The document summarizes many Old Testament prophecies about the coming Messiah and shows how Jesus fulfilled them through events in his life, death, and resurrection. Specifically, it discusses prophecies that the Messiah would be born in a stable, rejected by his own people, silent before accusers, mocked, crucified with thieves, pray for his persecutors, have his hands and feet pierced, be buried in a rich man's tomb, and have his garments divided and lots cast for them. It also discusses prophecies of his resurrection, ascension to heaven, sitting at God's right hand, and being cut off 483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.

1. The Anticipated Messiah
Prophecies of Christ’s First Coming
Part II

2. The Birth of Christ Pointed to His
Death

3. The Stable Pointed to The Tomb
Justin Martyr (A.D. 160), "Since Joseph could not find a house or
inn, he took up residence in a cave." Origen (A.D. 250) speaks of
the cave as a place where for a long time many have gone to
visit; even the enemies of the faith talk about it, he reports.
Eusebius, a well-known church historian in the 300's, said the
stable was in a cave. Jerome (c.400), who lived in Bethlehem,
said that it was a cave but now with a shrine to the god Tammuz
in it.

4. The swaddling clothes pointed to the
Grave clothe
Luke 23:50-53 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the
Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a
good and righteous man, who had not consented to their
decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.
This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then he
took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a
tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.

5. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
• Gold – Symbol of Royalty
• Frankincense – Used in sacrifice
• Myrrh – Used in burial.

6. Prophecies of Christ’s Death

7. He Would be Rejected By His Own

8. Isaiah 53:3
3 He was despised and rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

9. John 1:10–11
10 He was in the world, and the world
was made through him, yet the world
did not know him. 11 He came to his
own, and his own people did not
receive him.
John 7:5
5 For not even his brothers believed in
him.
John 7:48
Have any of the authorities or the
Pharisees believed in him?

10. Messiah Would Stand Silent Before His
Accusers

11. Isaiah 53:7
7 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.

12. Matthew 27:12–19
12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and
elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to
him, “Do you not hear how many things they testify
against you?” 14 But he gave him no answer, not
even to a single charge, so that the governor was
greatly amazed.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed
to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom
they wanted. 16 And they had then a notorious
prisoner called Barabbas. 17 So when they had
gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want
me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is
called Christ?” 18 For he knew that it was out of
envy that they had delivered him up. 19 Besides,
while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife
sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that
righteous man, for I have suffered much because of
him today in a dream.”

13. Messiah Would Be Mocked

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

15. Mat 27:28-30 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe
on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it
on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling
before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the
Jews!“ And they spit on him and took the reed and struck
him on the head.
Luke 23:35 And the
people stood by,
watching, but the
rulers scoffed at him,
saying, "He saved
others; let him save
himself, if he is the
Christ of God, his
Chosen One!"

16. Messiah’s Hands and Feet Would be
Pierced

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

18. Luke 23:33
33 And when they came to the place
that is called The Skull, there they
crucified him, and the criminals, one on
his right and one on his left.
Rev. 1:7 Behold, he is coming
with the clouds, and every eye
will see him, even those who
pierced him, and all tribes of the
earth will wail on account of him.
Even so. Amen.

19. Messiah Would Be Crucified with
Thieves

20. Isaiah 53:12
12 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.

21. Mark 15:27–28
27 And with him they
crucified two robbers,
one on his right and one
on his left.

22. Messiah Would Pray For His
Persecutors

23. Isaiah 53:12
12 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.

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

25. Messiah’s Side Would Be Pierced

26. Zechariah 12:10
10 “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.

27. John 19:34
34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a
spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

28. Messiah Would Be Buried In A Rich
Man’s Tomb

29. Isaiah 53:9
9 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.

30. Matthew 27:57–60
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea,
named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate
and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to
him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud
60 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.

31. Lots Would Be Cast For His Garments

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

33. John 19:23–24
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his
garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each
soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in
one piece from top to bottom, 24 so they said to one another,
“Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.”
This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,
“They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.”
So the soldiers did these things,

34. Messiah Would Be Raised From the
Dead

35. Psalm 2:7
I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
Psalm 16:10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.

36. Acts 2:31
he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ,
that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see
corruption.
Mark 16:6
And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See
the place where they laid him.

37. Messiah Would Ascend Into Heaven

38. Psalm 68:18
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.

39. Acts 1:9
And when he had said these things, as they were looking
on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

40. Messiah Would Sit at God’s Right Hand

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

42. Hebrews 1:3
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,

43. Messiah Would Be Cut Off 483 Years
After the Declaration to Rebuild the
Jerusalem.

44. Daniel 9:24–27
24 “Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to
finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet,
and to anoint a most holy place. 25 Know therefore and understand that
from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the
coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then
for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in
a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall
be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is
to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with
a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.
27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for
half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on
the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the
decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

46. • This 490-year period is divided into three
segments; (a) 7 “sevens” (49 years), (b) 62
“sevens” (434 years), and (c) 1 “seven” (v. 27;
7 years).

47. Thus the first two segments of the important
time period—the 7 sevens (49 years) and the 62
sevens (434 years)—ran consecutively with no
time between them. They totaled 483 years and
extended from March 5, 444 b.c. to March 30,
a.d. 33.

50. Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
The Coming King of Zion
9 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.

51. Luke 19:42
42 saying, “Would that
you, even you, had
known on this day the
things that make for
peace! But now they are
hidden from your eyes.

52. Will You Receive Him?