Isaiah's amazing prophesy about Jesus
Michael Willmann (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In Romans 15:12, Paul refers to Isaiah 11:10 to reinforce his claim that Jesus is the Messiah . Isaiah’s prophecy includes three major characteristics of the Messiah: his family line, his position of power over all the nations and the hope he would bring to the Gentiles . First, the prophecy predicts that the Messiah would be a descendant of David’s father, Jesse. Jesus was indeed born into the royal line of David, the son of Jesse (see Matthew 1:1 –16). This fulfilled the covenant God made with David (see 2 Samuel 7:5–16) as well as the promise God made to Abraham (see Genesis 12:2–3). Second, the prophecy states that the “ Root of Jesse ” would rule over all nations. Although Jesus rejected earthly positions of authority while on Earth, he now reigns over a spiritual kingdom (see John 18:36) and will one day reign over all, for “the kingdom of the world [will] become the kingdom of our Lo...