Prophecies concerning the genealogy and origin of Jesus Christ and their fulfillments Posted on 2010/02/16 by lambfollower
The Old Testament is filled with types and prophecies. Typologically speaking, the center and focus of the entire Old Testament is actually Jesus Christ the Son, the second of the Trinity. Prophetically speaking, all the prophecies in the Old Testament concerning His first coming and His incarnation have been fully fulfilled, and all the rest are and will be fulfilled in the time to come.
The genealogy of Jesus Christ is of great significance. We need to see that our Lord Jesus Christ is the complete God and the perfect Man, fully divine and fully human. Any teachings the deny His humanity is as heretic as those that deny His divinity. His genealogy is especially important for demonstrating His origin as the Son of Man in various aspects. Bless this fact! So many prominent figures, holy items, and blessed promises all pointed to, merged into, and fulfilled in this marvelous God-Man, our Lord Jesus Christ!
To balance a little bit, we also need to be cautious not to pay too much attention to genealogies, but to God’s New Testament economy, just as Paul exhorted Timothy “to remain in Ephesus in order that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things Nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.” (1 Timothy 1:3-4)
Concerning His genealogy The Seed of the woman
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman And between your seed and her seed; He will bruise you on the head, But you will bruise him on the heel. Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law, Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel. Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel” (which is translated, God with us). Luke 1:26-35
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, To a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, Rejoice, you who have been graced! The Lord is with you. And she was greatly troubled at this saying and began reasoning what kind of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father, And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end. But Mary said to the angel, How will this be, since I have not known a man? And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the holy thing which is born will be called the Son of God.
The Seed of Abraham
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
Genesis 13:15-16
For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your seed forever. And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed can also be numbered. Genesis 15:5
And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be. Genesis 18:18
Since Abraham will indeed become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him? Genesis 21:12
And God said to Abraham, Do not be displeased on account of the boy and on account of your maidservant. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called. Genesis 22:17-18
I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, Acts 3:25
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God covenanted with your fathers, saying to Abraham, “And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” Galatians 3:16
But to Abraham were the promises spoken and to his seed. He does not say, “And to the seeds,” as concerning many, but as concerning one: “And to your seed,” who is Christ. The Seed of Isaac
Genesis 17:19-20
But God said, No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; indeed, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly: twelve princes will he beget, and I will make him a great nation. Genesis 21:12
And God said to Abraham, Do not be displeased on account of the boy and on account of your maidservant. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called. Genesis 26:2-4
And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I will tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and will give to your seed all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed, Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, Romans 9:7
Neither is it that because they are the seed of Abraham, they are all children; but, “In Isaac shall your seed be called,”
The Seed of Jacob
Genesis 28:13-14
And there was Jehovah, standing above it; and He said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, I will give to you and to your seed. And your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 32:12
But You have said, I will surely do you good and make your seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Genesis 35:11-12
And God said to him, I am the All-sufficient God: Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from your loins. And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, I will give to you; And I will give the land to your seed after you. Numbers 24:17-19
I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. There shall come forth a Star out of Jacob, And a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And He shall crush the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of Sheth. And Edom shall be dispossessed, Seir, His enemies, shall also be dispossessed; While Israel does valiantly. And One from Jacob shall have dominion And destroy the remnant from the city. Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers, Luke 3:34
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Be of the tribe of Judah
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers, Luke 3:33
The son of Aminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord has risen out of Judah, concerning which tribe Moses spoke nothing about priests. The Seed of David
Psalm 132:11
Jehovah has sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set One upon your throne. Isaiah 11:10
And in that day the root of Jesse, Who stands as a banner to the peoples-Him will the nations seek, And His resting place will be the glory. Jeremiah 23:5
Indeed, days are coming, Declares Jehovah, When I will raise up to David a righteous Shoot; And He will reign as King and act prudently And will execute justice and righteousness in the land. Jeremiah 33:15
In those days and at that time I will cause a Shoot of righteousness to shoot forth unto David, and He will execute justice and righteousness in the land. Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:6
And Jesse begot David the king. And David begot Solomon of her who had been the wife of Uriah, Luke 1:32-33
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father,
And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end. Acts 2:30
Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him to seat One from the fruit of his loins upon his throne, Romans 1:3
Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh, Concerning His birth Bethlehem to be His birthplace
Micah 5:2
(But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, So little to be among the thousands of Judah, From you there will come forth to Me He who is to be Ruler in Israel; And His goings forth are from ancient times, From the days of eternity.) Matthew 2:1;
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, Luke 2:4-7
And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, To be registered with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. And while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her to bear, And she bore her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn. |
