•Wide gate, Broad Way –

Leads to DESTRUCTION!

Even Those Who Call Jesus Lord, May Not Be Acceptable• Matthew 7:21

• Saying “Lord, Lord” not enough•Must DO the Will of His

Father in Heaven

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