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Prophecies fulfilled by Yeshua

Throughout the Torah and Prophets, God has proclaimed the coming of the Messiah.  This presentation offers in table form, God's promises and fulfillment of His promises as provided in His Word.

Life of the Messiah

The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"Look! I am sending my messenger to clear the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Yes, the messenger of the covenant, in whom you take such delight - look! Here he comes," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot"  Malachi 3:1

"A voice cries out: "Clear a road through the desert for ADONAI! Level a highway in the 'Aravah for our God!"  Isaiah 40:3

 

 

 

 

 

"It was just as had been written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Yesha`yahu, "The voice of someone crying out: `In the desert prepare the way for ADONAI! Make straight paths for him!"  Luke 3:4

"When the messengers from Yochanan had gone, Yeshua began speaking to the crowds about Yochanan: "What did you go out into the desert to see? Reeds swaying in the breeze? No? then what did you go out to see? Someone who was well dressed? But people who dress beautifully and live in luxury are found in kings' palaces.  Nu, so what did you go out to see? A prophet! Yes, and I tell you he's much more than a prophet.  This is the one about whom the Tanakh says, `See, I am sending out my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.'  I tell you that among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan the Immerser! Yet the one who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he!"  Luke 7:24 - 28

 

 

 The Messiah would be anointed by the Spirit of God
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
" The Spirit of ADONAI will rest on him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fearing ADONAI"  Isaiah 11:2 "As soon as Yeshua had been immersed, he came up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, he saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove,"  Matthew 3:16

 

 The Messiah would be declared the Son of God
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
 "I myself have installed my king on Tziyon, my holy mountain.  I will proclaim the decree: ADONAI said to me, 'You are my son; today I became your father. "  Psalm 2:6 - 7 "and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; I am well pleased with him.""  Matthew 3:17

 

 

The Messiah would preach in Galilee 
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"But there will be no more gloom for those who are now in anguish. In the past the land of Z'vulun and the land of Naftali were regarded lightly; but in the future he will honor the way to the lake, beyond the Yarden, Galil-of-the-Goyim. 2 The people living in darkness have seen a great light; upon those living in the land that lies in the shadow of death, light has dawned."  Isaiah 9:1 - 2

 

"He has with him his winnowing fork; and he will clear out his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn but burning up the straw with unquenchable fire!  Then Yeshua came from the Galil to the Yarden to be immersed by Yochanan.  But Yochanan tried to stop him. "You are coming to me? I ought to be immersed by you!"  However, Yeshua answered him, "Let it be this way now, because we should do everything righteousness requires." Then Yochanan let him. "  Matthew 3:12 - 16

 

 The Messiah would be a prophet
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"ADONAI will raise up for you a prophet like me from among yourselves, from your own kinsmen. You are to pay attention to him,"  Deuteronomy 18:15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Philip found Natan'el and told him, "We've found the one that Moshe wrote about in the Torah, also the Prophets -- it's Yeshua Ben-Yosef from Natzeret!"  John 1:45

"When the people saw the miracle he had performed, they said, "This has to be `the prophet' who is supposed to come into the world."  John 6:14

"Therefore, repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be erased;  so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord's presence; and he may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you, that is, Yeshua.  He has to remain in heaven until the time comes for restoring everything, as God said long ago, when he spoke through the holy prophets.  For Moshe himself said, 'ADONAI will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You are to listen to everything he tells you.  Everyone who fails to listen to that prophet will be removed from the people and destroyed.'  Indeed, all the prophets announced these days, starting with Sh'mu'el and continuing through all who followed.  "You are the sons of the prophets; and you are included in the covenant which God made with our fathers when he said to Avraham, 'By your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'  So it is to you first that God has sent his servant whom he has raised up, so that he might bless you by turning each one of you from your evil ways."  Acts 3:19 - 26 

 

 The Messiah would preach in parables
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
" A maskil of Asaf: Listen, my people, to my teaching; turn your ears to the words from my mouth.  I will speak to you in parables and explain mysteries from days of old."  Psalm 78:1 - 2

 

"All these things Yeshua said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without using a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, "I will open my mouth in parables, I will say what has been hidden since the creation of the universe."  Matthew 13:34 - 35 

 

 The Messiah would perform miracles
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"Strengthen your drooping arms, and steady your tottering knees.  Say to the fainthearted, "Be strong and unafraid! Here is your God; he will come with vengeance; with God's retribution he will come and save you." Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;  then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the mute person's tongue will sing. For in the desert, springs will burst forth, streams of water in the 'Aravah;"   Isaiah 35:3 - 7

 

"Meanwhile, Yochanan the Immerser, who had been put in prison, heard what the Messiah had been doing; so he sent a message to him through his talmidim,  asking, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"  Yeshua answered, "Go and tell Yochanan what you are hearing and seeing --  the blind are seeing again, the lame are walking, people with tzara'at are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised,y the Good News is being told to the poorz --  and how blessed is anyone not offended by me!"  Matthew 11:2 - 6 

 

 

 The Messiah would be compassionate
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
" The Spirit of Adonai ELOHIM is upon me, because ADONAI has anointed me to announce good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to proclaim freedom to the captives, to let out into light those bound in the dark; 2 to proclaim the year of the favor of ADONAI and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn," Isaiah 61:1 - 2

 

 

 

 

 

"Now when he went to Natzeret, where he had been brought up, on Shabbat he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read,  and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha`yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,  "The Spirit of ADONAI is upon me because he has anointed me to announce Good News to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned and renewed sight for the blind, to release those who have been crushed,  to proclaim a year of the favor of ADONAI."  After closing the scroll and returning it to the shammash, he sat down; and the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.  He started to speak to them: "Today, as you heard it read, this passage of the Tanakh was fulfilled!"  Luke 4:16 - 21

 

 

 

 The Messiah would preach and heal but His ministry would not be understood
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"He said, "Go and tell this people: 'Yes, you hear, but you don't understand. You certainly see, but you don't get the point!' 10 "Make the heart of this people [sluggish with] fat, stop up their ears, and shut their eyes. Otherwise, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, then understanding with their hearts, they might repent and be healed!"  Isaiah 6:9 - 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Then the talmidim came and asked Yeshua, "Why are you speaking to them in parables?"  He answered, "Because it has been given to you to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it has not been given to them.  For anyone who has something will be given more, so that he will have plenty; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away.  Here is why I speak to them in parables: they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding.  That is, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Yesha`yahu which says, `You will keep on hearing but never understand, and keep on seeing but never perceive,  because the heart of this people has become dull -- with their ears they barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, so as not to see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and do t'shuvah, so that I could heal them.'  But you, how blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear!  Yes indeed! I tell you that many a prophet and many a tzaddik longed to see the things you are seeing but did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not hear them." Matthew 13:10 - 17

 

 

 

 The Messiah would have zeal for the Temple
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"I am estranged from my brothers, an alien to my mother's children,  because zeal for your house is eating me up, and on me are falling the insults of those insulting you."  Psalm 69:8 - 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"It was almost time for the festival of Pesach in Y'hudah, so Yeshua went up to Yerushalayim.  In the Temple grounds he found those who were selling cattle, sheep and pigeons, and others who were sitting at tables exchanging money.  He made a whip from cords and drove them all out of the Temple grounds, the sheep and cattle as well. He knocked over the money-changers' tables, scattering their coins;  and to the pigeon-sellers he said, "Get these things out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market?" (His talmidim later recalled that the Tanakh says, "Zeal for your house will devour me." )"  John 2:13 - 17

Also found in Matthew 21:12 - 17

"He said to them, "It has been written, `My house will be called a house of prayer.' But you are making it into a den of robbers!" (v13)

Also found in Luke 19:45 - 48 and Mark 11:15 - 19

 

 The Messiah would be hated without cause
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. My persecutors are powerful, my enemies accuse me falsely. Am I expected to return things I didn't steal?"  Psalm 69:4

 

"Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done in their presence works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now, they have seen them and have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this has happened in order to fulfill the words in their Torah which read, `They hated me for no reason at all."  John 15:23 - 25

 

 The Messiah would be rejected
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"People despised and avoided him, a man of pains, well acquainted with illness. Like someone from whom people turn their faces, he was despised; we did not value him."  Isaiah 53:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"This was the true light, which gives light to everyone entering the world.  He was in the world -- the world came to be through him -- yet the world did not know him.  He came to his own homeland, yet his own people did not receive him.  But to as many as did receive him, to those who put their trust in his person and power, he gave the right to become children of God, not because of bloodline, physical impulse or human intention, but because of God."  John 1:9 - 13

"You keep examining the Tanakh because you think that in it you have eternal life. Those very Scriptures bear witness to me,  but you won't come to me in order to have life!  "I don't collect praise from men,  but I do know you people -- I know that you have no love for God in you!  I have come in my Father's name, and you don't accept me; if someone else comes in his own name, him you will accept.  How can you trust? You're busy collecting praise from each other, instead of seeking praise from God only.  "But don't think that it is I who will be your accuser before the Father. Do you know who will accuse you? Moshe, the very one you have counted on!  For if you really believed Moshe, you would believe me; because it was about me that he wrote.  But if you don't believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?"  John 5:39 - 47 

"On hearing this, everyone in the synagogue was filled with fury.  They rose up, drove him out of town and dragged him to the edge of the cliff on which their town was built, intending to throw him off."  Luke 4:28 - 29

"But with one voice they shouted, "Away with this man! Give us Bar-Abba!"  Luke 23:18 

 

 The Messiah would be rejected by His brethren
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"I am estranged from my brothers, an alien to my mother's children,"  Psalm 69:8 "After this, Yeshua traveled around in the Galil, intentionally avoiding Y'hudah because the Judeans were out to kill him. But the festival of Sukkot in Y'hudah was near;  so his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go into Y'hudah, so that your talmidim can see the miracles you do;  for no one who wants to become known acts in secret. If you're doing these things, show yourself to the world!"  (His brothers spoke this way because they had not put their trust in him.)"  John 7:1 - 5

 

 The Messiah would be a priest after the order or Melchizedek
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"ADONAI has sworn it, and he will never retract -"You are a cohen forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek"  Psalm 110:4 "So neither did the Messiah glorify himself to become cohen gadol; rather, it was the One who said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."  Also, as he says in another place, "You are a cohen forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek"  Hebrews 5:5 - 6

"We have this hope as a sure and safe anchor for ourselves, a hope that goes right on through to what is inside the parokhet,  where a forerunner has entered on our behalf, namely, Yeshua, who has become a cohen gadol forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek."  Hebrews 6:19 - 20

" The one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar;  for everyone knows that our Lord arose out of Y'hudah, and that Moshe said nothing about this tribe when he spoke about cohanim.  It becomes even clearer if a "different kind of cohen," one like Malki-Tzedek, arises,  one who became a cohen not by virtue of a rule in the Torah concerning physical descent, but by virtue of the power of an indestructible life.  For it is stated, "You are a cohen FOREVER, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek"  Hebrews 7:13 - 17

 

The Messiah would enter Jerusalem triumphantly on the colt of an ass 
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"Rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Tziyon! Shout out loud, daughter of Yerushalayim! Look! Your king is coming to you. He is righteous, and he is victorious. Yet he is humble - he's riding on a donkey, yes, on a lowly donkey's colt."  Zechariah 9:9 "As they were approaching Yerushalayim, they came to Beit-Pagei on the Mount of Olives. Yeshua sent two talmidim  with these instructions: "Go into the village ahead of you, and you will immediately find a donkey tethered there with its colt. Untie them and bring them to me.  If anyone says anything to you, tell him, `The Lord needs them'; and he will let them go at once."  This happened in order to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet,  "Say to the daughter of Tziyon, `Look! Your King is coming to you, riding humbly on a donkey, and on a colt, the offspring of a beast of burden!'  So the talmidim went and did as Yeshua had directed them.  They brought the donkey and the colt and put their robes on them, and Yeshua sat on them.  Crowds of people carpeted the road with their clothing, while others cut branches from trees and spread them on the road.  The crowds ahead of him and behind shouted, "Please! Deliver us!" to the Son of David; "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI!" "You in the highest heaven! Please! Deliver us!"  When he entered Yerushalayim, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they asked.  And the crowds answered, "This is Yeshua, the prophet from Natzeret in the Galil."  Matthew 21:1 - 11

Also recounted in Mark 11:1 - 11 and John 12:12 - 19

 

 God set a time for Messiah to present Himself
 God's Promise Fulfillment of God's Promise
"Know, therefore, and discern that seven weeks [of years] will elapse between the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Yerushalayim until an anointed prince comes. It will remain built for sixty-two weeks [of years], with open spaces and moats; but these will be troubled times."  Daniel 9:25 "The next day, the large crowd that had come for the festival heard that Yeshua was on his way into Yerushalayim.  They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Deliver us!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of ADONAI, the King of Isra'el"  John 12:12 - 13

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