The Old Testaments Prophecies About Jesus

By Carl Morris


The Christian faith is the only people who believe in Jesus as their savior. The Bible itself mentions Jesus before he is even bored. Some of the prophets in the old testament gave prophecies about his coming to the world to wash away the sins of human beings. The article describes some of the prophecies about Jesus.

It was predicted that all the nations of the world would be blessed through the lineage of Abraham. This is why Abraham is considered the father of all nations. This is according to Genesis 12:3. This prophecy did come to pass in the book of Acts 3:25-26 in the new testament, which states that all of the offspring of the prophets will be blessed through the covenants their fathers made with God.

Blessing Abraham meant that the savior of the world would have to come from his lineage. Abraham was blessed with Isaac and God used Isaac to bless the rest of the world. It may have taken centuries but somewhere along the line came the great king David whom Jesus would be associated with. Matthew1:1 refers to him as Jesus the Messiah son of David, son of Abraham.

Another fascinating thing about Jesus Christ is that he was born of a virgin woman. This was prophesied by Isaiah. This is as indicated on the book of Isaiah 7:14. Like many other prophecies, this came to pass hundreds of years later. The angel Gabriel came with good news to Mary that she would conceive a child through holy spirit..

According to the book of Hosea 11:1, the Messiah would at some point find himself in the land of Egypt. It never said why but surely, Son of God was taken to Egypt shortly after his birth. He fled because all the newborn baby boys were to be killed by the orders of King Herod. After the passing on of King Herod, they went back to Egypt as indicated on Matthew 2:14-15.

It was clearly stated that he would be inated in the town of Bethlehem in the city of Judea and this is written in the paper of Micah 5:2. As the years passed, people would still ask if the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem to which they were told he would. It was said a greater ruler would come from Bethlehem in relation to Matthew 2:4-6.

It is well known that the devil was the reason why humanity was kicked out of the garden of Eden. God vowed that enmity would always brew from the human beings and the agents of the devil. God, however, wanted to save humankind from eternal doom. This is why sent Son of God to destroy the work of the devil according to 1st John 3:8.

In the olden days, people would take the pure white sheep or goat young ones and offer them as a sacrifice to God. This was their way of trying to do away with their sins. Exodus 12:5. In the new testament, however, Son of God was the lamb without blemishes. He was the ultimate sacrifice and carried all of the man-kinds sins. Hebrews 9:14.




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