Proof Jesus Was THE Messiah!

There are many Old Testament prophecies that prove conclusively that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. Isaiah 7:14 says that the Messiah would be born by virgin birth; Genesis 49:10 prophesies that He would be from the tribe of Judah; Micah 5:2 states that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem; Isaiah 53:5-6 foretells that Messiah would be wounded for our transgressions and would be beaten with stripes for our healing; Psalms 22:16 prophesied that His death would be by crucifixion (they pierced my hands and my feet).

In Zechariah 11:12-13, the price of betrayal was revealed 500 years before it happened. It says that His price would be 30 pieces of silver. It also states that His price would be thrown to the potter in the house of the Lord. Judas threw the betrayal money on the floor of the temple. The priest then took the money and bought a potter’s field, perfectly fulfilling the prophecy.

There are many more messianic prophecies in the Old Testament than I can list here. But this last one is amazing. In Daniel 9:24-27, the famous prophecy of Daniel’s 70 Weeks is recorded. In verse 26, it explicitly states that the Messiah would come and be cut off before the city and the sanctuary were destroyed. We know the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD. Thus the Messiah had to be here before 70 AD. Who was the Messiah that came prior to 70 AD, and was he cut off? This obviously speaks of Jesus.