I would encourage you as you are reading your Old Testament to not just look for a substitutionary atonement though that is a major theme that we do see anticipated in the Old Testament.

Christ quotes the old testament. He is that but he is infinitely more. The New Testament as a whole quotes from 34 books of the Old Testament Books. When the apostles read the Old Testament they saw references to Christ and his kingdom as it were on every page.

Note that the Psalm 1044 passage reads a bit different in the Septuagint than in our Old Testament. If so I think youll really like these Old Testament Scriptures so here are 17 of the most favorite Bible quotes from the Old Testament. OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES QUOTED BY JESUS CHRIST.

Jesus holds Creation together Miracles of Jesus. The two quotes in this passage come from Psalm 1044 and Psalm 456-7. The use of the definite article before the word Christ and its gradual development into a proper name show that the Christians identified Jesus with the promised messiah of the Jews who fulfilled all the messianic predictions in a fuller and a higher sense than had been given them by the rabbis.

In the Old Testament you find a constant forward looking to how God is doing the work of redemption. Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flaming fire. 17 But you O Bethlehem Ephrathah who are too little to be among the clans of Judah from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel whose coming forth is from of old from ancient days.

More Quotes about Jesus Christ In The Old Testament. NEW TESTAMENT QUOTE OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE HISTORICAL OCCASION. Jesus used Gods Word to resist the devil Matt 4111 Luke 41-13 at the beginning of His ministry.

Whats interesting in the chart. He it was who said in John 539 You Jewish people diligently study the Scriptures which at that time were the 39 books of the Tanak Old Testament. Is Jesus fully God.