Jesus is the Christ

Luke 24:27
Is there evidence that God gave specific information in the Old Testament hundreds of years in advance about a person He knew would live? Is it possible for to account for this apart from the fact it must have come from God?
The Hebrew scriptures were completed by 400 B.C. and the Septuagint Greek translation was completed by 247 B.C.
Luke 24:25-27 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?" 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Isaiah 44:7-8 And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them. 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? '"

Messiah (Anointed)
Psalms 2:2-3 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 3 "Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us."
Anyone can make predictions—Having them fulfilled is another story. The more statements you make about the future and the greater the detail, the better the chances are that you will be proven wrong.
Harold Camping prediction that on May 21, 2011 Jesus would return, the righteous would fly up to heaven, and that there would follow five months of fire, brimstone and plagues, with millions of people dying each day, culminating on Oct. 21, 2011 with the end of the world.
Predicting events in 2700 ?
The exact city where the future president would be born? A new method of execution a future religious leader would experience? The specific date when some unknown leader would appear?
50 specific predictions for one man to fulfill, half about things other people would do to him?
“If we examine those passages in the Old Testament to which the ancient synagogue referred as Messianic we find upwards of 456… and their Messianic application is supported by more than 558 references to the most ancient rabbinic writings.... A careful perusal of their Scripture quotations show, that the main postulates of the New Testament concerning the Messiah are fully supported by rabbinic statements.”
1 Messiah’s humanity …
Genesis 3:14-15 So the Lord God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel."
Five participants …
1. Satan (serpent)
2. The woman
3. Satan’s seed
4. The woman’s seed
5. “He" bruises Satan’s head.

1 Messiah’s humanity …
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel."
2 From the seed of Abraham…
Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
2 Confirmed to Isaac, Jacob…
Genesis 26:2-4 and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
Genesis 28:13-14 in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
3 Tribal identity... Judah
Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
4 A Prophet like Moses …
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 " I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
5 Family line of David …
2 Samuel 7:16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever."'"
Jeremiah 23:5-6 "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved,And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
6 Place of his birth…
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 are from of old, From everlasting."
7 Agonizing death…
Psalms 22:1-18 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning? All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 "He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!" They pierced My hands and My feet; They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
8 Bear the sins of others…
Isaiah 53:3-7 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. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 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. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
9 Time of his coming…
Daniel 9:24-27 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. 25 "Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until 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. 26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself..."
10 Preceded by a forerunner…
Malachi 3:1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me.
Isaiah 40:3-4 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
Science of probability …
Professor of Science Peter Stoner, calculated the probability of one man fulfilling the major prophecies made concerning the Messiah at 1 in 10 17.
New Testament evidence…
Acts 3:18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled
Acts 17:2-3 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."
If Jesus is the Messiah,
What Should You Do?
John 1:40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother…first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ).
45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
If Jesus is the Messiah,
What Should You Do?
Acts 2:36-38 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.“… 38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 24:27