By it, is the knowledge of sin. Through Jeremiah God made explicit the promise of a New Covenant to replace Moses’ Covenant. Get The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament by Timothy Tennent to learn more about how Jesus fulfills the story of God and fulfills prophecy in a special way.. 1. 4. The early church debated and searched the Scriptures for the answer to that question. He is Emmanuel, as Isaiah prophesied, meaning “God with us.” (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23) “For a child will be born to us,” Isaiah wrote elsewhere. Conservatively, Jesus fulfilled at least 300 prophecies in His earthly ministry. three persons one God. Today, it is sometimes the opposite. There is a covenant even more ancient than the Covenants made with David, with Israel through Moses, or with Abraham, the father of the faithful. He is the Priest Who brings the people before God in worship. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. But Jesus’ words take priority in the Christian’s life. 2. He is the Messiah, the Son of David. Paul is simply following the example of the Lord Jesus who established his teaching by quoting from the Old Testament. They were therefore to go teach all nations. The next Covenant would be even greater. But never, never let us despise it. He came to fulfill the ceremonial law, by becoming the great sacrifice for sin, to which all the Old Testament offerings had ever pointed. The words he spoke and the hope he communicated attracted them. One reason the Bible’s Old Testament is so important to Christians is that it contains prophecy — over 300 predictions, in fact — that, like the threads of a tapestry, establish the Messianic credentials of Jesus.. His reign as Messiah would appear to end even before it began. Christians are commanded to read the Old Testament and are allowed to benefit from it, but they do not take everything in it as final. Jesus makes perfect what was lacking in the Patriarchs of Israel. But Adam failed and was expelled from Paradise. What animal sacrifices did was foretell the coming perfect sacrifice, Jesus, the Savior. Or does he only have to repent and believe in Christ? Public Domain. Christ came not to destroy the old religious system but to build upon it; He came to finish the Old Covenant and establish the New. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matthew 5:27-28) Note the authoritative, “but I say to you.” No man ever spoke like Jesus. His view can be simply stated in two words: total trust. Copyright © 2011 Broomall Reformed Presbyterian Church. Tabernacle furniture was a constant reminder of man’s sinfulness and need for a Savior. How does He fulfill the Old Testament? How did, does, and shall Jesus Christ fulfill the promises of the Old Covenant? No, they concluded. Some people assumed he had come to replace the Old Testament Law and the work of the prophets, but revolution was not his calling. Everything in the tabernacle is fulfilled in Him. They had to be forced to see in Him the sacrifice for their sins. Psalm 22, whose opening lines He quoted on the cross, “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken Me” (Matthew 27:46, Psalm 22:1), ends with triumph, “I will tell Thy name to my brethren.” (Psalm 22:22-31) The resurrected Jesus fulfills the words of Psalm 110 by sitting at God’s right hand, not on earth but in heaven. Click, swipe, or hover over each verse reference to see it. The New Testament seeks to announce the gospel of Jesus—his life, death, and resurrection—as the fullest expression of Israel’s story. Before expelling Adam from the Garden, God said, “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19) But God also left Adam and Eve with hope. The History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America from 1528 to 2004, The History of the Broomall, PA Congregation of the RPCNA. Come, Lord Jesus.” (Revelation 22:20). Adam--Jesus resotres our relationship with God that was broken by Adam's sin. Do not despise the Old Testament under any pretense whatsoever. Let’s look more closely now at how Jesus fulfills God’s Covenant made through Moses. The revelation to his disciples about Jesus’ authority in words is now complete. The sacrifice of Jesus was according to the Old Testament requirements of the law.Following is a comparison of requirements in the Old Testament and the fulfillment in the New Testament. “How was Abraham justified?” By faith, the Bible says. Who is Jesus? Jesus … I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16) The night Jesus was born, the angel told the shepherds that he had good news for all the people: “For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) God kept his covenant promise to David and fulfilled His word through Jeremiah by sending Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, to be Israel’s King. Any number of study Bibles do that quite well. He is the Second Adam, the beginning of a new human race. At best in this life we see only dimly in a mirror. Jesus is both David’s heir and the fulfillment of sacrificial worship. At the same time we are going to work forward through the New Testament. In predicting a Messiah the prophets and Psalmists promised a King Who would fulfill God’s Covenant with David. Jesus fulfilled the prophetic promise of a Messiah, but He is much more than another David ruling Israel. (I Corinthians 13:12) We cannot yet eat from the Tree of Life. Christianity.com is a member of the Salem Web Network of sites including: Copyright © 2021, Christianity.com. And on either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. The Mosaic Covenant did not do away with the Covenant made with Abraham; it could not nullify a promise made already. Jesus said that he had come to fulfill the law and the prophets. The New Testament is the gospel in full flower. Not only did Elisha have as his forerunner Elijah in the Old Testament, but Jesus had as His fore-runner Elijah or John the Baptist as well: as God said at the end of the Old Testament… He spoke with authority as God’s own Son, a way of speaking that people marveled at. It opens with this announcement: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David.” (Matthew 1:1) It closes with these words: “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. In sum, His interpretation is this: “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me.” (John 5:39) Jesus did not start a new religion. Abraham, the Scriptures testify, believed God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6, Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6) Therefore, the just shall live by faith. What's Important about Jesus Not Breaking Any Bones? Jesus is God’s agent to bring salvation to a lost humanity and heal a broken world. He is much more than another David. The saints in the Old Testament saw many things through a glass darkly. Then they understood that Jesus is the One Seed of Abraham Who inherits the covenant promises made to Abraham. He never sinned. The coming of Christ did not alter the position of the Ten Commandments in the least. This article lists many references to the Old Testament found on the lips of Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus Spoke God's Words The words of Jesus were prophetic - they spoke forth God's Word. The Old Covenant is to the New Covenant what promise is to fulfillment. Exodus 33:11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. But they sometimes resist obeying Him as King. Prophet: In the old testament a prophet was typically one that communed with God to get revelation for the Israelites and was head of the 'church.' Scholars differ in their answers, generally ranging from about 200 to 400. All the promises of God in the Old Testament are fulfilled in Jesus Christ. On the Cross, Jesus completed the work as the great Mediator between God and man. When Jesus asked his disciples, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered for them all: “You are the Christ.” (Mark 8:29) When we call Jesus of Nazareth “Jesus Christ,” we confess that He is the Messiah, the son of David, sitting on His throne in the heavenly Jerusalem. Amen. That is, when you have Christ, sooner or later you will have both Christ himself and all else that God promised through Christ. He is both. Jesus came to fulfill the predictions of the prophets, who had long foretold that a Savior would one day appear. He is the Prophet like Moses, only greater. What Does It Mean to Be a Daughter of Christ? We cannot be justified by it. To the serpent God said, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.” (Genesis 3:15) God would not allow friendship between man and Satan to last. This also is what is meant by Jesus when he said that he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, (Matthew 5:17). Christians Jesus regains Paradise. (Matthew 5:17-19) In Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said: Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Jesus fulfills God’s Covenant with Adam by perfectly obeying the Law. How did, does, and shall Jesus Christ fulfill the promises of the Old Covenant? But Jerusalem fell, and for six hundred years no son of David sat on the throne. That story is complex. By being the Son of David and God’s chosen Messiah to suffer for His people, rise to life, and ascend to heaven to rule, Jesus fulfills God’s Covenant with David beyond Israel’s wildest dreams. The writer to the Hebrews calls Jesus our perfect High Priest, Who entered into the Holy Place of heaven with His own blood to make intercession for us. Jesus is more than simply another David in a second way. (Deuteronomy 18:18, Acts 3:22) God’s final word to the world has come through His Son, Jesus. Messiah would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14) Fulfilled in Matthew 1:22-23; Luke 1:26-31. But in Christ the Second Adam all is renewed. How Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament. 1. God’s word came to Jeremiah: Thus says the Lord, “If you can break My covenant for the day, and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne.” (Jeremiah 33:20-21). He fulfilled an old one. Founding Churches in Ottoman Empire Territory. (Genesis 12:1-3) The nations are blessed by being saved through faith in Christ, just as Abraham was saved by faith alone. Christmas is about celebrating our true inheritance- Christ himself. Does he have to be circumcised according to the Law of Moses and also believe in Christ? When he saw Jesus, he said, “Behold the lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29). It is God’s Covenant with Adam and his descendants which God renewed with Noah after the Flood. The People had waited for a thousand years. English-speaking Christians call the Hebrew Scriptures the “Old Testament.” A better translation of Palaia Diatheke, the name of the “Old Testament” in the original Greek, is “Old Covenant.” God made the Old, or Mosaic, Covenant with Israel at Mt. Also, beware of despising the law of the Ten Commandments. He inherits the promise of being a blessing to all nations of the earth when He grants salvation to all who trust in Him apart from works of the Law. how did Jesus fulfill the Covenant God made in the Old Testament? The Scriptures written in connection with the Old Covenant contain: 1) the Law, with Genesis as a Prologue to the Covenant; 2) the Prophets, Early: Joshua to II Kings, covering the history of Israel in Canaan, and Later: Isaiah to Malachi; and 3) the Writings, I Chronicles to Song of Solomon, covering Israel’s later history and its Wisdom literature. (Acts 2:34, Psalm 110:1) Jesus, the Son of David, is also the Son of God, He is the Lamb of God who died for our sins, and He is the Resurrected King. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Isaiah foretold a Servant of the Lord Who would bring justice to the nations, Who would be a covenant to the people, Who would restore Israel’s fortunes, Who in short would be the Messiah. Because of Adam’s sin the whole human race has been exiled from God’s presence. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, took Israel into captivity in Babylon, and left no son of David on the throne. Second, Jesus unites in Himself the identity of all three Mediators that God established between Himself and Israel. (Hebrews 9). Jesus! Old Testament Laws: Jesus and Laws How did Jesus fulfill the law? The misconception that Jesus did not fulfill the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament is predominately held by Jewish People. Jesus therefore is the recipient of the great promises made to Abraham: that his offspring would be as many as the stars in the sky (Israel under the Old Covenant, the church today), that he would inherit a land (Canaan, and now all the world), and that in Him all the nations of the earth would be blessed (by Israel’s witness to its neighbors, now by the Church’s worldwide testimony.) Besides fulfilling Israel’s worship and its Mediatorial offices, Jesus fulfilled the Mosaic Covenant by bringing Israel’s calling among the nations to perfect completion. How many prophecies are there in the Old Testament that were fulfilled by Jesus? Core Truth: The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus reenact and fulfill the Old Testament story. Let us not suppose for a moment that it is set aside by the gospel or that Christians have nothing to do with it. Jesus and the apostles repeatedly cited OT Scripture that proved Him the Messiah. The Old Testament, though often thought of as filled with dry history, contains important tests concerning Christ's claims to be the Son of God and the Messiah. Israel was supposed to be a light to the nations, revealing the One True God to all people. Old Testament prophecies are repeatedly fulfilled in the life and actions of Jesus as Messiah in the New Testament. This is how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament and makes it new. Faithful Jews, however, believed Jeremiah’s word and similar prophecies by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Micah, Zechariah, and all the prophets: that God would one day raise up a son of David to sit on his throne. But Christ was really sacrificed. 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