Note: I originally was going to search my Christmas folder for good stories, but the Holy

Spirit desired otherwise. First He reminded me of the famous deity "I am"s, then the
fulfilled prophecies of Jesus Christ which have influenced many to accept the Bible
and the Gospel, and then the discover of Jesus Christ being mentioned 63 times in the
small Epistle to the Philippians. Hope that you will enjoy them.

Study from Philippians-- 63 mentions of Jesus Christ:

1. Source of grace and peace
2. Source of thankful affection
3. Source of human faith
4. Source of spiritual power
5. Worthy to be identified with
6. Worthy for humans to know and to imitate
7. Best example of humbleness
8. Worthy of trust
9. Worthy to suffer for
10. Future world leader
1:2; 2:1; 4:23
1:11; 3:1 & 3; 4:10
1:19, 26, & 29 (2); 3:9, 12, & 20-21 (3), 4:5, 7, & 19
1:14-16 & 18; 3:10; 4:13
1:1 (2) & 20; 2:21 & 29; 3:9, 14, & 18; 4:1, 4, & 21
1:21 & 27; 2:5; 3:8 & 10; 4:2
2:6-7;
1:23; 2:19 & 24
1:13 & 29; 2:30; 3:7, 8, & 10 (2)
1:6 & 10; 2:9-11 (4) & 16;

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These are scriptures in the New Testament (NT) that validate Bible prophecy and eschatology.
The unique interpretations of many scriptures that are found in the Old Testament, leave no
doubt as to the validity of the Word of God.
Prophecies of The Messiah Fulfilled in Jesus Christ

The prophetic OT scriptures, subject, and fulfilled NT scriptures below are taken from the
1982 version of the New King James Bible. (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Prophetic Scripture Subject Fulfilled
Genesis 3:15 Galatians 4:4
”And I will put enmity between you But when the fullness of the time had
and the woman, and between your come, God sent forth His Son, born of
Seed of a woman
seed and her Seed; He shall bruise a woman, born under the law,
your head, and you shall bruise His
heel.”
Genesis 12:3 Descendants of Matthew 1:1
”I will bless those that bless you,
and I will curse him who curse you;
and in you, will the families of the
earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 17:19
And God said, “ No, Sarah your
wife shall bear you a son, and you
shall call his name Isaac; I will
establish My covenant with him for
an everlasting covenant, and with
his descendants after him.”
Numbers 24:17
”I see Him, but not now; I behold
Him, but not near; a Star shall come
out of Jacob; and a Scepter shall
rise out of Israel, and batter the
brow of Moab, and destroy all the
sons of tumult.”
Prophetic Scripture
Genesis 49:10
”The scepter shall not depart from
Judah, nor a lawgiver from between From the tribe of
his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to
Him shall be the obedience of the
people.”
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government
and peace there will be no end,
upon the throne of David and over
Heir to the throne
His kingdom, to order it and to
establish it with judgment and
justice from that time forward, even
forever. The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this.
Psalm 45:6, 7; 102:25-27
Your throne, O God, is forever and
ever; the scepter of righteousness is
the scepter of Your kingdom. You
love righteousness, and hate
wickedness; therefore God, your
God, has anointed you with the oil
of gladness more than Your
companions.
Of old You laid the foundation of
The book of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ, the Son of David, the son of
Abraham
Abraham:
Luke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the
son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
Descendant of
son of Nahor,
Isaac
Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot
Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his
Descendant of
brothers.
Jacob
Subject Fulfilled
Luke 3:33
the son of Amminadab, the son of
Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of
Judah Perez, the son of Judah,
Luke 1:32, 33
”He will be great, and will be called
the Son of the Highest; and the Lord
God will give Him the throne of His
father David. And He will reign over
of David
the house of Jacob forever, and of His
kingdom there will be no end.”
Anointed and Hebrews 1:8-12
eternal But to the Son He says: “Your throne,
O Lord, is for ever and ever; a
scepter of righteousness is the scepter
of Your kingdom. You have loved
righteousness, and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, Your God, has
anointed You with the oil of gladness
more than Your companions.”
And: “You, Lord, in the beginning
laid the foundation of the earth, and
the earth, and the heavens are the
work of Your hands. They will
perish, but You will endure; yes, all
of them will grow old like a
garment; like a cloak You will
change them, and they will be
changed. But you are the same, and
Your years will have no end.
Micah 5:2
”But you, Bethlehem, Ephrathah,
though you are little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of you
shall come forth to Me the One to
be ruler in Israel, whose goings
forth have been from of old, from
everlasting.”
Prophetic Scripture
Daniel 9:25
”Know therefore and understand,
that from the going forth of the
command to restore and build
Jerusalem until the Messiah the
Prince, there shall be seven weeks
and sixty-two weeks; the street shall
be built again, and the wall, even in
troublesome times.”
Isaiah 7:14
”Therefore the Lord Himself will
give you a sign: Behold, the virgin
shall conceive and bear a Son, and
shall call His name Immanuel.”
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the Lord: “A voice was
heard in Ramah, lamentation and
the heavens are the work of Your
hands; they will perish, but You
remain; and they will all grow old
like a garment; like a cloak You will
fold them up, and they will be
changed. But You are the same, and
Your years will not fail.”
Luke 2:4, 5, 7
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judaea, unto the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem, because
he was of the house and lineage of
Born in BethlehemDavid, to be registered with Mary, his
betrothed wife, who was with child…
And she brought forth her firstborn
Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
clothes, and laid Him in a manger,
because there was no room for them
in the inn.
Subject Fulfilled
Luke 2:1, 2
And it came to pass in those days,
that a decree from Caesar Augustus
that all the world should be registered.
Time for His birth This census first took place when
Quirinius was governing Syria.
Luke 1:26, 27, 30, 31
Now in the sixth month the angel
Gabriel was sent by God to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man whose name was
To be born of a Joseph, of the house of David. The
virgin virgin's name was Mary… Then the
angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,
Mary, for you have found favor with
God. And behold, you will conceive
in your womb, and bring forth a Son,
and shall call His name Jesus.”
Slaughter of Matthew 2:16-18
children Then Herod, when he saw that he was
deceived by the wise men, was
bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for
her children, refusing to be
comforted for her children, because
they are no more.”
Prophetic Scripture
Hosea 11:1
”When Israel was a child, I loved
him, and out of Egypt I called my
son.”
Flight to Egypt
Isaiah 40:3-5
The voice of one crying in the
wilderness: “Prepare the way of the
Lord; make straight in the desert a
highway for our God. Every valley
shall be exalted, and every
mountain and hill shall be made
low; the crooked places shall be
made straight, and the rough places
smooth; the glory of the Lord shall
be revealed, and all flesh shall see it
together; for the mouth of the Lord
has spoken.”
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send My messenger, and
he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek, will
suddenly come to His temple, even
the Messenger of the covenant, in
whom you delight. Behold, He is
coming,” says the Lord of hosts.
exceedingly angry; and he sent forth
and he put to death the male children
who were in Bethlehem and in all its
districts, from two years old and
under, according to the time which he
had determined from the wise men.
Then was fulfilled what was spoken
by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “A
voice was heard in Ramah,
lamentation, weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children, refusing to be comforted,
because they were no more.
Subject Fulfilled
Matthew 2:14, 15
When he arose, he took the young
child and His mother by night, and
departed for Egypt, and was there
until the death of Herod, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the
Lord through the prophet, saying,
“Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Luke 3:3-6
And he went into all the region
around Jordan, preaching a baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins,
as it is written in the book of the
words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the
The way prepared wilderness: ’ Prepare the way of the
Lord, make His paths straight. Every
valley shall be filled and every
mountain and hill brought low; and
the crooked places shall be made
straight and the rough ways made
smooth; and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God.’”
Luke 7:24, 27
When the messengers of John had
departed, He began to speak to the
multitudes concerning John: “What
Preceded by a did you go out into the wilderness to
forerunner see? A reed shaken by the wind?…
This is he, of whom it is written:
‘Behold, I send My messenger before
Your face, who will prepare Your
way before You.’”
Malachi 4:5, 6
”Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he will turn the hearts of the Preceded by Elijah is to come.”
fathers to the children, and the
hearts of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and strike the
earth with a curse.”
Prophetic Scripture
Psalm 2:7
”I will declare the decree: the Lord
has said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
today I have begotten You.’”
Isaiah 9:1, 2
Nevertheless the gloom will not be
upon her who is distressed, as when
at first He lightly esteemed the land
of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali, and afterward more
heavily oppressed her, by the way
Galilean ministry
of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in
Galilee of the Gentiles. The people
who walked in darkness have seen a
great light; those who dwelt in the
land of the shadow of death, upon
them a light has shined.
Psalm 78:2-4
I will open my mouth in a parable; I
will utter dark sayings of old, which
we have heard and known, and our
fathers have told us. We will not
Speaks in parables
hide them from their children,
telling to the generation to come the
praises of the Lord, and His
strength and His wonderful works
that He has done.
Deuteronomy 18:15
”The Lord your God will raise up
for you a Prophet like me from your
midst, from your brethren. Him
you shall hear,”
Matthew 11:13, 14
”For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John. And if you are
willing to receive it, he is Elijah who
Subject Fulfilled
Matthew 3:17
Declared the Son And suddenly a voice came from
of God heaven, saying, “This is My beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 4:13-16
And leaving Nazareth, He came and
dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the
sea, in the region of Zebulun and
Nephtali, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Isaiah the
prophet, saying: “The land of
Zebulun, and the land of Nephtali, the
way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles: The people
who sat in darkness saw a great light,
and upon those who sat in the region
and shadow of death light has
dawned.”
Matthew 13:34, 35
All these things Jesus spoke to the
multitude in parables; and without a
parable He did not speak to them that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying: “I will open
my mouth in parables; I will utter
things which have been kept secret
from the foundation of the world.”
Acts 3:20, 22
”And that He may send Jesus Christ,
who was preached to you before…
For Moses truly said to the fathers,
A prophet
‘The Lord your God will raise up for
you a prophet like me from your
brethren. Him you shall hear in all
things, whatever He says to you.’”
 Prophetic Scripture
Isaiah 61:1, 2
”The Spirit of the Lord God is upon
Me, because the Lord has anointed
Me to preach good tidings to the
poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty To heal the broken preach deliverance to the captives
to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound;
to proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all who
mourn,”
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected by men,
a Man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. And we hid, as it were,
our faces from Him; He was
despised, and we did not esteem
him.
Psalm 110:4
The Lord has sworn, and will not
relent, “You are a priest for ever
according to the order of
Melchizedek.”
Zechariah 9:9
”Rejoice greatly, O daughter of
Zion! Shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem! Behold, your King is
coming to you; He is just and
having salvation, lowly and riding
on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a
donkey.”
Prophetic Scripture
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and
infants You have ordained strength
Subject Fulfilled
Luke 4:18, 19
”The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because He has anointed Me to
preach the gospel to the poor. He has
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
hearted and recovery of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty those who are
oppressed, to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord.”
John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did
Rejected by His not receive Him.
own people, the Luke 23:18
Jews And they all cried out at once, saying,
“Away with this Man, and release to
us Barabbas.”______
Hebrews 5:5, 6
So also Christ did not glorify Himself
to become High Priest, but it was He
Priest after order who said to him: “You are my Son,
of Melchizedek today I have begotten You.” As He
also says in another place: “You are a
priest for ever according to the order
of Melchizedek;”
Mark 11:7, 9, 11
Then they brought the colt to Jesus
and threw their garments on it, and He
sat on it…. Then those who went
before and those who followed cried
out, saying: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He
Triumphal entry who comes in the name of the
Lord!’”… And Jesus went into
Jerusalem and into the temple. So
when He had looked around at all
things, as the hour was already late,
He went out to Bethany with the
twelve.
Subject Fulfilled
Adored by infants Matthew 21:15, 16
But when the chief priests and the
scribes saw the wonderful things that
because of Your enemies, that You
may silence the enemy and the
avenger.
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed our report? And
to whom has the arm of the Lord
been revealed?
Psalm 41:9
Even my own familiar friend in
whom I trusted, who ate my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me.
Zechariah 11:12
Then I said to them, “If it is
agreeable to you, give me my
Betrayed for thirty
wages; and if not, refrain.” So they
pieces of silver
weighed out for my wages thirty
pieces of silver.
Prophetic Scripture
Psalm 35:11
Fierce witnesses rise up; they ask
me things that I do not know.
Accused by false
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed, and He was
afflicted, yet He opened not His
mouth; He was led as a lamb to the
He did, and the children crying out in
the temple and saying, “Hosanna to
the son of David!” they were
indignant and said to Him, “Do You
hear what these are saying?” And
Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you
never read, ‘Out of the mouth of
babes and nursing infants You have
perfected praise?’”
John 12:37, 38
But although He had done so many
signs before them, they did not
believe in Him, that the word of
Not believed Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,
which He spoke: “Lord, who has
believed our report? And to whom
has the arm of the Lord been
revealed?”
Luke 22:47, 48
And while He was still speaking,
behold, a multitude; and he who was
Betrayed by a called Judas, one of the twelve, went
close friend before them and drew near to Jesus to
kiss Him. But Jesus said to him,
“Judas, are you betraying the Son of
Man with a kiss?”
Matthew 26:14, 15
Then one of the twelve, called Judas
Iscariot, went to the chief priests, and
said, “What are you willing to give
me if I deliver Him to you?” And they
counted out to him thirty pieces of
silver.
Subject Fulfilled
Mark 14:57, 58
And some rose up and bore false
witness against Him, saying, “We
heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this
witnesses
temple that is made with hands, and
within three days I will build another
made without hands.’”
Silent to Mark 15:4, 5
accusations Then Pilate asked Him again, saying,
“ Do You answer nothing? See how
many things they testify against
slaughter, and as a sheep before its
shepherds is silent, so He opened
not His mouth.
Isaiah 50:6
”I gave My back to those who
struck Me, and My cheeks to those
Spat on and struck
who plucked out the beard; I did not
hide My face from shame and
spitting.”
Psalm 35:19
Let them not rejoice over me who
are wrongfully my enemies; nor let
them wink with the eye who hate
me without a cause.
Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for
our iniquities; the chastisement for
our peace was upon Him, and by
His stripes we are healed.
Prophetic Scripture
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide Him a
portion with the great, and He shall
divide the spoil with the strong,
because He poured out His soul
unto death, and He was numbered
with the transgressors, and He bore
the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.
Zechariah 12:10
“And I will pour on the house of
David and on the inhabitants of
Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
supplication; then they will look on
Me whom they have pierced; they
will mourn for Him, as one mourns
for his only son, and grieve for Him
as one grieves for his first born.”
You!” But Jesus still answered
nothing, so that Pilate marveled.
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in His face, and beat
Him; and others struck Him with the
palms of their hands,
John 15:24, 25
”If I had not done among them the
works which no one else did, they
would have no sin; but now have seen
Hated without
and also heard both Me and My
reason
Father. But this happened that the
word might be fulfilled which is
written in their law, ‘They hated Me
without a cause.’”
Romans 5:6, 8
For when we were still without
strength, in due time Christ died for
Vicarious sacrifice the ungodly… But God demonstrates
His own love toward us, in that while
we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
Subject Fulfilled
Mark 15:27, 28
With Him they also crucified two
bobbers, one on His right and the
other on His left. So the Scripture was
Crucified with
fulfilled, which says, “And He was
criminals
numbered with the transgressors.”
John 20:27
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your
finger here, and look at My hands;
and reach your hand here, and put it
Pierced through
into My side. Do not be unbelieving,
hands and feet
but believing.”
Psalms 22:7, 8
All those who see Me laugh Me to
scorn; they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying, “He trusted
in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; let
Him deliver Him, since He delights
in Him!”
Psalm 69:9
Because zeal for Your house has
eaten me up, and the reproaches of Was reproached
those who reproach You have fallen
on me.
Psalm 109:4
In return for my love they are my
accusers, but I give myself to prayer.
Prophetic Scripture
Psalm 22:17, 18
I can count all My bones. They look
and stare at Me. They divided my
garments among them, and for My Soldiers gambled
clothing they cast lots. for His clothing
Psalms 22:1
My God, My God, why have You
forsaken Me? Why are You so far
from helping Me, and from the
words of My groaning?
Psalm 34:20
He guards all his bones; not one of
them is broken.
Zechariah 12:10
“And I will pour on the house of
Luke 23:35
And the people stood looking on. But
even the rulers with them sneered,
Scorned and
saying, “He saved others; let Him
mocked
save Himself if He is the Christ, the
chosen of God.”
Romans 15:3
For even Christ did not please
Himself; but as it is written, “The
reproaches of those who reproach
You fell on Me.”
Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive
Prayer for His
them, for they do not know what they
enemies
do.” And they divided His garments
and cast lots.
Subject Fulfilled
Matthew 27:35, 36
Then they crucified Him, and divided
His garments, casting lots, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet: “They divided My
garments among them, and for My
clothing they cast lots.” Sitting down
they kept watch over Him there.
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli,
Forsaken by God
Eli, lama sabachthani?” That is “My
God, My God, why have You forsaken
Me?”
John 19:32, 33, 36
Then the soldiers came and broke the
legs of the first and of the other who
was crucified with Him. But when
they came to Jesus and saw that He
No bones broken
was already dead, they did not break
His legs… For these things were done
that the Scripture should be fulfilled,
“Not one of His bones shall be
broken.”
His side pierced John 19:34
But one of the soldiers pierced His
David and on the inhabitants of
Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and
supplication; then they will look on
Me whom they have pierced; they
will mourn for Him as one mourns
for his only son, and grieve for Him
as one grieves for a first born.”
Prophetic Scripture
Isaiah 53:9
And they made His grave with the
wicked – but with the rich at His
death, because He had done no
violence, nor was any deceit in His
mouth.
Psalms 16:10
For You will not leave my soul in
Sheol, nor will You allow Your
Holy One to see corruption.
Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from
the power of the grave, for He shall
receive me. Selah
Psalm 68:18
You have ascended on high, You
have led captivity captive; You
have received gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the
Lord God might dwell there.
The “I am”s in the Bible
side with a spear and immediately
blood and water came out.
Subject Fulfilled
Matthew 27:57 – 60
Now when everything had come,
there came a rich man from
Arimathea, named Joseph, who
himself had also become a disciple of
Jesus. This man went to Pilate and
asked for the body of Jesus. The
Buried with the
Pilate commanded the body to be
rich
given to him. And when Joseph had
taken the body, he wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth, and laid it in his
new tomb which he had hewn out of
the rock; and he rolled a large stone
against the door of the tomb, and
departed.
Matthew 16:6, 7
But he said to them, “Do not be
alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth,
who was crucified. He is risen! He is
To be resurrected not here. See the place where they
laid Him. But go and tell His disciples
– and Peter – that He is going before
you into Galilee; there you will see
Him, as He said to you.”
Mark 16:19
So then after the Lord had spoken to
them, He was received up into
heaven, and sat down at the right hand
of God.
1 Corinthians 15:4
His ascension to
And that He was buried, and that He
God’s right hand
rose again the third day according to
the Scriptures,
Ephesians 4:8
Therefore He says: “When He
ascended on high, He led captivity
captive, and gave gifts to men.”
 (by Henry M. Morris)
Those “Christians” who think of the Lord Jesus Christ as just a great man who never really
claimed to be God need to confront His amazing statement to the scribes and Pharisees there in
Jerusalem when they were berating Him in the temple. “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my
day”, He said. Then, when they questioned that assertion, He went on to insist that “Before
Abraham was, I am." (John 8:56 & 58) This was such a bold claim to deity, that they
immediately prepared to stone Him for what they thought was blasphemy. But He somehow "hid
Himself," (v.59) and escaped.
Of course, if He was not God, what He said was blasphemous, which was a capital crime
under the Mosaic law (Leviticus 2:4:16). He was actually claiming to be the God to whom
Moses spoke at the burning bush, when he asked God what His name was. God had answered
that His name was “I AM” (Exodus 3:14)-- that is, He is the God who is eternally self-existent,
transcendent to time as well as to space and matter. And that was who Jesus was claiming to be!
But what about His claim that He and Abraham had seen each other, and that Abraham
rejoiced to see His day? Abraham's time was centuries before that of even Moses. That claim
probably was in reference to the very critical time when "the word of the LORD [that is, the pre-
incarnate Christ] came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward" (Genesis 15:1). This was the very first of His great “I am” claims, as He
promised to be both Protector and Provider to Abraham in a strange and hostile land.
It is fascinating to note the frequency “I am” claims in the Bible after this first one, and how
they occur in multiples of seven, a fact which seems possible designed-- not by the human
authors, of course, but by the Holy Spirit who inspired them (that is, of course, assuming my
own somewhat arbitrary countings are correct. There are seven “I am”s in the book of Genesis
the first being Genesis 15:1, already noted. The second is Genesis 15:7, where God, speaking to
Abraham, said simply: “I am the LORD.” The word “LORD”, of course, is the Hebrew Yahweh
(or Jehovah), and carries essentially the same meaning as “I Am”, or “The One Who Is”. Then,
there are 21 (i.e., 3x7) “I am”s in the Book of Exodus, including the divine answer to Moses,
already mentioned, “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14).
The wonderful Book or Psalms contains seven “I am”s that speak prophetically and sadly or
the future sufferings or the incarnate Christ. These are:
“I am a worm, and no man.” (Psalm 22:6)
“I am poor and needy.” (Psalm 40:17)
“I am . . . a stranger unto my brethren.” (Psalm 69:8)
“I am full of heaviness.” (Psalm 69:20)
“I am poor and sorrowful.” (Psalm 69:29)
“I … as a sparrow alone upon the house top.” (Psalm 102:7)
“I am withered like grass.” (Psalm 102:11)

These all occur in Psalms that are specifically known to be the Messianic Psalms (thus
referring to Christ) because they are quoted as such in the New Testament.
The prophetical books [of the Bible] abound in “I am” statements by the Lord. The second
division of Isaiah for example, (Isaiah 40-66) contains 35 such claims (7x5). The first is Isaiah
41:4-- “I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am He.” The last is Isaiah 60:16-- “.… I the
LORD, I am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.” However, the first division
or Isaiah, which has a different theme than the second division, has no such “I am” statements.
The Book of Ezekiel contains 70 of these great assertions (more than any other single book).
Jeremiah contains 21 of these statements. Then, all the smaller prophetical books of the
prophets have a total of 21 “I am”s. All told, the 17 prophetical books contain a total of 154
(22x7) of God’s great “I am” claims. The final such claim in the Old Testament is found in
Malachi 3:6, in which God appropriately reminds everyone that “I am the LORD, I change not.”
He is the great “I AM”, the self-existent God.
We must remember always that our own personal Savior and Lord Jesus Christ has revealed
to us that He Himself is that same great I AM. It is in the Gospel of John, however, that the most
beautiful and personally meaningful “I am”s are found. There are seven of these, as follows:
“I am the bread of life.” (John 6:35, 48, & 51)
“I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12)
“1 am the door of the sheep.” (John 10:7 & 9)
“I am the good shepherd.” (John 10:11 & 14)
“I am the resurrection, and the life.” (John 11:25)
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6)
“I am the true vine.” (John 15: 1 & 5)

How anyone could hear or see these claims and then still deny that they were claims to deity is
a great mystery. For example, how could anyone except God Himself claim to be the way, the
truth, and the life? Well, maybe a madman might make such a claim, or maybe a gross scam
artist of some kin. But no honest, sane person could ever do so-- unless the claim was true! That
is the choice. Either Jesus Christ was mad or wicked-- or else He truly is the way, the truth, and
the life. He is the one way to reach God, the incarnate truth about God, and the only real giver of
eternal life with God.
One will come to the same conclusion as he or [she] examines each of these seven great “I
Am” claims. The Lord Jesus Christ is “very God of very God”, as the old creeds expressed it.
God “created all things by Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:9) and it is “in Him we live, and move,
and have our being” (Acts 17:28). Furthermore, it is He who has “made peace through the
blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself.” (Colossians 1:20)
Look also at the remarkable claim in John 11:25-26: “I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die.” Death has always been man's great enemy. It always seems a great
tragedy and sorrow when a loved one dies, and people generally try to stay alive as long as
possible. But Jesus claims to be able to restore one's life even after he dies, and then to keep him
alive forever!
What a preposterous claim for any mortal man to make! Yet He demonstrated His ability to
do just that when He Himself defeated death, rising bodily from the grave on the third day. After
all He is the I AM, the self-existent One! Therefore He is fully able to make good on His promise
to those who come to Him for forgiveness and Salvation, “Because I live”, He says, “ye shall
live also” (John 14:19). There are also seven great “I am” statements in the Book of Revelation,
and one of the key verses of this set has to do with His resurrection. "I am He that liveth, and
was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of Hell and of death."
(Revelation 1:18)
“Believest thou this?” He would today, just as He asked Martha long ago as she was grieving
over the death of her brother, Lazarus (John 11:26). How could anyone doubt the overwhelming
evidence of Christ's victory over death-- the evidence of the empty tomb, the many post-
resurrection appearances, the transformation of the disciples, the testimony of 2000 years of
hosts of lives also transformed through faith in Him? Many have believed, of course, but there
are multitudes who have not, and for them there is the dread prospect awaiting them of an
eternity without God. “If ye believe not that I am He [but “He is not in the original]; Jesus just
said, 'I am'], ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:24).
It is significant that the other six “I am”s in Revelation also stress His eternal existence, from
eternity to eternity. , Note the list below:
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending.” (Revelation 1:8)
"I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.” (Revelation 1:11)
"Fear not; I am the first and the last.” (Revelation 1:17)
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.” (Revelation 21:6)
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” (Revelation 22:13)
"I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16)

Our glorious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom we have trusted our eternal souls, is
more than just a great religious teacher who was martyred for His faith long ago. He is alive on
His throne in Heaven, having defeated death forever. He was our great Creator, our sin-bearing
Savior and will be our eternal Lord and King.

In John 18:1-9 there are two more “I am”s said by Jesus Christ--

“1 When Jesus had spoken these words,

He went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron,
where was a garden, into the which He entered, and His disciples.
2 And Judas also, who betrayed Him, knew the place,
for Jesus often times resorted there with His disciples.
3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers
from the chief priests and Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth,
and said unto them, ‘Whom seek ye?’
5 They answered Him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’
Jesus said unto them, ‘I am he.’ [“He” is not in the original]
And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them.
6 As soon then as He had said unto them, ‘I am He’,
they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7 Then asked He them again, ‘Whom seek ye?
And they said, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’
8 Jesus answered, ‘I have told you that I am He:
if therefore ye seek Me, let these go their way:
9 That the saying might be fulfilled,
which He spoke,
‘Of them who Thou gave Me, have I lost none.’”

Note: That the response of Jesus Christ was actually just "I AM" just like His Father said to
Moses when asked His name. It means "I am that I am" indicating eternity and
foreverness of God.