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Will be a Prophet
Will bless His people with peace
Will commit Himself to God
Will speak words of grace
Will ascend to heaven – to the Father’s right hand
Will have a zeal for God
Will teach parables
Will be a Priest
Will judge and rebuke many
Will begin ministry in Galilee
He’s eternal
Anointing of the Holy Spirit
Will be Judge
Will have a ministry of miracles
Will minister to Gentiles
Will cause the blind to see
Will make intercession
Will be a light to Gentiles
His pre-existence
Will be King
Triumphal entry on a donkey
Will be preceded by messenger
Will enter the temple
The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.” And the LORD said to me: “What they have spoken is good. I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.”
Deuteronomy 18:15-18 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Matthew 21:11 (NKJ)
Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
John 6:14 (NKJ)
The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.”
John 4:19 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will bless His people with peace
The LORD will give strength to His people;
The LORD will bless His people with peace.
Psalm 29:11 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ–He is Lord of all.
Acts 10:36 (NKJ)
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will commit Himself to God
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Psalm 31:5 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
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.
Luke 23:46 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will speak words of grace
You are fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
Psalm 45:2 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”
Luke 4:22 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will ascend to heaven – to the Father’s right hand
You have ascended on high,
You have led captivity captive;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious,
That the LORD God might dwell there.
Psalm 68:18 (NKJ)
The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Psalm 110:1 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
Acts 1:9 (NKJ)
. . . who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high . . .
Hebrews 1:3 (NKJ)
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Mark 16:19 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will have a zeal for God
Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Psalm 69:9 (NKJ)
Fullfillment
When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
John 2:15-17 (NKJ)
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
Psalm 78:2 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 13:34,35 (NKJ)
The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
Psalm 110:4 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
As He also says in another place:
You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek . . .
Hebrews 5:5,6 (NKJ)
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus . . .
Hebrews 3:1 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will judge and rebuke many
He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
Isaiah 2:4 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Matthew 11:20 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will begin ministry in Galilee
Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 9:1 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles:
The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:12-17 (NKJ)
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
John 8:58 (NKJ)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 (NKJ)
. . . of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Romans 9:5 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Anointing of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 11:2 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Mark 1:10,11 (NKJ)
(For the LORD is our Judge,
The LORD is our Lawgiver,
The LORD is our King;
He will save us)
Isaiah 33:22 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:40-42 (NKJ)
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, “Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world . . .”
Matthew 25:31-34 (NKJ)
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom . . .
II Timothy 4:1 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will have a ministry of miracles
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the dumb sing.
For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.
Isaiah 35:5,6 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
John 5:5-9 (NKJ)
Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them.”
Luke 7:22 (NKJ)
Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
Matthew 11:4-6 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will minister to Gentiles
Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles . . .
Isaiah 42:1 (NKJ)
Listen, O coastlands, to Me,
And take heed, you peoples from afar!
The LORD has called Me from the womb;
From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
Isaiah 49:1 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said:
Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace,
According to Your word;
For my eyes have seen Your salvation
Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.
Luke 2:25-32 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will cause the blind to see
To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
Isaiah 42:7 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?” Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”
John 9:6-9 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will make intercession
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:12 (NKJ)
He saw that there was no man,
And wondered that there was no intercessor;
Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
Isaiah 59:16 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.
Luke 23:34 (NKJ)
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Romans 8:34 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will be a light to Gentiles
The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:3 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
For so the Lord has commanded us:
I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Acts 13:47,48 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Jesus’ pre-existence
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.
Micah 5:2 (NKJ)
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (NKJ)
Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You will endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
Psalm 102:25-27 (NKJ)
Who has performed and done it,
Calling the generations from the beginning?
I, the LORD, am the first;
And with the last I am He.
Isaiah 41:4 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Colossians 1:17 (NKJ)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 (NKJ)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:9 (NKJ)
Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 2:6 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”
Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?”
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”
Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.”
John 18:33-38 (NKJ)
And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Matthew 27:37 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Triumphal entry on a donkey
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:9 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road. Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen . . .
Luke 19:35-37 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will be preceded by messenger
“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:1 (NKJ)
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.”
Isaiah 40:3 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
He said: “I am
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Make straight the way of the LORD,
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
John 1:23 (NKJ)
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make His paths straight.
Matthew 3:1-3 (NKJ)
Prophecy: Will enter the temple
“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:1 (NKJ)
Fulfillment
Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Matthew 21:12 (NKJ)