More On Prophecy's Necessity

Well, it seems to me that Jesus had only prophecy to support him because the Jews were already looking for a supposed messiah. If you read the gospels literally, his miracles also attest to validity, but that's a bit far-fetched. Let's just peruse the gospels using a skeptic's filter - the only logical and natural support is prophecy. If Marcion discounts the OT, and if miracles are a creation of later chroniclers, then Jesus has nothing more than a claim of fulfillment. Unfortunately, that, too, is empty because there would be nothing to fulfill.