Isaiah –
Ysha’yah/Yeshayahu/ Yeshaiyah
יְשַׁעְיָה
meaning: salvation of Yah”,
This book contains the
most prophecies about Yeshua/Jesus with a staggering
125 prophecies
164‐288
Isaiah contains so many prophecies about Messiah Yeshua/Jesus that some have called it the Fifth Gospel!
Judgment and restoration is promised for Judah, Jerusalem and the nations in Isaiah 1–33, and chapters 34–66 presume that judgment has been pronounced and restoration follows soon. It can also be read as an extended meditation on the destiny of Jerusalem/Yerushalayim into and after the Exile.
In the 2nd Temple period between 515 BC – 70 AD, Isaiah was one of the most popular works among Jews. Isaiah’s influence extends to English literature and to Western culture in general, far beyond Christianity itself: e.g. in the musical form of Handel’s Messiah and also in everyday phrases such as swords into ploughshares.
Yeshua /Jesus fulfilled all 125 prophecies in Isaiah.
Book of Jeremiah
ירמיה yir-me-yah / yir-me-yahu / Yirmyahuw
{yir-meh-yaw’-hoo}; Jah will rise
This Book of Jeremiah was intended for the Jews in Babylonian exile. Its’ purpose was to explain the disaster that befell the nation describing YHWH/God’s response to Yisrael/Israel’s pagan worship. Jeremiah said the people, are like an unfaithful wife and rebellious children: their infidelity and rebelliousness made judgment inevitable, although restoration and a new covenant are foreshadowed as a hope for the future.
The Book of Jeremiah contains 5 prophecies
(289‐293)
about Jesus, He fulfilled all five.
The Book of Ezekiel
יְחֶזְקֵאל Yechezqel Yĕchezqe’l
meaning: God will strengthen,
God strengthens or God’s Strength.
The Book of Ezekiel records 6 visions received by the prophet Ezekiel while exiled in Babylon for 22 years, between 593–571 BC. The visions, and the book, are centered around 3 themes: First in chapters 1–24: Judgment on Israel; Secondly in chapters 25–32: Judgment on the nations; and third, in chapters 33–48: Future blessings and return for Yisrael/Israel. The contents of Ezekiel include the concepts of Gods presence, purity, Yisrael/Israel as a divine group of people, and each individuals responsibility to Yehoveh/God.
The Book of Ezekiel contains 2 prophecies
(294‐295)
about Yeshua/Jesus and both prophecies
in Ezekiel were fulfilled by Him.
The Book of Daniel
דָּנִיֵּאל Daniel
Judge Of God,
God Is My Judge
The Book of Daniel is written in exile in Babylon during the 6th century B.C. Daniel was a nobleman like Ezekiel, he had been taken captive as a young man to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel’s superior way of life earns him great respect in the Babylonian government. In chapters 1-6 He writes about his own life in captivity. He was selected to work for the Babylonian King. It focuses on Faithfulness During Persecution.
It also contains much prophecy and in chapters 7-12 gives the interpretation of dreams that Daniel received from God, dreams and visions which were given to the King Nebuchadnezzar concerning the rise and fall of empires including Visions of Babylon’s Future and of Israel’s Future Destiny; the latter end reaching even to today. Daniel also contains 12 specific prophecies
(296‐307)
about Yeshua/Jesus; all 12 prophecies in Daniel He fulfilled.
The Book of Hosea
Hoshea
salvation
הושע:
is set around the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Yisrael /Israel, the Book of Hosea denounces the worship of gods other than Yahweh, comparing Yisrael/Israel’s abandonment of Yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. According to the written account, the relationship between Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer is likened to the relationship between Yahweh and his unfaithful people Yisrael /Israel. The eventual reconciliation of Hosea and Gomer is treated as a hopeful comparison for the eventual reconciliation between Yahweh/Yehoveh and Yisrael /Israel.
The Book of Hosea contains 2 prophecies
(308‐309)
about Yeshua/Jesus and both were fulfilled.
The Book of Joel
יוֹאֵל Yoel
contains a grieving over a severe drought and a great locust plague. These events had a severe effect on agriculture and the farmers, which in turn affected the supply of agricultural offerings for the Temple in Yerushalayim/Jerusalem. The narrative is mixed in with a call to national grieving.
In Joel 2:1–11 is a more apocalyptic passage which compares the locusts to an army, and revealing that they are an army sent/allowed by God. Next in Joel 2:12–17 there is a call to national repentance/teshuvah in the face of God’s judgment, and then in Joel 2:18–32 a promise of future blessings. Joel 2:28–32 and 3:1–5 declares that future prophetic gifts are promised to all God’s people, and their safety in the face of cosmic cataclysm which is very clearly in process today. Joel also describes the coming judgment on YHWH/God’s (Israel’s) enemies and the vindication of Yisrael/Israel.
The Book of Joel/Yoel contains 1 prophecy
(310)
about
Yeshua/Jesus which He fulfilled.
The Book of Jonah
Yonah
יוֹנָה֙
yō-w-nāh
describes how God commands Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it
“for their great wickedness is come up before me,”
but Jonah instead attempts to flee from “the presence of the Lord” by going to Jaffa (sometimes transliterated as Joppa or Joppe), and sailing to Tarshish. A huge storm arises and the sailors, realizing that it is no ordinary storm, cast lots and find out that Jonah/Yonah is to blame. He admits he is the problem and says that the storm will cease if he is thrown overboard. At first, the sailors refuse to do this and continue rowing, but all their efforts are in vain and eventually they are forced to throw Jonah/Yonah over the side of the ship.
The storm calms as a result and the sailors then offer sacrifices to God. Yonah/Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large fish, in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. While in the great fish, Yonah/Jonah prays to Yahoveh/God from Sheol in his affliction and commits to thanksgiving and to paying what he has vowed. Yahoveh/God then commands the fish to spit Yonah/Jonah out on the shore.
The Book of Jonah contains 1 prophecy
(311)
about Yeshua/Jesus which He fulfilled.
The Book of Micah
מיכה
is one of the prophetic books in the Tanakh/Old Testament, being one of the 12 minor prophets. He prophesied over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah during the First Temple era. Micah reproaches unjust leaders, defends the rights of the poor against the rich and powerful; while looking forward to a world at peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new Davidic monarch. Micah can be roughly divided into three equal parts:
first the Judgment against the nations and their leaders,
secondly the restoration of Zion and
third, Yahoveh/God’s lawsuit against Yisrael/Israel and expression of hope.
The Book of Micah contains 3 prophecies
(312‐314)
about Yeshua/Jesus, He fulfilled all three.
The Book Of Haggai
Chaggay Chaggai חַגַּ֞י חגי
is possibly derived from the Hebrew verb
חגג hagag ,
meaning: to celebrate
it was written in 520 BC some 18 years after Cyrus had conquered Babylon and issued a decree in 538 BC allowing the captive Jews to return to Judea. Cyrus saw the restoration of the temple as necessary for the restoration of the religious practices and a sense of freedom after a long exile. In Chaggai /Haggai 1:14–15 it records that the rebuilding of the Temple began on September 7 521 BC. just three weeks after his first prophecy.
They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, on the twenty‐fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the King
and the Book of Ezra 6:15 indicates that the construction was finished on February 25 516 BC.
“The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.”
The Book of Haggai contains 2 prophecies
(315‐316)
about Yehshua/Jesus both were fulfilled.
The Book of Zechariyah / זכריה
From the Hebrew name:
זְכַרְיָה Zekharyah
meaning: Yahweh remembers
from זָכַר zakhar
meaning: to remember
and
יָה yah
referring to the Hebrew God.
Zechariah’s prophecies were contemporary with Haggai in a post‐exilic world after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. And took place during the reign of Darius the Great. Ezekiel and Jeremiah wrote before the fall of Jerusalem, while continuing to prophesy in the early exile period. Scholars believe Ezekiel, with his combination of vision and ceremony, had a strong influence on the prophetic writings of Zechariah in chapters 1–8.
Zechariah dated his writing specifically at 520–518 BC. During the Exile many Judahites and Benjamites were taken to Babylon, where the prophets told them to make their homes, indicating they were about to spend a long period of time there. When Cyrus the Great overtook the Babylonians in 539 BC., freedom did eventually come to many Israelites, In 538 BC, Cyrus’ famous decree was released, and under Sheshbazzar the first return from exile took place.
The Book of Zechariah contains 30 prophecies
(317‐346)
about Yeshua/Jesus. He fulfilled all 30 of them.
Malachi מַלְאָכִי
mal-aw-kee’
from the Hebrew name:
מַלְאָכִי Mal’akhi
meaning: my messenger
or
my angel
or messenger of God.
Malachi is the last book of the TaNaKH/Old Testament, in many Bibles making Malachi the last book before the Brit Chadashah/New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, the order of books is slightly different; see charts below, and in this order the last book is
2 Chronicles not Malachi.
The Book of Malachi was written to correct the negligent religious and social behavior of the Israelites in Jerusalem after returning from their exile; and in particular the
כֹּהֲנִ֖ים kohanim priests.
Although the prophets urged the people of Judah and Israel to see their exile as punishment for failing to uphold their covenant with God, it was not long after they had been restored to the land and to Temple worship that the people’s commitment to their God began, once again, to decline. It was in this setting that Malachi delivered the Word of the Lord.
The Book of Malachi contains 5 prophecies
(347‐351)
about Yeshua/Jesus all of which He fulfilled.
There is no one else before or since like Yeshua/Jesus.
He was not just a prophet…
But the fulfillment of ALL prophecy
The impressive detail and sheer number of these prophecies cause the Bible to stand alone as the truly inspired Word of God. Only He could have the foreknowledge and power to undertake and perfectly complete all that was written and spoken about His coming Messiah. Together with its’ reliable historical accuracy, it sets the Bible/TaNaKH apart from any other book or record.
The Brit Chadashah/ New Testament/Covenant was written after the death and ressurection of Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ.
Archeologists have found thousands of manuscripts of the Brit Chadashah /New Testament and some of them are dated less than 100 years after the original letters were written. In terms of historical reliability, the Hebrew Bible is superior to any other ancient writings which brings us to the conclusion that only the Bible is the true Word of God.
This surely is the miracle…. Our Heavenly Father gave us these written prophecies and ensured their continued protection through the millennia in order to build our faith and to point the way to His Only Begotten Son, Yeshua/Jesus.
As 1 John 1:1‐3 states:
“The One who existed from the beginning is the One we have heard and seen. We saw Him with our own eyes and touched Him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of Life. This One who is life from God was shown to us, and we have seen Him. And now we testify and announce to you that He is the One who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then He was shown to us.
We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ”.
We should do well to remember the Scriptures must be spiritually discerned to be understood spiritually..
1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
to “spiritually discern“
is to look beyond the physical (metaphysical)
into the realm of the unseen.
As Yeshua/Jesus was quoted as saying
“the Kingdom comes without observation” …
meaning you can’t see it.
Just as we cannot see air, or breath, or Spirit (pneuma).
The flesh, that is, the carnal mind,
cannot make sense of that which is spiritual in nature.
1Corinthians 2:10-12
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Some have questioned why did so many Jewish people living 2000 years ago miss the 1st coming of Messiah? The first believers were all Jewish/Hebrews and Israelites. Yeshua/Jesus said He came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel and then to the gentiles/heathen.
He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24
The house of Israel is Abraham, Isaac & Jacob and his 12 sons and their descendants; remembering they were scattered abroad in the Diaspora. The leaders, Pharisees, Scribes, Sadducees and Rabbis/Teachers/ of the Torah, were very knowledgeable yet they did not interpret the signs/signals correctly; and feared for their own positions of power and seats of authority over the people which gave them prestige and a wealthy lifestyle.
The Pharisees or Perushim in Hebrew, were an elite, ancient group of religious Jews who were strict adherents to the Law and esteemed themselves more highly than others. These were the most educated of Jews and spent their lives in the study of Torah Law. They not only studied Law, they taught it. They believed the Law was the only way to God.
Their minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are covered with the same veils they read the books of the old covenant. 2Cor 3:14
Many Pharisees will form their own version of truth based on what suits them. The rules that apply to others, do not apply to them. They had a picture of who the Messiah would be and Yeshua did not match their image of Messiah.
They looked with natural eyes saying in
John 1:41; Luke 4:22
“oh he is Josephs son”
And with their intellect they said the scriptures declare that we will not know where Messiah comes from and we know where this one is from.
They did not look with spiritual eyes but rather relied on their carnal minds for understanding and interpretation.
Matthew 23:17,19, 24, 26
John 9:39,40 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes,and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah/Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
We know that this did not apply to all of them, as many came and listened to Messiahs teaching…Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea and Saul/Paul all became disciples of Yeshua/Jesus.
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. –Is 44:18
They were blinded because it had been prophesied and so had to be fulfilled.
The Word of God always interprets itself however but has to be spiritually discerned. This is the meaning of having eyes to see and ears to hear and an understanding heart.
1Kings 3:9 and Psalm 119:34
The Word tells us there is a veil over Gods chosen people on purpose so that the heathen/gentiles can be brought/grafted in when that time is fulfilled the veil will be removed and they will see and all Israel will be saved.
The key passage to the doctrine of Israel’s
blindness or hardening
is found in
Romans 11:25—”For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits—, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.”
Romans 11:25 indicates a predicted time when Israel’s blindness will be ended.
Heavenly Father/Avinu, give us eyes to see
Let The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the holy ones, Eph. 1:18
It is with these alone that we discern the things of God. Being first opened, and then enlightened – – By his Spirit.
Lets us not miss the day of our visitation because our eyes failed to see and spiritually discern the times upon us.
The Odds of Prophetic fulfillment???
Truly phenomenal and beyond all chance or coincidence. His written Word and His Word made flesh can be completely relied upon, totally trusted in; we should leave this page full of faith and hope that every other prophetic word not yet made manifest will come to pass in its perfectly prepared timing.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 5:18
He is without any doubt
King of Kings.
Hebrew Translation. מלך המלכים.
The Lion of the tribe of Judah
Shalom shalom
‘Mishpachah’
‘Family/Tribe’
משפחה
Mish-pa-KHa,
friends, visitors and every reader…
Please don’t leave this page before making certain you are His
and are truly born from above.
Know of a certainty that Jesus/Yeshua is
your Redeemer, Savior, Lord
and soon returning King
and that you have a personal relationship with Him.
