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

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d. His committing of the Kingdom to God the Father, that he might be all in all, 1 Cor. 15.24-28

Conclusion

» The nature and scope of OT Messianic prophecy as it relates to giving us a clear OT witness to Christ and his Kingdom is both comprehensive and compelling. » The OT gives numerous and clear prophecies regarding the entire outline of Messiah’s life and ministry, from his birth in Bethlehem to the coming glory of his Kingdom.

Please take as much time as you have available to answer these and other questions that the video brought out. In this section we explored the notion of Messiah and its relationship to OT predictions about his coming birth, death, resurrection, and glory. The OT Messianic prophecy includes a handful of basic characteristics which essentially provide insight and connection to the NT through the person of Jesus of Nazareth. They trace his lineage from the seed of the woman in Genesis to the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Your ability to understand and identify the major contours and concepts associated with OT Messianic prophecy will be critical to your grasping the ways in which the OT bears witness to Christ. Explore these prophetic themes through your answers to the questions below. 1. What does the term Messiah mean, and what are its renders in the Greek and Aramaic form of the Hebrew? How is the Greek term Christos related to it, and what does it mean? 2. What are central characteristics of the OT Messianic prophecy, and how do they directly link the Old and New Testaments in the person of Jesus of Nazareth? Explain. 3. Trace the Messianic family lineage through the OT Messianic prophecies from the seed of the woman in Genesis to the person of Jesus. How do these prophetic predictions provide us with a broad historical perspective on the Messianic concept in the Bible?

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