is Jesus the Messiah of the Old Testament

1. Part 4
Is Jesus the Messiah of the OT

2. Jews say Messiah has
Not Come

3. Ben Shapiro, Talkshow Host

4. Mainstream Scholars Say
Jesus not Jewish Messiah

5. Bart Ehrman
“Jesus did nothing in his life to
lead people to believe He was this
annointed one”
How Jesus Became God

6. Even Some Evangelicals Say
Jesus not the Messiah

7. John Hagee
“Jesus did not come to earth to be the
Messiah…how can the Jews be blamed
for rejecting what was never o
ff
ered?”
In Defense of Israel

8. Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah?

9. These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with
you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and
the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he
opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to
them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah should suffer and on
the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the
forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all
nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these
things.
(Luke 24:44–48 ESV)

10. Old Testament
• Torah - Law of Moses
• Neviim - Prophets
• Kotviim - Writings (beginning with Psalms)

11. Tanakh
• Torah - Law
• Neviim - Prophets
• Kotviim - Writings

12. Is Jesus the Messiah in Tenakh?

13. Is Jesus Messiah in the Tanakh?
1. WHERE will the Messiah be born?
2. HOW will the Messiah be born?
3. WHEN will the Messiah be born?
4. WHAT will the Messiah do?

14. Where?
Where will the Messiah come?

15. Where: Bethlehem
But you, O Bethlehem…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.
(Micah 5:2, ESV)

16. Micah
740 - 670 BC
Where: Bethlehem

17. Beit Lekhem
Beit (house)
Lekhem (bread)
Where: Bethlehem

18. From ancient times
Mi-Kedem
From Days of Eternity
Mi-mei Olam
Where: Bethlehem

19. How?
How will the Messiah come?

20. How: Virgin Birth
The LORD spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of
the LORD your God; let it be deep as
Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I
will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to
the test.”
(Isaiah 7:10-14, ESV)

21. Therefore the Lord himself will give you
a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive
and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel (meaning “God with us”)
(Isaiah 7:10-14, ESV)
How: Virgin Birth

22. Isaiah
750 BC
How: Virgin Birth

23. VIRGIN shall conceive
King James Version
New American Standard
New International Version
English Standard Version
How: Virgin Birth

24. VIRGIN shall conceive
King James Version
New American Standard
New International Version
English Standard Version
YOUNG WOMAN shall conceive
Catholic Duoay-Rheims
Jerusalem Bible
New Revised Standard
How: Virgin Birth

25. Almah = Virgin
King James
New American Standard
New International
English Standard
Almah = Young Woman
Catholic Duoay-Rheims
Jerusalem Bible
New Revised Standard
How: Virgin Birth

26. Modern Hebrew Almah = Young Woman
How: Virgin Birth

27. Modern Hebrew Almah = Young Woman
Ancient Hebrew Almah = _____________
How: Virgin Birth

28. Canterbury Tales (1392)

29. Septuagint (250 BC)
Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD)
How: Virgin Birth

30. Septuagint (250 BC)
70 Hebrew Scribes
Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD)
How: Virgin Birth

31. Septuagint (250 BC)
70 Hebrew Scribes
Parthenos = Virgin
Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD)
How: Virgin Birth

32. Parthenon (Athena the Virgin)

33. Isaiah the Prophet
750 BC
Predicted Virgin Birth
Codex Vaticanus (4th Century AD)
How: Virgin Birth

34. When?
When will the Messiah come?

35. Daniel the Prophet
620 - 538 BC

37. From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will
be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the
city and the [Temple].
(Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)

38. From the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; [Jerusalem] will
be built again…Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be killed and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the
city and the [Temple].
(Daniel 9:25–26 NASV)

39. When Will the Messiah Come?
1. Decree to rebuild Jerusalem
2. Jerusalem will be rebuilt
3. Messiah will be killed
4. Jerusalem will be destroyed

40. Messiah had to come before the
Temple was destroyed

41. The Messiah will be killed.

42. When will the Messiah be killed?

43. Decree
Rebuild Jerusalem
Messiah
Killed
Temple
Destroyed
70 AD
69-Sevens
When will the Messiah be killed?
Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan.
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44. Temple Destroyed in AD 70

45. When was the decree to rebuild Jerusalem?

46. On the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King
Artaxerxes… I said to the king…“send me to
Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I
may rebuild it…And the king granted what I
asked”
(Nehemiah 2:5–8 ESV)

47. 1st Year of Artaxerxes = 465 BC
20th Year of Artaxerxes = 444 BC
(Encyclopedia Brittanica)

48. Decree
Rebuild
Messiah
Killed
Jerusalem
Destroyed
444 BC ______ AD 70 AD
69-Sevens
When will the Messiah be killed?
Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan.

49. 1. What are the total number of weeks?
7 + 62 = ___________ weeks

50. 1. What are the total number of weeks?
7 + 62 = ____69_____ weeks

51. 2. How many years are in the prophecy?
7 years/week x 69 weeks = _____ years

52. 2. How many years are in the prophecy?
7 years/week x 69 weeks = 483 years

53. 3. What kind of calendar did Jews use?
One lunar year has ________ days/lunar year

54. 3. What kind of calendar did Jews use?
One lunar year has ___360__ days/lunar year

55. 4. How many days are in Daniel’s lunar years?
483 lunar yr x 360 days/lunar yr = _____ days

56. 4. How many days are in Daniel’s lunar years?
483 lunar yr x 360 days/lunar yr = 173,880 days

57. 5. Convert the days into solar years:
173,880 days ÷ 365.242 days/solar yr = ________ solar yrs

58. 5. Convert the days into solar years:
173,880 days ÷ 365.242 days/solar yr = 476 solar yrs

59. 6. What year did Artaxerxes decree to rebuild Jerusalem?
Year of Decree = 444 BC

60. 7. Add the solar years to the year of the decree:
- 444 BC + 476 years = _____ AD

61. 7. Add the solar years to the year of the decree:
- 444 BC + 476 years = 32 AD

62. 8. Add one year because there is no year ZERO
32 AD + 1 = 33 AD
Hoehner, H. (1978). Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Zondervan.

63. What?
What will the Messiah do?

64. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was
crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the
chastisement that brought us peace, and by 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.
Isaiah 53:5-6, ESV

65. Where • How • When • What
Where: Bethlehem
How: Born of a Virgin
When: Before AD 70
What: Atone for Sin