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

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but is not actually quoted in the NT. Jonah’s three days’ sojourn in the belly of the fish (Jon. 1.17; Matt. 2.1), also used of the resurrection of the dead in Jewish sources, is applied to Jesus in Matthew 12.40. Jesus’ resurrection as Messiah fulfills Psalm 2.7, quoted in Acts 13.33; Hebrews 1.5; and 5.5 and alluded to in a probably pre-Pauline formula in Romans 1.4. The same text may lie behind the divine words at the baptism of Jesus in Mark 1.11, though they mainly reflect Isaiah 42.1. Thus, the divine declaration of the Messiahship of Jesus is pushed back from the resurrection to the baptism. Passages from the Messianic Psalm 118 are also applied to the Christological significance of the resurrection in Acts 4.11 and 1 Peter 2.7, and also in Matthew 21.42; Mark 12.10-11; and Luke 20.17, and the application is made to Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem in Matt. 21.9; Mark 11.9; and John 12.13. Jesus’ future function as the exalted Messiah is expressed in terms of the ‘one like a son of man’ (Dan. 7.13) in Matthew 24.30; Mark 13.26; and Luke 21.27, and the text fromDaniel is alluded to frequently in Matthew. In Matthew 26.64; Mark 14.62; and Luke 22.69, Daniel 7.13 is conflated (combined) with Psalm 110.1; in Revelation 1.7, it is conflated with Zechariah 12.10. It is not too much to say that the resurrection, interpreted in the light of Messianic texts, is the starting point of Christology [emphasis mine].

~ Lindars Barnabas. “Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament.” Harper’s Bible Dictionary . 1st ed. Paul J. Achtemeier, ed. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. p. 725.

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The Promise Universalized

Segment 2: Gentile Inclusion in Old Testament Messianic Prophecy

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

A serious study of OT Messianic prophecy reveals that God has extended the promise and blessings of Abraham to the Gentiles, to all who believe in Jesus Christ as Messiah. The three critical movements in the NT’s use of OT Messianic prophecy include: 1) Jesus’ explanation of the OT predictions about himself, 2) the apostles’ commentary on Jesus’ meaning in the NT writings, especially in the preaching of the book of Acts, and 3) the Church’s application of the apostles’ commentary of Jesus’ understanding of the OT. God included the salvation of the

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