Monday, May 9, 2011

It is all about Him

My friend and Sunday School teacher, Chris Bloom, let me borrow a book called, A Popular Survey of the Old Testament by Norman L. Geisler. I am only about seventy pages into, but so far I gotten a lot from it. This is a list that Geisler gives about how all the books of the Bible point to Jesus. I think that this is an awesome list and I just wanted to share this with all of you.

The Old Testament
 Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15)
 The Passover Lamb (Exodus 12)
 The Atoning Sacrifice (Leviticus 17:11)
 The Smitten Rock (Numbers 20:8, 11) {This one confused me a little. It is mentioned again in I Corinthians 10:4)
 The Faithful Prophet (Deuteronomy 18:18)
 Captain of Lord's Host (Joshua 5:15)
 The Divine Deliver (Judges 2:18)
 Kinsman's Redeemer (Ruth 3-4)
 Anointed One (I Samuel 2:10)
 Son of David (II Samuel 7:14)
 The coming King (I and II Kings)
 The Builder of the Temple (I and II Chronicles)
 Ezra represents Christ as The Restorer of the Temple (Ezra 6:14, 15)
 Restorer of the Nation ( Nehemiah)
 Ester portrays Him as the Preserver of the Nation (Esther)
 Living Redeemer (Job 19:25)
 Praise of Israel ( Psalm 150:6)
 Wisdom of God ( Proverbs 8:22- 23)
 The Great Teacher (Ecclesiastes 12:11)
 Fairest of Ten Thousand (Song of Solomon 5:10)
 Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53:11)
 Maker of the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31)
 Man of Sorrows (Lamentations 3:28-30)
 Glory of God (Ezekiel 43:2)
 The Coming Messiah (Daniel 9:25)
  Lover of the Unfaithful (Hosea 3:1)
 Hope of Israel (Joel 3:16)
 The Plowman (Amos 9:13)
 The Savior (Obadiah 21)
  Jonah represents The Resurrected One (Jonah 2:10)
 Ruler of Israel (Micah 5:2)
 The Avenger (Nahum 2:1)
 The Holy God (Habakkuk 1:13)
Desire of the Nations (Haggai 2:7)
The Righteous Branch (Zechariah 3:8)
Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2)

The New Testament
King of the Jews (Matthew 2:2)
The servant of the Lord (Mark 10:45)
The Son of Man (Luke 16:20)
Son of God (John 1:1)
Christ is the Ascended Lord (Acts 1:10)
The Believer's Righteousness (Romans 1:17)
Sanctification (I Corinthians 1:30)
Sufficiency (II Corinthians 12:9)
Liberty (Galatians  2:4)
Exalted Head of the church (Ephesians 1:22)
The Christians Joy ( Philippians 1:26)
Fullness of Deity (Colassians 2:9)
Believer's Comfort (I Thessalonians 4:16)
Glory (II Thessalonians 1:12)
Christians Preserver (I Timothy 4:10)
Rewarder (II Timothy 4:8)
Blessed Hope (Titus 2:13)
Substitute (Philemon 17)
High Priest (Hebrews 4:15)
Giver of Wisdom (James 1:5)
The Rock (I Peter 2:6)
Previous Promise (II Peter 1:4)
The Life (I John)
The Truth (II John)
The Way (III John)
The Advocate (Jude)
King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Revelations 19:16)

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