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Did you know that the whole Bible points to Jesus? Even the Old Testament…
The entire Old Testament points toward Jesus as Savior, and if you miss that, you’ve missed the entire point of the Scriptures. Jesus is the Messiah and the fulfillment of prophecy.” -Adrian Rogers
If you look, you can easily find Him there. Not only does the Old Testament point to Him, but He was present, as part of the Godhead.
As one of the triune parts of God, Jesus created {and sustains} all things (John 1:3, Col 1:16-17), was the Rock that accompanied Israel through the desert (1 Cor 10:4), some scholars say He was the fourth person who walked with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace (Dan 3:25), Jesus refreshed Elijah in the wilderness (1 Ki 19:5-7), and Himself claims to be the Great I Am of the Old Testament (John 8:58).
I find it amazing that the very first verse in our Bible points to Jesus. Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
The Hebrew word for God used in this verse is Elohim. …A plural word that allows for further expansion of the concept of a triune God revealed throughout the gospels and New Testament.
And not only was Jesus present, but the Scriptures also prophesied both a physical-Jesus-with-us-in-the-flesh coming, and the purpose He would accomplish by putting on flesh and taking our sins. Without the putting on of human flesh, being born in the humblest of states to Mary and Joseph over 2,000 years ago, the work of our Messiah and Savior could never be accomplished. And matter of fact, the Bible contains over 300 prophesies concerning the coming of Jesus.
And He fulfilled them all. (That befuddles the best of mathematicians!)
Jesus Himself met with disciples on the road to Emmaus, in His post-resurrection form, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27)
This month at Do Not Depart, we’ll be looking into specific scriptures of the Old Testament that show us Jesus. We pray that the more we look at Him as Christmas draws near, the more our hearts will warm in adoration, worship, and praise!
And since this is a printable tools month, each post will contain a special something you can print and use to help you remember all we’re discussing.
Be blessed, and Happy Advent!
In John 1:1, the Bible says “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” We had a Bible study recently where it was brought out that when God is saying “Let there be….” it is Jesus that He is telling to make the earth in the way that God wants it. Sounds good to me…