06_05 Prophecies of Jesus About Himself

The next document, 06_05, Prophecies of Jesus about Himself, gathers together a number of prophecies given by Jesus to His prophets, both from the Old Testament and the New Testament, that prove beyond a doubt that Jesus truly is the Messiah! Another whole group of prophecies foretell that He is coming back to take His children home with Him. If all of the other prophecies came true, we are powerfully assured that this too will be fulfilled soon! Therefore, study to show yourself approved unto God! Get yourself ready to proclaim the fullness of the 3 Angel’s Messages of Revelation 14, verses 6 to 12, so that you will be involved in Preparing the Way of the Lord.

The Prophecies of Jesus that refer to Jesus Himself.

“In the beginning, God Created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis (beginnings)   chapter 1, verse 1. Parallel to this is:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God   …All things were made by him; and (for emphasis) without him was not any thing made that was made…He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, but the world knew Him not…And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1: 1,3,10,14.

Therefore, In the beginning, Jesus, who later became God in the flesh, Created the   heaven and the earth.

“God, who…spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last   days spoken unto us by His Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; Who…when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high…But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom …And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.” Hebrews 1: 1,2,3b,8,10.

“…it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou
wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin Thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, ‘Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God.'” Hebrews 10: 4 – 7.

According to these prophecies, Jesus pre-existed the creation of our world and the
whole heavens around us. He created them, with our world in mind! (Even the
constellations that we see in the heavens are a revolving picture-book presentation
of the plan of salvation! It is from the constellation of Orion that many believe Jesus will come!)

In Genesis 3, verse 15, after Adam and Eve chose to sin, God promised that from the “seed” of Adam and Eve would come someone who would crush Satan and his seed.
“I will put enmity between thy seed (Satan’s seed) and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.”

The apostle Paul states in Galatians 3, verse 16: “Now to Abraham and his seed were
the promises made. He saith not, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one: “And to
thy seed,” which is Christ.” This can easily also apply to the Genesis 3, verse 15
passage, quoted above, as you can see.

Micah 5, verse 2, says: “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting.”

Jeremiah 23, verse 5: “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.” (the Messiah would come out of David’s lineage – “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” Revelation 22:16.)

Some of the next passages of Scripture are of a different type. They were fulfilled in type and antitype (example followed later by the greater fulfillment in Jesus). Take this next passage for instance:

Isaiah 7, verse 14: “…Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (which, being interpreted, is “God with us.”) The birth of Isaiah’s son that fulfilled much of that prophecy (their enemies, Syria and Ephraim, would be “forsaken of both her kings.”) was recorded in the next chapter. However, note the name that the antitype child would be called, (Immanuel) and that the name given to the typical child was instead “Maher shalal-hash-baz.” Isaiah 8, verse 3.

Every human God used as a symbol of His deliverance of Israel foreshadowed the
Deliverer to come! When God used Moses to deliver Israel from slavery in Egypt,
– mentioned by Hosea in the following passage of Scripture – Moses’ actions
foreshadowed God’s deliverance of all who believe in Jesus from slavery to sin! Hosea 11, verse 1 says, “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”

This is referring to the Exodus, yet Matthew cites this passage in reference to Jesus coming back out of Egypt after His family had run there to escape king Herod’s
murdering of all of the young children in Bethlehem. Thus Herod tried to murder the
newborn king. Matthew 2, verse 13:

“…the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the
young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, (Jeremiah 31:15): “In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her   children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.” (verse 18 of Matthew chapter 2)

When they returned, Joseph came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth (where Mary was from): “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be
called a Nazarene.” (verse 23.) …and, “Out of Egypt have I called my Son.” (verse 15.)

Isaiah 9, verses 6 and 7: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, the mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace: Of the
increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David,
and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice
from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”

God tells us events before they happen, giving us confidence in the dependability of prophecy. Isaiah 42, verse 9: “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

…and Isaiah 46, verses 9 and 10: “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.” Further, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7) NOTE WELL: very important.

And so, the death of Jesus was also foretold.

David spoke of himself, at least partly, in Psalm 22, yet Jesus was the real fulfillment of much of that passage of Scripture, as it foretold the crucifixion. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?” (verse 1) See Matthew 27, verse 46.

“But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All
they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head,
saying, He trusted on the Lord that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver him, seeing he delighted in Him.” (verses 6 to 8)

“They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and Thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones; they look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.” (verses 13 to 18) See John 19, verses 23 and 24. What an amazingly detailed foretelling of the crucifixion! From David’s time! 1500 years earlier!

“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord’s and He is the governor among the nations…A seed shall serve Him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done this.” (Psalm 22, verses 27 to 31).

The whole chapter of Isaiah 53 is well known to have foretold Christ’s sufferings for our sakes. It declares the spiritual application of all that Jesus accomplished by His life and death as the Messiah. Oh that Israel could have seen that this life would precede the Kingdom power that they looked for!

“He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation?
(Note the 2 paragraphs above!) For He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”

“…when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin…He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many: for he shall bear their iniquities…and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53, vs. 8, 10-12.

Jesus was betrayed for thirty coins of silver. Zechariah foretold it, in chapter 11, verses 12 and 13: “So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.” See Matthew 26: 14 to 16!

Psalm 41, verse 9: “Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”

Zechariah 12, verses 10 and 11: “…and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, (see John 19, verses 32 to 37) and they shall mourn for Him, as one  mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Ha-dad-rimmon, in the valley of Megiddon.” (And in Zechariah chapter 13, these prophecies:) “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.”
(verse 1) and, “And one shall say unto Him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then He shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” (verse 6)

Again, in David’s Psalms, Psalm 34, verse 20: “He keepeth all His bones; not one of
them is broken.” Compare this with the Passover lamb: Exodus 12, verse 46: “…neither shall ye break a bone thereof.” and, John 19, verses 31 to 37.

The next passage, Jesus Himself applied to Himself, before His betrayal! Hosea 6,
verses 1 and 2: “Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.” See Matthew  20, verses 18 and 19.

When should Messiah appear? Did God actually give a time?

Daniel 9, verse 25: “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (at the end of the Babylonian captivity) unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks…” – [69 weeks].

Daniel 9, verses 22 to 24 – the 69 weeks are most of the 70 weeks [cut off]  “determined upon” the Jews.

The commandment given to restore and to build Jerusalem is given in Ezra ch. 7.

This decree, given by king Artaxerxes of Persia is recorded there. This occurred in
457 B.C. according to most historians (a very important date to Jewish historians).
It would be 69 weeks or 483 literal years [you will see that in prophecy, a “day” is a literal year] until the Messiah (Jesus) would come. From the beginning date, 457 B.C., subtract 483 years, and that brings us to 27 A.D. This is the exact year that coincides with the information given in Luke 3 verses 1 and 2, the likely year that Jesus was baptized by John! There, at His baptism, Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit. Messiah means, “anointed one.” See Luke 3, verses 21 to 23; and Acts 10, verses 37 and 38. [Our calendar, supposedly starting at the birth of Jesus, is therefore off by approximately 3 years!]

Daniel 9:27: “And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week; and in the
midst of the week (the seventieth week) He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation
to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations He shall make desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
Jesus would confirm the Covenant (with the Jews – see Exodus 19, verses 4 to 8) for
one week of the 70, or for 7 years.

Seven years from 27 A.D., when Jesus began his ministry as Messiah, brings us to
A.D. 34, when the Jews were Judged and found no longer worthy to be God’s Covenant people because of their rejection of Jesus as their Messiah, marked by their stoning of Steven, the first Christian martyr. The gospel turned to the Gentiles and the fledgling Christian Church.

In the midst or middle of the week (3 and 1/2 years) Jesus caused the sacrifices to end, because He was the sacrifice antitype that all of the sacrifices of the Old Testament pointed to. 3 and 1/2 years from A.D. 27 brings us to the spring of 31 A.D., exactly when Jesus died on the cross. The veil in the Temple was torn by God Himself, and the sacrificial system was considered by God to be finished. Type met antitype. Jesus was the fulfillment of all of the sacrifices of the sacrificial system at the Temple.

It is the law concerning sacrifices, “…the handwriting of ordinances” that were taken
“out of the way, nailing it to His cross,” NOT the Ten Commandments.

Jesus had prophesied that their “house” would be left unto them desolate. Matthew
23, verse 38. Finally, in 70 A.D., the Temple and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed and made desolate. Jesus said, “When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.” Luke 21, verse 20.

Yes, Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, “the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin
of the world!” proclaimed by John the Baptist. (John 1, verse 29). Have you fully
received Him as your Messiah, your Saviour from sin? Today is the day of salvation!