The prophecies in the Old Testament concerning the incarnation of Jesus Christ

The One of God's methods of communication or revelation in the Old Testament is through prophecy, particularly through the prophets, who are considered to be "servants of God". God Himself made the promise that His Son would be born through the woman in Eden at the same time.

Genesis 3:15 refers to protoevangelion.

The first hint in the Old Testament that the coming Christ would be born of a virgin occurs right at the beginning. And I will put my enmity between thee and between thy seed and her seed and her seed: He saw bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise His real. Gen. 3: 15. This prophecy, known as the προτευαγγελιοv, comes from the most ancient oracle known to man, an oracle that the Lord pronounced when He found our first parents, Adam and Eve, guilty of sin. The lord is speaking to Satan "the serpent”, who has enticed “the woman,” Eve, into disobeying the lord’s command against eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

He is saying that Satan will be really crushed and thereby utterly defeated by the seed of the woman. The pronoun used to designate the seed is "he.” In “His heel,” in place of “it” (in "it,” shall bruise), the more accurate translation is "he." Therefore, the coming conqueror must be a single man, but why is he called the seed of a woman? The ordinary character of the expression “her seed” suggests that it is a uniquely fitting name for a victor over Satan. Unlike other men, he would be the seed of a woman only. He would not be a man’s seed. A virgin would conceive him without losing her virginity.

The Incarnation's Means (Isaiah 7:14)

Isaiah.7:14-16. Isaiah predicted that God would provide Ahaz a sign even though he declined to ask for one that would have proved the veracity of his message. Immanuel was to serve as the sign. There are three components to the sign: (1) A virgin would give birth to a boy (v. 14). (2) He would grow up during a period of national tragedy (v. 15; for comments on the curds and honey, see v. 22). (3) The two-king alliance will be broken while he was still a young man (v. 16).

Prediction of birth (Isaiah 9:6)

According to Isaiah chapter 9, the Son of God would be the Everlasting Father, the Mighty God, and the Prince of Peace. In his first epistle in the New Testament, John expresses himself clearly and with great boldness. Then he is moved by an evil, misleading spirit when he claims that anyone who denies that Jesus Christ has assumed human form is not of God but is of the antichrist. To be properly understood, the Bible sometimes uses direct language when discussing topic.

According to John 5:10, a person who rejects the gospel account that God delivered about His Son makes God out to be a liar. The evidence is unambiguous. The angel told Mary in Luke 1:35 that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and the power of the Highest would overshadow her, making her the holy one to be born in response to her question about how this could happen given that she was a virgin. He will be referred to as God's Son. Whoever rejects this evidence accuses God of lying. The Bible uses such direct language because if the virgin birth were untrue, God's entire plan of salvation would be compromised.

Where Incarnation Took Place (Micah 5:3)

Bethlehem, a tiny settlement too insignificant to be included among the towns of Judah, is named in Micah 5:2 as the birthplace of Christ. This phrase means "house of God." Jerusalem is located around five kilometers to the southwest. The first time Bethlehem's village was mentioned It happened in the Amarna letters # 290 before 1300 B.C.

It was believed that Micah 5:2 meant that, like David, the messiah would be born in Bethlehem rather than Jerusalem. Jesus was born in the little village of Bethlehem, which has been recognized as the location where the shepherds saw an angelic vision in Matthew 2:1–12, Luke 2:4–20, and John 7:47.

Source books

DE.K Victor Peace, Evidence for Truth Archaeology VI 2, Secunderabad: OM Books, 2003.

Trent C. Butter, Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Nashville: Tennessee, 2004.

Yay P. Green, sr., The Interlinear Bible, 3 vols., Grand Rapid: Michigan Baker Book, 1983.

James, Bible Knowledge Commentary, Old Testament, U.S.A., 1983.