I want to challenge myself to find all the descriptions of Jesus in the old testament, which will help me strengthen my faith in Jesus.
What are things I should know? There is both first coming and second coming Jesus in the O.T?
Can someone help me find the verses, and has every single one been fulfilled sharply? I would assume yes, I believe Jesus is God and the Messiah but I like seeing things for myself also.
Has there been anyone else in the past that was thought to be the Messiah or closely fulfilled some of the scriptures but failed to fulfill all?
New Testament quotes about Jesus taken from the OT
Hebrews 1:10 He also says (about Jesus),
"In the beginning, O LORD, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands." Psalm 102:24,25 "So I said: "Do not take me away,
O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. In the beginning,
O LORD, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands"
Romans 14:8-11 If we live, we live to
the LORD; and if we die, we die to
the LORD. So, whether we live or die, we belong to
the LORD. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be
the LORD of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. It is written: "
'As surely as I live,' says the LORD, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.'" Isaiah 45:21b-23 There is
no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for
I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked:
Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.
Acts 2:21 "'
In the last days', God says
, 'I will pour out my Spirit on all people ... And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.'
Acts 2:25 David said about him
(Jesus):
"I saw the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken."
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this
Jesus, whom you crucified, both
LORD and Christ.
Joel 2:27-32 Then you will know that I am in Israel, that
I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed. 'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people
... And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "
Jesus is LORD," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:12,13 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-- the same
LORD is
LORD of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for,
"Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved."
2Thessalonians 2:1,2 Concerning the coming of our
LORD Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the
day of the LORD has already come.
Joel 2:27, 31,32 Then you will know that I am in Israel, that
I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed
... The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the LORD.
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved;
Acts 2:25 David said about him
(Jesus):
"I saw the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm 16:1-2,8 Keep me safe,
O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the
LORD, "You are my
LORD; apart from you I have no good thing."
... I have set the
LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
John 12:40,41 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them."(
Isaiah 6:10) Isaiah said this because he saw
Jesus' glory and spoke about him. Prior to
Isaiah 6:10 this is what Isaiah saw in
Isaiah 6:1-3In the year that King Uzziah died,
I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is
the LORD Almighty; the
whole earth is full of his glory."
Eph 4:8 This (Paul speaking of Christ's ascension) is why it says:
"When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men." (Ps 68:18 - Syriac version
)
Ps 68:18 When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the rebellious— that you,
O LORD God, might dwell there.
Consequently when the OT speaks of the LORD God - that's Jesus. So there's a lot of Jesus in the OT.
