Friday 3 August 2018

The Old Testaments Prophecies About Jesus

By Carl Morris


According to Christians, Jesus Christ is the son of God. About 2018 years ago, he was sent down to earth to die for the sins of human beings. The story of him coming on earth has been around for a very long time ever since before he was born. This is according to the bible. The article below has some of the old testament prophecies about Jesus.

According to the book of Genesis 12:3, God promised Abraham that he would use his lineage to bless all the nations of the earth. This is why up to date; Abraham is known as the father of many nations. This was fulfilled in the new testament in Acts3:25-26 when God said he would send his servant to save the offspring of his prophets from their wicked ways.

God blessed Abraham with a son at the age of 100 years. His son was named Isaac and through him, the whole world would be blessed. Sure enough, as the generations continued, there came up king David. He can be traced back to the lineage of Abraham. Jesus was referred to as the son of David, the son of Abraham in Matthew 1:1.

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.

The whole purpose of Jesus coming into the world was to save humankind from the sins they had been led into by the devil. He was to destroy the work of the devil as indicated on 1st John 3:18. The enmity between God and the devil came about when the devil influenced the woman to sin and getting sent away from the garden of Eden. According to Genesis 3:15.

People no longer have to offer lambs for sacrifice in order to be forgiven. God sent down the ultimate sacrifice which was Jesus Christ. He had no blemishes like all the sacrificed animals. He was sinless and being the son of God, his sacrifice was enough to echo throughout all of eternity.




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