Jesus in Genesis:
If you love Bible prophecy, you’ll love of the Old Testament because that’s where most prophecy is located. Jesus jumps off the pages of the Old Testament with messianic prophecies in almost all of the 39 books, starting with Genesis.
1. Seed of the woman – Jesus is the seed of the woman mentioned in Genesis 3:15; New Testament fulfillment is recorded in Galatians 4:4 – But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman (Mary), born under the law.
2. Blessing through Abraham – God tells Abraham through his seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Jesus is a direct descendant of Abraham who will bring salvation to mankind. New Testament fulfillment is in Galatians 3:16 – Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.
3. Of the tribe of Judah – In Genesis 49:10, God tells us the Messiah will descend from the tribe of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, and through King David. The New Testament corroborates this in Revelation 5:5 – But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
There are at least seven other messianic prophecies in Genesis: 9:27, 12:3, 17:19, 18:18, 21:12, 22:18, and 26:4. Some of these prophecies are redundant but all were fulfilled and documented in the New Testament in the order listed in Luke 6:36, Matthew 1:1, Romans 9:7, Galatians 3:8, Hebrews 11:18, and Galatians 3:8 (twice).
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