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Christ's predecessor will come in the spirit of Elijah

Prophecy written between 568-433 BC
Malachi 4:5-6
⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
⁶ And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."
Fulfilled around 7 BC

Matthew 11:10-15
¹⁰For this is he of whom it is written:
'Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.'
11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than
John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from
the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent
take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.14 And if you are
willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

Jesus redeems the Gentiles

Prophecy written between 701 to 681 BC
Isaiah 42:1-4
"Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
² He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
³ A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.
⁴ He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands shall wait for His law."
Fulfilled 26 to 30 AD

Matthew 12:15-21
¹⁵ But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He
healed them all. Yet He warned them not to make Him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
18 "Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,
My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
¹⁹ He will not quarrel nor cry out,
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
²⁰ A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench,
Till He sends forth justice to victory;
²¹ And in His name Gentiles will trust."

Jesus is despised and rejected

Prophecy written between 701 to 681 BC
Isaiah 53:3
³ He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Fulfilled 26 to 30 AD

Luke 4:28-29
²⁸So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, ²⁹and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.

Jesus preaches the gospel to the poor, heals the broken hearted and sets the captives free

Prophecy written between 701 to 681 BC
Isaiah 61:1
⁶¹ "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Fulfilled 26 to 30 AD
Luke 4:16-21
¹⁶ So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. ¹⁷And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: ¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
¹⁹To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
²⁰Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

The Messiah will have an everlasting kingdom

Prophecy written between 540 to 530 BC
Daniel 7:13-14
¹³"I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
¹⁴ Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Fulfilled 26 to 30 AD

The Messiah brings an end to sin

Prophecy written between 540 to 530 BC
Daniel 9:24
²⁴"Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
Fulfilled 30 AD
Galatians 1:3-5
³Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴ who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, ⁵to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.