Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 3 | THE OT WITNESS TO CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM: THE PROMISE GIVEN / 141

2. The post-resurrection appearance to his own

a. Luke 24.44-48

b. Christ opened their minds to understand the Scriptures (i.e., the OT) concerning himself.

3. The Sermon on the Mount

a. Matt. 5.17-18

b. Christ’s explicit teaching that he had come not to abolish the Scriptures but to fulfill them completely.

4. Dialogue with the Pharisees

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a. John 5.39-40

B i b l i ca l S tud i e s

b. Jesus explaining to the experts in Scripture that reading them without having his identity in mind is poor, ineffectual exegesis.

5. Prophetic quotation in Heb. 10.5-10 cf. Ps. 40.6-8

a. Ps. 40.6-8

b. Heb. 10.5-10

c. A prophetic psalm is attributed to Jesus Christ as he relates a text to his own offering of his body as a sacrifice for sin.