First: What is a Prophet= This is the person who predicts, the predictor. Prophecy, prophecies= These are called Nouns, it describes a prediction, made under divine inspiration of the future, revelation of God. Prophesy, prophesied, prophesying= This is the Verb, the spelling of the word changes from (c) to (s) in the verb form. And that is the act of making a prophecy.
Through history there has been thousands of prophets true and false. A true prophet is the person who foretells the future by divine inspiration, or revelation of God. In other words he got the information from God. His/hers predictions are never wrong. They do not have misgiving, errors of half truths in their prophecies. They have no post dictions, after the fact. The events they prophecy occurs at 100% accuracy and always. They never miss.
A false prophets is a person who claims to have divine inspiration from God when God never contacted them. They prophesied events that come true now and then. They have errors and what I call miss diction, (they missed in total), some of their prophecies never come to pass and evolved in to post dictions, they use an unfulfilled prediction and fitted to an a future even to make it look as if their dead prediction resurrected. They use astrology, numerology, the study of human behavior, history of wars, climate etc., in other words these people are liars, deceivers using any kind of knowledge to distract from the truth that they cannot tell the future no more than my precious cat can. Their goals is money and fame.
In the Messianic era prediction were made by men chosen by God to be his voice to the people.
Lets starts with the birth of Jesus: Bible written prophecies that were to have taken place by now, every one was fulfilled with 100% accuracy.
What is a “Messianic” Prophecy?
The Old Testament books in the Bible, written between 1450 BC and 430 BC contained hundreds of prophecies about Messiah, the an “anointed one” who would arrive in the future. These prophecies also stated that the Messiah would save all the other people in the world “through the Jews'.
These prophecies are arranged in the order in which they appear in the Old Testament, and they are not in order of importance nor in chronological order.
Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53
There is something “different” about Psalm 22 and Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12. They tell stories that perfectly parallel events in the life of Christ that took place much later. Psalm 22 predicted 11 separate things about Jesus’ crucifixion about a thousand years before they happened. David (the author of Psalm 22) lived about 1043-973 BC and Isaiah lived about 740-680 BC. The two passages, written far ahead of the time of Christ, are strong proof that help you believe that the Bible was inspired by God.
The Bible is a library of Books. You will find that some of the Old Testament Scriptures that describe the coming of the Messiah were written between 1450 BC and 430BC. They were fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament (written between 45 and 95 AD).
Prophecies: The Messiah will be the offspring (descendant) of the woman (Eve) Genesis 3:15 Galatians 4:4
The Messiah will be a descendant of Abraham, through whom everyone on earth will be blessed Genesis 12:3; 18:18 Acts 3:25,26
The Messiah will be a descendant of Judah Genesis 49:10 Matthew 1:2 and Luke 3:33
The Messiah will be a prophet like Moses Deuteronomy 18:15-19 Acts 3:22,23
The Messiah will be the Son of God Psalm 2:7 Matthew 3:17; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22
The Messiah will be raised from the dead (resurrected) Psalm 16:10,11 Matthew 28:5-9; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:4-7; John 20:11-16; Acts 1:3 and 2:32
The Messiah crucifixion experience Psalm 22 (contains 11 prophecies—not all listed here) Matthew 27:34-50 and John 19:17-30
The Messiah will be sneered at and mocked Psalm 22:7 Luke 23:11,35-39
The Messiah will be pierced through hands and feet Psalm 22:16 Luke 23:33 and 24:36-39;
John 19:18 and 20:19-20,24-27
The Messiah’s bones will not be broken (a person’s legs were usually broken after being crucified to speed up their death) Psalm 22:17 and 34:20 John 19:31-33,36
Men Will Gamble for the Messiah’s clothing Psalm 22:18 Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23,24
The Messiah will accused by false witnesses Psalm 35:11 Matthew 26:59,60 and Mark 14:56,57
The Messiah will be hated without a cause Psalm 35:19 and 69:4 John 15:23-25
The Messiah will be betrayed by a friend Psalm 41:9 John 13:18,21
The Messiah will ascend to heaven (at the right hand of God) Psalm 68:18 Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9; 2:33-35; 3:20-21; 5:31,32; 7:55-56; Romans 8:34; Ephesians 1:20,21; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Pet 3:22 .
The Messiah will be given vinegar and gall to drink Psalm 69:21 Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:23; John 19:29,30
Great kings will pay homage and tribute to the Messiah Psalm 72:10,11 Matthew 2:1-11
The Messiah is a “stone the builders rejected” who will become the “head cornerstone” Psalm 118:22,23 and Isaiah 28:16 Matthew 21:42,43; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-8
The Messiah will be a descendant of David Psalm 132:11 and Jeremiah 23:5,6; 33:15,16 Luke 1:32,33
The Messiah will be a born of a virgin Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-35
The Messiah’s first spiritual work will be in Galilee Isaiah 9:1-7 Matthew 4:12-16
The Messiah will make the blind see, the deaf hear, etc. Isaiah 35:5-6 Many places. Matthew 11:3-6 and John 11:47
The Messiah will be beaten, mocked, and spat upon Isaiah 50:6 Matthew 26:67 and 27:26-31
The “Gospel according to Isaiah” Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
People will hear and not believe the “arm of the LORD” (Messiah) Isaiah 53:1 John 12:37,38
The Messiah will be rejected Isaiah 53:3 Matthew 27:20-25; Mark 15:8-14; Luke 23:18-23; John 19:14,15
The Messiah will be killed Isaiah 53:5-9 Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37-39; Luke 23:46; John 19:30
The Messiah will be silent in front of his accusers Isaiah 53:7 Matthew 26:62,63 and 27:12-14
The Messiah will be buried with the rich Isaiah 53:9 Matthew 27:59,60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:52,53; John 19:38-42 The Messiah will be crucified with criminals Isaiah 53:12 Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32,33
The Messiah is part of the new and everlasting covenant Isaiah 55:3-4 and Jeremiah 31:31-34 Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; Hebrews 8:6-13
The Messiah will be our intercessor ) Isaiah 59:16 Hebrews 9:15
The Messiah has two missions Isaiah 61:1-3 (first mission ends at “. . . year of the LORD’s favor”) First mission: Luke 4:16-21; Second mission: to be fulfilled at the end of the world
The Messiah will come at a specific time Daniel 9:25-26 Galatians 4:4 and Ephesians 1:10
The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem Micah 5:2 Matthew 2:1 and Luke 2:4-7
The Messiah will enter Jerusalem riding a donkey Zechariah 9:9 Matthew 21:1-11
The Messiah will be sold for 30 pieces of silver Zechariah 11:12,13 Matthew 26:15 with Matthew 27:3-10
The Messiah will forsaken by His disciples Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 26:31,56
The Messiah will enter the Temple with authority Malachi 3:1 Matthew 21:12 and Luke 19:45
Unbelievers do not believe in the Bible. Manuscripts have been found that confirm that these various prophecies written down 400-1,000 years before actually occurred. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls put to rest most of atheist talk.
Jesus accomplished one goal, preaching the “good news” and becoming the sacrifice that saves us. when He came to Earth, told everyone God’s new plan of salvation, and was crucified.
He will fulfill the other goal (being our Savior and Lord, ruling at God’s right hand, and taking vengeance on the people who do not follow God) when He comes back to Earth (often called Jesus’ “second coming”).
This required being raised from the dead—a possibility the Jews never considered. When Jesus was raised from the dead, many Jews then recognized how the Messiah could be “one man.”
To hard core atheist and skeptics, no amount of proof that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and the Son of God who died for our sins in order to cancel our sinful debt with God and get us to have a relationship with God, will ever be good enough. So to those who believe Jesus the kingdom of God will be their final home.
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