SUMMARY

of the Hebrew Patriarchs’ Prophecies Concerning the

Messiah

That Survived the Roman Destruction of the Temple

Jacob • Moses • David • Isaiah • Jeremiah • Daniel

Our study has presented the predictions of the most important fathers of the Hebrew faith concerning the Messiah. These men are responsible for the beliefs and framework of Judaism. God revealed Himself and His laws to these men and made an everlasting covenant with them and their descendants. The holy writings of these men were all found along with the secular Dead Sea Scroll documents in the caves at Qumran that we have examined.

 

So let’s sum up what the patriarchs told the children of Israel about the coming Messiah - Anointed One - Shiloh.

 

 

 

 

What the Prophets Said

About the

MESSIAH

Jacob

Jacob said that one of his son Judah’s descendants would have an eternal throne.

 

Moses

Moses said God would send the children of Israel a prophet like himself who would be proven to be the real Messiah by miracles and signs and wonders. We examined the unique details of Moses’ personal history and found seven surprising parallels between his history and that of Judah’s descendants.

 

David

David’s writings acknowledge his belief that the Messiah would be one of his descendants. He also said this Messiah would become a priest forever, like Melchizedek. In David’s Psalms 16, 22, and 69, he describes a very specific and frightening vision of Jesus' crucifixion eleven hundred years before it occurred.

 

 

Isaiah

Isaiah writes that the Messiah would be a descendant of King David and that he would suffer and die as a sin offering for other people’s sins -- not his own. Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be rejected by his own people and become the hope of the Gentiles. Like King David, Isaiah described a very exact description of Yeshua’s torture and execution at the hands of the Romans.

 

 

Jeremiah

Jeremiah predicted that the Messiah would be a descendant of King David, and that he would bring forgiveness of people’s sins. Jeremiah stated that the Messiah would establish a new covenant between God and the people to renew the first one that Israel had broken.

 

 

Daniel

The book of Daniel tells us how the prophet was visited by the angel Gabriel and told when the arrival of the Messiah would take place. Gabriel told Daniel that 173,880 days after the order to rebuild Jerusalem is given, the Anointed One would be killed before his work was finished. We believe the order to rebuild the Holy City was issued in 445 BC by King Artaxerxes to Nehemiah. From what we know about the number of days in the Jewish calendar during Daniel’s lifetime, Gabriel told Daniel the Messiah would be killed in or around 24-37 AD.