essianic Prophecies and Their Fulfillment - TFI Online

Now, imagine God wanting to announce the arrivalof His own Son to earth. How would you go aboutannouncing the life of the mostimportant man to ever live?What did God do?God inspired His prophetsto announce the comingof His Son, Jesus Christ,many hundreds of yearsprior to Jesus’ birth. Theseannouncements, and theirfulfillment through Jesus,have become known as“messianic prophecies.”“Messiah”comes fromthe Hebrewword for“anointedone.” Overtime it cameto mean “theexpected kingand delivererof the Jews.”(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/messiah)