Messianic Prophecies Change a Life

Why can’t I just pray to God without Jesus in the middle?” asked a Jewish friend of mine in Israel.

The lady to whom he spoke answered, “Why don’t you just pray that God will reveal to you who Jesus is all about?”

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Photo: My friend Amir at Masada, Israel

So for the first time, Amir sat down, wrote out a prayer, stuck it on the wall where he could see it—and prayed. “And I made sure I said every word,” he said.

The next day changed his life.

Messianic Prophecies Change a Life

Amir opened the morning newspaper and, mortified by what he saw, immediately slammed it shut. He slowly opened it again, and what he saw was still there.

YESHUA, Jesus’ name in Hebrew, stood out in large letters on the page. Campus Crusade for Christ planned to show the Jesus film that night in Jerusalem.

“I watched the movie and knew all those Messianic prophecies. I could see them being fulfilled. At the end of the movie, it was either I accept it or reject it—but I cannot stay apathetic,” Amir said.

The movie was there only one night. “But that was the night that the Lord designed for me,” Amir said. “I decided to accept it, because it was clear to me that this is the truth.” And of all places—remember this was Israel, with the Jordan River—Amir was baptized in a swimming pool.

Watch the Jesus Film—and Decide for Yourself

Here is the movie that changed Amir’s life. You can see it in English or in another language, but Amir watched the Jesus film in Hebrew, as below:

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Messianic Prophecies

Jesus’ fulfillment of the many Messianic prophesies couldn’t be mere coincidence. The Hebrew Scriptures record many prophecies about the Messiah.

Here are just a few of them, along with their fulfillment in Jesus as recorded in the New Testament.

Subject	Prophecy	Fulfillment
Sold for 30 Pieces of Silver	Zechariah 11:12	Matthew 26:14-15
Wounded and Bruised	Isaiah 53:5	Matthew 27:26, 29
Hands and Feet Pierced	Psalm 22:16	Luke 23:33
Lots Cast for His Garments	Psalm 22:18	John 19:23-24
Bones Not Broken	Psalm 34:20	John 19:33, 36
His Side Pierced	Zechariah 12:10	John 19:34-37
Suffering for Our Sins	Isaiah 53:4-6, 12	1 Peter 2:24

One Changed Life Changes Another

“One day you’re an unbeliever, and the next day you’re a preacher,” Amir said. After seeing the Jesus film, he immediately went home to tell his nine brothers about it.

“I was sitting around the table with all my foster brothers, and I wanted everybody to know the Lord—except one. One I really couldn’t stand. But God has a sense of humor, because of all people around the table, the only one who responded was him!”

Question: Why do you think more than 3.8 million people per year believe in Jesus after watching the Jesus film? Please leave a comment.