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Lineage of the
Messiah
"The
Messiah would be the "Seed
of a Woman."
In this very first
prophecy in Scripture (spoken against Satan) God's plan of redemption can
already be seen. God would bring forth a man, through the woman, who would crush
Satan's power.
Prophecy: "And I will put enmity between you
and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He shall bruise and
tread your head under foot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel"
(Genesis 3:15).
Fulfillment: "But when the proper time had
fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to (the regulations)
of the Law" (Galatians
4:4).
"And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule)
all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God
and to His throne" (Revelation
12:5).
The
Messiah would be the promised seed of
Shem.
After the Great Flood, Noah's three sons, Shem,
Ham and Japheth became the fathers of all the nations. God indicated that the
Messiah would come through Shem--even before Shem had become the ancestor of
Abraham, who was the father of the Hebrew nation.
Prophecy: "Blessed be the Lord, the God of
Shem, and blessed by the Lord my God be Shem! And let Canaan be his servant! May
God enlarge Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem..." (Genesis 9:
26-27).
Fulfillment:
"...the son of Shem..." (Luke 3:36).
The
Messiah would be the Promised Seed of
Abraham.
Prophecy: "Since Abraham shall surely become
a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed
through him, and shall bless themselves by him" (Genesis
18:18).
Fulfillment:
"Now the promises (covenants and agreements) were decreed
and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir)...Who is (none other
than) Christ, the Messiah" (Galatians 3:16).
"The book of the ancestry
(genealogy) of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the anointed, the son (descendant) of
David, the son (descendant) of Abraham" (Matthew
1:1)
The Messiah would be the Promised Seed
of Isaac.
Prophecy: "But God
said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name
Isaac (laughter), and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for
an everlasting covenant, and with his posterity after him" (Genesis
17:19).
...It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned" (Genesis
21: 11 NIV).
Fulfillment: "And Abraham was the father of
Isaac..." (Matthew 1:2).
"For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in
her old age, at the set time God had told him" (Genesis
21:2).
The
Messiah would be the Promised Seed of
Jacob.
Prophecy: "I see Him but He is not now; I behold
Him, but He is not near; a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter
shall arise out of Israel and shall crush all the corners of Moab, and break
down all the sons of Sheth (Moab's sons of tumult)" (Numbers
24:17).
Fulfillment:
"And Isaac begat Jacob..." (Matthew 1:2)
The
Messiah would descend from the tribe of
Judah.
Prophecy:
"The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff
from between his feet until Shiloh (the Messiah, the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved" (Psalm
78: 68 NIV).
Fulfillmentd..has won--has overcome and conquered!"
(Revelation 5:
5)
The
Messiah would descend from David and rule on his
throne.
Prophecy: "And there shall come forth a rod
out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots; and the
spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him" (Isaiah 11:1-2 KJV).
"Once for all I
have sworn by My Holiness that cannot be violated, I will not lie to David: His
offspring shall endure forever, and his throne (shall continue) as the sun
before Me" (Psalm 89:35-36).
"Of the increase of His government and of peace,
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to
establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that
latter time forth, even for evermore. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform
this" (Isaiah 9:7)
Fulfillment: " A record of the genealogy of
Jesus Christ the Son of David..."
(Matthew
1:1).
"The Lord God shall give unto to Him the throne of his father, David"
(Luke 1:32 KJV).
"I am the root and the offspring of David" (Revelation
22:16).
The
Messiah would be born of a
Virgin.
Prophecy: "Therefore the Lord Himself shall
give you a sign, Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall
conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel--God with us (Isaiah
7:14).
Fulfillment: "Now
the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother
Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together she was
found to be pregnant (through the power) of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:18).
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