The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG09

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T H E O L D T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer:

Nicene Creed and Prayer

O Immanuel, our Sovereign and Lawgiver, desire of the nations and Savior of all: Come and save us, O Lord our God. Come, Lord Jesus.

~ Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Theology and Worship Ministry Unit. Book of Common Worship . Louisville, Ky.: Westminister/John Knox Press, 1993. p. 167.

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 3, The Promise Personalized .

Quiz

Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Deuteronomy 18.15-19.

Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

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Prophecies and “Double Fulfillment”

The OT contains dozens of Messianic prophecies that point to the future coming of an anointed one of the Lord who would destroy the devil’s work, end the curse, regather and glorify his people, and usher in a Kingdom of righteousness which would never be defeated or overthrown. Often these prophecies are given in the context of an actual historical event, and the prophecy, which appears to be future, was actually fulfilled in the lifetime of the prophet himself. For instance, Psalm 78.1-3 - “Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! [2] I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, [3] things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.” This text appears to be a simple saying of David about the way in which he intends to speak to the people of Israel the promises and statutes of the Lord. The NT, however, ascribes this text to Christ, to the way in which he spoke parables to the people as he shared the Good News of the Kingdom with them (cf. Matt. 13.34). What appears here seems to be a “double fulfillment;” the saying is fulfilled both in