What are the promises in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

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The 'old testament' is the Church-produced, Church-revised, and often MIStranslated Christian version of the Jewish Tanakh. Jews study the Tanakh in the original Hebrew. No Jews use the OT.

There are 23 Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh. To qualify as the Jewish messiah a man must fulfill them all before he dies:

Judaism has always been clear on its idea of 'maschiach'. The Jewish messiah is just an ordinary Jewish man, he is not 'divine' and he has no 'supernatural' powers; he won't be walking on water or performing miracles. Rather, he will epitomise the best in honour and integrity. And to even qualify as the maschiach, he must fulfill all the Jewish messianic prophecies. Every single one. And he must do it *before* he dies. There is no 'second coming' for the Jewish Maschiach. Christianity, meanwhile, says something very different. Jesus is portrayed as a part divine 'son of god' who died in order to carry the sins of the rest of mankind. He is 'god incarnate', part of the 'trinity' and, according to many Christians, it is only by accepting Christ that any human can connect with G-d and reach 'heaven'. Thus we have, effectively, two entirely different messiahs. And neither religion is going to change its view. Jesus can never be the Jewish messiah: he didn't fulfill any of the Jewish messianic prophecies before he died. And Jesus will always be the Christian messiah; the entire religion is predicated upon his being precisely that. What, then, are the Jewish messianic prophecies? They are as follows, and it is empirical *fact* that nobody has yet fulfilled them: * He will be descended from King David (Isaiah 11:1) via King Solomon (1 Chron. 22:8-10) *The Moshiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" (Isaiah 11:2) *Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership (Isaiah 11:4)

* There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease (Isaiah 25:8)

* All of the dead will rise again (Isaiah 26:19)

* The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11)

* He will be a messenger of peace (Isaiah 52:7)

* The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55)

* Weapons of war will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9)

* The Temple will be rebuilt (Ezekiel 40) resuming many of the suspended mitzvot.

*He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together (Zephaniah 3:9)

*Jews will know the Torah without Study (Jeremiah 31:33)

* He will give you all the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4)

* He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful (Isaiah 51:3, Amos 9:13-15, Ezekiel 36:29-30, Isaiah 11:6-9).

* Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance. (Isaiah 2:4) * The whole world will worship the One God of Israel (Isaiah 2:17) * The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23) * Nations will end up recognizing the wrongs they did to Israel (Isaiah 52:13-53:5)

* He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations (Isaiah 11:10) . * Knowledge of God will fill the world (Isaiah 11:9) *The Sanhedrin will be re-established (Isaiah 1:26)* *All Israelites will be returned to their homeland (Isaiah 11:12)

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Answer 2

The Old Testament contains many promises made by God to His people, including promises of protection, provision, forgiveness, redemption, and the coming of a Messiah to save humanity. These promises are often fulfilled through God's faithfulness and the establishment of covenants with individuals like Abraham and David, as well as with the nation of Israel. These promises serve as a source of hope, assurance, and encouragement for believers.

Answer 3

It came in several forms, or stages that built upon each other but principally it was to recognize Yahweh as the One true God, obey His commandments (circumcision was one such as well as burnt offerings and then the 10 Commandments came along and were joined by cultural laws instituted by God for His people to follow. God was also showing how pervasive and tricky sin is: that even people who witnessed miracles would fall away during that time. Remember, too, that before the Flood fallen angels were bearing children with human women, taining the blood line that was needed to fufill the entire plan, incorporating Jesus and his bloodline to David.

Answer 4

Gods promises are this...God will someday take all his christians to heaven.. And he promised all his christians rewards in heaven!! Do you want to be a christian??

Answer 5

Mosaic, Abrahamic, Noachan, and Davidic