
Evidence 3
PROPHECY OUT OF JESUS'S CONTROL
Jesus DID NOT manipulate events to fulfill prophecy.
(a) Many prophecies were out of his control (ancestry, place of birth, time of death).
(b) His miracles confirmed Jesus to be the Messiah.
(c) There is no evidence that Jesus was a deceiver.
(d) In order to manipulate all the people (including his enemies) and even his disciples to make it appear that he was the Messiah, Jesus would have needed supernatural powers. If he had such powers, he must have been the Messiah he claimed to be.
(e) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance - The Place of the Messiah’s birth (Micah 5:2).
(f) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance –The Date of the Messiah’s birth (Daniel 9:25).
(g) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance - Manner of birth of the Messiah (Isaiah 7:14).
(h) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance - The Manner of death of the Messiah (Zechariah 12:10; Psalm 22:16 prophesied before the invention of crucifixion).
(i) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance -Piercing in side of that Messiah (Zechariah 12:10).
(j) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance – The Details of the Burial of the Messiah(Isaiah 53:9).
(k) Jesus Christ Could NOT Control In Advance - Executers dividing up Jesus’s clothes after he died on the cross