Son Of Isaac

Why are prophetic fulfillments important?

Prophetic fufillments are important because they show the miraculous nature of the person of Jesus, they validate Jesus's authority and his messiaship, and show the authority of the old testament.

Prophecies show the miraculous nature of the person of Jesus because the probability that Jesus could have fulfilled even eight of these prophecies would be only 1 in 10^17. That's 1 in 100, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 of a chance. The chances of that is too low to dismiss it as a coincidence, therefore we can conclude that the Jesus fulfilling the prophecies to be miraculous. They validate the authority of Jesus because the bible said he has to fulfill those prophecies in order for him to be who he says he was. Finally, they show the authority of the old testament because prophecies from hundreds of years prior, all being fulfilled during the alloted time period the old testament claimed it would be, and all in one person shows that the old testament did in fact have authority in its claims.

What was the prophecy?

 The prophecy concerning the messiah is found in Genesis 21:12. The prophecy makes it known that the messiah could only come from the descendants of Isaac.

Old Testament Scripture:

Genesis 21:12 (CSB): ¹²But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and about your slave. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her, because your offspring will be traced through Isaac,

New Testament Scripture:

Matthew 1:1–2 (CSB): ¹An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: ²Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

Abraham had two sons. His sons were Isaac and Ishmael. Through this old testament verse, we find that God’s seed is going to come through Isaac rather than Ishmael, this eliminated a half of possible options of lineage which Jesus fulfills by coming from the lineage of Isaac.