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Prophecy: Jesus would be born like any other human
Old Testament (O.T.) Reference: Genesis 3:14-15
New Testament (N.T.) Fulfillment: Galatians 4:4 |
"So the said to the serpent: 'Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.' " (Genesis 3:14-15, NKJV throughout)
"But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, . . . " (Galatians 4:4) |
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Prophecy: From the Tribe of Judah
Old Testament Reference: Genesis 49:10
New Testament Fulfillment: Luke 3:33 |
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10)
"Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, . . . the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, " (Luke 3:23, 33) |
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Prophecy: Descendant of Abraham, Issac and Jacob
O.T. Reference: Genesis 12:3, 17:17,19; Numbers 24:17
N.T. Fulfillment: Matthew 1:1-2,16; Luke 3:34, 38"Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, 'Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?' . . . Then God said: 'No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.' " (Genesis 17:17, 19)
" . . . the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, . . . the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God." (Luke 3:34, 38) |
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