Prophecies About Jesus In The Old Testament

By Dorothy Stone


When it comes to predicting the future, there remains a great deal of skepticism. For, while palmist and tarot card readers claim to have such abilities, there has yet to be valid proof. Whereas, many early Prophecies about jesus do seem to hold some validity when it comes to proof in New Testament writings.

Like with palm and card readers, there still remains a great deal of disbelief, especially when it comes to the Bible. For, first an individual must believe the writings in the Old Testament are true and correct based on an actual timeline of events. Whereas, Christians often believe by faith alone that the New Testament gospels relay the actual actions and messages of Jesus Christ.

In order to prove such odds, one professor ask a class of approximately 600 students to create a probability factor. In doing so, the result was that when it came to 8 out of 400, the findings were more than one million to one. As such, it appears that the ability of a single individual to have fulfilled so many predictions would be next to non-existent.

Regardless of odds, with Jesus being Jesus, most Christians still believe that Christ has fulfilled a number of such prophecies. Still, any proof of such findings is often based on faith without scientific proof. As such, there still remains skepticism when it comes to information provided in the Bible.

While it is possible to see the correlation between some predictions which have been fulfilled, others remain questionable. There are actually only a few of these predictions which scholars have been able to prove. The first being, that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah, 1 of the 12 tribes of Israel as portrayed in Genesis 49:10.

While the prophecy took place in the earliest book of the Bible, it was not until over 1500 years later that the prophecy was fulfilled. For, it was not until writings found in the New Testament that Christ appeared, having coming as indicated from the 12 tribes of Israel. Whereas, one of the most important prophecies which Christians hold true and correct is that Jesus would be a descendent of David, as provided in Jeremiah 23:5 and Psalms 132:11.

While these two predictions are most likely the most popular and well known, there still remains a great deal of disbelief as to either having been fulfilled. For, it is difficult for some to understand how if Christ is the son of God, the individual could also be a descendant of David.

To better understand Biblical time and associated prophecies, it is often recommended that individuals seek out knowledge in a number of publications related to the history of the time. In doing so, individuals can then determine whether predictions in the Old Testament have been fulfilled based on an actual timeline of history along with, if and when necessary, faith.




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