I began reading the Gospel of Matthew and noticed four Old Testament prophecies pointing to Jesus as the Messiah were fulfilled in the first two chapters.

There are over 300 prophecies about Jesus as the Messiah. Mathematics Professor Peter Stoner made the statement that the chances of just 8 prophecies coming true by sheer chance would be equivalent to covering the whole state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep and then expecting a blindfolded man to walk across the state and on the very first try find the ONE coin you marked.

My dad used to say, “Figures can lie, and liars can figure.” Fortunately, these figures don’t lie and prove that Jesus is the Messiah.

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