Evidence That Jesus Is God. To say that Jesus and his disciples claimed that he was God in human flesh does not in itself prove that he is God. The real question is whether there is any good reason to believe the claims. To support his claims to deity, Jesus showed supernatural power and authority that is unique in human history.

Fulfilled Messianic Prophecies. There were dozens of predictive prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the Messiah. Consider the following predictions, made centuries in advance, that Jesus would be:

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1. seed of the woman: Ge 3:15 (Compare Mt 1:18); Ga 4:4

2. descendant of Abraham: Ge 12:3, 7; 17:7 (Compare Ro 9:5); Ga 3:16

3. tribe of Judah: Ge 49:10 (Compare Heb 7:14); Re 5:5

 4. no bones broken: Nu 9:12; Ps 34:20 (Compare Jn 19:33–34)

5. morning star: Nu 24:17 (Compare Re 2:28; 22:16)

6. prophet like Moses: De 18:15, 18–19 (Compare Jn 6:14); Ac 3:22–23

7. descendant of David: 2 Sa 7:12–13 (Compare Lu 1:31–33); Jn 7:42; Ro 1:3

8. begotten Son: Ps 2:7, 12 (Compare Ac 13:33); Heb 1:5; 5:5

9. ruler of the nations: Ps 2:8–9 (Compare Re 2:26–27)

10. bodily resurrection without corruption: Ps 16:9–10 (Compare Ac 2:26–27, 31; 13:34–35)

11. forsaken of God: Ps 22:1; 69:21 (Compare Mt 27:46)

12. taunted by enemies: Ps 22:7–8; 109:25 (Compare Mt 27:39–40)

13. thirst when crucified: Ps 22:15 (Compare Jn 19:28)

14. pierced hands and feet: Ps 22:16 (Compare Mt 27:35); Jn 20:25

15. garments divided: Ps 22:18 (Compare Lu 23:34); Jn 19:23–24

16. spirit committed to His Father: Ps 31:5 (Compare Lu 23:46)

17. betrayal: Ps 41:9 (Compare Jn 13:18)

18. ascended on high: Ps 68:18 (Compare Ac 1:9–11); Eph 4:8

19. rejected by His own: Ps 69:8; Is 53:3 (Compare Jn 1:11; 7:5)

20. gall and vinegar offered for drink: Ps 69:21 (Compare Mt 27:34, 48)

21. seated at God’s right hand: Ps 110:1 (Compare Mt 22:44); Heb 1:13; 10:12–13

22. born of a virgin: Is 7:14 (Compare Mt 1:22–23)

23. born a son and ruler: Is 9:6–7 (Compare Lu 1:31–33)

24. anointed by the Spirit for ministry: Is 11:2; 61:1–2 (Compare Lu 3:22; 4:18–19)

25. blessing to Gentiles: Is 11:10 (Compare Ro 15:9–12)

26. miracles performed: Is 35:5–6 (Compare Mt 11:4–5)

27. ministry of His forerunner: Is 40:3; Mal 3:1 (Compare Mt 3:1–3); Mk 1:2–3

28. a light to the Gentiles: Is 42:1, 6 (Compare Lu 2:32); Ac 13:47

29. the suffering servant: Is 42:1–4; 52:12–15 (Compare Mt 12:18–21); Mk 10:45; Ro 15:8; Php 2:7

30. spit upon and scourged: Is 50:6 (Compare Mt 26:67; 27:26, 30)

31. a man of sorrows: Is 53:3–4 (Compare Mt 26:37–38); Lu 22:44; Jn 11:33; 12:27; Heb 5:7–8

32. numbered with transgressors: Is 53:12 (Compare Mk 15:27–28)

33. buried with the rich: Is 53:9 (Compare Mt 27:57–60)

34. worship by Gentiles: Is 60:3, 6 (Compare Mt 2:1–11, especially v. 11)

35. His everlasting kingdom: Da 2:44; 4:34; 7:13, 14, 27 (Compare Lu 1:33)

36. called out of Egypt: Hos 11:1 (Compare Mt 2:15)

37. born in Bethlehem: Mi 5:2–3 (Compare Mt 2:5–6); Jn 7:42

38. riding into Jerusalem on a donkey: Zec 9:9 (Compare Mt 21:4–5)

39. forsaken of men: Zec 13:7 (Compare Mt 26:31)

40. return to the Mount of Olives: Zec 14:4 (Compare Ac 1:11–12) 

These prophecies were written hundreds of years before Christ was born. They are too precise to have been based on reading trends of the times or just intelligent guesses, like “prophecies” in a supermarket tabloid.