Unsurprisingly, the most important Old Testament prophecies about Jesus concern his death and resurrection – and there are plenty of them. We will highlight just a few. For instance, the anointed one would be the Passover Lamb, whose blood once saved the people of Israel from death in Egypt...
revealed the glory of the Father in His life, death, and resurrection (John 1:14; Hebrews 1:3). In Him, the majestic name of the Lord is made fully known. His exaltation ensures that one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the ...
If we limit ourselves to the specific quotations and direct allusions which form the basis of our previous reckoning, we shall note that 278 different Old Testament verses are cited in the New Testament: 94 from the Pentateuch, 99 from the Prophets, and 85 from the Writings. Out of the 2...
Here is a post where I talk about how the Holy Spirit helps us in our Bible reading The chart of verses where the First (Old) Testament is affirmed by Jesus and others in the Second (New) Testament A graphic look at the different types of Bible translations Biblegateway’s website...
Why skip the main characters, plot development, and conflict rising to the ultimate crescendo of Jesus Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection? That “ahhh” is so much more satisfying when we understand the Old Testament stories that foreshadow the Messiah’s march to the Cross. Why Not ...
resurrection, emphasizes "the pragmatism of religion for humans." Jesus' teaching about the Sabbath is so much revolutionary enough to be stoned to death in the streets even if they were maintained in the 21st century in the Middle East or other stubborn Jewish or Islamic countries. ...
Jesus did exactly what God had done in the Old Testament: In Ezekiel 34:15 God says, "I myself shall tend my sheep"... but a few verses later, God says, "I shall raise up one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them; he shall feed them and be their shepherd" (Ez....
Part Two: Jesus on Gender Roles and Gendered Activities Part Three: Paul on Gender Roles in Marriage and Ministry Explore more All my articles on various Old Testament womenare here. All my articles on Gender inGenesis 1-3are here.
Old Testament saints simply could not accurately process HOW the two invisible personalities of God and Satan operated on the earth. It wasn't God working WITH Satan as they supposed. It was God working AGAINST Satan as Jesus revealed. Jesus revealed th...
Jesus, of course, grew up in Palestine, and thus it is reasonable to conclude that He used the same books of the Old Testament as were preserved by the Jews in Palestine.Here is a reference in the Old Testament to what seems to be been the books of the Bible in Daniel's time:...