Messias Prophesied Part 2
Prophets and prophecies, there are many men and women that have claimed to be prophets of God. But are or were they really prophets of God as they claimed to be? Fortunately there is a way to know if a man or woman is a prophet of God. In the Old Testament of the Bible there was a prophet of God named Jeremiah. In his writings he wrote a very simple truth on how to know if a prophet is from God or not.
Jeremiah 28:9
9 The prophet which prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD has truly sent him.
If what that prophet tells you is going to happen actually happens you can be sure that God sent that prophet. This is why we can be absolutely positive that the prophets that wrote concerning the Messias were indeed prophets. Every detail of their prophecies actually did happen not just some or a part but every single word. Many people consider the book called the Bible to be a book of cunningly devised fables or fairy tales. This could not be farther from the truth the Bible contains the writings of men who were moved to speak and write by the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, of God. An Apostle of Jesus the Messias named Peter confirms this in a book contained in the New Testament called by his name.
2 Peter 1:20-21
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
It was written over a period of 1600 years by more than 40 authors. They did not know each other yet their writings do not contradict and they can be proven to be absolutely true. There is more proof that Jesus the Messias walked the face of this earth than there is that George Washington was the President of the United States. Let’s look at some more of the prophecies concerning Jesus the Messias of God.
A prophet of God named Micah who lived about 700-800 years before the Messias came, prophesied where he would be born and that the spirit of the Messias existed before the earth was created. It is found in the Old Testament in a book called by his name.
Micah 5:2
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
The Messias was to be born in a city named Bethlehem and the fulfilling of this part of the prophecy is recorded by the Apostle Matthew in the New Testament book called by his name.
Matthew 2:1-5
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet.
The fulfilling of the second part of the prophecy is recorded by the Apostle John in the New Testament book called by his name.
John 1:1-2 & 14
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
A very special Messias indeed is Jesus he existed before the world was made and in fact took part in the making of it. This can be confirmed if we examine the record of creation in the book of Genesis which is in the Old Testament.
Genesis 1:26
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
God said let “us” that is correct there were three that took part in the creation, God, the Word (who would become Jesus the Son of God) and the Spirit of God also called the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit.
Another prophet of God named Zechariah who lived about 500 years before the Messias, prophesied how that the Messias would ride upon an ass into Jerusalem. To become the King of God’s Kingdom and that he would also bring salvation to mankind. It is found in the Old Testament book called by his name.
Zechariah 9:9
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
The Apostle of the Messias named Matthew records the fulfilling of the first part of this prophecy in the New Testament book called by his name.
Matthew 21:6-10
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him there on.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
The disciple of the Messias named Mark records the fulfilling of the second part of this prophecy concerning salvation in the New Testament book called by his name.
Mark 16:14-16
14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned.
In part three of Messias Prophesied there will be more prophecies of the Messias message and purpose please, take the time to read it and learn more.