Fulfilling Prophecy

One of the reasons we know according to the Bible that Jesus is the Christ is the prophecies he fulfilled from the time of his birth. He was prophesied to be born in Bethlehem.
6“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ^b Matthew 2:6

Here further down in chapter 2
15where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Matthew 2:15. 

18“A voice is heard in Ramah,

weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children

and refusing to be comforted,

because they are no more.” Matthew 2:18

, 23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene. Matthew 2:23
So here in the 2nd chapter of Matthew, we see four prophecies the scripture points to that Jesus fulfilled. There are many more. King Herod killed all the boys age two and under because he didn't understand that Jesus kingdom was not of this earth. But God warned Joseph in a dream and he took the child and his mother and fled to Egypt. So first Jesus was born in Bethlehem, then out of Egypt God has called his son.  The deaths of the boys 2 and under were fulfilled in verse 18. Then in the last verse of chapter two, he shall be called a Nazarene.  These things point to this particular child as being the Christ. The one who would die for the sins of the world. All the way back to Genesis we can find prophecies of this son of God who would redeem God people from their sin. All it takes is a belief in this scripture that Jesus is indeed the son of God. Accepting the Bible to be true and accepting that Jesus is indeed the son of God that taketh away the sins of the world. John 3:16 says whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have eternal life. It is really that simple to believe in Jesus and that he died for our sins. God bless, LVZ