Jesus in the Old Testament
1 Kings 8; 2 Chron. 3 He is the very temple of God, which though destroyed was raised again in 3 days.
2 Sam. 7. He is the offspring of David whose kingdom has been established forever.
Dan. 7 He is the Son of Man whom the Ancient of Days gives all dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion.
Deu 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. It ends with a cry of praise for the I AM who can and will save his people in the end, even from their own sin. Praise God’s holy name, the “I AM.”
Deut. 28. He gives us every blessing for his obedience to God’s perfect commands, and he paid the price for the curse we deserved for our every disobedience.
Ecclesiastes. He is the only purpose in life that matters.
Exod. 12 He is the Passover Lamb who was slain to protect God’s people from the Angel of Death.
Exod. 12-14 He is the greater son of Israel who came out of Egypt, and He is the great redeemer who brings his people out of a bondage and slavery that is far worse than anything the Israelites experienced there.
Exod. 16. He is the true bread from heaven that actually nourishes and feeds his people.
Exod. 17 He is the Rock from whom the only life-giving water flows.
Exod. 20. He is the fulfillment of the Law, perfectly obeying not only the 10 Commandments, but all 613 from the day of his birth.
Exod. 23:10-12 He is the One through whom we enter into our lasting Sabbath rest, not just for one day out of seven, but for every day from now through all eternity.
Exod. 28-29. He is our great High Priest who offers his very body as an atonement for the sins of his people.
Exod. 40:34-38 He is the radiance of God, the exact representation of his being, and is the very presence and glory of God among his people, even more than the ark or the pillars of cloud and fire.
Ezek. 37. He brings life to dead men’s bones; by his Spirit he causes breath to come where death had reigned.
Ezra 7. He is leading a remnant out of Babylon back to the Holy Land
Gen. 12:3. He is the descendent of Abraham through whom every nation on earth would be blessed.
Gen. 3:15 He is the promised seed of Adam who would crush Satan’s head.
Gen. 49:8-12 He is the son of Judah, who reigns eternally as king, whose garments are washed in the blood of grapes, and whose hand is on the neck of his enemies.
Genesis 49:9-12 Jacob called his son Judah a lion’s cub, and prophesied that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah and be the ruler over the nations. That makes “Lion of Judah” a Messianic title and since Jesus is the Messiah who will rule the world, He is the Lion of Judah.
Hos_5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
In Genesis we read that the heaven and earth were created by the Word of God and God said. Jesus is the Word.
Isaiah 40 In his coming, the glory of the Lord is revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Isa 2:21 KJV 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isa 2:4 KJV 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isa 41:4 tells us “I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.” This is Jesus.
Isa 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. He is the one who bore our griefs and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we were healed.
Isaiah 11. He is the shoot coming from the stump of Jesse, and righteousness will be the belt of his waist. During his reign, the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together, and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 42. He is the Lord’s servant, in whom his soul delights, and with whom he is very well pleased.
Isaiah 43. He is Israel’s only savior and besides him there is no other.
Isaiah 53. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (4) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 61. He is anointed by the Lord to preach good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prisons to those who are bound. He proclaims the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; and he comforts all who mourn.
Isaiah 65. He creates the new heavens and the new earth and he will dwell with his people there forever.
Isaiah 7 He is the sign to Ahaz, one named Immanuel and born to a virgin.
Isaiah 9. He is the great light shining to a people walking in darkness, coming out of Galilee of the nations; He is the child born who is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, and on the throne of David and over his kingdom, he will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.
Jer. 25 He drinks the cup of the wine of the wrath of God so that his people will be spared.
Jer. 31 He ushers in the new covenant in his blood, a covenant written on the hearts of his people, and marked by his forgiveness of our sin.
Jer. 8. He is the balm in Gilead that heals the sin-sick soul; he is the great physician who restores the health of his people.
Jeremiah 23 He is the Righteous Branch from David who will deal wisely and execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jesus is the Rock: Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Jesus is the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley, and he is the husband who brings his beloved to the banqueting table and who satisfies her fully in his love Song of Songs 2.
Job 19:25. He is Job’s hope and ours because we know that our Redeemer lives and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
Joel 2 He brings the Day of the Lord, which will be a day of great terror and judgment for all who do not know him, but everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Joshua 3. He leads his redeemed people into the Promised Land where they will dwell with him forever.
Joshua 5 He is our conquering warrior, victorious over the powers of sin and death.
Judges 2 He is the righteous judge and savior who never fails to defend and protect his people when they repent and turn back to him.
Lam. 3 He is the very manifestation of the never-ceasing steadfast love of God. His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; for great is his faithfulness.
Lev. 16. He is the once for all sacrifice that God offered on the altar on the Day of Atonement on Calvary, and at the same time he is the scape goat that was sent out of God’s presence into the wilderness on account of the sin that he bore.
Mal. 3. He is the refiner’s fire and the fuller’s soap, refining us like gold and silver.
1 Kings 8; 2 Chron. 3 He is the very temple of God, which though destroyed was raised again in 3 days.
2 Sam. 7. He is the offspring of David whose kingdom has been established forever.
Dan. 7 He is the Son of Man whom the Ancient of Days gives all dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion.
Deu 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. It ends with a cry of praise for the I AM who can and will save his people in the end, even from their own sin. Praise God’s holy name, the “I AM.”
Deut. 28. He gives us every blessing for his obedience to God’s perfect commands, and he paid the price for the curse we deserved for our every disobedience.
Ecclesiastes. He is the only purpose in life that matters.
Exod. 12 He is the Passover Lamb who was slain to protect God’s people from the Angel of Death.
Exod. 12-14 He is the greater son of Israel who came out of Egypt, and He is the great redeemer who brings his people out of a bondage and slavery that is far worse than anything the Israelites experienced there.
Exod. 16. He is the true bread from heaven that actually nourishes and feeds his people.
Exod. 17 He is the Rock from whom the only life-giving water flows.
Exod. 20. He is the fulfillment of the Law, perfectly obeying not only the 10 Commandments, but all 613 from the day of his birth.
Exod. 23:10-12 He is the One through whom we enter into our lasting Sabbath rest, not just for one day out of seven, but for every day from now through all eternity.
Exod. 28-29. He is our great High Priest who offers his very body as an atonement for the sins of his people.
Exod. 40:34-38 He is the radiance of God, the exact representation of his being, and is the very presence and glory of God among his people, even more than the ark or the pillars of cloud and fire.
Ezek. 37. He brings life to dead men’s bones; by his Spirit he causes breath to come where death had reigned.
Ezra 7. He is leading a remnant out of Babylon back to the Holy Land
Gen. 12:3. He is the descendent of Abraham through whom every nation on earth would be blessed.
Gen. 3:15 He is the promised seed of Adam who would crush Satan’s head.
Gen. 49:8-12 He is the son of Judah, who reigns eternally as king, whose garments are washed in the blood of grapes, and whose hand is on the neck of his enemies.
Genesis 49:9-12 Jacob called his son Judah a lion’s cub, and prophesied that the Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah and be the ruler over the nations. That makes “Lion of Judah” a Messianic title and since Jesus is the Messiah who will rule the world, He is the Lion of Judah.
Hos_5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
In Genesis we read that the heaven and earth were created by the Word of God and God said. Jesus is the Word.
Isaiah 40 In his coming, the glory of the Lord is revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Isa 2:21 KJV 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isa 2:4 KJV 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isa 41:4 tells us “I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.” This is Jesus.
Isa 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. He is the one who bore our griefs and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we were healed.
Isaiah 11. He is the shoot coming from the stump of Jesse, and righteousness will be the belt of his waist. During his reign, the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together, and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 42. He is the Lord’s servant, in whom his soul delights, and with whom he is very well pleased.
Isaiah 43. He is Israel’s only savior and besides him there is no other.
Isaiah 53. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (4) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 61. He is anointed by the Lord to preach good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prisons to those who are bound. He proclaims the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; and he comforts all who mourn.
Isaiah 65. He creates the new heavens and the new earth and he will dwell with his people there forever.
Isaiah 7 He is the sign to Ahaz, one named Immanuel and born to a virgin.
Isaiah 9. He is the great light shining to a people walking in darkness, coming out of Galilee of the nations; He is the child born who is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, and on the throne of David and over his kingdom, he will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.
Jer. 25 He drinks the cup of the wine of the wrath of God so that his people will be spared.
Jer. 31 He ushers in the new covenant in his blood, a covenant written on the hearts of his people, and marked by his forgiveness of our sin.
Jer. 8. He is the balm in Gilead that heals the sin-sick soul; he is the great physician who restores the health of his people.
Jeremiah 23 He is the Righteous Branch from David who will deal wisely and execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jesus is the Rock: Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Jesus is the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley, and he is the husband who brings his beloved to the banqueting table and who satisfies her fully in his love Song of Songs 2.
Job 19:25. He is Job’s hope and ours because we know that our Redeemer lives and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
Joel 2 He brings the Day of the Lord, which will be a day of great terror and judgment for all who do not know him, but everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Joshua 3. He leads his redeemed people into the Promised Land where they will dwell with him forever.
Joshua 5 He is our conquering warrior, victorious over the powers of sin and death.
Judges 2 He is the righteous judge and savior who never fails to defend and protect his people when they repent and turn back to him.
Lam. 3 He is the very manifestation of the never-ceasing steadfast love of God. His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; for great is his faithfulness.
Lev. 16. He is the once for all sacrifice that God offered on the altar on the Day of Atonement on Calvary, and at the same time he is the scape goat that was sent out of God’s presence into the wilderness on account of the sin that he bore.
Mal. 3. He is the refiner’s fire and the fuller’s soap, refining us like gold and silver.
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