Tag: Jesus prophesied

  • The Branch: Named hundreds of years before his birth

    We saw how Isaiah used the image of The Branch.  A ‘he’ from the fallen dynasty of David, possessing wisdom and power was coming.  Then Jeremiah followed up by stating that this Branch would be known as the LORD (the Old Testament name for God) himself. Zechariah continues The Branch The prophet Zechariah lived 520…

  • Abraham: How God will Provide

    Abraham lived 4000 years ago, traveling to modern-day Israel.  God promised him a son that would become a ‘great nation’. But he had to believe and then wait until he was very old to see his son born.  Jews and Arabs today come from Abraham, so we know the promise came true and that he…