2. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets

3. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."
Matthew 2:1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea

4. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Hosea 11:1 "When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.
Matthew 2:14-15 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son."

5. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Malachi 3:1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.

6. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Luke 7:27-28 This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.‘
28 For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

7. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Malachi 4:5-6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."

8. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Matthew 11:13-14 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 17:12-13 But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands." 13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.

9. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 9:9 "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
John 12:14-15 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey's colt."

10. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 11:12-13 Then I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter" — that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter.

11. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Matthew 27:3-10
the thirty pieces of silver
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed,
7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

12. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion, "Says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Mark 14:27 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered.'

13. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
John 19:34-37 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, "Not one of His bones shall be broken." 37 And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced."

14. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

15. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Amos 8:9 "And it shall come to pass in that day," says the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;
Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

16. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 3:8-9'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. 9 For behold, the stone That I have laid before Joshua: Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription,' Says the LORD of hosts, 'And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

17. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 9:11 God Will Save His People "As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

18. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Matthew 12:39-41 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

19. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.

20. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Zechariah 6:12-13 Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: "Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the LORD; 13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on His throne; So He shall be a priest on His throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between them both."'

21. Prophecies Of The Christ In The Minor Prophets
Hebrews 8:1
Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,