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56 of the most significant prophecies from the Old Testament, each fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Written across 1,500+ years by different authors, these prophecies form an undeniable pattern pointing to one person.
56
Prophecies
1,500+
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“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.”
“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
Job's ancient confession of a living Redeemer who would stand on the earth and vindicate the righteous finds its answer in the resurrection of Jesus.
“Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest”
“Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead”
Abraham received Isaac back figuratively from death, typifying resurrection.
“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God”
“Made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually”
Melchizedek prefigures Christ's unique king-priest role.
“Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest”
“He that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son”
Isaac prefigures Christ as the beloved Son offered in sacrifice.
“Abraham... bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar... God will provide himself a lamb”
“He received him in a figure”
The Akedah is a profound type of Christ's sacrifice.
“And they sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites”
“Sold into Egypt”
Joseph's life extensively parallels Christ's.
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
“And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.”
First messianic promise: seed of woman crushes serpent's head
“And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
“Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: All nations will be blessed through you... and to thy seed, which is Christ.”
All families of earth blessed through Abraham's seed
“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”
“For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda”
Scepter remains with Judah until Shiloh comes
“The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.”
“For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things.”
God will raise a prophet like Moses whom they must hear
“And I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him”
“The Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say”
Moses prophesied a future prophet who would speak God's words; Jesus claimed this role.
“Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you”
“I am the bread of life”
The manna typified the true bread from heaven; Jesus claims to be this bread.
“I kill, and I make alive”
“I am the resurrection, and the life”
Only YHWH has power over life and death; Jesus claims to BE resurrection and life.
“Kill the passover”
“With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you”
The Passover lamb typified Christ; Jesus is the true Passover.
“And the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy”
“And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom”
The separating veil was torn at Jesus's death, signifying open access to God.
“And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD”
“Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept”
Jesus rose on the very day of the firstfruits offering, becoming the firstfruits from death.
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground”
“Adam, who is the figure of him that was to come”
Adam is explicitly called a type of Christ; the first and last Adam.
“A Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me”
“A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up... like unto me”
Moses himself prophesied a greater prophet like himself.
“And the priest, whom he shall anoint... shall make an atonement”
“Even as was Aaron”
Aaron prefigures Christ as High Priest making atonement.
“When I see the blood, I will pass over you”
“For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us”
The Passover lamb explicitly typifies Christ.
“Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you”
“I am the bread of life”
Jesus explicitly identified Himself as the true manna.
“Thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it”
“And that Rock was Christ”
Paul explicitly identifies the rock as Christ.
“Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole”
“Even so must the Son of man be lifted up”
Jesus explicitly used this as a type of His crucifixion.
“Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering... and bring his blood within the veil”
“By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place”
The Day of Atonement typifies Christ's atoning work.
“All the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt”
“Spake of his decease [exodus] which he should accomplish at Jerusalem”
Moses and Elijah speak of Jesus's "exodus" at the Transfiguration.
“Ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest”
“Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept”
Christ rose on the very day of Firstfruits.
“Ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath... fifty days”
“When the day of Pentecost was fully come... they were all filled with the Holy Ghost”
The Spirit came on the very day of Pentecost.
“Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them”
“The Word was made flesh, and dwelt [tabernacled] among us”
John uses tabernacle language ("dwelt") for the incarnation.
“Take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother... that he may minister unto me in the priest's office”
“The priesthood being changed”
The Levitical priesthood is superseded by Christ's.
“He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him”
“It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins”
Animal sacrifices were shadows; Christ is the substance.
“Thou shalt make a vail... it shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy”
“By a new and living way... through the veil, that is to say, his flesh”
The veil represents Christ's flesh torn for access.
“They shall make an ark... there I will meet with thee”
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat]”
The mercy seat typifies Christ as propitiation.
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”
“Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ”
The Sabbath is explicitly called a shadow of Christ.
“Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law”
“The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ”
The law served as tutor leading to Christ.
“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee”
“A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me”
The prophetic institution pointed to Christ.
“Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you.”
“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
The manna theme reaches its climax in Jesus, who is not merely a provider of bread but the Bread itself, giving His flesh for the life of the world.
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
“The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.”
The role of Judge of all the earth, belonging exclusively to God, is given to Jesus by the Father.
“I will set up thy seed after thee... I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son.”
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”
Eternal throne promised to David's descendant
“I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”
“God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.”
God declares: Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee
“Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness... therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee.”
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
King addressed as God with eternal throne
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure... thy years shall have no end.”
“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands... thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.”
The Lord laid earth's foundation; he remains the same
“Why do the heathen rage... The kings of the earth set themselves... against the LORD, and against his anointed”
“The kings of the earth stood up... against the Lord, and against his Christ”
Psalm 2 prophesied rulers conspiring against Messiah; fulfilled in Jesus's trial.
“They pierced my hands and my feet”
“Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails”
David described piercing of hands and feet 1000 years before crucifixion was invented.
“They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture”
“They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots”
David prophesied garment division and lot-casting; fulfilled precisely at the cross.
“He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him”
“He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him”
The mockery of "Let God deliver him" was spoken nearly verbatim.
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”
Jesus quoted Psalm 22:1 from the cross, invoking the entire psalm.
“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken”
“They brake not his legs”
David prophesied no broken bones; fulfilled when soldiers did not break Jesus's legs.
“Into thine hand I commit my spirit”
“Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit”
David's words of trust became Jesus's final words, committing His spirit to the Father.
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption”
“Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption”
David prophesied that God's Holy One would not see decay; fulfilled in Jesus's resurrection.
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool”
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand”
Psalm 110 is the most quoted psalm in the NT; Jesus is David's Lord enthroned.
“Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek”
“Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec”
The Messiah is a priest of a different order than Levi, eternal like Melchizedek.
“Thou hast ascended on high”
“When he ascended up on high”
Paul explicitly applies Psalm 68 to Christ's ascension.
“Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever”
“Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever”
The Messiah-King is addressed as God with an eternal throne.
“Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth”
“The firstborn of every creature... the firstborn from the dead”
The Davidic king is God's supreme firstborn; Christ holds this position.
“I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever”
“The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David”
David is the great king whom Christ supersedes.
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
The shepherd theme throughout Scripture finds its consummation in Jesus as the Good Shepherd who gives His life for the sheep.
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