Jesus Is The Messiah, 287A

~ THE RATIONAL CONCLUSION:  Jesus is The Messiah! ~

Background

“Search the Scriptures—they testify of Me” — Jesus Christ (John 5:39).

“And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, Jesus explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures” (Luke 24:27).

The Scripture

In this series we have reviewed more than 250 of the Hebrew Scriptures which described the Messiah who was yet to come – which have since been fulfilled by One individual, Jesus Christ.  (Some scholars have identified well over 400 passages of Scripture which were fulfilled by Jesus Christ.)  Consider just a few of the ones we have considered in our series: 

Messiah would be Jewish

Messiah’s birth would be proceeded by a forerunner

Messiah would be born in Bethlehem
Messiah would be a male child born of a virgin

Messiah’s birth would cause a slaughter of innocent children

Messiah would be from Nazareth

Messiah would be from Galilee

Messiah would be come out of Egypt

Messiah would be descend from Judah

Messiah would be a descendent of Abraham

Messiah would be a descendent of Isaac

Messiah would be a descendent of Jesse

Messiah would be a descendent of King David

Messiah would perform miracles (many specific ones prophesied)

Messiah would speak in parables

Messiah would be worshipped by shepherds, kings, and Gentiles 

Messiah would make a triumphal entry in Jerusalem on a donkey

Messiah would be rejected by His own people

Messiah would be betrayed by a friend

Messiah would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver

The blood money of 30 pieces of silver would be returned

The blood money would be used to buy the potter's field

Messiah’s blood would be shed

Messiah would be treated as a criminal and die with the wicked

Messiah’s last words would were foretold 

No bones of the Messiah’s body would be broken

At Messiah’s death the sun would be darkened at mid-day

Messiah would be killed before the destruction of the second Temple

Messiah’s death would be followed by the destruction of Jerusalem

Messiah would rise from the dead on the third day

Messiah would establish a New Covenant

Messiah would also be a blessing to Gentiles

The Messiah 

This is a sampling of just 32 of the more than 400 fulfilled prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures regarding the Jewish Messiah which have been fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ.  When many of these prophecies were made (between about 400 and 1,400 years before Christ) they seemed impossible.  What are the odds that all would be fulfilled in One man—unless He was the true Messiah? 

Conclusion 

Jesus Christ is The Jewish Messiah.

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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