Old Testament prophecy in Jesus Birth

There are over 2500 quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament. Some are teaching illustrations. Some are fulfillment of Prophecies. Something all Christians should know is that Jesus did not just appear out of thin air, he always is and always was and his coming was told all throughout scripture. This includes his birth, But why did he have to come?

Genesis 3:15 “15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.””

This is the first recorded place in Scripture where we see the need for the birth of Jesus. This is known as the protoevangelium.

In the New Testament we see this alluded to in Romans 16:20.

Romans 16:20 “20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”

Jesus defeats the enemy.

Whose line to Jesus come from? Abraham.

Genesis 12:3 “3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.””

Acts 3:25–26 ESV

25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Genesis 49:10 “10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”

scepter is an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.

Luke 3:33 “33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,”

Dont look over those genealogies when you read scripture. God uses those things to connect scripture together.

2 Samuel 7:12-13 “12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 3: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel 3. The Lord’s Covenant with David (7:1–17)

The possibility of understanding “seed” (“offspring,” NIV) as either singular or plural (cf. Ps 89:4, 29, 36, where the Heb. word for “seed” is translated “line” in connection with the Davidic covenant) is exploited by Paul in Galatians 3:16: “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture [Gen 12:7; 13:15; 24:7] does not say ‘and to seeds,’ meaning many people, but ‘and to your seed,’ meaning one person, who is Christ” (cf. also “the Seed” [= Christ] in Gal 3:19 and “Abraham’s seed” [= Christians] in Gal 3:29). The trajectory from the Abrahamic covenant through the Davidic covenant to the new covenant in Christ is strengthened by the repetition of words such as “seed” used in a messianic sense (cf. similarly John M.G. Barclay, Obeying the Truth: A Study of Paul’s Ethics in Galatians [Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1988], p. 89; cf. also John 7:42 and NIV mg. there; Acts 13:23 [“descendants”]; cf. further Dale Goldsmith, “Acts 13 33–37: A Pesher on 2 Samuel 7,” JBL 87, 3 [1968]: 321–24).

Matthew 1:1 “1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”

Romans 1:1-7 “1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Isaiah 7:14 “14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

This has a double meaning. Isaiah predicted the coming of a boy who would be a sign from God to his contemporaries and who would foreshadow Christ, in whom the terms of the prophecy—abstracted from its historical situation—would be fulfilled in fullest measure. Ahaz.

Matthew 1:23 “23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).”

Micah 5:2 “2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.”

You see in this text that this person is to come from old, ancient days… As we learned in John this is the case.

Matthew 2:6 “6 “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ””

Hosea 11:1 “1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”

Matthew 2:15 “15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.””

This is one of my favorite verses today, because of the history of the Israel, and what Christ does for us. God takes us when we are slaves not of Egypt but of sin. And calls us sons. So many examples of God doing in the Old what he is doing in the New. With that being said have you put your faith in the savior who came into the world. If so how can you live for him, and how can you share him.

What significance is it that Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament?

How can we use that in Evangelism?