Randy McCarthy reads about the birth of the Lord Jesus as set forth in the gospels of Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2. In these accounts, Randy outlines 16 different Old Testament Prophecies that were fulfilled by the coming of Christ, the promised Messiah (King):
- the coming of a herald (John the Baptist) to announce the advent of the Messiah – Malachi 4:5-6
- the Messiah would come in the form of a human child, who would be the Son of God – Isaiah 9:6;
- the Messiah would be born of a virgin – Isaiah 7:14;
- the Messiah would be the son of Abraham – Gen 17:7-8;
- the Messiah would be the son of Issac – Gen 22:17-18;
- the Messiah would be the son of Jacob – Gen 26:3;
- the Messiah would be the son of Judah – Gen 49:10;
- the Messiah would be the son of Jesse – Isaiah 11:5;
- the Messiah would be the son of David and sit on his father’s throne – Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 16:5;
- the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem of Judah – Micah 5:2;
- angels would rejoice in His birth – Psalm 97:7;
- the Messiah would be a light unto the Gentiles and the glory of His people Israel – Isaiah 42;
- Gentile kings would come and honor the Messiah – Isaiah 60:3;
- the birth of Messiah would trigger the slaughter of children in the vicinity of Bethlehem – Jeremiah 31:15;
- God would call His Son from Egypt – Hosea 11:1; and
- the Messiah would be called a Nazarene – Isaiah 9:1-2; Isaiah 11:10.
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