300 PROPHCIES??

Here is a list someone sent me of 315 prophecies.  To relate most of these to Jesus requires first that you believe the Christian assumptions.  So to use these verses to prove those same assumptions is circular.

The fallacy in most of these is pretty obvious, but, for anyone who is interested, a Karaite-like Creationist site (hey -- I'm just giving the link) is writing a refutation of each one.  Go to the heading entitled "Messianic Prophecies Refuted" for the list.

It's fun to compare these to Moishe Shulman's 42 prophecies of a Messianic Rooster.  By taking verses out of context -- as the missionaries do in the list below -- you can prove anything you want to about the Messiah (and probably about anything else.)  In addition, one use Bilical prophecies to prove Tiger Woods the Messiah.

315 Messianic Prophecies of Jesus

1. Gen. 3:15.....He will bruise Satan's head.....Heb. 2:14, 1 Jn. 3:18

2. Gen. 5:24....The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated....Mk. 6:19

3. Gen. 9:26,27...The God of Shem will be the Son of Shem...Lu. 3:36

4. Gen. 12:3...As Abraham's seed,will bless all nations...Acts. 3:25,26

5. Gen. 12:7...The Promise made to Abraham's Seed...Gal. 3:16

6. Gen. 14:18...A priest after Melchizedek...Heb. 6:20

7. Gen. 14:18........A King also........Heb. 7:2

8. Gen. 14:18...The Last Supper foreshadowed...Mt. 26:26-29

9. Gen. 17:19.......The Seed of Isaac.......Rom. 9:7

10. Gen. 22:8...The Lamb of God promised...Jn. 1:29

11. Gen. 22:18...As Isaac's seed, will bless all nations...Gal. 3:16

12. Gen.26:2-5..The Seed of Isaac promised as the Redeemer..Heb.11:18

13. Gen. 49:10...The time of His coming...Lu. 2:1-7; Gal. 4:4

14. Gen. 49:10.......The Seed of Judah.......Lu. 3:33

15. Gen. 49:10......Called Shiloh or One Sent......Jn. 17:3

16. Gen. 49:10...To come before Judah lost identity...Jn. 11:47-52

17. Gen. 49:10...To Him shall the obedience of the people be...Jn. 10:16

18. Ex. 3:13,14........The Great "I Am".......Jn. 4:26

19. Ex. 12:5...A Lamb without blemish...1 Pet. 1:19

20. Ex. 12:13...The blood of the Lamb saves from wrath...Rom. 5:8

21. Ex. 12:21-27...Christ is our Passover...1 Cor. 5;7

22. Ex. 12:46...Not a bone of the Lamb to be broken...Jn. 19:31-36

23. Ex. 15:2...His exaltation predicted as Yeshua...Acts 7:55,56

24. Ex. 15:11...His Character-Holiness...Luke 1:35; Acts 4:27

25. Ex. 17:6...The Spiritual Rock of Israel...1 Cor. 10;4

26. Ex. 33:19...His Character-Merciful...Lu. 1:72

27. Lev.14:11..The leper cleansed-Sign to priesthood..Lu.5:12-14; Acts 6:7

28. Lev.16:15-17...Prefigures Christ's once-for-all death...Heb. 9:7-14

29. Lev.16:27...Suffering outside the Camp...Mt. 27:33; Heb. 13:11, 12

30. Lev.17:11...The Blood-the life of the flesh...Mt. 26;28; Mk. 10:45

31. Lev.17:11...It is the blood that makes atonement...1 Jn. 3:14-18

32. Lev.23:36-37...The Drink-offering: "If any man thirst." ..Jn. 19:31-36

33. Num. 9:12...Not a bone of Him broken...John 19:31-36

34. Num. 21:9...The serpent on a pole-Christ lifted up...Jn. 3:14-18

35. Num. 24:17...Time: "I shall see him, but not now."...Gal. 4:4

36. Deut. 18:15..."This is of a truth that prophet."...Jn. 6:14

37. Deut. 18:15-16..."Had ye believed Moses, ye would believe me."...Jn. 5:45-47

38. Deut. 18:18...Sent by the Father to speak His word...Jn. 8:28, 29

39. Deut. 18:19...Whoever will not hear must bear his sin...Jn. 12:15,

40. Deut. 21:23...Cursed is he that hangs on a tree...Gal. 3:10-13

41. Ruth 4:4-9...Christ, our kinsman, has redeemed us...Eph. 1:3-7

42. 1 Sam. 2:10...Shall be an anointed King to the Lord...Mt. 28:18; Jn. 12:15

43. 2 Sam. 7:12...David's Seed...Mt. 1:1

44. 2 Sam. 7:14a...The Son of God... Lu. 1:32

45. 2 Sam. 7:16...David's house established forever...Lu. 3:31; Rev. 22:16

46. 2 Ki. 2:11...The bodily ascension to heaven illustrated...Lu. 24:51

47. 1 Chr. 17:11...David's Seed...Mt. 1:1; 9:27

48. 1 Chr. 17:12, 13a...To reign on David's throne forever...Lu. 1:32, 33

49. 1 Chr. 17:13a..."I will be His Father, He...my Son."...Heb. 1:5

50. Job 19:23-27...The Resurrection predicted...Jn. 5:24-29

51. Psa. 2:1-3...The enmity of kings foreordained...Acts 4:25-28

52. Psa. 2:2...To own the title, Anointed (Christ)...Acts 2:36

53. Ps. 2:6...His Character-Holiness...Jn. 8:46; Rev. 3:7

54. Ps. 2:6...To own the title King...Mt. 2:2

55. Ps. 2:7...Declared the Beloved Son...Mt. 3;17

56. Psa. 2:7, 8...The Crucifixion and Resurrection intimated...Acts 13:29-33

57. Psa. 2:12...Life comes through faith in Him...Jn. 20:31

58. Psa. 8:2...The mouths of babes perfect His praise...Mt. 21:16

59. Psa. 8:5, 6...His humiliation and exaltation...Lu. 24:50-53; 1 Cor. 15:27

60. Psa. 16:10...Was not to see corruption...Acts 2:31

61. Psa. 16:9-11...Was to arise from the dead...Jn. 20:9

62. Psa. 17;15...The resurrection predicted...Lu. 24:6

63. Psa. 22:1...Forsaken because of sins of others...2 Cor. 5:21

64. Psa. 22:1...Words spoken from Calvary, "My God..." Mk. 15:34

65. Psa. 22:2...Darkness upon Calvary...Mt. 27:45

66. Psa. 22:7...They shoot out the lip and shake the head...Mt. 27:39

67. Psa. 22:8.." He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him "...Mt. 27:43

68. Psa. 22:9......Born the Saviour......Lu. 2:7

69. Psa. 22:14...Died of a broken (ruptured)heart...Jn. 19:34

70. Psa. 22:14,15...Suffered agony on Calvary...Mk. 15:34-37

71. Psa. 22:15........He thirsted........Jn. 19:28

72. Psa. 22:16...They pierced His hands and His feet....Jn. 19:34,37;20:27

73. Psa. 22:17,18...Stripped Him before the stares of men...Lu. 23:34,35

74. Psa. 22:18.....They parted His garments.....Jn. 19:23,24

75. Psa. 22:20,21...He committed Himself to God...Lu.23:46

76. Psa. 22:20,21..Satanic power bruising the Redeemer's heel..Heb. 2:14

77. Psa. 22:22.....His Resurrection declared.....Jn. 20:17

78. Psa. 22:27...He shall be the governor of the nations...Col 1:16

79. Psa. 22:31......"It is finished"......Jn. 19:30

80. Psa. 23:1...."I am the Good Shephard"....Jn. 10:11

81. Psa. 24:3......His exaltation predicted......Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9

82. Psa. 30:3......His resurrection predicted......Acts 2:32

83. Psa. 31:5..."Into thy hands I commit my spirit"...Lu. 23:46

84. Psa. 31:11...His acquaintances fled from Him...Mk. 14:50

85. Psa. 31:13...They took counsel to put Him to death...Jn. 11:53

86. Psa. 31:14,15..." He trusted in God, let Him deliver him"...Mt. 27:43

87. Psa. 34:20.....Not a bone of Him broken.....Jn 19:31-36

88. Psa. 35:11....False witnesses rose up against Him....Mt. 26:59

89. Psa. 35:19...He was hated without a cause...Jn. 15:25

90. Psa. 38:11.....His friends stood afar off.....Lu. 23:49

91. Psa. 40:2-5...The joy of His resurrection predicted...Jn. 20:20

92. Psa. 40:6-8....His delight-the will of the Father....Jn. 4:34

93. Psa. 40:9....He was to preach the Righteousness in Israel....Mt. 4:17

94. Psa. 40:14...Confronted by adversaries in the Garden...Jn. 18:4-6

95. Psa. 41:9.....Betrayed by a familiar friend.....Jn. 13:18

96. Psa. 45:2...Words of Grace come from His lips...Lu. 4:22

97. Psa. 45:6...To own the title, God or Elohim...Heb. 1:8

98. Psa. 45:7...A special anointing by the Holy Spirit...Mt.3:16; Heb.1:9

99. Psa. 45:7,8...Called the Christ (Messiah or Anointed)...Lu. 2:11

100. Psa. 55:12-14...Betrayed by a friend, not an enemy...Jn. 13:18

101. Psa. 55:15...Unrepentant death of the Betrayer...Mt. 27:3-5; Acts 1:16-19

102. Psa. 68:18...To give gifts to men...Eph. 4:7-16

103. Psa. 68:18...Ascended into Heaven...Lu. 24:51

104. Psa. 69:4...Hated without a cause...Jn. 15:25

105. Psa. 69:8...A stranger to own brethren...Lu. 8;20,21

106. Psa. 69:9...Zealous for the Lord's House...Jn. 2:17

107. Psa. 69:14-20...Messiah's anguish of soul before crucifixion...Mt. 26:36-45

108. Psa. 69:20..."My soul is exceeding sorrowful."...Mt. 26:38

109. Psa. 69:21...Given vinegar in thirst...Mt. 27:34

110. Psa. 69:26...The Saviour given and smitten by God...Jn. 17:4; 18:11

111. Psa. 72:10,11...Great persons were to visit Him...Mt. 2:1-11

112. Psa. 72:16...The corn of wheat to fall into the Ground...Jn. 12:24

113. Psa. 72:17...His name, Yinon, will produce offspring...Jn. 1:12,13

114. Psa. 72:17...All nations shall be blessed by Him...Acts 2:11,12,41

115. Psa. 78:1.2...He would teach in parables...Mt. 13:34-35

116. Psa. 78:2b...To speak the Wisdom of God with authority...Mt. 7:29

117. Psa. 88:8...They stood afar off and watched...Lu. 23:49

118. Psa. 89:27...Emmanuel to be higher than earthly kings...Lu. 1:32,33

119. Psa. 89:35-37...David's Seed, throne, kingdom endure forever...Lu. 1:32,33

120. Psa. 89:36-37...His character-Faithfulness...Rev. 1:5

121. Psa. 90:2...He is from everlasting (Micah 5:2)...Jn. 1:1

122. Psa. 91:11,12...Identified as Messianic; used to tempt Christ...Lu. 4;10,11

123. Psa. 97:9...His exaltation predicted...Acts 1:11;Eph. 1:20

124. Psa. 100:5...His character-Goodness...Mt. 19:16,17

125. Psa. 102:1-11...The Suffering and Reproach of Calvary...Jn. 21:16-30

126. Psa. 102:25-27...Messiah is the Preexistent Son...Heb. 1:10-12

127. Psa. 109:25...Ridiculed...Mt. 27:39

128. Psa. 110:1...Son of David...Mt. 22:43

129. Psa. 110:1...To ascend to the right-hand of the Father...Mk.16:19

130. Psa. 110:1...David's son called Lord...Mt. 22:44,45

131. Psa. 110:4...A priest after Melchizedek's order...Heb. 6:20

132. Psa. 112:4...His character-Compassionate, Gracious, et al... Mt. 9;36

133. Psa. 118:17,18...Messiah's Resurrection assured...Lu. 24:5-7;1 Cor. 15:20

134. Psa. 118:22,23...The rejected stone is Head of the corner...Mt. 21:42,43

135. Psa. 118:26a...The Blessed One presented to Israel...Mt. 21:9

136. Psa. 118:26b...To come while Temple standing...Mt. 21;12-15

137. Psa. 132:11...The Seed of David(the fruit of His Body)...Lu. 1:32

138. Psa. 138:1-6...The supremacy of David's Seed amazes kings... Mt. 2:2-6

139. Psa. 147:3,6...The earthly ministry of Christ described...Lu. 4:18

140. Psa. 1:23...He will send the Spirit of God... Jn. 16;7

141. Song. 5;16...The altogether lovely One...Jn. 1:17

142. Isa. 6:1...When Isaiah saw His glory... Jn. 12:40-41

143. Isa. 6:9-10...Parables fall on deaf ears...Mt. 13:13-15

144. Isa. 6:9-12...Blinded to Christ and deaf to His words...Acts. 28:23-29

145. Isa. 7:14...To be born of a virgin...Lu. 1:35

146. Isa. 7:14...To be Emmanuel-God with us... Mt. 1:18-23

147. Isa. 8:8...Called Emmanuel...Mt. 28:20

148. Isa. 8:14...A stone of stumbling, a Rock of offense... 1 Pet. 2:8

149. Isa. 9:1,2...His ministry to begin in Galilee...Mt. 4:12-17

150. Isa. 9:6...A child born-Humanity...Lu. 1:31

151. Isa. 9:6...A Son given-Deity...Lu. 1:32; Jn. 1;14; 1 Tim. 3:16

152. Isa. 9:6...Declared to be the Son of God with power... Rom. 1:3,4

153. Isa. 9:6...The Wonderful One, Peleh...Lu. 4:22

154. Isa. 9:6...The Counsellor, Yaatz...Mt. 13:54

155. Isa. 9:6...The Mighty God, El Gibor...Mt. 11:20

156. Isa. 9:6...The Everlasting Father, Avi Adth...Jn. 8:58

157. Isa. 9:6...The Prince of Peace, Sar Shalom...Jn . 16:33

158. Isa. 9:7...To establish an everlasting kingdom...Lu. 1:32-33

159. Isa. 9:7...His Character-Just...Jn. 5:30

160. Isa. 9:7...No end to his Government, Throne, and Peace...Lu. 1:32-33

161. Isa. 11:1...Called a Nazarene-the Branch, Netzer...Mt. 2:23

162. Isa. 11:1...A rod out of Jesse-Son of Jesse...Lu. 3:23,32

163. Isa. 11:2...The anointed One by the Spirit...Mt. 3;16,17

164. Isa. 11:2...His Character-Wisdom, Understanding, et al....Jn. 4:4-26

165. Isa. 11:4...His Character-Truth...Jn. 14:6

166. Isa. 11:10...The Gentiles seek Him...Jn. 12:18-21

167. Isa. 12:2...Called Jesus-Yeshua...Mt. 1:21

168. Isa. 25:8...The Resurrection predicted...I Cor. 15:54

169. Isa. 26:19...His power of Resurrection predicted...Jn. 11:43,44

170. Isa. 28:16...The Messiah is the precious corner stone...Acts 4:11,12

171. Isa. 29:13...He indicated hypocritical obedience to His Word...Mt. 15:7-9

172. Isa. 29:14...The wise are confounded by the Word...I Cor. 1:18-31

173. Isa. 32:2...A Refuge-A man shall be a hiding place...Mt. 23:37

174. Isa. 35:4...He will come and save you...Mt. 1:21

175. Isa. 35:5...To have a ministry of miracles...Mt. 11:4-6

176. Isa. 40:3,4...Preceded by forerunner...Jn. 1:23

177. Isa. 40:9..."Behold your God."...Jn. 1:36;19:14

178. Isa. 40:11...A shepherd-compassionatelife-giver...Jn. 10:10-18

179. Isa. 42:1-4...The Servant-as a faithful, patient redeemer... Mt.12:18-21

180. Isa. 42:2...Meek and lowly... Mt. 11:28-30

181. Isa. 42:3...He brings hope for the hopeless... Jn. 4

182. Isa. 42:4...The nations shall wait on His teachings... Jn. 12:20-26

183. Isa. 42:6...The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles...Lu. 2:32

184. Isa. 42:1,6...His is a Worldwide compassion... Mt. 28:19,20

185. Isa. 42:7...Blind eyes opened... Jn. 9:25-38

186. Isa. 43:11...He is the only Saviour... Acts. 4:12

187. Isa. 44:3...He will send the Spirit of God... Jn. 16:7,13

188. Isa. 45:23...He will be the Judge... Jn. 5:22;Rom. 14:11

189. Isa. 48:12...The First and the Last...Jn. 1:30;Rev. 1:8,17

190. Isa. 48:17...He came as a Teacher...Jn. 3:2

191. Isa. 49:1...Called from the womb-His humanity...Mt. 1:18

192. Isa. 49:5...A Servant from the womb...Lu. 1:31;Phil. 2:7

193. Isa. 49:6...He is Salvation for Israel...Lu. 2:29-32

194. Isa. 49:6...He is the Light of the Gentiles...Acts 13:47

195. Isa. 49:6...He is Salvation unto the ends of the earth... Acts 15:7-18

196. Isa. 49:7...He is despised of the Nation... Jn. 8:48-49

197. Isa. 50:3...Heaven is clothed in black at His humiliation... Lu. 23:44,45

198. Isa. 50:4...He is a learned counsellor for the weary... Mt. 11:28,29

199. Isa. 50:5...The Servant bound willingly to obedience... Mt. 26:39

200. Isa. 50:6a..."I gave my back to the smiters."... Mt. 27:26

201. Isa. 50:6b...He was smitten on the cheeks... Mt. 26:67

202. Isa. 50:6c...He was spat upon... Mt. 27:30

203. Isa. 52:7...To publish good tidings of peace... Lu. 4:14,15

204. Isa. 52:13...The Servant exalted...Acts 1:8-11; Eph. 1:19-22

205. Isa. 52:13...Behold, My Servant... Mt. 17:5; Phil. 2:5-8

206. Isa. 52:14...The Servant shockingly abused... Lu. 18:31-34; Mt. 26:67,68

207. Isa. 52:15...Nations startled by message of the Servant... Rom. 15:18-21

208. Isa. 52:15...His blood shed to make atonement for all... Rev. 1:5

209. Isa. 53:1...His people would not believe Him... Jn. 12:37-38

210. Isa. 53:2a...He would grow up in a poor family.... Lu. 2:7

211. Isa. 53:2b...Appearance of an ordinary man... Phil. 2:7-8

212. Isa. 53:3a...Despised.... Lu. 4:28-29

213. Isa. 53:3b...Rejected... Mt. 27:21-23

214. Isa. 53:3c...Great sorrow and grief... Lu. 19:41-42

215. Isa. 53:3d...Men hide from being associated with Him... Mk. 14:50-52

216. Isa. 53:4a...He would have a healing ministry... Lu. 6:17-19

217. Isa. 53:4b...He would bear the sins of the world... 1 Pet. 2:24

218. Isa. 53:4c...Thought to be cursed by God... Mt. 27:41-43

219. Isa. 53:5a...Bears penalty for mankind's transgressions... Lu. 23:33

220. Isa. 53:5b...His sacrifice would provide peace between man and God... Col. 1:20

221. Isa. 53:5c...His back would be whipped... Mt. 27:26

222. Isa. 53:6a...He would be the sin-bearer for all mankind...Gal. 1:4

223. Isa. 53:6b...God's will that He bear sin for all mankind... 1 Jn. 4:10

224. Isa. 53:7a...Oppressed and afflicted... Mt. 27:27-31

225. Isa. 53:7b...Silent before his accusers... Mt. 27:12-14

226. Isa. 53:7c...Sacrificial lamb... Jn. 1:29

227. Isa. 53:8a...Confined and persecuted... Mt. 26:47-27:31

228. Isa. 53:8b...He would be judged... Jn. 18:13-22

229. Isa. 53:8c...Killed.... Mt. 27:35

230. Isa. 53:8d...Dies for the sins of the world... 1 Jn. 2:2

231. Isa. 53:9a...Buried in a rich man's grave... Mt. 27:57

232. Isa. 53:9b...Innocent and had done no violence... Mk. 15:3

233. Isa. 53:9c...No deceit in his mouth... Jn. 18:38

234. Isa. 53:10a...God's will that He die for mankind... Jn. 18:11

235. Isa. 53:10b...An offering for sin... Mt. 20:28

236. Isa. 53:10c...Resurrected and live forever.... Mk. 16:16

237. Isa. 53:10d...He would prosper... Jn. 17:1-5

238. Isa. 53:11a...God fully satisfied with His suffering... Jn. 12:27

239. Isa. 53:11b...God's servant... Rom. 5:18-19

240. Isa. 53:11c...He would justify man before God... Rom. 5:8-9

241. Isa. 53:11d...The sin-bearer for all mankind... Heb. 9:28

242. Isa. 53:12a...Exalted by God because of his sacrifice... Mt. 28:18

243. Isa. 53:12b...He would give up his life to save mankind... Lu. 23:46

244. Isa. 53:12c...Grouped with criminals... Lu. 23:32

245. Isa. 53:12d...Sin-bearer for all mankind... 2 Cor. 5:21

246. Isa. 53:12e...Intercede to God in behalf of mankind... Lu. 23:34

247. Isa. 55:3...Resurrected by God... Acts 13:34

248. Isa. 55:4...A witness... Jn. 18:37

249. Isa. 59:15-16a...He would come to provide salvation... Jn. 6:40

250. Isa. 59:15-16b...Intercessor between man and God... Mt. 10:32

251. Isa. 59:20...He would come to Zion as their Redeemer... Lu. 2:38

252. Isa. 61:1-2a...The Spirit of God upon him... Mt. 3:16-17

253. Isa. 61:1-2b...The Messiah would preach the good news... Lu. 4:17-21

254. Isa. 61:1-2c...Provide freedom from the bondage of sin and death... Jn. 8:31-32

255. Isa. 61:1-2...Proclaim a period of grace... Jn. 5:24

256. Jer.23:5-6a...Descendant of David...Lu. 3:23-31

257. Jer. 23:5-6b...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 13:13

258. Jer. 23:5-6c...The Messiah would be both God and Man... 1 Tim. 3:16

259. Jer. 31:22...Born of a virgin... Mt. 1:18-20

260. Jer. 31:31...The Messiah would be the new covenant... Mt. 26:28

261. Jer. 33:14-15...Descendant of David... Lu. 3:23-31

262. Eze.17:22-24...Descendant of David... Lk. 3:23-31

263. Eze.34:23-24...Descendant of David... Mt. 1:1

264. Dan. 7:13-14a...He would ascend into heaven... Acts 1:9-11

265. Dan. 7:13-14b...Highly exalted... Eph. 1:20-22

266. Dan. 7:13-14c...His dominion would be everlasting... Lu. 1:31-33

267. Dan. 9:24a...To make an end to sins... Gal. 1:3-5

268. Dan. 9:24b...He would be holy... Lu. 1:35

269. Dan. 9:25...Announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the

270. decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem... Jn. 12:12-13

271. Dan. 9:26a...Killed... Mt. 27:35

272. Dan. 9:26b...Die for the sins of the world... Heb. 2:9

273. Dan. 9:26c...Killed before the destruction of the temple... Mt. 27:50-51

274. Dan. 10:5-6...Messiah in a glorified state... Rev. 1:13-16

275. Hos. 13:14...He would defeat death... 1 Cor. 15:55-57

276. Joel 2:32...Offer salvation to all mankind... Rom. 10:12-13

277. Mic. 5:2a...Born in Bethlehem... Mt. 2:1-2

278. Mic. 5:2b...God's servant... Jn. 15:10

279. Mic. 5:2c...From everlasting... Jn. 8:58

280. Hag. 2:6-9...He would visit the second Temple... Lu. 2:27-32

281. Hag. 2:23...Descendant of Zerubbabel... Lu. 3:23-27

282. Zech. 3:8...God's servant... Jn. 17:4

283. Zech. 6:12-13...Priest and King... Heb. 8:1

284. Zech. 9:9a...Greeted with rejoicing in Jerusalem... Mt. 21:8-10

285. Zech. 9:9b...Beheld as King... Jn. 12:12-13

286. Zech. 9:9c...The Messiah would be just... Jn. 5:30

287. Zech. 9:9d...The Messiah would bring salvation... Luke 19:10

288. Zech. 9:9e...The Messiah would be humble... Mt. 11:29

289. Zech. 9:9f...Presented to Jerusalem riding on a donkey... Mt. 21:6-9

290. Zech. 10:4...The cornerstone... Eph. 2:20

291. Zech. 11:4-6a...At His coming, Israel to have unfit leaders... Mt. 23:1-4

292. Zech. 11:4-6b...Rejection causes God to remove His protection.. Lu. 19:41-44

293. Zech. 11:4-6c...Rejected in favor of another king... Jn. 19:13-15

294. Zech. 11:7...Ministry to "poor," the believing remnant... Mt. 9:35-36

295. Zech. 11:8a...Unbelief forces Messiah to reject them... Mt. 23:33

296. Zech. 11:8b...Despised... Mt. 27:20

297. Zech. 11:9...Stops ministering to the those who rejected Him... Mt. 13:10-11

298. Zech. 11:10-11a...Rejection causes God to remove protection... Lu. 19:41-44

299. Zech. 11:10-11b...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 14:7

300. Zech. 11:12-13a...Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver... Mt. 26:14-15

301. Zech. 11:12-13b...Rejected... Mt. 26:14-15

302. Zech. 11:12-13c...Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord... Mt. 27:3-5

303. Zech. 11:12-13d...The Messiah would be God... Jn. 12:45

304. Zech. 12:10a...The Messiah's body would be pierced... Jn. 19:34-37

305. Zech. 12:10b...The Messiah would be both God and man... Jn. 10:30

306. Zech. 12:10c...The Messiah would be rejected... Jn. 1:11

307. Zech. 13:7a...God's will He die for mankind... Jn. 18:11

308. Zech. 13:7b...A violent death... Mt. 27:35

309. Zech. 13:7c...Both God and man.. Jn. 14:9

310. Zech. 13:7d...Israel scattered as a result of rejecting Him... Mt. 26:31-56

311. Mal. 3:1a...Messenger to prepare the way for Messiah... Mt. 11:10

312. Mal. 3:1b...Sudden appearance at the temple... Mk. 11:15-16

313. Mal. 3:1c...Messenger of the new covenant... Lu. 4:43

314. Mal. 4:5...Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah... Mt. 3:1-2

315. Mal. 4:6...Forerunner would turn many to righteousness... Lu. 1:16-17

A Chassidic Rabbi Makes a Startling Discovery

Moshe Shulman, [ mshulman@ix.netcom.com ]

My name is Moshe and I am a Chassidic Jew who has, from my youth, learned the words of our Holy Prophets, and has been puzzled by their meaning. Then, on the day before Yom Kippur, I contemplated the solemnity of the day and was made aware of the amazing meaning of G-d's words. I recognized the fulfillment of 42 Messianic prophecies of the Tenach, and they changed my life forever.

1. Early in the morning I went to get my rooster to fulfill the ancient custom. There in the light I looked into his eyes and saw fulfilled the words, 'I am the rooster* who has seen affliction.' (Lam. 3:1)
2. I took him and swung him around my head as the verse says, 'And he circled his head**.' (Lam 3:5)
3. I moved my hands as I swirled him, as it says, 'Only against me did he turn his hand.' (Lam 3:3)
4. With this he leaped from my hand and started to run. As it says, 'They have run away without seeing good.' (Job 9:25)
5. I cried a short pray to HaShem as it says, 'My words I say out of the bitterness of my soul.' (Job 10:1)
6. He ran from me, fulfilling the verse, 'To me they showed their back and not their face.' (Jer. 32:33)
7. I borrowed a cane from a man near me so as to catch him with the rounded edge, as the verse says, 'And Moshe took the stick.' (Ex. 4:20,
8. (Num 20:8 -- same)
9. I tried to catch him with the hook, but only the blows of the cane hit his back as it says, 'Afflicted by the rod of his anger.' (Lam. 3:1)
10. It also says, 'I struck you with the blows of an enemy.' (Jer. 30:12)
11. He turned to me and I got him right on the cheek fulfilling the verse, 'I have offered my cheek to the one who strikes me.' (Lam. 3:30)
12. He ran from me into a dark corner and I followed after him, as the verse says, 'He has led me and driven me into the darkness and not light.' (Lam. 3:2)
13. I had him there in the corner as it says; 'All her pursuers overtook her in the small place.' (Lam. 1:3)
14. He stood there silent, as he had been to this time in fulfillment of the words of the prophet, 'He was persecuted and afflicted, be he did not open his mouth.' (Is. 53:7)
15. In that corner there was just nowhere for him to hide from me as the verse says, 'Can a person hide in a concealed place, and I should not see him?' (Jer. 23:25)
16. He was now trapped as the verse says, 'He has walled me in so I cannot escape.' (Lam. 3:7)
17. In his eyes I could see him praying silently to HaShem, 'My G-d my G-d why have you forsaken me?' (Psalm 22:1)
18. Clearly it was fulfilled for him, 'The mighty ones of Bashan encircle me.' (Psalm 22:13)
19. I grabbed him and he started to call out to HaShem. As the verse says, 'My G-d, I call to you by day and you do not answer and by night and there is no respite.' (Psalm 22:3)
20. But there was no answer as it says, 'Though I would scream out and plead he shut out my prayer.' (Lam. 3:8)
21. It was clearly the end. I grabbed him and took my place in the line waiting to give my rooster to the shochet (ritual slaughterer.) He was silent, 'Like a sheep being led to the slaughter or a ewe to her sharers he did not open his mouth.' (Is. 53:7)
22. The shochet took him by the neck as it says; 'He grasped me by the neck.' (Job 16:12)
23. With that he screamed out, 'Be not far from me because distress is near and there is none to help me.' (Psalm 22:12)
24. He also said, 'Save my soul from the sword.' (Psalm 22:21)
25. He slaughtered him fulfilling 'He was removed from the living land.' (Is. 53:8)
26. He let the blood fall on the floor, as it says, 'I am poured out like water.' (Psalm 22:15)
27. I took the dead chicken and gazed at it as the prophet says, 'They have looked upon me whom they have pierced.' (Zech 12:10)
28. I took it to be made kosher. We separated it into pieces snapping it's bones as the verses say, 'All my bones became disjointed.' (Psalm 22:15)
29. Also 'He has broken my bones.' (Lam 3:4)
30. Then I took him home to cook. My wife removed the skin as it says, 'He has worn away my flesh and skin.' (Lam. 3:4)
31. She placed him in a pot with water, as it says, 'For the waters have reached unto my soul.' (Psalm 69:2)
32. She added many spices as it says, 'And she gave ...many spices.' (1 Kings 10:10)
33. She covered up the pot so it could cook as it says; 'He has placed me in darkness.' (Lam 3:6)
34. The smell of it filled the room as it says, 'That the spices may flow out.' (Song 4:16)
35. After that it was served on the table and we gazed upon it as the verse says, 'I count my bones and they gaze and look upon me.' (Psalm 22:18)
36. He was divided among the members of my family, as it says, 'Therefore I will divide him among the many.' (Is. 53:12)
37. We rejoiced and sang as we ate him, as it says, 'I have become a thing of laughter for my people, they sing all day long.' (Lam. 3:14)
38. Also, 'In him our hearts were joyful.' (Psalm 33:21)
39. 39/40/41. After which we were full and praised G-d as it says, 'You shall eat and be satisfied and praise HaShem your G-d.' (Deut. 6:11,
40. (Same for Deut 8:10)
41. (Same for Deut 11:15).
42. We truly saw the goodness of G-d as it says, 'You should taste and see that HaShem is good.' (Psalm 34:9)

There were many more messianic prophecies that I could have added that applied to my messianic rooster. Many more he will fulfill when he comes back.

In all seriousness the above example is no different then the lists claiming 200/300/400 prophecies fulfilled by Jesus. They claim the odds against a single person fulfilling them are astronomical. Or of their claims that passages like Psalms 22, or Isaiah 53 are about their messiah/god. Consider this well when you see or hear the claims made by missionaries or just simple Christians who you may meet. If not there may be a prophecy that does really apply: 'They are a people bereft of council and they don't have understanding.'

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NOTES:

* In Hebrew the word 'gever' means both 'man' and 'rooster' berew

** In Hebrew the word is resh aleph shin, which can be read as 'rosh' head'

(c) Moshe Shulman, 2000

Moshe Shulman mshulman@ix.netcom.com

Tiger Woods is the Messiah

Many followers of other, sometimes more popular, religions have turned to the prophecies of the Bible to try to prove that their Messiah is indeed the fulfillment of the scriptures. While we at the First Church of Tiger Woods are somewhat skeptical of this device because so much is left to one’s own interpretation, we feel that we can play this game as well as any other faith. Below are just some of the biblical prophecies that seem to indicate to us that they were actually intended to refer to Tiger Woods.

Proverbs 22:15 “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”

Obviously this passage refers to Tiger’s wildness off the tee as a youth.

Isaiah 11:8 “And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp.”

A snake hole and a golf hole are about the same size, aren’t they? Plus, we are quite certain that there were snakes somewhere on the first course Tiger played.

Jeremiah 28:13 “Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.”

It is apparently not just coincidence that Tiger came around right as golf switched from wooden woods to metal woods.

Psalm 89:32 “Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.”

Tiger, with his stripes, punishes his opponents with his clubs.

Psalm 31:4 "Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge."

Tiger is an excellent bunker player.

Revelations 12:5 “And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.”

Here the scriptures predict how Tiger, at a young age, will dominate the world with his irons.

Isaiah 10:15 “as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.”

Isaiah is obviously writing of the ease with which Tiger swings the club, almost like it swings itself.

Isaiah 11:5 “But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.”

Here he refers to Tiger taking divots and predicts Tiger will fight evil with words from his rather large lips.

Zachariah 8:4 “Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old and old women dwell in the streets, and every man with his staff in his hand through multitude of days. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls, playing in the streets therof.”

This scripture foretells the increase in popularity of golf due to Tiger’s emergence, especially among inner city youths.

Isaiah 42:16 “I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight.”

Ezekiel 12:12 "The prince among them will put his things on his shoulder at dusk and leave, and a hole will be dug in the wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land."

Zachariah 14:6 “There shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night; and in the time of the evening there shall be light.”

These passages are obvious references to Tiger’s final hole at the 2000 NEC Invitational where he hit his second shot to within two feet in complete darkness and the gallery spontaneously lit his way with cigarette lighters.

Isaiah 63:2 “Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?”

Nahun 2:3 “The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet.”

Jeremiah 4:30 “thou clothest thyself with scarlet”

Daniel 5:7 “shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Now we understand why Tiger wears Red on Sundays (and yes, he used to wear a gold chain and, behind Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus, could be considered the third ruler of the golf kingdom).

Isaiah 41:2-5 “He shall rule over kings. He shall give them as the dust to his sword, as stubble driven by the wind, to his bow. He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, no path shall appear after his feet.”

Tiger has already largely fulfilled this prophecy (just ask the “King” Arnold Palmer), and may complete it when he switches from metal spikes to spikeless golf shoes.

Isaiah 41:11 “Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against him.”

Isaiah 43:20 “The beast of the field shall glorify me;”

Isaiah 52:13-14 “he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceedingly high. As many have been astonished at thee,”

Jeremiah 46:15 “Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? They stood not, because the Lord hath overthrown them.”

Isaiah and Jeremiah apparently understood how demoralizing Tiger’s domination would be to his opponents.

Jeremiah 10:6 “There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in might.”

We already know how GREAT Tiger is, but did you know that his name spelled backwards in Latin (Regit) means “he reigns.”

Isaiah 11:6 “the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”

Isaiah 53:5 “with his stripes we are healed.”

Luke 12:48 “But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.”

These passages can easily be interpreted to show the significance and power of the “Tiger,” and to illustrate the unprecedented pressure and burden of expectations that he has faced and conquered.

Levititcus 13:41 “And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.”

Here the Bible absolves Tiger of one of his few faults, his receding hairline.

Psalm 69:4 “They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.”

Lots of people do hate Tiger for no good reason, but judging from that hairline, those numbers are decreasing every day.

Song of Solomon 4:2 “Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof everyone bears twins, and none is barren among them.”

Genesis 49:12 “His eyes shall be red with wine (fire in the eyes?), and teeth white with milk.”

Isaiah 41:15 “I have made thee as a new threshing vain, with teeth like a saw.”

Now we know why Tiger’s teeth are so big, white, and bright.

Haggai 2: “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Isaiah 60:9 “bring thy sons from far, their silver and gold with them, unto the name the Lord our God.”

Here the Bible defends Tiger for accepting all of that endorsement money.

Isaiah 7:15 “Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”

Tiger’s love of fast food is now explained.

Jeremiah 23:19-20 “Behold the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked (slice?).”

Ezeckiel 13:13 “Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger,”

For those who are bothered by Tiger’s temper, the Bible offers an explaination.

Ezechiel 31:2-9 “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in greatness?”

Ezechiel’s detailed/longwinded answer is that the Son of man is as great as robust forest, or “Woods.”

Isaiah 41:18 “I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”

Apparently Isaiah believes that many fertile golf courses will be built because of Tiger, or perhaps that He will become a course designer himself.

Ecclesiastes 1:6 “The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to HIS circuits.”

Ezekiel 12:14 “And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands;”

Jeremiah 30:23 "See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a driving wind swirling down on the heads of the wicked"

Mark 4:39,41 “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Tiger is a master at sensing and calculating the forces of nature, especially the wind, which seems to die down quite often when he is playing.

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