First of all, the Messiah was to be not only a great person, but at the same time God, or вЂ“ the God-person. Yet, the task of the prophets was difficult for several reasons. The goal of the Old Testament prophecies was to prepare the Jews, and through them all of mankind, for the coming of the Savior of the world, so that when He came, He could be recognized and they would believe in Him. The Old Testament books, as we shall see, are filled with prophecies about the Messiah and His blessed Kingdom. But he will bring only grief and destruction to the world. In accordance with the prophecies of the ancient prophets and apostles, many people will come to believe in him, as an ingenious leader and a вЂњSaviorвЂќ of mankind.

All other pretenders to this title, in the past and in the future, are impostors, frauds and вЂњwolves in sheepsвЂ™ clothing.вЂќ The last false-Messiah, who will come prior to the end of the world, will be the Antichrist. There could only be one True Messiah He Who has already come. For the Jews who acknowledge God and seek the truth, we hope this booklet will help them to understand more clearly the Holy Writings of their great ancestors and to see Who, in accordance with the prophets, is their long-awaited King and Savior.Д«esides that, the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies in the Lord Jesus Christ, as we shall see, precludes any possibility of another messiah. Just the fact that the prophets could prophesy the occurrences of the future, with such accuracy and with such detail, hundreds and thousands of years in advance, gives witness that God spoke through them. To the unbelieving person, they serve as proof of the existence of God and His participation in human life. They help the believing person to understand their faith more deeply and fully. We gathered herein the main Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah, the Savior of the World, with the aim of discussing their contents and to show how they were fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the New Testament Church.Дespite their great antiquity, the Old Testament prophecies have in no way lost their actuality.

The central theme of the Old Testament Holy Books is the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of the Kingdom of God among people.

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