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MESSIANIC PROPHECIES
He will be a Descendant of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3)
The LORD had said to Abram,“Leave your country, your people and your
father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into
a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you
will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you
I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
He will be from the Tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10)
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between
his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations
is his.
He will be from the House of David (2 Samuel 7:12-13)
When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up
your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and
I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my
Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
He will be Born of a Virgin (Isaiah 7:14)
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with
child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
He will be Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) (5:1 Heb.)
But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are small among the clans of
Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose
origins are from of old, from ancient times.
He will be God Himself (Isaiah 9:6-7; 9:5-6 Heb.)
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will
be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty