What Are The Odds??!!!
MESSIAH
(Jesus Christ)
The Checklist:
God instructed the ancient Jewish Prophets to provide many prophetic details concerning the Messiah in the Jewish Tanakh (sometimes called the “Old Testament”).
So, these following prophecies of the Messiah (translated “Christ” in English) from the ancient Hebrew Scriptures were being copied, read, and distributed to synagogues around the world hundreds of years before Jesus of Bethlehem/Nazareth was even born!
The ancient Bible warns there is only ONE Messiah.
Anybody claiming to be the Messiah (Christ) will have to …
– Be born in Bethlehem (Israel) (Micah 5:2)
– Claim a virgin birth by a direct descendant of King David (Isaiah 7:14)
– Ride triumphantly into Jerusalem on a donkey as a King (Zechariah 9:9)
– Be betrayed by a close friend (Psalm 41.9)
– Have a price of 30 pieces of silver placed upon Him (Zechariah:11:12-13)
– Have the 30 pieces of silver thrown into a potter’s field (Zechariah:11:12-13)
– Be rejected by Israel and despised by many (Isaiah 49:7)
– Be brutally beaten and scourged with a whip (Isaiah 53:5-7)
– Remain silent during His trial and ordeal (Isaiah 53:7)
– Be Crucified (nails driven through His hands and feet) (Psalm 22:14, 15, 16, 17)
– Be mocked during His time of suffering and death (Psalm 22:7-8)
– Have lots cast for His clothes (Psalm 22:18)
– Have His side pierced (Zechariah 12:10)
– Have the Sun darkened at noon on the day of His death (Amos 8:9, 10)
– Be buried in a rich man’s grave (Isaiah 53:9)
– Be resurrected before decomposition starts (within 4 days) (Psalm 16:10)
What ARE the odds of just one Man fulfilling these ancient Jewish Prophecies?
To put things into perspective, let’s say there could be a probability that 1 man in every 100 born could claim to have fulfilled at least one of these prophecies of the Messiah.
However, the mathematical probability of one man fulfilling ALL of these 16 prophecies (which were in writing hundreds of years BEFORE Jesus Christ was ever born) would be:
1/10016 = Only one in every 100,000,000,000,000,000
This probability exceeds the estimates of the total number of people ever born during all of Mankind’s history!!!.
Then, as you study the Bible, you will find Jesus fulfilled over 100 ancient Jewish prophecies!!! (Too many zeroes for here).
The Scriptures tell us there are TWO roles Messiah must fulfill:
– First: As the Sacrificial “Lamb of God” who suffered and bore the punishment for all our sins on the Cross, and whose Resurrection opened the way to everlasting life in Heaven.
– Second: As the “Lion of the tribe of Judah” who will return to save Israel from the armies of the world (Armageddon). He will then fully restore the Earth and rule over all nations … in peace.
The Scriptures also tell us the Messiah will return … TWICE:
– First: “As a thief in the night” FOR all believers
– Second: “Every eye shall see” WITH all believers
Remember …
Followers of Christ, are to be a separate people – a people of honor, strength, and courage. To obey Him, we must take the heart of a servant and be meek, humble, patient, kind, willing to forgive, willing to help and serve others, even our enemies. This requires much strength. This is strength. We must pray for His strength.
If there was any other way into Heaven …
Jesus knew what was about to happen when He prayed, “If there is any other way” three times in the garden the night before He was crucified. If there was, or is, any other way to gain entrance into Heaven other than believing in the One who paid our debt, then Jesus suffered and died needlessly and in vain, on the Cross. He lovingly laid down His life for you and for me.
“The Lord is my Shepherd …”
(Psalm 23:1)
And Jesus graciously tells us,
“I am the good Shepherd.
The good shepherd gives his life
for the sheep.”
(John 10:11)
PLEASE UNDERSTAND …
ALL THE ANCIENT BIBLE PROPHECIES that still yet remain unfulfilled WILL be fulfilled just as “exactly,” “literally,” “precisely,” and “powerfully” as all these remarkable prophecies (and it should take your breath away!!!) …
“For I am God, and there is no other.
I am God, and there is none like Me,
Declaring the End from the Beginning,
and from ancient times
things that are NOT yet done”
(Isaiah 46:9-10)
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Grace and Shalom