MESSIANIC PROPHECIES

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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES

• EVIDENCE OF INSPIRATION

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2 Timothy 316

• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
  is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work.

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2 Peter 119-20

• And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,
  which you do well to heed as a light that shines
  in a dark place, until the day dawns and the
  morning star rises in your hearts knowing this
  first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any
  private interpretation, for prophecy never came
  by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as
  they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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Introduction

• The number one reason for accepting the
  Scriptures as having been "God-breathed" is
  fulfilled prophecy.
• The Messiah is the most frequent subject of Old
  Testament prophecy.

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Matthew 517

• "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or
  the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to
  fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven
  and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will
  by no means pass from the law till all is
  fulfilled."

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Luke 2444

• Then He said to them, "These are the words which
  I spoke to you while I was still with you, that
  all things must be fulfilled which were written
  in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
  Psalms concerning Me."

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Introduction

• The number one reason for accepting the
  Scriptures as having been "God-breathed" is
  fulfilled prophecy.
• The Messiah is the most frequent subject of Old
  Testament prophecy.
• If the Scriptures were fulfilled by Jesus, and
  Jesus was sent by God, then we ought to accept
  the scriptures as having been "God-breathed."

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• 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. 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." (Gen.
  314-15)

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• But when the fullness of the time had come, God
  sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under
  the law, to redeem those who were under the law,
  that we might receive the adoption as sons. (Gal.
  44-5)

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has
  sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the
  Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy
  the works of the devil. (1 John 38)

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• Now a great sign appeared in heaven a woman
  clothed with the sun, with the moon under her
  feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
  Then being with child, she cried out in labor and
  in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared
  in heaven behold, a great, fiery red dragon
  having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
  diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of
  the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• And the dragon stood before the woman who was
  ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon
  as it was born. She bore a male Child who was to
  rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her
  Child was caught up to God and His throne. Then
  the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has
  a place prepared by God, that they should feed
  her there one thousand two hundred and sixty
  days.

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• And war broke out in heaven Michael and his
  angels fought with the dragon and the dragon and
  his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor
  was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
  So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of
  old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the
  whole world he was cast to the earth, and his
  angels were cast out with him.

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now
  salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
  God, and the power of His Christ have come, for
  the accuser of our brethren, who accused them
  before our God day and night, has been cast down.
  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb
  and by the word of their testimony, and they did
  not love their lives to the death.

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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN

• Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell
  in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and
  the sea! For the devil has come down to you,
  having great wrath, because he knows that he has
  a short time." (Rev. 121-12)

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THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

• Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a
  second time out of heaven, and said "... In your
  seed all the nations of the earth shall be
  blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." (Gen.
  2215-18)

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THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

• Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises
  made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of
  many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is
  Christ. (Gal. 316)

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THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

• Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of
  Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
  elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which
  accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life
  which God, who cannot lie, promised before time
  began (Titus 11-2)

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THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

• Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of
  our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with
  me in the sufferings for the gospel according to
  the power of God, who has saved us and called us
  with a holy calling, not according to our works,
  but according to His own purpose and grace which
  was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began
  (2 Tim. 18-9)

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THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

• The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a
  lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh
  comes And to Him shall be the obedience of the
  people. (Gen. 4910)

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THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

• For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah,
  of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning
  priesthood. (Heb. 714)

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with
  your fathers, I will set up your seed after you,
  who will come from your body, and I will
  establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for
  My name, and I will establish the throne of his
  kingdom forever." (2 Sam. 712-13)

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
  Son of David, the Son of Abraham Abraham begot
  Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah
  and his brothers. Judah begot Perez and Zerah by
  Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
  Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and
  Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab,
  Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and
  Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
  Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah,
  and Abijah begot Asa. Asa begot Jehoshaphat,
  Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah.
  Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz
  begot Hezekiah. Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh
  begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot
  Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they
  were carried away to Babylon.

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah
  begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.
  Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and
  Eliakim begot Azor. Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot
  Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. Eliud begot
  Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot
  Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of
  Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called
  Christ.

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• So all the generations from Abraham to David are
  fourteen generations, from David until the
  captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations,
  and from the captivity in Babylon until the
  Christ are fourteen generations. (Matt 11-17)

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about
  thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the
  son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of
  Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the
  son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of
  Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum,

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of
  Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei,
  the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, the son of
  Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
  the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of
  Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the
  son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Jose,
  the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,

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HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID

• the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of
  Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the
  son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of
  Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah,
  the son of Nathan, the son of David (Luke 323-31)

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
  "Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God
  ask it either in the depth or in the height
  above." But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will
  I test the Lord!" Then he said, "Hear now, O
  house of David! Is it a small thing for you to
  weary men, but will you weary my God also?

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign
  Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son,
  and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey
  He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil
  and choose the good. For before the Child shall
  know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the
  land that you dread will be forsaken by both her
  kings. (Isaiah 710-16)

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows
  After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
  before they came together, she was found with
  child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her
  husband, being a just man, and not wanting to
  make her a public example, was minded to put her
  away secretly. But while he thought about these
  things,

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
  dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be
  afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that
  which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall
  call His name Jesus, for He will save His people
  from their sins."

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• So all this was done that it might be fulfilled
  which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
  saying "Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
  and bear a Son, and they shall call His name
  Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

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BORN OF A VIRGIN

• Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the
  angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him
  his wife, and did not know her till she had
  brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called
  His name Jesus. (Matt. 118-25)

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• "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 52)

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in
  the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from
  the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He
  who has been born King of the Jews? For we have
  seen His star in the East and have come to
  worship Him." When Herod the king heard this, he
  was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• And when he had gathered all the chief priests
  and scribes of the people together, he inquired
  of them where the Christ was to be born. So they
  said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it
  is written by the prophet 'But you, Bethlehem,
  in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the
  rulers of Judah For out of you shall come a
  Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.' "
  (Matt. 21-6)

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• And it came to pass in those days that a decree
  went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world
  should be registered. This census first took
  place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all
  went to be registered, everyone to his own city.

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• 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.

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BORN AT BETHLEHEM

• 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 21-7)

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DECLARED THE SON OF GOD

• "I will declare the decree The Lord has said to
  Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.'"
  (Psalm 27)

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DECLARED THE SON OF GOD

• And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying,
  "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
  pleased." (Matt. 317)

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BETRAYED BY A FRIEND

• Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
  Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against
  me. (Psalm 419)

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BETRAYED BY A FRIEND

• And while He was still speaking, behold, a
  multitude and he who was called Judas, one of
  the twelve, went before them and drew near to
  Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, "Judas,
  are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
  (Luke 2247-48)

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SOLD FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER

• Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you,
  give me my wages and if not, refrain." So they
  weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
  (Zech. 1112)

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SOLD FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER

• Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot,
  went to the chief priests and said, "What are you
  willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And
  they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
  (Matt. 2614-15)

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are
  You so far from helping Me, And from the words of
  My groaning? ... But I am a worm, and no man A
  reproach of men, and despised by the people. All
  those who see Me ridicule Me They shoot out the
  lip, they shake the head, saying, "He trusted in
  the Lord, let Him rescue Him Let Him deliver
  Him, since He delights in Him!" ( Psalm 221, 6-8)

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• I am poured out like water, And all My bones are
  out of joint My heart is like wax It has melted
  within Me. My strength is dried up like a
  potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws You
  have brought Me to the dust of death. For dogs
  have surrounded Me The congregation of the
  wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and
  My feet (Psalm 2214-16)

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• "And I will pour on the house of David and on the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
  supplication then they will look on Me whom they
  pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one
  mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as
  one grieves for a firstborn." (Zech. 1210)

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day,
  that the bodies should not remain on the cross on
  the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day),
  the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be
  broken, and that they might be taken away. Then
  the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
  and of the other who was crucified with Him. But
  when they came to Jesus and saw that He was
  already dead, they did not break His legs.

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a
  spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
  And he who has seen has testified, and his
  testimony is true and he knows that he is
  telling the truth, so that you may believe.

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HANDS, FEET AND SIDE PIERCED

• For these things were done that the Scripture
  should be fulfilled, "Not one of His bones shall
  be broken." And again another Scripture says,
  "They shall look on Him whom they pierced."
• Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here,
  and look at My hands and reach your hand here,
  and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving,
  but believing." (John 1931-37 2027)

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will
  You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. (Psalm
  1610)
• But God will redeem my soul from the power of the
  grave, For He shall receive me. Selah (Psalm
  4915)

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the
  week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other
  Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was
  a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord
  descended from heaven, and came and rolled back
  the stone from the door, and sat on it. His
  countenance was like lightning, and his clothing
  as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear
  of him, and became like dead men.

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do
  not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who
  was crucified. He is not here for He is risen,
  as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord
  lay." (Matt. 281-6)

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• Now when He rose early on the first day of the
  week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of
  whom He had cast seven demons. (Mark 169)

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and
  thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer
  and to rise from the dead the third day, and that
  repentance and remission of sins should be
  preached in His name to all nations, beginning at
  Jerusalem. (Luke 2446-47)

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RAISED FROM THE DEAD

• For I delivered to you first of all that which I
  also received that Christ died for our sins
  according to the Scriptures, and that He was
  buried, and that He rose again the third day
  according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen
  by Cephas, then by the twelve. (1 Cor. 153-5)

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RAISED THE THIRD DAY

• After two days He will revive us On the third
  day He will raise us up, That we may live in His
  sight. (Hosea 62)
• For if we have been united together in the
  likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be
  in the likeness of His resurrection (Rom. 65)

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RAISED THE THIRD DAY

• For the love of Christ compels us, because we
  judge thus that if One died for all, then all
  died and He died for all, that those who live
  should live no longer for themselves, but for Him
  who died for them and rose again. (2 Cor. 514-15)

If "all died" all were raised. If not, why not?
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RAISED THE THIRD DAY

• Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow
  Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish
  three days and three nights. (Jonah 117)

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RAISED THE THIRD DAY

• For as Jonah was three days and three nights in
  the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of
  Man be three days and three nights in the heart
  of the earth. (Matt. 1240)

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WAS JESUS SENT BY GOD?

• Admittedly, we have not dealt with all of the Old
  Testament's predictions of the Messiah.
• But Jesus clearly fulfilled many of them.

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WAS JESUS SENT BY GOD?

• There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
  a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by
  night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You
  are a teacher come from God for no one can do
  these signs that You do unless God is with him."
  (John 31-2)

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WAS JESUS SENT BY GOD?

• And many of the people believed in Him, and said,
  "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs
  than these which this Man has done?" (John 731)

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WAS JESUS SENT BY GOD?

• Admittedly, we have not dealt with all of the Old
  Testament's predictions of the Messiah.
• But Jesus clearly fulfilled the bulk of them.