WHO IS YESHUA
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There are many ways to share Yeshua with others but it ultimately comes down to “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. …He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (John 3: 16-17; 36 NKJV).
YESHUA FULFILLS PROPHECY OF THE MESSIAH
Over the years, I have reviewed 100s of prophecies about Yeshua. The strongest prophecies, which I believe point to Yeshua as the Messiah, are the ones that could not easily be arranged by a human. Personally these are my Top 15 (I ranked them):
1. Messiah would come at the exact appointed time and be cut off after 69 weeks
(Daniel gave the timing before Yeshua came. 69 weeks equals 483 prophetic years, placing Messiah’s death around the time of Yeshua’s crucifixion – it could not be anyone else) Daniel declares, “unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks,” and then declares, “after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself.” Luke confirmed Yeshua appeared at that time, “in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,” and the New Testament confirmed Messiah was cut off when “they crucified him,” and Yeshua declared, “It is finished” (Dan. 9:25-26; Lk 3:1-2; Lk 23:33; Jn 19:30).
2. Messiah would be resurrected, not left in corruption, and rise in a physical body
(Scripture says He was seen by over 500 people, and many who were once fearful boldly gave their lives declaring they had seen Him alive.) David declares, “neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption,” and Acts confirmed, “neither his flesh did see corruption.” David also declares, “unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death,” and Luke recorded that Yeshua declared, “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Ps. 16:10; Ps. 68:20; Acts 2:31; Acts 13:35-37; Lk 24:39; Jn 20:27; 1 Cor. 15:6).
3. Messiah’s hands and feet would be pierced
(This was prophesied about 1000 years before Christ came, and centuries before Roman crucifixion was used in Judaea.) David declares, “they pierced my hands and my feet,” and the New Testament confirms He was crucified, with Thomas saying, “Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails,” and Yeshua saying, “Behold my hands and my feet” (Ps. 22:16; Mt. 27:35; Lk 23:33; Jn 19:18; Jn 20:25-27; Lk 24:39).
4. Messiah would bring all nations to God, not Israel only
(The God of Israel was not worshipped by all nations, yet through Yeshua, Gentiles from many nations have come to the God of Israel.) Moses declares, “in thy seed shall all the nations… be blessed,” and Paul confirmed that the seed is Christ, and that in Christ, “there is neither Jew nor Greek… for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gen. 22:18; Gen. 28:14; Gal. 3:8, 16, 28-29).
5. Messiah would come through David’s seed, yet not through the cursed royal line of Jeconiah
(This is powerful because the ancestral records still existed before the Temple was destroyed in AD 70, but after its destruction, no one could clearly prove their Davidic lineage in the same way.) Jeremiah declares of Jeconiah, “no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David,” while Luke records the lineage through “Nathan, which was the son of David,” and Matthew records the legal royal line through “Solomon” and “Jechonias” (Jer. 22:30; Mt. 1:6, 11-16; Lk 3:23, 31).
6. Messiah would heal, open blind eyes, deaf ears, and make the lame walk
(These were public miracles impossible for an ordinary man, and one of the key reasons jealous religious leaders wanted Him killed.) Isaiah declares, “the eyes of the blind shall be opened,” and Matthew confirmed, “The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk” (Is. 35:5-6; Is. 29:18; Mt. 11:4-6; Mt. 9:30; Mt. 12:22; Mt. 20:34; Mt. 21:14; Mk 7:32-37; Jn 9:1-7).
7. Messiah’s bones would not be broken
(This is powerful because crucified men often had their legs broken to speed up death, yet Yeshua’s bones were not broken.) David declares, “He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken,” and John confirmed, “that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken” (Ps. 34:20; Jn 19:33-36).
8. Messiah would be sold for specifically 30 pieces of silver
(This is highly specific, and the amount was decided by the chief priests, not by Yeshua.) Zechariah declares, “they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver,” and Matthew confirmed, “they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver” (Zech. 11:12; Mt. 26:14-16; Mt. 27:3).
9. The silver would be used for the potter’s field
(This is specific because the money was later used to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers.). Zechariah declares, “cast them to the potter,” and Matthew confirmed that they “bought with them the potter’s field” (Zech. 11:13; Mt. 27:5-10).
10. Messiah would be buried with the rich
(This is striking because Yeshua was condemned as a criminal, yet was buried in a rich man’s own new tomb.) Isaiah declares, “with the rich in his death,” and Matthew confirmed, “a rich man… laid it in his own new tomb” (Is. 53:9; Mt. 27:57-60).
11. Messiah would be betrayed by a friend
(A friend is someone close to Him, not merely an enemy from outside.) David declares, “mine own familiar friend… hath lifted up his heel against me,” and John recorded that Yeshua said, “He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me” (Ps. 41:9; Jn 13:18; Jn 17:12).
12. John the Baptist would come before Yeshua as the forerunner
(This is specific because someone of great influence came before Him to prepare hearts to receive Him. John was a famous prophet, born in his parents’ old age, and Yeshua called him the greatest born of women.) Isaiah declares, “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,” and John the Baptist declared, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord” (Is. 40:3; Jn 1:23; Mt. 3:1-3; Mk 1:2-4; Lk 3:4-6).
13. Messiah would be born in Bethlehem
(As a man, Yeshua could not arrange where He would be born, yet the census brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem.) Micah declares, “out of thee shall he come forth unto me,” and Matthew confirmed, “Jesus was born in Bethlehem” (Mic. 5:2; Mt. 2:1-6; Lk 2:4-7).
14. Messiah would be beaten and spat upon
(This was done to the Messiah, though one would expect Him to be honoured and received.) Isaiah declares, “I gave my back to the smiters… my face… spitting,” and Matthew confirmed they “did spit in his face” and “scourged Jesus” (Is. 50:6; Mt. 26:67; Mt. 27:26-30; Mk 14:65; Mk 15:15-19).
15. Messiah’s garments would be gambled for
(This is very specific, as people do not commonly gamble for another man’s clothing.) David declares, “They part my garments… cast lots,” and John confirmed, “for my vesture they did cast lots” (Ps. 22:18; Mt. 27:35; Mk 15:24; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24).
BEFORE YESHUA’ MINISTRY
| PROPHECY | OLD TESTAMENT | NEW TESTAMENT |
|---|
| God manifested in the flesh | Is. 9:6, “unto us a son is given… The mighty God” | Jn 1:14, “the Word was made flesh”; 1 Tim 3:16, “God was manifest in the flesh” Other refs: Is. 7:14; Mt. 1:23; Jn 1:1; Tit. 3:4 |
| Born of a virgin | Is. 7:14, “a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son” | Mt. 1:23, “a virgin shall be with child… Emmanuel… God with us” Other refs: Mt. 1:18-22; Lk 1:34 |
| Seed of Abraham | Gen. 22:18, “in thy seed shall all the nations… be blessed” | Gal. 3:16, “to thy seed, which is Christ” Other refs: Mt. 1:1; Gal. 3:29 |
| Seed of Isaac | Gen. 21:12, “in Isaac shall thy seed be called” | Rom. 9:7, “In Isaac shall thy seed be called” Other refs: Gen. 26:2-4; Mt. 1:2; Heb. 11:17-19 |
| Seed of Jacob | Gen. 28:14, “in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed” | Lk 1:33, “he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever” Other refs: Gen. 28:13; Num. 24:17, 19; Mt. 1:2 |
| From Judah | Gen. 49:10, “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah” | Heb. 7:14, “our Lord sprang out of Juda” Other refs: Mic. 5:2; Lk 3:33; Mt. 1:2; Rev. 5:5 |
| Seed of David | Jer. 23:5, “I will raise unto David a righteous Branch” | Lk 1:32, “the throne of his father David” Other refs: 2 Sam. 7:12-14; Is. 9:6-7; Lk 1:33; Rev. 5:5 |
| David’s seed, but not Jeconiah’s cursed royal line | Jer. 22:30, “no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David” | Mt. 1:6, 11-16 records the legal royal line through Solomon and Jechonias; Lk 3:23, 31 records the lineage through “Nathan, which was the son of David” |
| Born in Bethlehem | Mic. 5:2, “out of thee shall he come forth unto me” | Mt. 2:1, “Jesus was born in Bethlehem”; Mt. 2:6, “out of thee shall come a Governor” Other refs: Lk 2:4-7 |
| Called out of Egypt | Hos. 11:1, “called my son out of Egypt” | Mt. 2:15, “Out of Egypt have I called my son” Other refs: Mt. 2:14, 19-21 |
| Messenger before Him | Is. 40:3, “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD” | Jn 1:23, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord” Other refs: Mt. 3:1-3; Mk 1:2-4; Lk 3:4-6 |
| Exact appointed time and cut off after 69 weeks | Dan. 9:25-26, “unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks… Messiah be cut off, but not for himself” | Lk 3:1-2, “in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar”; Lk 23:33, “they crucified him”; Jn 19:30, “It is finished” |
| All nations brought to God through Messiah | Gen. 22:18, “in thy seed shall all the nations… be blessed”; Gen. 28:14, “in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed” | Gal. 3:8, “In thee shall all nations be blessed”; Gal. 3:16, “thy seed, which is Christ”; Gal. 3:28-29, “ye are all one in Christ Jesus” |
DURING YESHUA’S EARTH MINISTRY
| PROPHECY | OLD TESTAMENT | NEW TESTAMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Spoke in parables | Ps. 78:2, “I will open my mouth in a parable” | Mt. 13:35, “I will open my mouth in parables” Other refs: Mt. 13:10-16, 34; Lk 8:10 |
| Opened blind eyes and deaf ears | Is. 35:5, “the eyes of the blind shall be opened” | Mt. 11:5, “The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk” Other refs: Is. 29:18; Is. 35:6; Mt. 9:30; Mt. 12:22; Mt. 20:34; Mt. 21:14; Mk 7:32-37; Jn 9:1-7, 39; Jn 11:42-44 |
| Bore sicknesses and healed | Is. 53:4-5, “with his stripes we are healed” | Mt. 8:17, “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” Other refs: 1 Pet. 2:24; Heb. 13:8 |
| Prophet like Moses, to be heard | Deut. 18:15, “unto him ye shall hearken” | Acts 3:22, “him shall ye hear in all things” Other refs: Deut. 18:16-19; Mt. 7:21-27; Lk 6:46 |
| Rejected by Israel | Is. 53:3, “He is despised and rejected of men” | Jn 1:11, “his own received him not” Other refs: Is. 53:1-2; Jn 12:37-38 |
| Hated without cause | Ps. 35:19, “hate me without a cause” | Jn 15:25, “They hated me without a cause” Other refs: Jn 15:24 |
| Entered Jerusalem on a donkey | Zech. 9:9, “riding upon an ass, and upon a colt” | Mt. 21:5, “sitting upon an ass, and a colt” Other refs: Mt. 21:1-9; Mk 11:1-10; Lk 19:28-38; Jn 12:12-16 |
BETRAYAL, DEATH, BURIEL, AND RESURRECTIONS
| PROPHECY | OLD TESTAMENT | NEW TESTAMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Betrayed by familiar friend | Ps. 41:9, “mine own familiar friend… hath lifted up his heel against me” | Jn 13:18, “He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me” Other refs: Jn 17:12 |
| Betrayed for 30 pieces of silver | Zech. 11:12, “they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver” | Mt. 26:15, “they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver” Other refs: Mt. 26:14-16; Mt. 27:1-10 |
| Money used for potter’s field | Zech. 11:13, “cast them to the potter” | Mt. 27:7, “bought with them the potter’s field” Other refs: Mt. 27:3-10 |
| Sinless | Is. 53:9, “neither was any deceit in his mouth” | 1 Pet. 2:22, “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth” Other refs: Heb. 4:15; 2 Cor. 5:21 |
| Scourged, beaten, spat upon | Is. 50:6, “I gave my back to the smiters… my face… spitting” | Mt. 27:26, “scourged Jesus”; Mt. 26:67, “did spit in his face” Other refs: Mt. 27:27-30; Mk 14:65; Mk 15:15-19 |
| Mocked | Ps. 22:7-8, “they laugh me to scorn” | Mt. 27:41, “the chief priests mocking him” Other refs: Mt. 27:29, 42-44; Mk 15:17-18, 29-32; Lk 23:35-39 |
| Hands and feet pierced | Ps. 22:16, “they pierced my hands and my feet” | Jn 20:25, “the print of the nails”; Lk 24:39, “Behold my hands and my feet” Other refs: Mt. 27:35; Lk 23:33; Jn 19:18; Jn 20:27 |
| Looked upon Him pierced | Zech. 12:10, “they shall look upon me whom they have pierced” | Jn 19:37, “They shall look on him whom they pierced” Other refs: Rev. 1:7 |
| Bones not broken | Ps. 34:20, “He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken” | Jn 19:33-36, “they brake not his legs… A bone of him shall not be broken” |
| Garments parted and lots cast | Ps. 22:18, “They part my garments… cast lots” | Jn 19:24, “that the scripture might be fulfilled… for my vesture they did cast lots” Other refs: Mt. 27:35; Mk 15:24; Lk 23:34 |
| Buried with the rich | Is. 53:9, “with the rich in his death” | Mt. 27:57-60, “a rich man… laid it in his own new tomb” |
| Resurrected and delivered from death | Ps. 68:20, “unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death” | Acts 10:40-41, “Him God raised up… who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead” Other refs: Mt. 28:9-10; Jn 20:27 |
| Resurrected in a physical body | Ps. 68:20, “the issues from death” | Lk 24:39, “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” Other refs: Mt. 28:9-10; Acts 10:40-41; Jn 20:27 |
| Not left in corruption | Ps. 16:10, “neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption” | Acts 2:31, “his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption” Other refs: Acts 13:35-37 |
NAMES OF YESHUA
- True God and Eternal Life (1 John 5:20)
- Mighty God (Isa 9:6)
- Everlasting Father (Isa 9:6)
- I Am (John 8:58)
- Alpha and Omega (Rev 1:8)
- First and Last (Rev 1:17)
- King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible (1 Tim 1:17)
- Lord of Lords (1 Tim 6:15)
- King of Kings (Rev 19:16)
- Lord of All (Acts 10:36)
- Lord (Acts 2:36)
- Immanuel (Matt 1:23)
- Only Begotten Son (John 3:16)
- Beloved Son (Matt 3:17)
- Lamb of God (John 1:29)
- Passover (1 Cor 5:7)
- Propitiation (1 John 2:2)
- Redeemer (Isa 59:20)
- Saviour of the World (John 4:42)
- Deliverer (Rom 11:26)
- Mediator (1 Tim 2:5)
- Mediator of the New Covenant (Heb 9:15)
- One Mediator between God and men (1 Tim 2:5)
- Advocate (1 John 2:1)
- High Priest (Heb 4:14)
- Great High Priest (Heb 4:14)
- Apostle and High Priest (Heb 3:1)
- Originator of Eternal Salvation (Heb 5:9)
- Jesus (Matt 1:21)
- Christ (Matt 16:16)
- Son of God (Matt 14:33)
- Son of Man (Matt 8:20)
- Servant of the LORD (Isa 42:1)
- Word of God (Rev 19:13)
- Word of Life (1 John 1:1)
- Image of God (Col 1:15)
- Faithful and True Witness (Rev 3:14)
- Amen (Rev 3:14)
- Power and Wisdom of God (1 Cor 1:24)
- Lord of Glory (1 Cor 2:8)
- Love of God (Rom 8:39)
- Author of Life (Acts 3:15)
- Resurrection and Life (John 11:25)
- Way, Truth, Life (John 14:6)
- Bread of Life (John 6:35)
- Living Water (John 4:10)
- True Vine (John 15:1)
- Light of the World (John 8:12)
- True Light (John 1:9)
- Dayspring (Luke 1:78)
- Sun of Righteousness (Mal 4:2)
- Chief Shepherd (1 Pet 5:4)
- Good Shepherd (John 10:11)
- Great Shepherd (Heb 13:20)
- Bridegroom (John 3:29)
- Head of the Church (Eph 5:23)
- Chief Cornerstone (1 Pet 2:6)
- Head of the Corner (Acts 4:11)
- Living Stone (1 Pet 2:4)
- Spiritual Rock (1 Cor 10:4)
- Door (John 10:9)
- Righteous Branch (Jer 23:5)
- Branch (Zech 3:8)
- Second Man (1 Cor 15:47)
- Last Adam (1 Cor 15:45)
- First Begotten of the Dead (Rev 1:5)
- Seed of Abraham (Gal 3:16)
- Seed of David (2 Tim 2:8)
- Heir of All Things (Heb 1:2)
- Horn of Salvation (Luke 1:69)
- Prince of Life (Acts 3:15)
- Judge (Acts 17:31)
- King of Saints (Rev 15:3)
- Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5)
- Root of David (Rev 5:5)
- Bright Morning Star (Rev 22:16)
- Beginning of the Creation of God (Rev 3:14)
- Hope of Glory (Col 1:27)
- Wonderful, Counsellor (Isa 9:6)
- Prince of Peace (Isa 9:6)