Prophecy

This article explains the prophecy given through Micah that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem Ephrathah, a small and seemingly insignificant town in Judah. Micah declared, "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting." This prophecy was fulfilled precisely when Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem during the days of Herod the king. It reveals God's sovereign choice of the humble over the proud.

This article explains the prophecy of the New Covenant given through the prophet Jeremiah. God declared that the days were coming when He would make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant He made with their fathers at Sinai. In this New Covenant, God would write His law on their hearts, be their God, forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. This prophecy finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who instituted the New Covenant in His blood, and in the work of the Holy Spirit, who writes God's law on the hearts of believers.

This article explains the first messianic prophecy recorded in Scripture, given by God immediately after the fall of man. The Lord said to the serpent, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." This prophecy foretells the coming of a Redeemer, born of a woman, who would defeat Satan and undo the curse of sin. It is the foundation of all subsequent messianic prophecy and the first promise of the gospel.

This article explains the great messianic prophecy of the Suffering Servant, recorded by the prophet Isaiah. This prophecy describes a righteous Servant of the Lord who would be despised, rejected, pierced, and crushed for the sins of His people. He would bear their iniquities, make His soul an offering for sin, and justify many by His knowledge. He would be cut off from the land of the living, yet He would see His seed and prolong His days. This prophecy finds its complete and perfect fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust.

This article explains the prophecy given by Isaiah to King Ahaz, foretelling that a virgin would conceive and bear a son, and would call His name Immanuel, meaning "God with us." This prophecy found its fulfillment centuries later in the birth of Jesus Christ to the virgin Mary. The virgin birth is a foundational doctrine of the Christian faith, demonstrating the deity of Christ, His sinless nature, and the reality of God taking on human flesh to dwell among His people.