According to the Prophet Isaiah Jesus is the Prince of Peace

In Isaiah 9:1-7, the prophet Isaiah describes a great light that will be seen in Galilee and a child that will be born whose name shall be the Prince of Peace. The great light that was prophesied to be seen in Galilee was Jesus when he was transfigured. His face shone like the sun while he was on top of a high mountain in Galilee. The “high mountain” in Galilee was Mount Tabor which rises thousands of feet above the plain. Mount Tabor was used in ancient times as a signal mountain since a light on top of that mountain can be seen throughout the land of Israel. When Jesus was transfigured the light coming from him on the top of the mountain would have been visible throughout Galilee. Additionally, during Jesus’ lifetime the earth experienced its greatest period of peace in the history of the human race.

Matthew 17:1 “After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.”

Luke 2:11 “For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”

Isaiah 9:1 “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined. 3 You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: the joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment.”

J. Clontz – Finding Jesus in the Old Testament

Only Jesus can be the Messiah since the Temple was Destroyed

The purging of the temple in the Gospel of John is prophesied in Malachi 3:1-4. Chronologically, one of the first things that Jesus does after being baptized by John the Baptist is purge the temple. Notice that in Malachi 3:1 immediately after mentioning the messenger that will prepare the way - that the Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come to his temple. This is exactly what we find in the gospel of John when Jesus suddenly purges the temple. The time period for the fulfillment of Malachi 3:1 ended when the temple was destroyed in AD 70. This means that according to Malachi 3:1-4 either Jesus is the Messiah or the Messiah doesn’t exist.

Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.  2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:  3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.”

John 2:13-17 “The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers at their business. 15 And he made a whip of cords, and drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple. And he poured out the money of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! You shall not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.””

J. Clontz – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament

Jesus is the Messiah and He is the only one who can be!

 Genesis 49:10 is universally considered a messianic passage. Let's look at that verse in its entirety:

 "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."

This means that there would be an uninterrupted line of rulers from the tribe of Judah all the way up to the advent of the Messiah. Jewish dynasties ended when Herod the Great who was a non-Jew ascended to the throne of Judea. As we all know, Jesus arrived at that time. So, according to the prophecy - Jesus, the Messiah, arrived exactly on time.

Question: Is it possible that someone else could come and fulfill the prophecy in Genesis 49:10?

Answer: After AD 138 not only was there no one from the tribe of Judah on the throne, there were no Jews from any tribe on the throne and in fact there weren't any Jews of any sort in Judea. All the Jews who survived the Bar Kochba revolt were forced to leave Judea and go into exile. The Jews that followed the false messiah Bar Kochba were sold into slavery in Egypt. This means that 1) the Messiah should have arrived when a non-Jew (Herod the Great) ascended the throne and 2) absolutely without any equivocation - the messiah according to Genesis 49:10 had to arrive prior to AD 138.

It is completely and absolutely positive that all Jewish dynasties of any type ceased by AD 138. It is not possible for someone born now or in the future to fulfill the messianic prophecy in Genesis 49:10 - since the time period for that prophecy undeniably expired in AD 138. This leaves the inescapable conclusion based on the messianic prophecy in Genesis 49:10 – Jesus is the only person who can be the Messiah!

J. Clontz - Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: Proving that God Exists

Only Jesus can be the Messiah!

According to 1Chronicles 17:11-14, God would establish the throne of one of King David’s descendants forever. Jesus was the last King of the Jews. No Jew has been King since His departure. His kingdom has never ended. After two thousand years, millions upon millions call Him Lord of lords and King of kings. The only descendant of David that has and ever will fulfill the prophecy by the prophet Nathan in 1Chronicles 17:11-14 is Jesus. If for no other reason, there are no more Jewish kings and there won’t be. So either the prophecy in 1Chronicles 17:11-14 was fulfilled by Jesus or this prophecy will never be fulfilled.

1Chronicles 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when your [David’s] days are expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you: 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

J. Clontz - Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: Proving that God Exists

Did you Know that the Prophet Jeremiah met Jesus – Five Hundred Years before Jesus was Born?

The Word [Jesus] came to Jeremiah and touched Jeremiah’s mouth with His hand.

Jeremiah 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you - you shall speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

J. Clontz - Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: Proving that God Exists