LESSON 8

THE PROPHETS

 

 

How can we adequately do justice to the ways in which the prophets foretold the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ?  When we think about a prophet, we naturally think in terms of that prophet foretelling of a future event – in this case the coming of the Messiah.  However, the prophets did so much more than just foretell the future.  In fact, the main job of the prophet was not to foretell the future, but rather the main job of the prophet was to call the people of God to repentance.  It just so happens that foretelling some aspect of the future was often a part of that process.  The idea of the Messiah became a necessary hope in order to balance the doom and gloom prophecies that were necessary because of Israel’s disobedience.   The prophetic message, therefore, often had the following formula:

(a) Repent and return to God

(b) Since you have not repented, punishment is inevitable

(c)  Punishment will only be temporary; God will restore you

(d) God will send the Messiah as a final solution

Through this formula, therefore, the prophets gave us many insights into the coming of the Messsiah.  Most prophets in the Old Testament had at least something to say about the coming of the Messiah.  As such, there are many, many prophecies about the Messiah in the Old Testament.   If we tried to cover all of the important ones, this lesson would be an entire course in itself.   In fact, at the end of this lesson, there is a list of 365 prophecies of Christ from the Old Testament – one prophecy for each day of the year.  It is a good reference list to have at your disposal.  However, there are several very key prophecies of the Messiah that are of particular importance. Each has something critical to say about Jesus Christ.  Those are the ones we will discuss in this lesson.

 

 

The Suffering Servant (Isaiah)

 

In Mark 10:45, Jesus says that he did not come into the world to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.  The idea of the Messiah as a Suffering Servant was not on the minds of the Jewish people during the time of Christ.  They were looking for a political leader who would be their king.  Yet one of their greatest prophets, Isaiah, foretold of the humiliation of the Messiah long before he was born. 

Isaiah was the prophet who made the last prophetic efforts to turn the Northern Kingdom of Israel back to God before they were destroyed by the Assyrians.  He spent his days among the elite and religious leaders of Israel, trying to convince them to turn away from their idols and back to God. 

There are four passages in the book that he wrote that are often referred to as the “Servant Songs” because they speak of the servant nature of the messiah.  In Jesus’ time, Jewish scholars generally did not believe that these servant songs represented a person, but rather the nation of Israel itself, and in context there is some validity to that.  However, the specifics of these four songs are such that they are very much pointing to a person who is capable of brining salvation rather than a nation.  Identifying the songs with the nation of Israel, therefore, creates some problems.  Isaiah was clearly looking for a person, but that person must both represent the nation of Israel and bring about salvation all at the same time.  This is Jesus Christ.

 

Isaiah 42:1-4

1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

 

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

 

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

 

The first servant song clearly speaks to the appointment of the servant by God himself, who anoints the servant and places his spirit upon him.   The servant will be the bringer of justice to all the earth and will succeed in his mission.  This song, therefore, removes any doubt that the servant of Isaiah is indeed the coming anointed one, the Messaiah.

 

Isaiah 49:3-6

3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

 

4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

 

5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

 

6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

 

The second servant song appears at first to be speaking of the nation of Israel itself, but upon further inspection, there is a clear intention towards an individual.  Israel then, is only representative of the individual.  The song assigns to the servant the task of bringing God’s people to repentance and back to fellowship with God.  However, there is an acknowledgement that all of Israel may not be responsive to that calling.  As such, the servant is made a light of salvation to all of the earth, even the gentiles.   This is clearly Jesus, who made reconciliation possible with God through his death and who calls all men of all nations – gentiles and Jews alike – to faith in him.

 

Isaiah 50:4-9

4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

 

5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

 

6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

 

7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

 

8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

 

9 Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

 

The third servant song introduces the idea that the servant will have a need to be obedient in a difficult and painful task.  He will be abused and riled, but will remain steadfast in the face of his appointed adversity.  The song points to God as the one who exalts the servant for his obedience. 

However, it is in the fourth servant song that this idea of a Suffering Servant becomes fully formed.

 

Isaiah 52:13-53:12  -

52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

 

14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

 

15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

 

53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

 

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

 

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

 

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

 

5 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.

 

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

 

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

 

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

 

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

 

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

 

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 

This passage represents one of the most important prophetic passages in all of scripture regarding the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.  It begins with his exaltation followed immediately by an event so devastating that he is described as being marred more than any other man.  This is clearly in reference to the flogging and beating that Jesus endured prior to his crucifixion.  The song goes on to describe in detail the punishment he receives, but points out that it is not punishment for his transgressions, but for our transgressions.  We are reminded that this was not some tragedy of evil because he is still considered a “righteous servant” (verse 11). Rather, this was God’s purpose from the beginning, for his punishment “pleased the Lord” (verse 10). 

In this fourth song, we see all the aspects of the Mosaic Law beginning to come together in final fulfilment in the person of Jesus Christ.  We see his pain and his sorrow.  We see him as the sacrificial lamb.  We see that through this punishment he will be the “scapegoat” required by the Mosaic law – the one who would carry away the sins of the people.  We see that it leads to his death, where he can do battle with the grave itself – yet we see him ultimately becoming victorious over it, prolonging his days through the resurrection.   Finally, we see our salvation in it.  We see that it is for our sake he has done this, being wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities, but all the while making a way for us to be healed.

 

 

The Bride of the Adulterous Woman (Hosea)

 

Hosea was a contemporary of Isaiah, serving as a prophet to the Northern Kingdom of Israel.  Like Isaiah, Hosea was given the task of calling Israel to repentance.  However, where Isaiah was sent to the elite and rulers, Hosea was called by God to allow the circumstances of his life to be a living picture of how God viewed the wanderings of the Israelites. 

Throughout the Old Testament, Israel is depicted as an adulterous bride, wandering from God the way an adulterous woman would wander from her husband.  To show God’s displeasure in the wanderings of Israel in the most dramatic way possible, God instructs Hosea in Chapter 1 to take a prostitute as a bride. He then instructs Hosea to name his first two children “No Mercy” and “Not My People” to show that God intended to remove both his name and his mercy from the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

God then instructed Hosea to love his adulterous wife despite the fact that she had gone after other lovers.  In fact, his wife had become a slave of her prostitution and Hosea was required to purchase his wife’s freedom for 15 shekels of silver and 3 bushels of barley.  Hosea spoke gently to his wife, lovingly encouraging her to dwell with him. 

In the book of Hosea, God explains how Hosea’s situation is a metaphor for Israel – and by extension, all of us.  Israel had pursued other Gods and yet God continued to bless her.  God allowed Israel to pursue other Gods, but ultimately he must remove his blessing and punish her wickedness.  Nevertheless, a day will come when God would once again pursue his bride.   And in Hosea 11, we find the true heart of God and how he will resolve the dilemma.

 

8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

 

9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

 

God’s love for Israel and for the whole world cannot be denied.  Like Hosea, God will pursue his beloved until they love him in return.  As part of that pursuit, God came in the flesh in the form of Jesus.  Jesus is the Holy One in the midst of thee.  And where verse 9 says “I will not enter the city,” that phrase can also be translated – I will not enter (come) in wrath.  In other words, when God does come, it will not be in wrath, but in love.   That is how Jesus came, not in wrath, but in love for the whole world.   And just as Hosea redeemed his bride from captivity, so Jesus redeemed us with his own life.   God woos us with his love – making a great sacrifice to redeem us from the slavery of sin and death – and in return, we bind ourselves to him in gratitude.

As a result, the idea of God as a groomsman and his people as his bride (illustrated through the story of Hosea) finds its ultimate fulfilment in the New Covenant, with Jesus Christ as the bridegroom and the church as the bride.  The concept was introduced first by John the Baptist in John 3:29 when he refers to himself as the friend of the bridegroom and Jesus as the bridegroom.  Then on several occasions (Matthew 9, Matthew 25, Mark 2, Luke 5), Jesus used the metaphor of the bride and bridegroom to describe how he would go away and return again – referring to his second coming.   In Ephesians 5:22-33, Paul actually goes so far as to say that the whole idea of marriage was instituted by God in the Garden of Eden as a picture of what would one day become the relationship of Jesus Christ to his church.   Then finally, beginning in Revelation chapter 18 and continuing through chapter 22, we begin seeing the final and full completion of the bride and the bridegroom coming together, to be together forever and ever.

 

 

The Maker of a New Covenant (Jeremiah)

 

After the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Judah began to also turn away from God.   Jeremiah was the major prophet involved in the last attempt to bring Judah back to God before bringing upon them destruction and Babylonian captivity.  However, as with most doom and gloom prophecies in the Old Testament, Jeremiah’s prophecies came with a promise and hope of future restoration.  Part of that promise and hope is the return of God’s people back to their home land of Israel.  However, in Jeremiah 31:31-34, we get insight into the establishment of a New Covenant that God will make with his people

 

31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

 

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

 

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

 

34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

 

The promise associated with this New Covenant would be a whole new way of knowing and understanding God’s law and his righteous ways.  It would be completely different from the Mosaic Covenant.  That covenant was conditional and harsh, with promises of both blessings and cursing depending upon one’s faithfulness in keeping its requirements.  The New Covenant would not be a covenant of rules and regulations, but rather a covenant of relationship, with God himself impressing his holy law on our hearts.  And to the extent God’s people do commit sinful acts, rather than punish and curse them, God will forgive them.

This New Covenant is a radical change from the Old Covenant and there is only one way in which it could be managed.  God’s justice requires that transgressors be punished.  Therefore, someone must take on that punishment.  Otherwise, this New Covenant could not be enforced.  This is where Jesus Christ comes into the picture.  The New Covent would be brought to pass by the obedience of Jesus Christ through his death on the cross, his burial, and his resurrection from the dead.  In fact, Jesus himself initiates the beginning of the New Covenant during the Last Supper.  As he holds up the cup filled with wine in Luke 22:20, he says “This cup is the new testament [i.e., New Covenant] in my blood, which is shed for you.” 

The Old Covenant, with all its regulations and ritual was completely fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who superseded that Covenant with the Covenant of his blood.  Rather than have laws engraved on stone tablet, Jesus sends the Holy Spirit, who writes the law of God on the hearts of believers.

 

 

The Heart of Flesh (Ezekiel)

 

While Judah was in exile in Babylon, the prophet Ezekiel expanded upon the revelation of the New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah.  In Ezekiel 11:17-20, God promises the people he will bring them back from captivity and says

 

17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

 

18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

 

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

 

20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

 

How would he give them one heart and turn their heart from stone to flesh?  He would give them his Spirit.  This idea of turning a heart of stone into a heart of flesh is a picture of going from death to life.  Through this heart of flesh, therefore, the people – once dead but now alive - would have the ability to keep the laws and statutes of God.  This is the work of the Holy Spirit, given by the one through whom hat life is given, Jesus Christ.  Paul confirms that it is the Holy Spirit that causes this transformation, saying in 2 Corinthians 3:3, “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.”

 

 

The Son of Man (Daniel)

 

God showed Daniel many things concerning the end of the age.  Much of our “end times” understanding must be interpreted in light of the visions that God gave to Daniel.  However, just as much of what we know about the end times can be frightening, much of what God showed to Daniel troubled him as well.  Scripture says he was “grieved” in his spirit.  To temper his troubled spirit, God gave Daniel a vision of the messiah as a conquering king.

 

Daniel 7:13-18

13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

 

14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

 

15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

 

16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

 

17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

 

18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

 

It is in part because of this prophecy (and prophesies similar to it in the minor prophets like Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Zechariah) that the Jewish people were expecting the Messiah to be a political leader who would free them from the oppression of the Roman Empire.  The prophecy clearly depicts the Messiah as a victorious king.

We know now, however, that these verses are not referring to the first advent of the Messiah, but rather are referring to a future time when Jesus Christ will make his second advent.  End times prophecy speaks of the time when Jesus will return for/with his bride, the church, and conquer all of the enemies of the earth.  At that time he will set up a kingdom where he is King of Kings and Lord and Lords. 

We are told here that this event shall take place when the Messiah comes on the clouds, having been given all authority by the Ancient of Days.  Jesus told his disciples just before he ascended into heaven that all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to him (Matthew 28:18), so when he returns, he will have met the requirement of this prophecy.

Likewise, in Acts chapter 1, when Jesus ascended into heaven on the clouds, the angel said, “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11).  Paul also declares this in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, saying

 

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

 

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

 

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

 

This prophecy in Daniel, therefore, is about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  When Jesus returns, therefore, we can be assured that this time it will be as a victorious king, riding into battle to take his kingdom by force.

 

 

 

 

365 Prophesies of Jesus Christ

Taken from http://www.bibleprobe.com/365messianicprophecies.htm

 

1. Genesis 3:15…Seed of a woman (virgin birth)…Luke 1:35, Matthew 1:18-20

2. Genesis 3:15…He will bruise Satan's head…Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8

3. Genesis 5:24...The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated...Mark 6:19

4. Genesis 9:26-27...The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem...Luke 3:36

5. Genesis 12:3...As Abraham's seed, will bless all nations...Acts 3:25,26

6. Genesis 12:7...The The Promise made made to Abraham's Seed...Galatians 3:16

7. Genesis 14:18...A priest after Melchizedek...Hebrews 6:20

8. Genesis 14:18...A King also...Hebrews 7:2

9. Genesis 14:18...The Last Supper foreshadowed...Matthew 26:26-29

10.  Genesis 17:19....The Seed of Isaac...Romans. 9:7

11.  Genesis 21:12…Seed of Isaac…Romans 9:7, Hebrews 11:18

12.  Genesis 22:8...The Lamb of God promised...John 1:29

13.  Genesis 22:18...As Isaac's seed, will bless all nations...Galatians 3:16

14.  Genesis26:2-5…The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer...Hebrews11:18

15.  Genesis 49:10...The time of His coming...Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4

16.  Genesis 49:10...The Seed of Judah...Luke 3:33

17.  Genesis 49:10...Called Shiloh or One Sent...John 17:3

18.  Genesis 49:10...To come before Judah lost identity...John 11:47-52

19.  Genesis 49:10...To Him shall the obedience of the people be...John 10:16

20.  Exodus 3:13,14...The Great "I Am"...John 4:26

21.  Exodus 12:5...A Lamb without blemish...1 Pet. 1:19

22.  Exodus 12:13...The blood of the Lamb saves Romans wrath...Romans. 5:8

23.  Exodus 12:21-27...Christ is our Passover...1 Corinthians 5;7

24.  Exodus 12:46...Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken...John 19:31-36

25.  Exodus 13:2…Blessing to first born son…Luke 2:23

26.  Exodus 15:2...His exaltation predicted as Yeshua...Acts 7:55,56

27.  Exodus 15:11...His Character-Holiness...Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27

28.  Exodus 17:6...The Spiritual Rock of Israel...1 Corinthians 10;4

29.  Exodus 33:19...His Character-Merciful...Luke 1:72

30.  Leviticus14:11...The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood…Luke5:12-14; Acts 6:7

31.  Leviticus16:15-17...Prefigures Christ's once-for-all death...Hebrews 9:7-14

32.  Leviticus16:27...Suffering outside the Camp...Matthew 27:33; Hebrews 13:11, 12

33.  Leviticus17:11...The Blood-the life of the flesh...Matthew 26;28; Mark 10:45

34.  Leviticus17:11...It is the blood that makes atonement...1 John 3:14-18

35.  Leviticus23:36-37...The Drink-offering: "If any man thirst." ..John 19:31-36

36.  Numbers 9:12...Not a bone of Him broken...John 19:31-36

37.  Numbers 21:9...The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up...John 3:14-18

38.  Numbers 24:8… Flight to Egypt…Matthew 2:14

39.  Numbers 24:17...Time: "I shall see him, but not now."...Galatians 4:4

40.  Numbers 24:17-19…A star out of Jacob…Matthew 2:2, Luke 1:33,78, Revelation 22:16

41.  Deuteronomy 18:15..."This is of a truth that prophet."...John 6:14

42.  Deuteronomy 18:15-16..."Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me."...John 5:45-47

43.  Deuteronomy 18:18...Sent by the Father to speak His word...John 8:28, 29

44.  Deuteronomy 18:19...Whoever will not hear must bear his sin...John 12:15

45.  Deuteronomy 21:13-23…As a prophet…John 6:14; 7:40, Acts 3:22,23

46.  Deuteronomy 21:23...Cursed is he that hangs on a tree...Galatians 3:10-13

47.  Ruth 4:4-9...Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us...Ephesians 1:3-7

48.  1 Samuel 2:10...Shall be an anointed King to the Lord...Matthew 28:18; John 12:15

49.  2 Samuel 7:12...David's Seed...Matthew 1:1

50.  2 Samuel 7:14a...The Son of God... Luke 1:32

51.  2 Samuel 7:16...David's house established forever...Luke 3:31; Rev. 22:16

52.  2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be the “Rock”…1 Corinthians 10:4

53.  2 Samuel 23:2-4…would be as the “light of the morning”…Revelation 22:16

54.  2 Kings 2:11...The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated...Luke 24:51

55.  1 Chronicles 17:11...David's Seed...Matthew 1:1; 9:27

56.  1 Chronicles 17:12, 13a...To reign on David's throne forever...Luke 1:32, 33

57.  1 Chronicles 17:13a..."I will be His Father, He...my Son."...Hebrews 1:5

58.  Job 19:23-27...The Resurrection predicted...John 5:24-29

59.  Psalms 2:1-3...The enmity of kings foreordained...Acts 4:25-28

60.  Psalms 2:2...To own the title, Anointed (Christ)...Acts 2:36

61.  Psalms 2:6...His Character-Holiness...John 8:46; Rev. 3:7

62.  Psalms 2:6...To own the title King...Matthew 2:2

63.  Psalms 2:7...Declared the Beloved Son...Matthew 3:17

64.  Psalms 2:7, 8...The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated...Acts 13:29-33

65.  Psalms 2:12...Life comes through faith in Him...John 20:31

66.  Psalms 8:2...The mouths of babes perfect His praise...Matthew 21:16

67.  Psalms 8:5, 6...His humiliation and exaltation...Luke 24:50-53; 1 Corinthians 15:27

68.  Psalms 16:10...Was not to see corruption...Acts 2:31

69.  Psalms 16:9-11...Was to arise from the dead...John 20:9

70.  Psalms 17;15...The resurrection predicted...Luke 24:6

71.  Psalms 22:1...Forsaken because of sins of others...2 Corinthians 5:21

72.  Psalms 22:1...Words spoken from Calvary, "My God..." Mark 15:34

73.  Psalms 22:2...Darkness upon Calvary...Matthew 27:45

74.  Psalms 22:7...They shoot out the lip and shake the head...Matthew 27:39

75.  Psalms 22:8..." He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him "...Matthew 27:43

76.  Psalms 22:9......Born the Savior......Luke 2:7

77.  Psalms 22:14...Died of a broken (ruptured) heart...John 19:34

78.  Psalms 22:14,15...Suffered agony on Calvary...Mark 15:34-37

79.  Psalms 22:15...He thirsted...John 19:28

80.  Psalms 22:16...They pierced His hands and His feet....John 19:34,37;20:27

81.  Psalms 22:17,18...Stripped Him before the stares of men...Luke 23:34,35

82.  Psalms 22:18...They parted His garments...John 19:23,24

83.  Psalms 22:20,21...He committed Himself to God...Luke23:46

84.  Psalms 22:20,21...Satanic power bruising the Redeemer's heel... Hebrews 2:14

85.  Psalms 22:22...His Resurrection declared...John 20:17

86.  Psalms 22:27...He shall be the governor of the nations...Col 1:16

87.  Psalms 22:31..."It is finished"...John 19:30

88.  Psalms 23:1...."I am the Good Shepherd"....John 10:11

89.  Psalms 24:3...His exaltation predicted...Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9

90.  Psalms 27:12…Accused by false witnesses…Matthew 26:60,61, Mark 14:57,58

91.  Psalms 30:3...His resurrection predicted...Acts 2:32

92.  Psalms 31:5..."Into thy hands I commit my spirit"...Luke 23:46

93.  Psalms 31:11...His acquaintances fled from Him...Mark 14:50

94.  Psalms 31:13...They took counsel to put Him to death...John 11:53

95.  Psalms 31:14,15..." He trusted in God, let Him deliver him"...Matthew 27:43

96.  Psalms 34:20...Not a bone of Him broken...John 19:31-36

97.  Psalms 35:11...False witnesses rose up against Him...Matthew 26:59

98.  Psalms 35:19...He was hated without a cause...John 15:25

99.  Psalms 38:11...His friends stood afar off…Luke 23:49

100.  Psalms 40:2-5...The joy of His resurrection predicted...John 20:20

101.  Psalms 40:6-8...His delight-the will of the Father...John 4:34

102.  Psalms 40:9...He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel...Matthew 4:17

103.  Psalms 40:14...Confronted by adversaries in the Garden...John

104.  Psalms 41:9...Betrayed by a familiar friend...John 13:18

105.  Psalms 45:2...Words of Grace come from His lips… Luke 4:22

106.  Psalms 45:6...To own the title, God or Elohim...Hebrews 1:8

107.  Psalms 45:7...A special anointing by the Holy Spirit...Matthew3:16; Hebrews1:9

108.  Psalms 45:7,8...Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)...Luke 2:11

109. Psalms 49-15…His Resurrection…Acts 2:27; 13:35, Mark 16:6

110.  Psalms 55:12-14...Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy...John 13:18

111. Psalms 55:15...Unrepentant death of the Betrayer...Matthew 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19

112. Psalms 68:18...To give gifts to men...Ephesians 4:7-16

113. Psalms 68:18...Ascended into Heaven...Luke 24:51

114. Psalms 69:4...Hated without a cause...John 15:25

115. Psalms 69:8...A stranger to own brethren...Luke 8;20,21

116. Psalms 69:9...Zealous for the Lord's House...John 2:17

117. Psalms 69:14-20...Messiah's anguish of soul before crucifixion...Matthew 26:36-45

118. Psalms 69:20..."My soul is exceeding sorrowful."...Matthew 26:38

119. Psalms 69:21...Given vinegar in thirst...Matthew 27:34

120. Psalms 69:26...The Savior given and smitten by God...John 17:4; 18:11

121. Psalms 72:10,11...Great persons were to visit Him...Matthew 2:1-11

122. Psalms 72:16...The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground...John 12:24

123. Psalms 72:17...His name, Yinon, will produce offspring...John 1:12,13

124. Psalms 72:17...All nations shall be blessed by Him...Acts 2:11,12,41

125. Psalms 78:1.2...He would teach in parables...Matthew 13:34-35

126. Psalms 78:2b...To speak the Wisdom of God with authority...Matthew 7:29

127. Psalms 88:8...They stood afar off and watched...Luke 23:49

128. Psalms 89:26...Messiah will call God His Father...Matthew 11:27

129. Psalms 89:27...Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings...Luke 1:32,33

130. Psalms 89:35-37...David's Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever...Luke 1:32,33

131. Psalms 89:36-37...His character-Faithfulness...Rev. 1:5

132. Psalms 90:2...He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)...John 1:1

133. Psalms 91:11,12...Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ...Luke 4;10,11

134. Psalms 97:9...His exaltation predicted...Acts 1:11;Ephesians 1:20

135. Psalms 100:5...His character-Goodness...Matthew 19:16,17

136. Psalms 102:1-11...The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary...John 21:16-30

137. Psalms 102:16…Son of Man comes in Glory…Luke 21:24 Revelation 12:5-10

138. Psalms 102:25-27...Messiah is the Preexistent Son...Hebrews 1:10-12

139. Psalms 109:4…Prays for His enemies…Luke 23:34

140. Psalms 109:7,8…Another to succeed Judas…Acts 1:16-20

141. Psalms 109:25...Ridiculed...Matthew 27:39

142. Psalms 110:1...Son of David...Matthew 22:43

143. Psalms 110:1...To ascend to the right-hand of the Father...Mark16:19

144. Psalms 110:1...David's son called Lord...Matthew 22:44,45

145. Psalms 110:4...A priest after Melchizedek's order...Hebrews 6:20

146. Psalms 112:4...His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al... Matthew 9;36

147. Psalms 118:17,18...Messiah's Resurrection assured...Luke 24:5-7;1 Corinthians 15:20

148. Psalms 118:22,23...The rejected stone is Head of the corner...Matthew 21:42,43

149. Psalms 118:26a...The Blessed One presented to Israel...Matthew 21:9

150. Psalms 118:26b...To come while Temple standing...Matthew 21;12-15

151. Psalms 132:11...The Seed of David (the fruit of His Body)...Luke 1:32

152. Psalms 138:1-6...The supremacy of David's Seed amazes kings... Matthew 2:2-6

153. Psalms 147:3,6...The earthly ministry of Christ described...Luke 4:18

154. Psalms 1:23...He will send the Spirit of God... John 16;7

155. Proverbs 8:22-23…The Messiah would be from everlasting…John 17:5

156. Proverbs 30:4…Declared to be the Son of God…John 3:13, Romans 1:2-4, 10:6-9, 2 Peter 1:17

157. Song of Solomon 5:16...The altogether lovely One...John 1:17

158. Isaiah 2:2-4…Repentance for the nations…Luke 24:47

159. Isaiah 4:2…Messiah reigning

160. Isaiah 5:1-6…Son of God’s vineyard: a parable of judgment

161. Isaiah 6:1...When Isaiah saw His glory... John 12:40-41

162. Isaiah 6:9-10...Parables fall on deaf ears...Matthew 13:13-15

163. Isaiah 6:9-12...Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words...Acts 28:23-29

164. Isaiah 7:14...To be born of a virgin...Luke 1:35

165. Isaiah 7:14...To be Emmanuel-God with us... Matthew 1:18-23

166. Isaiah 8:8...Called Emmanuel...Matthew 28:20

167. Isaiah 8:14...A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense... 1 Pet. 2:8

168. Isaiah 9:1,2...His ministry to begin in Galilee...Matthew 4:12-17

169. Isaiah 9:6...A child born-Humanity...Luke 1:31

170. Isaiah 9:6...A Son given-Deity...Luke 1:32; John 1;14; 1 Tim. 3:16

171. Isaiah 9:6...Declared to be the Son of God with power... Romans. 1:3,4

172. Isaiah 9:6...The Wonderful One, Peleh...Luke 4:22

173. Isaiah 9:6...The Counselor, Yaatz...Matthew 13:54

174. Isaiah 9:6...The Mighty God, El Gibor...Matthew 11:20

175. Isaiah 9:6...The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth...John 8:58

176. Isaiah 9:6...The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom...John . 16:33

177. Isaiah 9:7...To establish an everlasting kingdom...Luke 1:32-33

178. Isaiah 9:7...His Character-Just...John 5:30

179. Isaiah 9:7...No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace...Luke 1:32-33

180. Isaiah 11:1...Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer...Matthew 2:23

181. Isaiah 11:1...A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse...Luke 3:23,32

182. Isaiah 11:2...The anointed One by the Spirit...Matthew 3;16,17

183. Isaiah 11:2...His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, et al....John 4:4-26

184. Isaiah 11:4...His Character-Truth...John 14:6

185. Isaiah 11:10...The Gentiles seek Him...John 12:18-21

186. Isaiah 12:2...Called Jesus-Yeshua (salvation)...Matthew 1:21

187. Isaiah 16:4,5…Reigning in mercy…Luke 1:31-33

188. Isaiah 22:21-25…Peg in a sure place…Revelation 3:7

189. Isaiah 25:8...The Resurrection predicted...I Corinthians 15:54

190. Isaiah 26:19...His power of Resurrection predicted...John 11:43,44

191. Isaiah 28:16...The Messiah is the precious corner stone...Acts 4:11,12

192. Isaiah 29:13...He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word...Matthew 15:7-9

193. Isaiah 29:14...The wise are confounded by the Word...I Corinthians 1:18-31

194. Isaiah 32:2...A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place...Matthew 23:37

195. Isaiah 33:22…Son of the Highest…Luke 1:32; 1 Timothy 1:17 6:15

196. Isaiah 35:4...He will come and save you...Matthew 1:21

197. Isaiah 35:5...To have a ministry of miracles...Matthew 11:4-6

198. Isaiah 40:3,4...Preceded by forerunner...John 1:23

199. Isaiah 40:9..."Behold your God."...John 1:36;19:14

200. Isaiah 40:11...A shepherd-compassionate life-giver...John 10:10-18

201. Isaiah 42:1-4...The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer... Matthew12:18-21

202. Isaiah 42:2...Meek and lowly... Matthew 11:28-30

203. Isaiah 42:3...He brings hope for the hopeless... John 4

204. Isaiah 42:4...The nations shall wait on His teachings... John 12:20-26

205. Isaiah 42:6...The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles...Luke 2:32

206. Isaiah 42:1,6...His is a Worldwide compassion... Matthew 28:19,20

207. Isaiah 42:7...Blind eyes opened... John 9:25-38

208. Isaiah 42:13-25…Messiah’s actions at His second coming…Revelation

209. Isaiah 43:11...He is the only Savior... Acts 4:12

210. Isaiah 44:3...He will send the Spirit of God... John 16:7,13

211. Isaiah 45:23...He will be the Judge... John 5:22;Romans. 14:11

212. Isaiah 48:12...The First and the Last...John 1:30;Rev. 1:8,17

213. Isaiah 48:17...He came as a Teacher...John 3:2

214. Isaiah 49:1...Called from the womb-His humanity...Matthew 1:18

215. Isaiah 49:5...A Servant from the womb...Luke 1:31;Phil. 2:7

216. Isaiah 49:6...He is Salvation for Israel...Luke 2:29-32

217. Isaiah 49:6...He is the Light of the Gentiles...Acts 13:47

218. Isaiah 49:6...He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth... Acts 15:7-18

219. Isaiah 49:7...He is despised of the Nation... John 8:48-49

220. Isaiah 50:3...Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation... Luke 23:44,45

221. Isaiah 50:4...He is a learned counselor for the weary... Matthew 11:28,29

222. Isaiah 50:5...The Servant bound willingly to obedience... Matthew 26:39

223. Isaiah 50:6a..."I gave my back to the smiters."... Matthew 27:26

224. Isaiah 50:6b...He was smitten on the cheeks... Matthew 26:67

225. Isaiah 50:6c...He was spat upon... Matthew 27:30

226. Isaiah 52:4-5…Suffered vicariously…Mark 15:3,4,27,28; Luke 23:1-25,32-34

227. Isaiah 52:7...To publish good tidings of peace... Luke 4:14,15

228. Isaiah 52:13...The Servant exalted...Acts 1:8-11; Ephesians 1:19-22

229. Isaiah 52:13...Behold, My Servant... Matthew 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8

230. Isaiah 52:14...The Servant shockingly abused... Luke 18:31-34; Matthew 26:67,68

231. Isaiah 52:15...Nations startled by message of the Servant... Romans. 15:18-21

232. Isaiah 52:15...His blood shed to make atonement for all... Rev. 1:5

233. Isaiah 53:1...His people would not believe Him... John 12:37-38

234. Isaiah 53:2a...He would grow up in a poor family.... Luke 2:7

235. Isaiah 53:2b...Appearance of an ordinary man... Phil. 2:7-8

236. Isaiah 53:3a...Despised... Luke 4:28-29

237. Isaiah 53:3b...Rejected... Matthew 27:21-23

238. Isaiah 53:3c...Great sorrow and grief... Luke 19:41-42

239. Isaiah 53:3d...Men hide from being associated with Him... Mark 14:50-52

240. Isaiah 53:4a...He would have a healing ministry... Luke 6:17-19

241. Isaiah 53:4b...He would bear the sins of the world... 1 Pet. 2:24

242. Isaiah 53:4c...Thought to be cursed by God... Matthew 27:41-43

243. Isaiah 53:5a...Bears penalty for mankind's transgressions... Luke 23:33

244. Isaiah 53:5b...His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God... Col. 1:20

245. Isaiah 53:5c...His back would be whipped... Matthew 27:26

246. Isaiah 53:6a...He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind...Galatians 1:4

247. Isaiah 53:6b...God's will that He bear sin for all mankind... 1 John 4:10

248. Isaiah 53:7a...Oppressed and afflicted... Matthew 27:27-31

249. Isaiah 53:7b...Silent before his accusers... Matthew 27:12-14

250. Isaiah 53:7c...Sacrificial lamb... John 1:29

251. Isaiah 53:8a...Confined and persecuted... Matthew 26:47-27:31

252. Isaiah 53:8b...He would be judged... John 18:13-22

253. Isaiah 53:8c...Killed.... Matthew 27:35

254. Isaiah 53:8d...Dies for the sins of the world... 1 John 2:2

255. Isaiah 53:9a...Buried in a rich man's grave... Matthew 27:57

256. Isaiah 53:9b...Innocent and had done no violence... Mark 15:3

257. Isaiah 53:9c...No deceit in his mouth... John 18:38

258. Isaiah 53:10a...God's will that He die for mankind... John 18:11

259. Isaiah 53:10b...An offering for sin... Matthew 20:28

260. Isaiah 53:10c...Resurrected and live forever... Mark 16:16

261. Isaiah 53:10d...He would prosper... John 17:1-5

262. Isaiah 53:11a...God fully satisfied with His suffering... John 12:27

263. Isaiah 53:11b...God's servant... Romans. 5:18-19

264. Isaiah 53:11c...He would justify man before God... Romans. 5:8-9

265. Isaiah 53:11d...The sin-bearer for all mankind... Hebrews 9:28

266. Isaiah 53:12a...Exalted by God because of his sacrifice... Matthew 28:18

267. Isaiah 53:12b...He would give up his life to save mankind... Luke 23:46

268. Isaiah 53:12c...Grouped with criminals... Luke 23:32

269. Isaiah 53:12d...Sin-bearer for all mankind... 2 Corinthians 5:21

270. Isaiah 53:12e...Intercede to God in behalf of mankind... Luke 23:34

271. Isaiah 55:1…Every one come who is thirsty…New Testament

272. Isaiah 55:3...Resurrected by God... Acts 13:34

273. Isaiah 55:4...A witness... John 18:37

274. Isaiah 55:5…Foreign nations come to God…Acts

275. Isaiah 59:15-16a...He would come to provide salvation... John 6:40

276. Isaiah 59:15-16b...Intercessor between man and God... Matthew 10:32

277. Isaiah 59:20...He would come to Zion as their Redeemer... Luke 2:38

278. Isaiah 60:1-3…Nations walk in the light…Luke 2:32

279. Isaiah 61:1-2a...The Spirit of God upon him... Matthew 3:16-17

280. Isaiah 61:1-2b...The Messiah would preach the good news... Luke 4:17-21

281. Isaiah 61:1-2c...Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death... John 8:31-32

282. Isaiah 61:1-2...Proclaim a period of grace... John 5:24

283. Isaiah 62:1-2…Called by an new name…Luke 2:32, Revelation 3:12

284. Isaiah 62:11…Thy King Cometh, Entered Jerusalem on Colt…Matthew 21:7

285. Isaiah 63:1-3…A vesture dipped in blood…Revelation 19:13

286. Isaiah 63:8,9…Afflicted with the afflicted…Matthew 25:34-40

287. Isaiah 65:9…The elect shall inherit…Romans 11 5-7, Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5

288. Isaiah 65:17-25…New heaven/New Earth…2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1

289. Isaiah 66:18-19…All nations come to God…New Testament

290. Jeremiah23:5-6a...Descendant of David...Luke 3:23-31

291.  Jeremiah 23:5-6b...The Messiah would be God... John 13:13

292.  Jeremiah 23:5-6c...The Messiah would be both God and Man... 1 Tim. 3:16

293. Jeremiah 30:9…Born a King…John 18:37, Revelation 1:5

294. Jeremiah 31:15…Massacre of infants…Matthew 2:16-18

295.  Jeremiah 31:22...Born of a virgin... Matthew 1:18-20

296.  Jeremiah 31:31...The Messiah would be the new covenant... Matthew 26:28

297.  Jeremiah 33:14-15...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31

298.  Ezekiel17:22-24...Descendant of David... Luke 3:23-31

299. Ezekiel 21:26,27…The humble exalted…Luke 1:52

300.  Ezekiel34:23-24...Descendant of David... Matthew 1:1

301.  Daniel 2:34-35...Stone cut without hands...Acts 4:10-12

302.  Daniel 2:44,45...His Kingdom Triumphant...Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15

303.  Dan. 7:13-14a...He would ascend into heaven... Acts 1:9-11

304.  Dan. 7:13-14b...Highly exalted... Ephesians 1:20-22

305. Dan. 7:13-14c...His dominion would be everlasting... Luke 1:31-33

306. Daniel 7:27...Kingdom for the Saints...Luke 1:33, 1 Corinthians 15:24, Revelation 11:15

307. Dan. 9:24a...To make an end to sins... Galatians 1:3-5

308. Dan. 9:24b...He would be holy... Luke 1:35

309. Dan. 9:25...Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem... John 12:12-13

310. Dan. 9:26a...Killed... Matthew 27:35

311. Dan. 9:26b...Die for the sins of the world... Hebrews 2:9

312. Dan. 9:26c...Killed before the destruction of the temple... Matthew 27:50-51

313. Dan. 10:5-6...Messiah in a glorified state... Rev. 1:13-16

314. Hosea 3:5...Israel restored...John 18:37, Romans 11:25-27

315. Hosea 11:1, Numbers 24:8...Flight to Egypt...Matthew 2:14

316. Hosea 13:14...He would defeat death... 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

317. Joel 2:28-32...Promise of the Spirit...Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13

318. Joel 2:32...Offer salvation to all mankind... Romans. 10:12-13

319. Micah 2:12-13...Israel Regathered...John 10:14,26

320. Micah 4:1-8...The Kingdom established - place of Birth Bethlehem...Luke 1:33, Matthew 2:1, Luke 2:4,10,11

321. Micah 5:2a...Born in Bethlehem... Matthew 2:1-2

322.  Micah 5:2b...God's servant... John 15:10

323.  Micah 5:2c...from everlasting... John 8:58

324.  Haggai 2:6-9...He would visit the second Temple... Luke 2:27-32

325.  Haggai 2:23...Descendant of Zerubbabel... Luke 3:23-27

326. Joel 2:28-32...Promise of the Spirit...Acts 2:17-21, Romans 10:13

327. Amos 8:9...The Sun Darkened...Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12

328. Amos 9:11-12...Restoration of tabernacle...Acts 14:16-18

329. Habakkuk 2:14...Earth filled with knowledge of the glory of the Lord...Romans 11:26, Revelation 21:23-26

330. Zechariah 2:10-13...The Lamb on the Throne...Revelation 5:13, 6:9, 21:24

331. Zechariah 3:8...God's servant... John 17:4

332. Zechariah 6:12-13...Priest and King... Hebrews 8:1

333. Zechariah 9:9a...Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem... Matthew 21:8-10

334. Zechariah 9:9b...Beheld as King... John 12:12-13

335.  Zechariah 9:9c...The Messiah would be just... John 5:30

336.  Zechariah 9:9d...The Messiah would bring salvation... Luke 19:10

337.  Zechariah 9:9e...The Messiah would be humble... Matthew 11:29

338.  Zechariah 9:9f...Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey... Matthew 21:6-9

339.  Zechariah 10:4...The cornerstone... Ephesians 2:20

340.   Zechariah 11:4-6a...At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders... Matthew 23:1-4

341.  Zechariah 11:4-6b...Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Luke 19:41-44

342.  Zechariah 11:4-6c...Rejected in favor of another king... John 19:13-15

343.   Zechariah 11:7...Ministry to "poor," the believing remnant... Matthew 9:35-36

344.  Zechariah 11:8a...Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them... Matthew 23:33

345. Zechariah 11:8b...Despised... Matthew 27:20

346.  Zechariah 11:9...Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him... Matthew 13:10-11

347.  Zechariah 11:10-11a...Rejection causes God to remove protection... Luke 19:41-44

348.  Zechariah 11:10-11b...The Messiah would be God... John 14:7

349.  Zechariah 11:12-13a...Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver... Matthew 26:14-15

350.  Zechariah 11:12-13b...Rejected... Matthew 26:14-15

351.  Zechariah 11:12-13c...Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord... Matthew 27:3-5

352.  Zechariah 11:12-13d...The Messiah would be God... John 12:45

353.  Zechariah 12:10a...The Messiah's body would be pierced... John 19:34-37

354.  Zechariah 12:10b...The Messiah would be both God and man... John 10:30

355.  Zechariah 12:10c...The Messiah would be rejected... John 1:11

356.  Zechariah 13:7a...God's will He die for mankind... John 18:11

357.  Zechariah 13:7b...A violent death... Matthew 27:35

358.  Zechariah 13:7c...Both God and man… John 14:9

359.  Zechariah 13:7d...Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him... Matthew 26:31-56

360.  Malachi 3:1a...Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah... Matthew 11:10

361.  Malachi 3:1b...Sudden appearance at the temple... Mark 11:15-16

362.  Malachi 3:1c...Messenger of the new covenant... Luke 4:43

363.  Malachi 3:3...Our Sins Are Purged...Luke 1:78, John 1:9; 12:46, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 2:28; 19:11-16; 22:16

364. Malachi 4:5...Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah... Matthew 3:1-2

365. Malachi 4:6...Forerunner would turn many to righteousness... Luke 1:16-17

 

And for leap year, you can have Psalm 21 as a Messianic Hymn and David's praise.