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“I will put enmity between you & the woman, And between your seed & her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” Genesis 3:15. Jesus = Messiah. He claimed it – John 4:25,26 “I who speak to you am He.”
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“I will put enmity between you & the woman, And between your seed & her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” Genesis 3:15
Jesus = Messiah • He claimed it – John 4:25,26 “I who speak to you am He.” • It was claimed by others of Him – John 1:41 “We have found the Messiah.” • He demonstrated it by His fulfillment of every Messianic prophecy we know of, leaving no room for doubt.
Probability of Jesus fulfilling only 8 prophecies • 1 in 1017 or 1 in 1 Hundred Million Billion or 100,000,000,000,000,000 • Like covering the entire state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep. • Mark One – Drop from a Plane -Mix them up – have a person select the marked one at random the 1st time!
Lineage of Messiah • Begins with Eve and ends with Mary • About 4,000 years! • Genesis 3:15 one of the earliest Messianic Prophecies. • Offspring is of the woman (Eve) • Galatians 4:4 “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law.”
Lineage of Messiah • Genesis 12:3 – God’s promise to Abram. • Isaac, Son of Abraham – Genesis 17:19;21:12 • Jacob, son of Isaac – Genesis 28:14 • Judah, son of Jacob (Israel) Genesis 49:10 • Matthew Chapter 1; Luke 3:33,34
John the Baptist • Prepare the way for Messiah • Preaching that the Jews needed to repent and turn back to the Lord their God • Identifies Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” John 1:29
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Birth- Born of a Virgin - Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18,24,25 • His Lineage – • Seed of Abraham (Genesis 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16) • Son of Isaac (Genesis 21:12; Luke 3:23,34) • Son of Jacob (Numbers 24:17; Luke 3:23,34)
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Lineage – • Seed of Abraham (Genesis 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16) • Son of Isaac (Genesis 21:12; Luke 3:23,34) • Son of Jacob (Numbers 24:17; Luke 3:23,34) • Tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10; Luke3:23,33)
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Lineage – • Family of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1; Luke 3:23,32) • House of David (Jeremiah 23:5; Luke 3:23,31; 1 Samuel 16:10,11)
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Place of Birth – • Bethlehem – Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1 • His Preexistence- • Micah 5:2 “Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.” • John 1:1 “in the beginning was the Word” • John 8:58“before Abraham was, I Am”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • “God with us” – Isaiah 7:14 “shall call His name Immanuel.” • Matthew 1:23 “which is translated, “God with us.” • Priest & King – Zechariah 6:13 “a priest on His throne” • Hebrews 8:1; 5:5,6; 7:1 “high priest..forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Beginning of His Ministry– • Isaiah 9:1,2 “In Galilee of the Gentiles. The people ..have see a great light..” • Matthew 4:12,13,17 “He departed to Galilee..from that time began to preach & to say. ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Miracles – • Isaiah 35:5 “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.” • Matthew 9:35 “Jesus went about all the cities & villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, & healing every sickness & every disease among the people.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Teaching in Parables – • Psalm 78:2 “I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old.” • Matthew 13:34 “All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Enter Jerusalem on a donkey – • Zechariah 9:9 “…your king is coming to you;…Lowly & riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.” • Luke 19:34-37 “…Why are you loosing the colt? …The lord has need of him….they set Jesus on him…”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Betrayed by a Friend – • Psalm 41:9 NKJV 9 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.” • Matthew 10:4 “…Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Sold for 30 Pieces of Silver – • Zechariah 11:12 “So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.” • Matthew 26:15 “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Accused by False Witnesses – • Psalm 35:11 “Fierce witnesses rise up;” • Matthew 26:59-61 “…sought false testimony… two false witnesses came forward…”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Hands & Feet Pierced – • Psalm 22:16 “they pierced My hands & My feet.” • Luke 23:33 “..when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him…”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Crucified with Thieves – • Isaiah 53:12 “I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He has poured out His soul unto death, & was numbered with the transgressors,…” • Matthew 27:38 “Two robbers were crucified with Him…”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Made Intercession for Persecutors – • Isaiah 53:12 “and He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.” • Luke 23:34 “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.’…”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His forsaken cry – • Psalm 22:1 “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?...” • Matthew 27:46 “…Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Committed Himself to God – • Psalm 31:5 “Into Your hand I commit my spirit;…” • Luke 23:46 “And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, ‘Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ Having said this, He breathed His last.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His bones not broken – • Psalm 34:20 “He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.” • John 19:33 “But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His side pierced– • Zechariah 12:10 “then they will look on Me whom they pierced.” • John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Darkness over the land – • Amos 8:9 “I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;” • Matthew 27:45 “Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Buried in Richman’s Tomb– • Isaiah 53:9 “they made His grave with the wicked – But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. • Matthew 27:57-60 “A rich man… Joseph, …laid it in his new tomb… and rolled a large stone against the door..”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Resurrection – • Psalm 16:10 “For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, or will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.” • Acts 2:31 “he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • His Ascension – • Psalm 68:18 “You have ascended on high..” • Acts 1:9 “while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”
Fulfilled Every Prophecy Concerning: • Seated at God’s Right Hand – • Psalm 110:1“The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’” • Hebrews 1:2,3 “has in these last days, spoken to us by His Son….He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
“He purged our sins!” • Not Unconditionally • Mark 16:15,16 “preach the gospel to every creature, He who believes & is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” • SAVED = BELIEVE + BAPTIZED • LOST = DO NOT BELIEVE
Most Will Not Take The Road to Eternal Life • Matthew 7:13,14 • Narrow Gate, Difficult Way – Few Who Find it • Wide gate, Broad Way – Many who go in by it.
Most Will Not Take The Road to Eternal Life MANY! • Matthew 7:13,14 • Narrow Gate, Difficult Way – Leads to LIFE {Few} • Wide gate, Broad Way – Leads to DESTRUCTION!
Even Those Who Call Jesus Lord, May Not Be Acceptable • Matthew 7:21 • Saying “Lord, Lord” not enough • Must DO the Will of His Father in Heaven
What God Promised From the Beginning is now available to ALL who will CLAIM IT! Victory over Satan & Sin! Complete Forgiveness by virtue of the Blood of Jesus, the Christ [Messiah]
Please Set Your Mind to DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN from this day forward. Mark 16:15,16 Acts 8:22 1 John 1:9