Tribe Of Judah

Prophetic/Timing Arguments


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 1017. 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 both Genesis 49:10 and Micah 5:2.

 

Old Testament Scripture:

 

Micah 5:2 (CSB): 2Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.

 

Genesis 49:10 (CSB): 10The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.

 

New Testament Fulfillment:

 

Hebrews 7:14 (CSB): 14Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.

 

Two Jewish sources by the Targums agree that these Old Testament verses are concerning the Messiah.

 

Jacob had twelve sons and each became a tribe of the nation of Israel. This means that Jesus could only come from 1/12 of the lineage of Jacob to fulfill the prophecy of coming from the line of Judah. Jesus did come from the line of Judah and fulfilled the prophecy.

 

Source: Josh McDowell