Messianic prophecies in the Pentateuch.

The  Pentateuch  contains several important Messianic prophecies: About the .Seed of the

woman,. Who will crush the head of the serpent (Gen. 3:15); about the descendant of Abraham,

in Whom all the nations will be blessed (Gen. 22:16-18); about the coming of Messiah in times,

when the tribe of Judas will fall from power (Gen. 49:10); on the Messiah, in the image of the

Rising Star (Num. 24:17); and about Messiah, as the greatest Prophet (Deut. 18:15-19).

  Jesus Christ, scorning the unbelieving Jews, remind them of these prophesies: “For had ye

believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me” (John: 5:46). Here these

prophecies are listed together with references of their fulfillment.

Old Testament's

Prophecy

New Testament's

fulfillment

The Messiah shall be

born of a Woman

Genesis 3:15 And I [the Lord] will put enmity be-

tween thee  [Devil] and the Woman, and between

thy seed and her seed; He shall bruise thy head,

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Explanation:  In  this  first  prophecy  about  the Messiah  the Lord

promises that the Descendant of the Woman (Virgin Mary) will

crush the Devil, although in doing so He will suffer physically.

The prophecy was fulfilled when He died on the Cross.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 3:15 (ancient rabbinic lit-

erature): .And it shall be that when the sons of the woman study

the Torah  [the  books  of Moses]  diligently and obey  its  injunc-

tions,  they will  direct  themselves to smite  you  [the  serpent]  on

the head and slay you; but when the sons of the woman forsake

the commandments of the Torah and do not obey its injunctions,

you will direct yourself to bite them on the heel and afflict them.

However, there will be a remedy for the sons of the woman, but

for you, serpent, there will be no remedy. They shall make peace

with one another in the end, in the very end of days, in the days

of the King Messiah..

Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of the time

was  come,  God  sent  forth his Son, made of a

woman, made under the law.

1 John 3:8 For this purpose the Son of God was

manifested,  that  he might destroy the works of

the devil.

Matthew 8:29  [Seeing  Jesus,  the  demons] cried out,

saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus,

thou Son of God? art thou come  hither  to  tor-

ment us before the time?

Luke 10:18-19 [Jesus to His disciples:] I beheld Satan

as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I  give

unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpi-

ons, and over all the power of the enemy:  and

nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Also Romans 16:20.

Revelation 12:11 And they [the faithful] overcame

him [the dragon] by the blood of the Lamb, and by

the word of their testimony; and they loved not

their lives unto the death.

Son of Abraham

Genesis 22:18  [The  Angel  to  Abraham:]  And  in  thy

Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed

were  the  promises made. He saith not, And to

seeds, as of many; but as of one: And to thy

Seed, which is Christ.

The Scepter from Juda

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from

Judah,  nor  a  lawgiver  from  his  loins,  until  Shi-

loh comes  [He,  to  Whom  it  is  determined  to  come]; and

He is the expectation of nations. [Septuagint trans-

lation]

Explanation:  The  Jews  always  had  rulers  from  their own  tribe.

King Herod, being an Idumean, was the first ruler of foreign de-

scent. Precisely during his reign the Messiah was born, fulfilling

the prophecy.  .Shiloh. most  probably means  .Conciliator.. Je-

Romans 9:5 Of whom  [Jews] as concerning the

flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed

for ever.

Hebrews 7:14 For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord

sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake

nothing concerning priesthood.

John 18:31  Then  said  Pilate  unto  them  [the

Jewish  authorities, accusing Jesus],  Take ye

him, and judge him according to your law. The

sus reconciled us with God.  Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for

us to put any man to death. [Here the Jewish authori-

ties  recognized  that  they  lost  the power to administer the

death penalty].

He Shall be a prophet

Deuteronomy 18:18-19 [God says to Moses:]  I  will

raise them up a Prophet from among their breth-

ren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his

mouth;  and  he  shall  speak  unto  them  all  that  I

shall  command  him.  And  whatever  man  shall

not hearken unto My words which that Prophet

shall  speak  in  My  name,  I  will  take  vengeance

on him.

Explanation: The postscript, made at the end of the book of Deu-

teronomy more than 450 years B.C., states that among the many

prophets which were sent to the Jews not one was as great and

important as Moses. The Jews always expected to see in the

coming Messiah their greatest prophet and lawgiver.

   Ralbag (Gersonides,  ancient  rabbinic  literature)  comments  on

the  above  text:  .A  prophet  from  the  midst  of  thee.  In  fact  the

Messiah is such a Prophet... .

Matthew 21:11 And the multitude said, This is

Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

Luke 7:16 And  there  came  a fear on all, and

they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet

is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited

his people.

John 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when

they heard this saying, said, of a truth this is the

Prophet.

Acts 3:20-23  [Deacon  Stephen  to  the  Sanhedrim:] God

shall send Jesus Christ, which  before  was

preached unto you, Whom the heaven  must  re-

ceive  until the times of restitution of all things,

which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his

holy prophets since the world began. For Moses

truly said unto the fathers,  A  prophet  shall  the

Lord your God raise up unto you of your breth-

ren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things

whatsoever  he shall say unto you. And it shall

come  to  pass,  that  every  soul,  which  will  not

hear that prophet, shall be  destroyed  from

among the people.

The Star out of Jacob

and the light of the world

Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I

shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come

a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out

of  Israel,  and  shall  smite  the  corners  of  Moab,

and  destroy  all the children of Sheth. [i.e.  He  will

destroy all the enemies of God]

Matthew 2:1-2 When Jesus was born in Bethle-

hem of Judaea in the days  of  Herod  the  king,

behold, there came wise men from the east to Je-

rusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King

of  the Jews? for we have seen his star in the

east, and are come to worship him.

Revelation 22:16: I Jesus have sent mine angel

to testify unto you these things in the churches. I

am the root and the offspring of David, and the

bright and morning star.

John 8:12 Then  spake  Jesus again unto them,

saying,  I am the light of the world; he that fol-

loweth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall

have the light of life.

Acts 13:47-48 For so hath the Lord commanded

us, saying, I have set thee to be a  light  of  the

Gentiles,  that  thou shouldest be for salvation

unto  the ends of the earth. And when the Gen-

tiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the

word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained

to eternal life believed.

Explanation: Jesus is called the .Star. because He guides all to

their salvation.