Monday, September 3, 2018

Old Testament Prophecies About Jesus

By Dorothy Stone


When it comes to predicting the future, there remains a great deal of skepticism. For, while palmist and tarot card readers claim to have such abilities, there has yet to be valid proof. Whereas, many early Prophecies about jesus do seem to hold some validity when it comes to proof in New Testament writings.

While there remains disbelief with regards to many aspects of the Bible, there are also some important aspects. For, much of the Old Testament is a reflection of history as related to life during Biblical times. Still, the odds of a single individual having fulfilled over 400 prophecies is a hard concept for even the most Biblically aware individuals.

In order to prove such odds, one professor ask a class of approximately 600 students to create a probability factor. In doing so, the result was that when it came to 8 out of 400, the findings were more than one million to one. As such, it appears that the ability of a single individual to have fulfilled so many predictions would be next to non-existent.

Regardless of odds, with Jesus being Jesus, most Christians still believe that Christ has fulfilled a number of such prophecies. Still, any proof of such findings is often based on faith without scientific proof. As such, there still remains skepticism when it comes to information provided in the Bible.

While many believe it is possible to see a connection between some predictions having been fulfilled, others remain skeptical at best. For, there are only a few predictions which scholars or theologians have been able to prove. In the first case, the prophecy that the Messiah would come from one of the 12 tribes of Judah is portrayed in Genesis 49:10.

Amazingly, a thousand five hundred years later in New Testament writings, there appears to be proof that the mortal Jesus came from the tribe of Judah as had been predicted in Genesis. Whereas, one of the most important predictions which Christians believe is that the Messiah would be a descendant of King David as provided in Jeremiah 23:5 and Psalms 132:11.

While these two predictions are most likely the most popular and well known, there still remains a great deal of disbelief as to either having been fulfilled. For, it is difficult for some to understand how if Christ is the son of God, the individual could also be a descendant of David.

In order to understand the Bible, Jesus, the Messiah and Biblical prophecies, it is often advised that individuals read a number of publications related to the timeline in which the events took place. For, each individual must decide whether the different books of the Bible reflects a timeline of history during that time, or is a mere piece of fiction.




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