Tracing the Messiah
through the Bible

A Study in Prophecy

"To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

— Acts 10:43

The Prophecies will be written in BROWN

The Fulfillments will be written in BLUE

NOTE: THE ESV BIBLE WILL BE IN USE

SEED OF THE WOMAN

Genesis 3:15 — 4004 B.C. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Galatians 4:4 — 5 B.C. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.

1 John 3:8 — 90 A.D. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

THROUGH ABRAHAM

Genesis 22:18 — 1872 B.C. And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.

John 11:51-52 — 33 A.D. He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

THROUGH ISAAC

Genesis 21:12 — 1898 B.C. But God said to Abraham, Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

Hebrews 11:17-19 — 54 A.D. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

THROUGH JACOB & JUDAH

Genesis 28:14 — 1760 B.C. Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Revelation 5:5 — 96 A.D. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

MESSIAH WOULD COME AT A SET TIME

Genesis 49:10 — 1689 B.C. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Luke 2:1-2 — 5 B.C. In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

(The scepter which is the symbol of the government was taken away at this time and Judea paid her first taxes to Rome. Then in Bethlehem of Judea, Jesus was born. Luke 2:7. Shiloh had come.)

THROUGH DAVID

2 Samuel 7:12-13 — 1042 B.C. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall 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.

Jeremiah 23:5 — 599 B.C. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Acts 13:23 — 45 A.D. Of this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

Romans 1:3-4 — 60 A.D. Concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

BORN OF A VIRGIN

Isaiah 7:14 — 742 B.C. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:18, 21 — 5 B.C. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit... She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA

Micah 5:2 — 710 B.C. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Matthew 2:1 — 5 B.C. 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.

GREAT PERSONS COME TO ADORE HIM

Psalm 72:10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

Matthew 2:2, 11 — 4 B.C. Saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” [...] And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

COMING INTO THE TEMPLE

Haggai 2:7, 9 — 250 B.C. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. [...] The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

Malachi 3:1 — 397 B.C. “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; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 2:27, 32 — 4 A.D. And he came in 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. [...] a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Matthew 21:12 — 33 A.D. And Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

PRECEDED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST

Luke 1:17 — 7 B.C. And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

ANOINTED WITH THE SPIRIT

Psalm 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

Isaiah 11:2 — 713 B.C. And 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 the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 61:1 — 698 B.C. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

Matthew 3:16 — 27 A.D. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

John 3:34 — 30 A.D. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

Acts 10:38 — 30 A.D. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

A PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES

Deuteronomy 18:15 — 1451 B.C. The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen.

Acts 3:20-22 — 33 A.D.That times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.

ENTERING ON HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY

Isaiah 61:2 — 698 B.C. To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.

Luke 4:16, 18 — 27 A.D. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. [...] “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.

HIS MINISTRY COMMENCING IN GALILEE

Isaiah 9:1-2 — 740 B.C. But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

Matthew 4:12, 16, 23 — 27 A.D. Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. [...] the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned. [...] And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

ENTERING PUBLICLY INTO JERUSALEM

Zechariah 9:9 — 487 B.C. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 21:5 — 33 A.D. “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

POVERTY

Isaiah 53:2 — 712 B.C. For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

Mark 6:3 — 32 A.D. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Luke 9:58 — 32 A.D. And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

MEEKNESS AND WANT OF OSTENTATION

Isaiah 42:2 — 712 B.C. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street.

Matthew 12:15, 16, 19 — 31 A.D. Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all. [...] and ordered them not to make him known. [...] He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

TENDERNESS AND COMPASSION

Isaiah 40:11 — 712 B.C. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 42:3 — 712 B.C. A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.

Matthew 12:15, 20 — 31 A.D. Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all [...] a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory.

Hebrews 4:15 — 64 A.D. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

WORKING MIRACLES

Isaiah 35:5-6 — 713 B.C. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Matthew 11:4-6 — 31 A.D. And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”

WITHOUT GUILE

Isaiah 53:9 — 712 B.C. And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

1 Peter 2:22 — 60 A.D. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

BEARING REPROACH

Psalm 69:9 For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Romans 15:3 — 60 A.D. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

REJECTED BY HIS BRETHREN

Psalm 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.

Isaiah 63:3 — 698 B.C. “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.

John 1:11 — 30 A.D. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

John 7:3, 5 — 32 A.D. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. [...] For not even his brothers believed in him.

HATRED

Psalm 69:4 More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

Isaiah 49:7 — 712 B.C. Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

John 15:24-25 — 33 A.D. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’

REJECTED BY THE JEWISH RULERS

Psalm 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Matthew 21:42 — 33 A.D. Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

JEWS AND GENTILES COMBINE AGAINST HIM

Psalm 2:1-2 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed.

Acts 4:27 — 33 A.D. For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.

BETRAYED BY A FRIEND

Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

John 13:18-21 — 33 A.D. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

HIS DISCIPLES FORSAKE HIM

Zechariah 13 — 487 B.C. “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

“And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’ And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. In the whole land, declares the Lord, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Matthew 26:56 — 33 A.D. But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

SOLD FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER

Zechariah 11:12 — 487 B.C. Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 26:15 — 33 A.D. And said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

HIS PRICE GIVEN FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD

Zechariah 11:13 — 487 B.C. Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.

Matthew 27:3, 7 — 33 A.D. Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, [...] So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

SMITTEN ON THE CHEEK

Micah 5:1 — 710 B.C. Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Matthew 27:30 — 33 A.D. And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

SPIT UPON AND SCOURGED

Isaiah 50:6 — 712 B.C. I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.

Mark 14:65 — 33 A.D. And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.

John 19:1 — 33 A.D. Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.

NAILED TO THE CROSS

Psalm 22:16 For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

John 19:18 — 33 A.D. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

John 20:25 — 33 A.D. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

FORSAKEN BY GOD

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

Matthew 27:46 — 33 A.D. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

MOCKED

Psalm 22:7-8 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

Matthew 27:39-44 — 33 A.D. And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

GALL AND VINEGAR GIVEN HIM TO DRINK

Psalm 69:21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

Matthew 27:34 — 33 A.D. They offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

INTENSITY OF HIS SUFFERING

Psalm 22:14-15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

Luke 22:42, 44 — 33 A.D. Saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” [...] And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

HIS SUFFERINGS BEING FOR OTHERS

Isaiah 53:4-6, 12 — 712 B.C. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Matthew 20:28 — 33 A.D. Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

PATIENCE AND SILENCE UNDER SUFFERING

Isaiah 53:7 — 710 B.C. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Matthew 26:63 — 33 A.D. But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:12, 14 — 33 A.D. But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. [...] But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

HIS GARMENTS PARTED AND LOTS CAST FOR HIS VESTURE

Psalm 22:18 They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.

Matthew 27:35 — 33 A.D. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS

Isaiah 53:12 — 712 B.C. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

Mark 15:27-28 — 33 A.D. And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”

INTERCESSION FOR HIS MURDERERS

Luke 23:34 — 33 A.D. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

HIS DEATH

Matthew 27:50 — 33 A.D. And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

NOT ONE BONE OF HIM BROKEN

Exodus 12:46 — 1491 B.C. It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.

Psalm 34:20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

John 19:33, 36 — 33 A.D. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. [...] For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”

PIERCED

Zechariah 12:10 — 487 B.C. And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

John 19:34, 37 — 33 A.D. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. [...] And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

BURIED WITH THE RICH

Isaiah 53:9 — 712 B.C. And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Matthew 27:57-60 — 33 A.D. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

HIS FLESH NOT SEEING CORRUPTION

Psalm 16:10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

Acts 2:31 — 33 A.D. He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

HIS RESURRECTION

Psalm 16:10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

Luke 24:6, 31, 34 — 33 A.D. He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee. [...] And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. [...] saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

HIS ASCENSION

Psalm 68:18 You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Luke 24:51 — 33 A.D. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

EXERCISING THE PRIESTLY OFFICE IN HEAVEN

Zechariah 6:13 — 519 B.C. It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Romans 8:34 — 60 A.D. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE OF THE CHURCH

Isaiah 28:16 — 712 B.C. Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

1 Peter 2:5-7 — 60 A.D. You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES TO HIM

Isaiah 11:10 — 713 B.C. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 42:1 — 712 B.C. Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Acts 10:45 — 41 A.D. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.

KING OF ZION

Psalm 2:6 As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.

John 18:33, 37 — 33 A.D. So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” [...] Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

SITTING ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD

Psalm 110:1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Hebrews 1:3 — 60 A.D. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Tracing the Messiah through the Bible

Tracing the Messiah
through the Bible