Prophecies About Jesus' Family   
     
 
       

Prophecy

Date: 627-585 B.C.

The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up to David, a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land." (NIV) Jer. 23:5

Christ Will Descend From David  

Fulfillment

Date: 2 B.C.

He [Jesus] was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, . . . the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David . . . (NIV) " Luke 3:23, 31

 
Comment
The prophecy in Isa. 11:1 indicates that the Branch, a righteous king, would be the descendant of King David. The physician Luke tells us that Jesus the Christ - the Messiah - is that descendant of King David.
 
     
 
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