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

4. Messianic prophecy does not often give easy-to-understand timetables as to its precise fulfillment, cf. Luke 4.18-19 with Isaiah 61.1-3.

5. OT Messianic prophecy links the testaments together for Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of its predictions and descriptions .

6. The lineage of Messiah is well outlined in the OT promise, which is fulfilled in the person of Jesus .

a. Messiah will be the seed of the woman, Gen. 3.15.

b. In the line of Seth, Gen. 4.25

c. Through the family of Noah, Genesis 6-9

d. The seed of Abraham, Gen. 12.1-3

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e. In the lineage of Isaac, Gen. 17.19

f. Through Jacob, Gen. 28.14

g. Of the tribe and clan of Judah, Gen. 49.10

h. Through Boaz, Obed, Jesse and David, 2 Sam. 7.12-13