Can you imagine someone telling you exactly what’s going to happen seven hundred years from now? That would be impossible! We can’t even know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone what will happen in the super far future!

But that’s exactly what God did with Jesus! Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, prophets in the Old Testament told us all kinds of details about Him:

• He would be born to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14)
• He would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
• His family would have to run away to Egypt to keep Him safe (Hosea 11:1)
• He would be a descendant of King David (Isaiah 11:1-3)
• He would start His ministry in Galilee (Isaiah 9:1-2)

And that’s just a few! There are more than three hundred prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament, and every single one came true exactly as predicted!

Do you know what this proves? It proves that God’s Word is true! It proves that Jesus really is who He says He is! And it proves that when God makes a promise, you can count on it! If God kept all those promises about Jesus, you can trust Him to keep His promises to you too!

Take Action: Be a promise detective! Look up these prophecies about Jesus and see how they came true: Isaiah 7:14 (fulfilled in Matthew 1:23), Micah 5:2 (fulfilled in Matthew 2:1), and Isaiah 9:6 (fulfilled in Luke 2:11). Make a chart with two columns: “Promise” and “Kept!” Write the prophecies on the left and how they came true on the right. God keeps ALL His promises!