Fulfilled Old Testament Prophecies Within Biblical History

3 examples of Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled in the Old Testament itself:

1. 2 Samuel 12:14 recorded that the prophet Nathan promised that David's son by Bathsheba would die because of David's sin with her. In 2 Samuel 12:19 the boy did actually die.

2. In 1 Samuel 28:19 the shade or ghost of Samuel prophesied that Saul and his sons would die the next day. It is very hard to understand what is going on in that passage; however, in 1 Samuel 31 they did actually die.

3. In 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah prophesied that it would not rain again until he gave the word. For the next 3 years it did not in fact rain while Baal's prophets cried to the storm god in vain and Ahab searched the earth for Elijah. The prophecy came to be fulfilled in a way that devastated Israel.

Three examples of Old Testament prophecies that the Gospel of Matthew claims were fulfilled in Christ's life.

1. Matthew 2:6 quotes Micah 5:2 to identify where the Messiah would be born.

2. Matthew 4:15, 16 quote Isaiah 9:1, 2 to explain why Jesus taught in the land Zebulun and Naphtali.

3. Matthew 12:18-21 quotes Isaiah 42:1-4 to explain why Jesus told those who He had healed not to make Him known.

Three examples of New Testament quotations of the Old Testament outside the Gospels.

1. Acts 2:17-21 quotes Joel 2:28-34 to explain what happened at Pentecost.

2. Acts 13:47 notes that Paul and Barnabas rebuked the Jewish crowd that was attacking them and said that it was necessary for the Word of God to be preached to them first. Then, since they repudiated it, Paul and Barnabas turned to the Gentiles. They claimed that the Lord had commanded them to do this and quoted Isaiah 49:6. This verse reads, "I have placed you as a light to the Gentiles that you should bring salvation to the ends of the earth."

3. Romans 9:25, 26 noted that Paul justified his mission to the Gentiles by quoting Hosea 2:23 and Hosea 1:10. As he also says in Hosea, "I will sow her in the land for Myself, and I will have compassion on No Compassion; I will say to Not My People: You are My people, and he will say: You are My God." "Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not My people, they will be called: Sons of the living God." It's fair to say that this is using Hosea pretty loosely. Hosea 1:10 in its original context was talking about Israel. Paul seems to be explaining Hosea's promise of abundant restoration for Israel in terms of Gentile inclusion into the nation. This meaning is not completely apparent in Hosea 1 itself; but we must remember that the Apostle Paul was divinely inspired.