List of Christian claims of fulfilled Old Testament prophecies
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- This article is written from a Christian perspective presenting passages found in the Christian edition of the Old Testament that may be intepreted as prophecies regarding a Messiah. It also presents New Testament items which may be interpreted to fulfil the Old Testament prophecies about a Messiah.
- Since Judaism does not accept the validity of the New Testament and rejects the claim that Jesus was a messiah, see the beliefs of Judaism in Judaism's view of Jesus, Jewish eschatology and the Jewish Messiah.
This shows Christian interpretations of selected verses from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible, Old Testament), which they hold to be prophetic claims that Jesus has been promised by God to be born as a human, and would be the Messiah.
Here is a list of verses often held by Christians to be messianic prophesies:
| Claimed Prophecy | Old Testament | New Testament |
|---|---|---|
| His pre-existence | ; | |
| God would provide Himself a Lamb as an offering | ||
| The sacrificial lamb | ||
| Heir to the throne of David | ||
| From the tribe of Judah | ||
| Of the seed of Abraham | ||
| Born of the seed of a woman | ||
| Born of a virgin | ||
| His name called Immanuel, "God with us" | ||
| Called "The mighty God, The everlasting Father" | ||
| Born in Bethlehem | ||
| Presented with gifts | ; | |
| Slaughter of the children | ||
| Called out of Egypt | ||
| Would be a Nazarene | ; ; | |
| Would be a Prophet of the children of Israel | ||
| Priest after the order of Melchizedek | ; ; | |
| Preceded by a messenger to prepare his way | ||
| His messenger before Him in spirit of Elijah | ||
| Messenger crying "Prepare ye the way of the Lord" | ||
| Declared to be the Son of God | ||
| All nations blessed by Abraham's seed | ; | |
| No bones broken | ; | |
| Gentiles flock to Him | ||
| LORD said unto Him, "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool" | ; ; | |
| Soldiers gambled for his garment | ||
| People sat there looking at Him | ||
| Hated without a cause | ; | |
| He is the stone which the builders rejected which became the headstone | ; | ; [1 Peter 2:7] |
| People would hear not and see not | ||
| A stone of stumbling to Israel | ||
| Brought light to Zebulon & Naphtali, Galilee of the Gentiles | ||
| People give God lip service | ||
| People trust in traditions of men | ||
| Heal blind/deaf/lame/dumb | ; | |
| God delights in Him | ; | |
| Would not strive or cry | ||
| Given for a covenant | ; | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Rejected by His own | ; ; ; ; | |
| He bore our sickness | ||
| Wounded for our sins | ||
| He bore the sins of many | ||
| Preached to the poor/brokenhearted/captives | ||
| Messiah not killed for Himself | ||
| Smitten on the cheek | ||
| Came to bring a sword, not peace | ||
| He entered Jerusalem as a king riding on an ass | ||
| Sold for 30 pieces of silver | ; | |
| The 30 pieces of silver given for the potter's field | ||
| The 30 pieces of silver thrown in the temple | ||
| Forsaken by his disciples | ||
| Betrayed by a friend | ||
| Accused by false witnesses | ||
| Silent to accusations | ||
| Spat upon, smitten and scourged | ; | ; |
| Thirsty during execution | ||
| Given vinegar and gall for thirst | ||
| Crucified with criminals | ||
| Side pierced | ||
| His body was pierced | ; | |
| People mocked: He trusted in God, let Him deliver him! | ||
| He cried: My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me? | ||
| Darkness over the land | ||
| Buried with the rich | ; | |
| Resurrected from the dead | ; | |
| Ascended to right hand of God | ||
| His coming glory | ||
| He will be killed |
Criticisms
Critics of Bible prophecy hold that the verses are often shorn of their original context, in which there is no obvious indication that they were actually predicting anything. Occasionally statistical arguments are made, involving the improbability of someone fulfilling all these prophesies: such arguments are heavily criticised because the list of prophesies was chosen on the basis of having been fulfilled. Most books of the Hebrew Bible were written hundreds of years, and some parts possibly thousands of years, before the birth of Jesus. Many of the verses above were not widely held to be "prophecies" until after the New Testament had been written. Others were thought to be prophecies, but not necessarily connected with the idea of a "messiah". Almost all non-Christians do not believe that these verses prove Jesus was the Messiah, and many non-Christian scholars argue that Jesus' actions are just contrived to deliberately fit into the Old Testament mould - much like someone claiming to have fulfilled a prophecy about a poor loner when all they have done is thrown their money out of the window and told their friends to go away for a few months.See also
- Jesus
- Bible
- Historicity of Jesus
- Anglo-Israelism
- Anti-Semitism
- Judaism and Christianity
- Supersessionism
- Christian Zionism
- Judeo-Christian
- Christianity and anti-Semitism
- Jewish Christians
- Messianic Judaism
- Mormonism and Judaism
- Unification Church and anti-Semitism
- Messianic prophecy
Sources
- Old and New Testaments of the Bible
- [Prophecies that only Jesus fulfilled]
- [How Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies]
External links
- [Prophecies fulfilled by Christ] - Wikible
- [Textual Criticism] - Wikible
- [Prophecy in the news currently] - Fulfillment of end time prophecy taking place now
- [Discussion of Jewish Messianic prophecy] - Jews for Jesus
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