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