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- Being a direct male descendent of king David? Do you suppose 1 person in 10 could make that claim? Probably not.
- Of all the men who are known descendants of David, how many of them would you suppose were born in Bethlehem? 10% probably not.
- Of all the people who have been direct descendants of David and born in Bethlehem, how many of them do you suppose were visited at their birth by wise men from the east? One in 10? Hardly.
- Once you located a few people who were descended from David, born in Bethlehem, and visited by wise men at their birth, how many of them would you suppose have ever ridden into Jerusalem on a Donkey? It's not likely to be 10%
- If you could find a group of men, in all of human history, who were descended from David, born in Bethlehem, and had ridden into Jerusalem on a donkey, do you think you could find one of them who,just by sheer chance, has been betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, all of which was later thrown into the house of God, and (just by coincidence) used to buy a potter's field?
- If, by chance, you could find a few men who were descended from David, born in Bethlehem, who had ridden into Jerusalem on a donkey, betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, and the silver later thrown into the temple and subsequently used to buy a potter's field, how many of them do you suppose also (by sheer coincidence):
- Had lots cast for their clothing?
- Experienced darkness at noon on the day of their death?
- Were pierced by a sword?
- Never experienced a broken bone?
- And were buried in a rich man's tomb?
We have reduced the possibility of a chance fulfillment of all of the Old Testament prophesies to the level of an absurdity just by using about a dozen of them. There are over 300 related prophesies which require fulfillment by the true Messiah.
There is one man, and only one man, of whom all these predicted events are true. His name is Jesus Christ.