THE MESSIAH IN PROPHECY

According to the Hebrew Scriptures the Messiah would be...

• Preceded by a forerunner (Mal. 3:1)
• Present in the 1st century A.D. (Dan. 9:24-26)
• Born before Israel lost its ability to govern itself (Gen. 49:10)
• In the town of Bethlehem of Judea (Mic. 5:2)
• Born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14)
• God dwelling on earth (Isa. 7:14; Isa. 9:6-7; Isa. 63:8; Mic. 5:2)
• A descendant of David (Jer. 23:5)
• A branch from Jesse (Isa. 11:1)
• A priest after the order of Melchizedek (Ps. 110:4)
• Revealed to Jerusalem in a specific manner (Zech. 9:9)
• A performer of miracles (Isa. 35:3-6)
• A teacher of parables (Ps. 78:2)
• Rejected by his kinsmen (Isa. 53:3)
• Betrayed by a friend (Ps. 41:9)
• Smitten, spat upon and mocked (Ps. 22:7,8)
• Sold for thirty pieces of silver (Zech. 11:12)
• Crucified (Ps. 22:16; Zech. 12:10)
• Died as a substitutionary atonement (Isa. 53:5,6)
• For the sins of humanity (Isa. 53:12)
• Buried with the rich (Isa. 53:9)
• Yet raised from the dead (Isa. 53:11; Ps. 16:10)
• Ascended to the right hand of God (Ps. 68:18)
• Returning in glory (Isa. 59:19,20)
• Given the right to judge the nations (1 Sam. 2:10)
• The bringer of righteousness and peace (Isa. 11:3-10)

Only one person in history matches this description from the Hebrew Scriptures.
Whom do you say that person would be?