OT PROPHECIES | JESUS (2)


I. Jesus' lineage and birth

1. Anointed and Eternal

a) Reference: Psalm 45:6-7

i) Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions. (Psalms 45:6-7 NKJV)


b) Fulfillment: Hebrews 1:8-10
i) But to the Son He says:

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
10 And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands. (Hebrews 1:8-10 NKJV)
2. Born like other humans

a) Reference: Genesis 3:14-15

i) 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.” (Genesis 3:14-15 NKJV)

b) Fulfillment: Galatians 4:4

i) But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. (Galatians 4:4 NKJV)
3. Born in Bethlehem

a) Reference: Micah 5:2

i) “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 NKJV)


b) Fulfillment: Luke 2:4-7

i) Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:4-7 NKJV) 

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