I would hope that anyone, before mocking the Bible (or any other subject matter) would be fully informed because how fair is it to argue something you know nothing about? I found this really neat chart from Ted Montogomery's Website that has a listing of the titles and attributes of the Messiah that was predicted hundreds of years before Jesus' birth.
Titles & Attributes of the Messiah
| Titles | Descriptions & Old Testament References |
|---|---|
| Anointed One | the definition and a name of Messiah (Psalm 2:2; Dan. 9:25a,26a) |
| Outstretched arm or his arm or the arm or his holy arm or his own arm or my own arm |
a physical representation of Messiah (Exo. 6:6b; Isa. 40:10b, 48:14c, 52:10a, 53:1b, 59:1a,16b, 63:5c; Jer. 32:17a,21) |
| banner | an attribute of Messiah (Isa. 11:10a,12a, 13:2a, 49:22b) |
| Branch of Righteousness or a Branch or the Branch | a name of Messiah (*Psalm 80:15b; Isa. 11:1b; Jer. 23:5a, 33:15a; Zech. 3:8b, 6:12a) |
| Everlasting father (father of time and of the ages) | an attribute of Messiah (not the same as God the Father) (Isa. 9:6b) |
| the finger(s) | a physical representation of Messiah (Exo. 8:19a, 31:18; Deut. 9:10a; Dan. 5:5a) |
| a mighty hand or his hand(s) or my/your right hand or the hand or my hands or my own hand(s) or a hand | a physical representation of Messiah (Deut. 7:8; Job 12:9,10; Psalm 19:1b, 60:5, 95:5b, 108:6a, 118:15b,16; Isa. 34:17b, 41:10d,20a, 45:11b,12b, 48:13ab; Ezek. 1:3b, 2:9a, 3:22a, 8:1b; Dan. 5:23e,24; Hab. 2:16d) |
| Immanuel | a name of Messiah: God with us (Isa. 7:14c) |
| my King or the king or King or your king |
an attribute and name of Messiah (Psalm 2:6, 10:16a, 29:10b; Isa. 33:17a; Jer. 23:5b; Zech. 9:9c, 14:16,17) |
| my Lord | an attribute of Messiah (Gen. 18:3; Josh. 5:14b; Psalm 110:1a) |
| The Lord | a name of Messiah (Gen. 18:1,10a,13,14a; Isa. 2:3a, 40:3a; Zech. 9:14a, 12:1b,7a,8a, 14:3a,7a,9a; Mal. 3:1b) |
| Mighty God | a name of Messiah (Isa. 9:6b) |
| Prince of Peace | a name of Messiah (Isa. 9:6b) |
| Prince of princes | a name of Messiah (Dan. 8:25b) |
| a rock or the rock or my rock |
an attribute of Messiah (Psalm 31:2c,3a, 62:2a,6a,7b, 71:3a; Isa. 8:14b; Dan. 2:34a,35c,45ab) |
| Ruler over Israel | an attribute of Messiah (Micah 5:2b) |
| seed | an attribute of Messiah (§Gen. 3:15b, †12:7a, †13:15, †21:12c, †24:7b [see Gal. 3:16 for the previous four references]; †1 Chr. 17:11b) |
| servant | an attribute of Messiah (Isa. 42:1a, 49:5a,6a,7b, 52:13a, 53:11b; Zech. 3:8b) |
| shepherd | an attribute of Messiah (Gen. 48:15b; Isa. 40:11a; Jer. 31:10c; Ezek. 34:12-16) |
| My Son or the royal Son or his son or a son |
an attribute and name of Messiah (1 Chr. 17:13b; Psalm 2:7a, 72:1; Prov. 30:4e; Isa. 7:14b, 9:6a, 66:7b) |
| son of man | an attribute of Messiah (Psalm 80:17b; Dan. 7:13a) |
| Wonderful Counselor | (or “Wonderful, Counselor”) attribute(s) of Messiah (Isa. 9:6b) |
| word of the Lord | an attribute of Messiah (Gen. 15:1a,4a; Psalm 33:4a,6a; Isa. 2:3c) |
People mock the Bible saying Jesus was probably fulfilling His own prophecies during His lifetime. Well, to a certain extent, that is true. When He entered Jerusalem on a donkey, He was fulfilling the prohpecy as in 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."
But see, that's just ONE prophecy. Jesus. But how many prophecies did Jesus really fulfill, both "voluntarily" and "involuntary" (those no human can control)? Take a look at what I found on Rapture Ready:
-Isaiah
7:14 says, "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold a
virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel."
Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary.
-Micah
5:2: "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of there shall he come forth unto me that is
to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old; from
everlasting." Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
-Also
prophesied were events like John the Baptist preparing the way, Jesus
teaching in Capernaum and Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a colt.
-Psalm
41:9 even foretells Judas' betrayal, "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in
whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel
against me."
-Zechariah 11:12 perfectly predicts the payment Judas
would receive, "And I said unto them, if ye think good, give me my price
thirty pieces of silver."
-Jesus'
death on the cross was prophesied to the smallest detail. Isaiah 53
spoke of His sacrificial death paying the price for the sins of all.
-Psalm 109:25 tells that He would be mocked by those who watched.
-Psalm
34:20 records the miracle that would happen when none of His bones were
broken.
-Psalm 22:18 says that people would gamble for possession of His
clothing.
-Psalm 31:5 contains the words that Jesus said when He
committed His spirit into His Father's hands.
-Isaiah 53:12 says that He
would plead for
the forgiveness of those who persecuted Him.
-Amos 8:9 records the
darkness that would follow the death of the Messiah.
Want to know what the odds are?
1 in a trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion
So the odds of anyone fulfilling all the prophecies He fulfilled in just mathematically unlikely, if not impossible unless of course, Jesus is Lord and we know He is. How awesome is our God?
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