BIBLE PROPHECIES | MESSIANIC (4)

1. Messianic - Old Testament prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ

a) The Bible has many prophecies that ancient rabbis identified as being "Messianic," meaning that they speak about an "anointed one" - a special person anointed by God - to carry out work ordained by God. Christians, including us at this web site, believe that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Bible's Messianic promises. Perhaps the Bible's most famous Messianic passages are found in Isaiah, chapter 53.

b) Bible prophecies are listed below.

2. Bible Prophecies

a) The Messiah would be a descendant of Abraham. 

Genesis 22:18 New International Version (NIV) 

¹⁸ and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”   

3. Written: As early as 1400 BC

a) The book of Genesis provides several prophecies about a Messiah, including details about his bloodline.

b) In Genesis 22:18, for example, there is a prophecy that Abraham's "seed," or "offspring," depending on the English translation, would become a blessing to people throughout the world.

c) In other words, God is making a promise - a covenant - to Abraham, telling him that there is something special about his bloodline and that it would have a worldwide impact ("all the nations of the earth be blessed").

d) This covenant is handed down later from Abraham to his son Isaac (Genesis 17:18-20; Genesis 21:12), and then to Abraham's grandson Jacob (Genesis 28:14).

f) Later in the Bible, we see echoes of this promise being made to other descendants of Abraham, through his grandson Jacob, including Judah (Genesis 49:10), Jesse (Isaiah 11:1-10) and David (2 Samuel 7:16).