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How did Jesus Christ become the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies?
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∙ 9y ago
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Jesus hasn't yet fulfilled the Old Testament covenant as described. He is still in the process of doing that. The covenant was a "marriage agreement" between Christ and Israel in which the "wife" (Israel), AGREED TO OBEY HER HUSBAND'S VOICE... and her Husband, who owns the whole universe promised to give her everything she wanted.
Remember the marriage vows of times past when the woman vowed to obey her husband-to-be?
Jesus' vow to Israel is: "...IF YE WILL OBEY MY VOICE indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: FOR ALL THE EARTH IS MINE: and ye shall be unto Me a Kingdom of priests, and an holy nation." (Ex.19:5-6)
Three days later, Jesus' voice BOOMED from Mount Sinai into the ears of Israel the Ten Commandments... the code of conduct He expected His "wife" to honor and obey. His law of love: love Him with all her heart, and love one another.
Many think today that Jesus fulfilled a "New Covenant," little suspecting that it is the same covenant as the "Old" one. The difference with the New Covenant, however, is that although it is perfect, it's still in the works.
"...Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a New Covenant with the HOUSE OF ISRAEL and with the HOUSE OF JUDAH..." (Heb.8:8).
Jesus has not yet saved the twelve tribes of Israel, so that He might complete the New Covenant with them. The Jews still do not accept Christ. But as Paul wrote:
"And so ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED (future tense): as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob." (Rom.11:26)
But it hasn't happened, yet, and they aren't yet "remarried." The Bridegroom hasn't returned!
A New Covenant is coming, but: "...not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in My covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord." (Heb.8:9)
"For this is the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel AFTER THOSE DAYS, saith the Lord..." (notice, Israel shall just be "one unified house" and not the two separate houses of Israel and Judah after Christ the Bridegroom returns);
"I will PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MIND, and WRITE THEM IN THEIR HEARTS: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people." (Heb.8:10)
It's the Ten Commandments again, just like the first vow. Only written in soft hearts of flesh... not stone.
"...I will give them one heart, and I will put a New Spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: that they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God." (Ezek.11:19-20)
When that happens, the description of the Covenant shall have been fulfilled. The Kingdom of God shall be ruling on the earth... His obedient wife will be living under His roof... and they shall be a peculiar nation in the world ruling above all the nations of men. A Kingdom of Priests, teaching the nations God's way of living:
"...hast made us unto our God Kings and Priests: and WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH." (Rev.5:10)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoThis answer could very easily fill a book: there are many prophecies and ideas that Jesus seems to complete. To answer the question, we can look for prophecies that specifically are filled by Jesus' life, as in Micah 5 where it says that one day out of "Bethlehem" will come a ruler whose origins are from "ancient times." This was fulfilled by Jesus when He was born in that little town and then later began preaching that He had been with God since the beginning of creation (Matt.22:40-44;Luke10:19).
Jesus went to an area around Zebulun and Naphtali to choose his disciples and then start preaching His ideas (Matt 4). If we look back to Isaiah the ancient prophet, we see a section of his writings that says there will be a "great light" that dawns on this exact area, and that this "light" will be a person who brings people out of the darkness and frees them from oppression (Isaiah 9:1-7). In fact, the more we read that passage in Isaiah the more similarities we see between the person in the prophecy and Jesus. I would highly recommend reading that chapter through because the similarities between the prophecy and Jesus' life are uncanny.
Another one is the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 which says that Israel's king will come "righteous and victorious," but also somehow "lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt," which literally happened to Jesus when he came riding in on a donkey's colt into Jerusalem and many people, who knew of His miracles and His teaching, gathered and started calling out praise to Him as they would a king.
Finally, we can see some indications about Jesus that have held true from His time even today. For example, in Matt. 12:15-21, the author says that Jesus fulfilled a prophecy in Isaiah 42:1-4 when He taught people in the streets, healing their diseases, and asked them not to go shouting about what He was doing. The end of the prophecy predicts that this person Isaiah was prophesying about would be a man in whom "The nations put their hope." In a very literal sense, this has continued on today: whether we believe it is "supernatural" or not, there's no doubt that people from every nation and ethnicity put their hope in Jesus' name and so the prophecy has in a sense proved accurate.
These are just a few of the many details of Jesus' life that appear to be foretold in the Old Testament prophecies.
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∙ 12y agoWith the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, these two emerging traditions struggled to establish legitimacy. Christianity, as it would become known, sought to demonstrate that it was the true successor to Temple Judaism, just as rabbinic Judaism did. For this reason the evangelists, most especially the author of Matthew's Gospel, found numerous Old Testament passages that they set out to show prefigured or prophesied the life of Jesus. Rabbinic Judaism had the upper hand among Palestinian Jews, but Christianity might have sought to influence Jews of the diaspora and those pagans sympathetic to Judaism.
The Jews rejected Christianity and it became a religion for gentiles, with the fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies more a matter of demonstrating the antiquity of the faith's underlying beliefs. Even today, this is an underlying message in portraying the life of Jesus as fulfilling the Old Testament.
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∙ 6y agoWhen on earth, Jesus was keenly aware of the time in which he was living and what he needed to do. Having clearly in mind what his priorities were, he knew that the long-awaited time for many Messianic prophecies to be fulfilled was at hand. (1 Pet. 1:11; Rev. 19:10) There was work for him to do to make clear his identity as the promised Messiah.
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∙ 8y agoJews argue specifically that Jesus was NOT the fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecies. To see the question that addresses that, please see: Why do Jews not believe in Jesus?
For Christian views as to how he is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, please see the other answers to this question.
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What is the major difference between OLD and New Testament?
The old testament is before the coming of the Messiah, and its themes centralize around the fact that they still have to sacrifice for their sins because there is no Messiah. The Old Testament makes prophesies about the Messiah's coming. The New Testament focuses on the messiah, Jesus, and how he saves us from our sin. The New Testament fulfills the prophesies promised in the Old Testament. The Old Testament follows the Mosaic Law.Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. The New Testament Abbrogated the Mosaic Law; Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
How did Saint Isaiah become a saint?
Isaiah is an Old Testament prophet and not accorded the title of saint. That title is usually reserved for those who were followers of Jesus Christ in the New Testament or to the angels.
What is the main thing of the New Testament?
The main thing that the New Testament teaches us is how to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Another View: The core message of the New Testament was Jesus' telling us to 'Repent' as the Kingdom of God is coming and that is why He established the Church of God to prepare all God calls (see John 6:44, 65) to become 'firstfruits' of the 'little flock.'
Why are Christians obsessed with Apocalypse and Book of Revelation?
They believe they somehow see themselves in the Scriptures and subconsciously desire to be "rescued" from this present world. They have misinterpreted Scripture and missed that Yeshua completed all the prophecies that were spoken of by the Prophets. The correct interpretive Hermenuetic is to apply Preterism to end-time prophecies and things will become clear how much Christ did.
What are the prophecies in 'Oedipus Rex'?
One set of prophecies has to do with Theban King Oedipus' life. According to these prophecies, Oedipus will kill his own father and marry his own mother.Another set of prophecies has to do with Oedipus' downfall and death. According to these prophecies, Oedipus will become blind and end up being driven into exile.
When did each city that Jesus cursed become destroyed?
Jesus was a kind, gentle man. He did not curse cities or have them destroyed. You are thinking of what God did in the Old Testament, thousands of years before Jesus the Christ was born.
What is the difference of the old testament and the New Testaments?
The Old Testament prophesys of the Christ:"...all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me." (Luke 24:44)The New Testament illuminates the spiritual aspects of the Old, records the beginning of the fulfillment of "all those things" written in the Old... and details the ongoing fulfillment of the coming "harvest" and completion of God's plan."...the harvest is the end of the world [age]; and the reapers are the angels." (Matt.13:39)"...God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death... Behold, I make all things new... It is done..." (Rev.21:4-6).The New Testament COMPLETES what the Old began.A great spiritual darkness exists on earth, that will be removed when Jesus Christ, the Light, returns to fulfill the last of "all the things" that must be fulfilled in God's plan.These things are foretold in the Old... and are being fulfilled now as the writings of the New Testament unfold and are revealed at the end."Bind up the Testimony and seal up [complete] the law among My disciples."I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the House of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him... When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?"To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, they have no Light of dawn [or, they have no Light {the Spirit of Christ} in them]."Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their King and their God. Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into darkness." (Isa.8:16-22 NIV)The prophecy above is talking about the returning Jesus Christ [the Light of the New Testament]. It's talking about the soon-to-be-fulfilled Great Tribulation... the "darkness" into which the world will be thrust. It's talking about a distressed and hungry world population enraged at seeing the Light of Christ cutting through the gloom and clouds that will cover the earth at His return."...you have taken your great Power and have begun to reign. The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time for Judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the Prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great -- and for destroying those who destroy the earth." (Rev.11:17-18 NIV)"...the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken... the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with Power and Great Glory." (Matt.24:29-30 NIV)The Old Testament was recorded for the end time generations to see what's coming in the plan of God. The New Testament records for them the fulfillment of the "early spring harvest" prophecies [the Passover - Jesus' sacrifice; Pentecost - the indwelling of the Holy Spirit], and testifies to the ongoing fulfillment of the coming "fall harvest"... Judgment Day with the return to earth of Jesus Christ. In this... the two testaments are different.Taken together... they compliment each other... and in the inspired words of Isaiah... the disciples "completed" the Word of God as a whole for those in the end time, who have the Light in them, to see what's coming on the earth.Another AnswerVery basically, the Old Testament is the history of Israel as a nation which observed the Sabbath [ "memorial of Creation"] and looks back to Creation, while the New Testament is the history of a Man, Jesus Christ, and His resurrection and looks forward to His Second Coming.
Can you use prophecies in a sentence?
The palm reader made a prophecy that the man would become rich and have a good life.
When did the religion chistianity start?
The power to become a Christian began immediately after the resurrection of Christ from the dead 2,000 years ago; Christianity began to be spread by the Apostles of Christ immediately following the ascension of the resurrected Christ in to heaven.You may read of this event and the 1st Gospel (Christian) message that was preached in the New Testament book of Acts chapters 1 & 2.
How do you become a living disciples of Jesus Christ?
First of all you have to believe on Jesus Christ. That is a prerequisite. That is essential. With out believing on Jesus Christ you can't be His disciple. After that you have to turn your life over to Him completely and do His will, which is to love Him and love your neighbor. (That is treat your neighbor as you would like your neighbor to treat you. ) Of coarse there are many other things you should do. Study the New Testament to find the answers.
When did Christianity oringinate?
Many believe that Christianity began with the minisrty of Christ, however, if one reads in the Old Testament about the prophecies that were made concerning his birth, like in Isaiah, it stands to reason that Christ was also the God of the Old Testament. This means, I believe, that the Christ child who was born to Mary was indeed the Messiah of whom it was foretold would come into the world and save the people. At the end of the Old Testament many prophets were sent to the Jews to warn them to repent. Because they rejected those prophets they were captured and taken into bondage by neighboring countries. Then the Old Testament ends. The New Testament begins 400 years later with the birth of the Jesus. It had been prophesied that a mighty Savior would be born who would come and rescue the Jews but because he was born as a baby and didn't come on the scene as a warrior he was rejected. Jesus Christ came to recue all of us from our sins. Without His teachings we would not know how he wants us to behave, and by His Atonement he answered the law and paid for our sins. Now it is up to us whether we will accept His offering or not, but this acceptance must not be in word alone. He paid our debt for us and what he wants in return is for us to come unto him, confess in our prayers and then seek His help in doing better. When we make changes and become better we are showing Him where our hearts really lie.
What does Jehovah mean in the New Testament?
"He causes to become"
