Throughout the New Testament, there are numerous verses that say something about fulfillment. Jesus said, "These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled" (Luke 24:44). On the cross, Jesus said, "I am thirsty" (John 19:28). He said this in order to fulfill the scriptures. Paul wrote, "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law ..." (Galatians 4:4). The fullness of time. What does that mean?

There are roughly 300 prophetic references written over a 1,000-year period about the Messiah in the Old Testament that narrow the field down to the true identity of the Messiah. First, there is the bloodline. From Abrah…