Messianic OT

•          Gen. 3:15 proto-evangelium:  Woman’s
      seed crush the head of serpent

•          Gen. 12:3:  all nations blessed through
     our father Abraham --Abrahamic Covenant

•          Christ as fulfillment of law (Mat. 5:45) Sinaitic Covenant

•          2 Sam. 7:14 Messiah to be a son of David and an everlasting kingdom—God will build him a house  -- Davidic Covenant

Messiah as fulfillment of prophecy

•          Malachi 4:5 Elijah coming again

•          Isa. 9:6f unto us a child is born

•          Isa. 7:14 virgin with child, Immanuel

•          Micah 5:2 born in Bethlehem

•          Zech 9:9 entering Jerusalem on a donkey

•          Psalmic foreshadowing: 
      Ps. 22 My God, My God, why

Isaiah 53

•          Suffering Servant: Isa. 53:3 despised and rejected suffering servant –ben Joseph

•          Pierced and beaten Isa 53:5f—Jeho-suah

•          Isa. 53:7 silence

•          Isa. 53:9 criminalize with wicked (pl.) yet rich (sing.) in death

•          Hope beyond the grave –resurrection 53:10-12

•          Immanuel has comeà hope beyond the grave, living life in God’s presence and for his glory (chief end of humans)