Lesson 8 – The Prophecies of Christ

John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.

Geneses 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed; He will bruise you on the head, but you will bruise him on the heel.

1. The prophecy of Christ’s divinity and humanity
   1. Being the Mighty God and the Eternal Father ¹
   2. Being the seed of the woman ²
2. The prophecy of Christ’s first coming
   1. A Prophet raised up by God ³
   2. The child born of a virgin, the Son (Emmanuel) given by the Eternal Father ⁴
3. The prophecy of Christ’s birth and youth
   1. Being born in Bethlehem to be a Ruler ⁵, ⁶
   2. Growing up like a tender plant and a root out of dry ground, having no attracting form nor majesty. ⁷
4. The Smitten Shepherd⁸, ⁹
5. The One wounded for our transgressions, with whose stripes we are healed¹⁰, ¹¹
6. The One who was raised from the dead on the third day¹², ¹³

READING

Bible References:

1. For a child is born to us, A son is given to us; And the government is upon His shoulder; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
2. And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed; He will bruise you on the head, but you will bruise him on the heel. (Genesis 3:15)
3. A Prophet will Jehovah your God raise up for you from your midst, from among your brothers, like me; you shall listen to Him./ This is according to all that you asked of Jehovah your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear any more of the voice of Jehovah my God, and let me not see this great fire any longer, lest I die./ And Jehovah said to me, They have done well in what they have spoken./  A Prophet will I raise up for them from the midst of their brothers like you; and I will put My words in His mouth, and He will speak to them all that I command Him./ And the man who will not listen to My words which He will speak in My name, I Myself will require it from him. (Deuteronomy 18:15-19)
4. Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
5. (But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, So little to be among the thousands of Judah, From you there will come forth to Me He who is to be Ruler in Israel; And His goings forth are from ancient times, From the days of eternity.) (Micah 5:2)
6. Indeed, days are coming, Declares Jehovah, When I will raise up to David a righteous Shoot; And He will reign as King and act prudently And will execute justice and righteousness in the land. (Jeremiah 23:5)
7. For He grew up like a tender plant before Him, And like a root out of dry ground. He has no attracting form nor majesty that we should look upon Him, Nor beautiful appearance that we should desire Him. (Isaiah 53:2)
8. Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man who is My Fellow, Declares Jehovah of hosts. Strike the Shepherd, That the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand upon the little ones. (Zechariah 13:7)
9. Then Jesus said to them, You will all be stumbled because of Me this night, for it is written, “I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.” (Matthew 26:31)
10. “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)
11. Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
12. He will enliven us after two days; On the third day He will raise us up, And we will live in His presence. (Hosea 6:2)
13. And that He was buried, and that He has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures; (1 Corinthians 15:4)