Emeritus Prof. Mercy Olumide
The Bible makes Jesus regularly occurring cont'classes of Prophetic types. we will determine at the least four different patterns wherein the OT elements forward to and is prophetic of the arriving of Christ in the NT.
• specific OT texts quoted in the NT. certain passages of the OT are absolutely prophetic of Christ because they're quoted within the NT. as an instance, Matthew cites Is 7:14 to show that the OT prophesied Christ's virgin beginning (Mat 1:23), and Mic 5:2 to show that Jesus changed into to be born in Bethlehem (Mat 2:6). Mark reminds his readers (Mark 1:2-three) that the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ became prophesied both with the aid of Isaiah (Is 40:three) and Malachi (Mal three:1). Zechariah foretold Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (Zec 9:9; cf. Mat 21:1-5; John 12:14-15). David's journey expressed in Ps 22:18 anticipates the soldiers at the cross dividing up Jesus' garb (John 19:23-24), and his commentary in Ps 16:8-11 is interpreted as a clear prediction of Jesus' resurrection (Acts 2:25-32; 13:35-37). The creator of the letter to the Hebrews asserts that Melchizedek (cf. Gen 14:18-20; Ps one hundred ten:4) is a sort of Christ, our eternal excessive priest. there are lots of different examples that could be stated.
• Allusions by means of NT writers to OT passages. an additional pattern whereby Christ can be present in the OT are those NT passages that, devoid of definitely quoting a selected text, seek advice from OT persons, activities or issues as prophetic of Christ. for example, within the Bible's very first prophetic textual content (Gen 3:15), God promises to send the offspring of the lady to damage the serpent's offspring. most likely, Paul had this passage in intellect, when he says Christ become born of a woman to redeem those under legislation (Gal four:4-5; cf. Rom sixteen:20), as did the apostle John, when he keeps that the Son of God came to "smash the works of the satan" (1 John three:eight). John the Baptist's reference to Jesus as the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29, 36) facets back to Lev 16 and Is fifty three:7, and Paul's reference to Jesus as "our Passover [lamb]" (1 Cor 5:7) indicates that the killing of the Passover lamb be come a prophetic category of Christ's loss of life for us (Ex 12:1-14). Jesus Himself mentioned that Moses lifting up the serpent of brass in the desert (Num 21:4-9) became prophetic of Him placing on a pass. And when John says that Jesus, the be aware of God, changed into worried within the introduction of all things (John 1:1-3), we can not support however believe of Ps 33:6; "by using the note of the LORD have been the heavens made" (cf. Heb 1:three, 10-12). These are only a couple of of the numerous NT allusions to OT passages that relate to Christ.
• OT persons, events or issues that focal point on the theme of redemption. Israel's exodus from Egypt, which is viewed during the OT because the most reliable redemptive event below the historic covenant, foreshadows Christ and the redemption He brings under the new covenant. Some forms in the publication of Exodus that foreshadow Christ and His redemption are Moses, the Passover, the crimson Sea crossing, manna, the water from the rock, the tabernacle and its fixtures, and the high priest.
• Patterns in OT pursuits that foreshadow the manner God deals with us in Christ. most of the studies in the OT display a sample of God's dealings with his individuals which are brought to fulfilment in Jesus Christ.
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