Theo 116: Mesianic prophecy fullfilled

Question 1

Messiah

Answer 1

Messiah is a Hebrew word which means “anointed.” Prophets, priests, and kings were anointed with oil
in the Old Testament to set them apart for their special calling and work.

The highest use of the term Messiah was for the expected great Deliverer, the preeminent and unique
Messiah of God.

Question 2

Christ

Answer 2

Messiah is translated into Greek as Christ.

John 1:41 - “He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (which translated means Christ).”

Question 3

The first century jews were very aware of messianic prophecy and was fervently expecting the messiah to come

Answer 3

Matthew 2:4-5—“Gathering together all the chief
priests and scribes of the people, he inquired
of them where the Messiah was to be born.
They said to him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for this
is what has been written by the prophet.”

Luke 3:15 “Now while the people were in a state
of expectation and all were wondering in their
hearts about John, as to whether
he was the Christ”

Question 4

Messianic Prophecy fullfilled by Jesus

Answer 4

1. Born of the seed of a woman Genesis 3:15
2. Born of a virgin Isaiah 7:14
3. Seed of Abraham Genesis 22:18
4. Son of Isaac Genesis 21:12
5. Son of Jacob Numbers 24:17
6. Born of the tribe of Judah Genesis 49:10
7. Born of the line of Jesse Isaiah 11:1-2
8. Born of the house of David Jeremiah 23:5-6
9. Be the Son of God Psalm 2:7
10. Born in Bethlehem Micah 5:2
11. Be pre-existent Micah 5:2
12. Herod kills the children Jeremiah 31:15
13. Preceded by a messenger Isaiah 40:3
14. Presented as the King of Isreal riding on a donkey
15. Jesus would be sold for 30 pieces of silver
16. The 30 pieces of silver would be used to buy the
    potter’s field
17. He would be forsaken by his disciples Zechariah
    13:7.
18. He would be scourged and pierced through with
    nails. Isaiah 53:5, Psalm 22:16
19. Cry that God has forsaken him Psalm 22:1
20. He would die Daniel 9:26

Question 5

Paul claims that Jesus was the fullfillment of Mesianic prophecy

Answer 5

Romans 1:2-3 - “which He promised beforehand
through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant
of David according to the flesh.”

Question 6

Jesus claims that He is the fullfillment of the messianic prophecies.

Answer 6

Luke 24:27—“Then beginning with Moses and with
all the prophets, He explained to them the things
concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”

Question 7

Born of the seed of a woman

Answer 7

OT prophecy - “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel” (Genesis 3:15).

NT fulfillment - “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:20).

Question 8

Born of a virgin

Answer 8

OT prophecy - “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).

NT fulfillment -“‘for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit’ . . . Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which translated means, ‘God with us.’” (Matthew 1:20-23).

Question 9

Seed of Abraham

Answer 9

OT prophecy - “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice” (Genesis 22:18).

NT fulfillment - “The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1).

Question 10

The son of Isaac

Answer 10

OT prophecy - “But God said to Abraham . . . through Isaacyour descendants shall be named” (Genesis 21:12).

NT fulfillment - “Jesus . . . the son of Isaac” (Luke 3:23, 34).

Question 11

The son of Jacob

Answer 11

OT prophecy - “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near;a star shall come forth from Jacob, a scepter shall rise from Israel” (Numbers 24:17).

NT fulfillment - “Jesus . . . the son of Jacob” (Luke 3:23, 34).

Question 12

Born of the tribe of Judah

Answer 12

OT prophecy - “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples” (Genesis 49:10).

NT fulfillment - “Jesus . . . the son of Judah” (Luke 3:23, 3).

Question 13

Born of the family line of Jesse

Answer 13

OT prophecy - “Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon Him” (Isaiah 11:1-2).

NT fulfillment - “Jesus . . . the son of Jesse” (Luke 3:23, 32).

Question 14

Born of the house of David

Answer 14

OT prophecy - “Behold , the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely . . . In His days Judah will be saved” (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

NT fulfillment - “Jesus . . . the son of David” (Luke 23, 31).

Question 15

The Son of God

Answer 15

OT prophecy - “I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten You” (Psalm 2:7).

NT fulfillment - “The angel answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35).

Question 16

Born in Betlehem

Answer 16

OT prophecy - “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity” (Micah 5:2).

NT fulfillment - “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea” (Matthew 2:1) and “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1, 14).

Question 17

Herod kills the children

Answer 17

OT prophecy - “Thus says the Lord, ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more” (Jeremiah 31:15).

NT fulfillment -“Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years
old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi” 17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” 19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.… (Matthew 2:16 - 19).

Question 18

Preceded by a Messenger

Answer 18

OT prophecy - “A voice is calling, ‘Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; make smooth in the desert a highway for our God’” (Isaiah 40:3).

NT fulfillment - “Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea . . . For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, make His paths straight’” (Matthew 3:1-3).

Question 19

Would be presented as Israel’s King riding into Jerusalem on a donkey

Answer 19

OT prophecy - “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, humble, and mounted on a donkey,
even on a cold, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9).

NT fulfillment - “and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. As He was going, they were spreading their coats on the road. As soon as He was approaching, near the Mount of Olives, the whole
crowd

Question 20

Would be sold for 30 pieces of silver

Answer 20

OT prophecy - “I said to them, ‘If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!’ So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages’” (Zechariah 11:12).

NT fulfillment - “and said, ‘What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?’ And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him’” (Matthew 26:15).

Question 21

That money would be thrown into God’s house and used to buy a potter’s field

Answer 21

OT prophecy - “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.’ So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord”
(Zechariah 11:13).

NT fulfillment - “And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed” (Matthew 27:5) and “they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place
for strangers” (Matthew 27:7).

Question 22

He would be forsaken by His disciples

Answer 22

OT prophecy - “Strike the Shepherd that the sheep
may be scattered” (Zechariah 13:7).

NT fulfillment - “And they all left Him and fled” (Mark 14:50).

Question 23

He would be scourged and pierced through

Answer 23

OT prophecy - “But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5)

and “They pierced my hands and my feet” (Psalm 22:16). NT fulfillment - “but after having Jesus courged, he handed Him over to be crucified.”

Question 24

He would cry out the God has forsaken Him

Answer 24

OT prophecy - “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1).

NT fulfillment - “About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’” (Matthew 27:46).