August 18, 2012—SnyderTalk Editorial: 17 Prophecies of the Messiah’s First-Coming

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17 Prophecies of the Messiah’s First-Coming

The Messiah is the central figure in the Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi.  Prophecies about Him deal with every facet of his life—His birth, His ministry on earth, His death, and His ultimate victory.  Grant Jeffrey, a Bible scholar and author, has estimated the probability of anyone fulfilling just 17 prophecies about the Messiah’s first-coming, and his results are astonishing.[i]  Jeffrey’s probability estimates are presented below,[ii] and they are extremely conservative:

  1. He will be born in Bethlehem and descended from Judah—Micah 5: 2 and Genesis 49: 10—Probability: 1 in 2,400.
  2. A messenger will precede the Messiah—Isaiah 40: 3 and Malachi 3: 1—Probability: 1 in 20.
  3. He will enter Jerusalem on a colt—Zechariah 9: 9—Probability: 1 in 50.
  4. He will be betrayed by a friend—Psalm 41: 9—Probability: 1 in 10.
  5. His hands and feet will be pierced—Psalm 22: 16—Probability: 1 in 100.
  6. His enemies will wound Him—Isaiah: 54: 5—Probability: 1 in 10.
  7. His betrayer will receive 30 pieces of silver for betraying Him—Zechariah 11: 12—Probability: 1 in 50.
  8. He will be spit upon and beaten—Isaiah 50: 6—Probability: 1 in 10.
  9. The money for His betrayal will be thrown into the Temple and used to buy a potter’s field—Zechariah 11: 13—Probability: 1 in 200.
  10. He will be silent before His accusers—Isaiah 53: 7—Probability: 1 in 100.
  11. He will die with thieves—Isaiah 53: 9—Probability: 1 in 100.
  12. People will gamble for His garments—Psalm 22: 18—Probability: 1 in 100.
  13. His side will be pierced—Zechariah 12: 10—Probability: 1 in 100.
  14. None of His bones will be broken—Psalm 34: 20—Probability: 1 in 20.
  15. His body will not decay—Psalm 16: 10—Probability: 1 in 10,000.
  16. He will be buried in a rich man’s tomb—Isaiah 53: 9—Probability: 1 in 100.
  17. Darkness will cover the earth at His death—Amos 8: 9—Probability: 1 in 1000.

Using Jeffrey’s estimates, the odds of anyone in earth’s history fulfilling these 17 prophecies is 1 in 480,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.[iii]  We can state this number another way: 1 in 5 trillion multiplied by 96 trillion.  The denominator in this fraction is so large that it boggles the mind.

Here is a way to think about these odds.  In 2001, The United States’ national debt was about 5 trillion dollars.  Candidly, I never thought that I would look back on the free-spending days of 2001 as the good ol’ days, but that’s another story.  That said, imagine you have in front of you 5 trillion times 96 trillion $1 bills.  It would take an area the size of Texas to pile them up.  We mark one of the $1 bills, hide it somewhere in the pile, blindfold you, and tell you to pick the marked bill out of the pile in one try.

The probability of you picking the correct $1 bill in this example is the same as the likelihood of anyone fulfilling these 17 prophecies about the Messiah by chance, but there are hundreds of Messianic prophecies in the Bible—not 17.  Thus, logic and probability indicate that anyone who fulfills these prophecies must be the Messiah.

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[i] Jeffrey, Grant. Jesus: The Great Debate, Frontier Research Publications, Inc.: Toronto, 1999, pp. 230-239.

[ii] The Appendix contains information on the fulfillment of all the prophecies listed in Exhibit 8.1.  Jesus fulfilled all of them, and many more as well.

[iii] To calculate this probability, simply multiply all 17 probabilities (i.e., probability 1 times probability 2 times probability 3….times probability 17).

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Ezekiel 16: 6-7

“When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ I made you numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare.”

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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important.  It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.

  • God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
  • “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
  • “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.  In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)

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Hosea 4: 6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

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