August 9, 2026
In our Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, there are approximately 300 prophecies concerning Jesus' first coming, including His birth, life, death, and resurrection. By comparison, there are at least 1,200 prophecies concerning His second coming and His future reign on earth.
That's four times as many prophecies concerning Jesus’ second coming as His first. The sheer number of these prophecies underscores the certainty of His return. And that's before adding the more than 300 New Testament references to His second coming and future reign on earth.
Luke 1:31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. New King James Version
Luke 1:32 “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God (The Father) will give Him (Jesus, God the Son) the throne of His father David (David is called Jesus' "father" because Jesus is a physical descendant of David according to His humanity and the rightful heir to David's throne.) 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” New King James Version
If Jesus came the first time to die, why does the Bible spend so much time proving He’s the Son of David?
God Made an Unconditional Covenant with King David that Promised an Eternal King Who Will Sit on David's Throne and Reign over an Eternal Kingdom
Matthew 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. New King James Version
Matthew 21:9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!” New King James Version
Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” New King James Version
Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” New King James Version
The Unconditional Covenant Promise Made to King David
1 Chronicles 17:7 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.” New King James Version
1 Chronicles 17:11 “And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed (Jesus)after you, who will be of your sons (Solomon, Rehoboam, 19 others); and I will establish his (Jesus) kingdom.” New King James Version
1 Chronicles 17:12 “He (Jesus) shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.” New King James Version
1 Chronicles 17:14 “And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever. 15 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.” New King James Version
The Davidic Covenant Requires Israel to Exist as a Nation When Jesus Returns.
(Jeremiah 23, Ezekiel 37, Zechariah 12, 14, Luke 1:32-33)
Romans 11:25 “For I do not desire, brethren (non-Jewish Christians in Rome), that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel (Modern day Jews) will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;…” New King James Version
Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: New King James Version
Zechariah 12:2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 3 And it shall happen in that day (Context: Just before the second coming of Jesus) that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” New King James Version
Zechariah 12:8 “In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. 9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” New King James Version
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 pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.” New King James Version
Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. New King James Version
Zechariah 14:3 Then the Lord will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west… 5 …Thus the Lord my God will come, And all the saints with You. New King James Version
Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.” New King James Version