FULFILLED "COMPLETED PROPHECIES"
[Matt. 1:22, 2:15,17,23] numerous prophesies had been fulfilled with the birth of Christ, over 300 in his lifetime.
These prophecies were recorded between 400 to 1500 years before his birth, the Hebrew Old Testament had been completed 400 years before, the Greek translation 250 years before, the recently found Dead Sea Scrolls 100-200 years before his birth.
Questions have been raised before that this was a colossal hoax, but if so, consider that the life and times of Jesus Christ were not only recorded by early apostles, but also by Roman historians and none of which could challenge the events that fulfilled the ancient prophecies. Others said it was just a big coincidence, again if so, mathematically speaking the chance to just fulfill 8 ancient prophecies would be 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.
At his trial he was tried for who he was, not for what he'd done. Confucius, Buddha and Mohammed never said they were God, Jesus did.
Here are some of the major prophecies concerning the Birth of Christ fulfilled;
1. Would come as the Son of God [Ps 2:7] - Fulfilled [Lu 1:32,35]
2. Would come as the seed of the woman [Ge 3:15] - Fulfilled [Lu 1:26-38, Ga 4:4]
3. Would be a descendant of Abraham [Ge 17:7 22:18] - Fulfilled [Mt. 1:1-17, Lu. 3:23-38, Ga 3:16]
4. Would be a descendant of Isaac [Ge 21:12] - Fulfilled [Mt. 1:1-17, Lu. 3:23-38, Heb 11:17-19]
5. Would be a descendant of David [Ps 132:11 Jer 23:5] - Fulfilled [Mt. 1:1-17, Lu. 3:23-38, Ac 13:23 Ro 1:3]
6. Would come at a set time [Ge 49:10 Da 9:24,25] - Fulfilled [Lu 2:1]
7. Would be born a virgin [Isa 7:14] - Fulfilled [Mt 1:22,23 Lu 2:7]
8. Would be called Immanuel [Isa 7:14] - Fulfilled [Mt 1:22,23]
9. Would be born in Bethlehem of Judea [Mic 5:2] - Fulfilled [Mt 2:1 Lu 2:4-6]
10. Great persons would come to adore him [Ps 72:10] - Fulfilled [Mt 2:1-11]
11. Would be slaying of the children of Bethlehem [Jer 31:15] - Fulfilled [Mt 2:16-18]
12. Would be called out of Egypt [Ho 11:1] - Fulfilled [Mt 2:15]
13. Would be preceded by John the Baptist [Isa 40:3 Mal 3:1] - Fulfilled [Mt 3:1,3 Lu 1:17]