A Life in Exile

This past year of looking at lessons from the Old Testament in the New Testament has barely touched the surface of all the references found in the words of the Gospels, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. I trust it’s whet your appetite for further digging into this treasure we call the Bible. If there is anything that I know fellow congregants at my local church love about our pastor, it’s how he connects the whole of Scripture together in his sermons. That’s what this study has done for me, as I’ve seen how much Jesus quoted from the Torah, Matthew from Isaiah, and Paul from both the Torah and Prophets.

The entirety of God’s Word, “all Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 CSB). We need it all to understand God, his will, plans for mankind, and how to live in a way that pleases him. If the writers of the New Testament and Jesus himself saw the value of the Old Testament, we should not ignore it.

To wrap up this year, I am providing the references and topics used in my posts with quick links for future studies or use. I pray you’ll be encouraged to continue to grow as a student of his Word and follower of Christ all the years of your life.

Grace and Peace

Introduction

Genesis 1:27; 2:24 (Matthew 19:4-6) Marriage and Divorce

Genesis 2:2 (Hebrews 4:4) God’s Rest

Genesis 15:6 (Romans 4:3; 9:22; Galatians 3:6; James 2:23) It’s all about faith!

Genesis 18:18 (Acts 3:25) All families will be blessed through the offspring of Abraham—Jesus.

Genesis 25:23 (Romans 9:12) We are not saved by entitlement, privilege or rights. God’s election of the unlikely and the younger sons serves his purposes. He uses the humble to overcome the mighty.

Exodus 3:6 (Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37) God is the God of the living not the dead.

Exodus 12:46 (John 19:36) Jesus is our Passover Lamb.

Exodus 13:2, 12 (Luke 2:23) Our Jewish Savior.

Exodus 16:18 (2 Corinthians 8:15) Equality in provision and giving. God evened out the manna to the people.

Exodus 20:12 (Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10; Ephesians 6:2-3) Honor your father and mother. Used to refute the Pharisees and call them hypocrites. The Ten Commandments apply to Gentiles as well.

Exodus 20:12-16 (Matthew 19:18-19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20) Jesus talking to the rich young man. He says he followed all the commandments. The thing holding him back was his possessions. What is holding us back from following Christ?

Exodus 20:13-14 (Matthew 5:21, 27; James 2:11) You shall not murder: Jesus takes it further. James says one is just as bad as the other.

Exodus 20:17 (Romans 7:7) Is the Law sin? Do not covet. Law makes us aware of sin.

Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:19; Deuteronomy 19:21 (Matthew 5:38) You have heard it said, “An eye for an eye…” Jesus is giving a higher law based on love to stop evil.

Exodus 24:8 (Hebrews 9:20) The comparison of the two covenants and how Christ’s blood must be shed for the new.

Exodus 25:40 (Hebrews 8:5) The Tabernacle was a pattern of things to come. Christ brings a better covenant and makes obsolete the earthly forms of what God intended from the beginning.

Exodus 32:6 (1 Corinthians 10:7) We need to learn from Israel in how quickly they turned away from God and made a golden calf, indulged in sexual morality, tested the Lord, and grumbled.

Leviticus 11:44 (1 Peter 1:16) Be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 18:5 (Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12) Righteousness by faith, not the law.

Leviticus 19:18 (Matthew 5:43, 19.19, 22.39; Mark 12.31, Luke 10.27; Romans 13.9; Gal. 5:14, James 2:8) Love your neighbor as yourself. The royal law. More important than burnt offerings and sacrifice. Love does no harm. It is the fulfillment of the law. No favoritism.

Numbers 16:5 (2 Timothy 2:19) Avoid quarrels and godless chatter, God knows those who belong to him, so leave it to him to separate the godly from the ungodly.

Deuteronomy 6:13 (Matthew 4:10; Luke 4:8) Worship the Lord your God and serve him only. Jesus’s counter to Satan’s attempt to get him to bow and worship him.

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 (Acts 3:22-23; Acts 7:37) Jesus is the prophet the Lord would raise up from among the brothers of Israel. They were to listen to him.

Deuteronomy 21:23 (Galatians 3:13) Cursed is the one hung on the tree…Jesus became the curse for us.

2 Samuel 7:14 (2 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 1:5) I will be his father and he will be my son: God calls us into the same intimate relationship as he has with the Son.

1 Kings 19: 10, 14, 18 (Romans 11:3-4) Did God reject his people? No, there is a remnant of Jews who will believe.

Job 5:13 (1 Corinthians 3:19) Human wisdom and Immaturity. Knowing and applying the truth.

Psalm 2:1-2 (Acts 4:25-26) The kings of this earth take their stand against the Messiah. We need continued boldness to proclaim the gospel.

Psalm 69:9 (John 2:17; Romans 15:3) Zeal for your house consumes me. Imitating Christ’s zeal.

Psalm 110:1 (Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42-43; Acts 2:34-35; Hebrews 1:13) The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand.” The superiority of Christ.

Proverbs 3:34 (James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5) The humble are those God lifts up and gives grace, not the proud.

Isaiah 53:7-8 (Acts 8:32-33) How the Old Testament can be used as a bridge to the Gospel in witness. Phillip and the Ethiopian.

Isaiah 56:3-5, 7-8 (John 2:16-17, Mark 11:17) Making room for the other in the house of God. My house shall be a house of prayer.

Isaiah 58:6 (Luke 4:18-19) Jesus releases the oppressed.

Isaiah 62:11 & Zechariah 9:9 (Matthew 21:5) Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is direct fulfillment of prophecy. He comes as a king who is unique.

Isaiah 65:1-2 (Romans 10:20-21) Isaiah prophesied against a disobedient Israel, and Paul cried out for them as well, because they still chose to reject Christ, as many Jews do today.

Jeremiah 9:24 (1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17) Boast in the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Hebrews 8:8-12; 10:16-17) God’s new covenant makes the first obsolete; he will write it on their hearts.

Daniel 9:27, 12:11 (Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14) Daniel and Jesus wanted the readers to understand that a bad time was coming—the desolation of the temple. Don’t believe false rumors about the Messiah. The signs will be clear.

Hosea 1:10 (Romans 9:25-26) God’s unmerited love. Hosea’s marriage to Gomer.

Hosea 6:6 (Matthew 9:13; 12:7) Both are responses to Pharisees. God’s desire for us to live by his mercy over the letter of the law.

Joel 2:28-32 (Acts 2:17-21) God will pour out his Spirit on the people. Peter’s response on the day of Pentecost to the crowd.

Amos 5:25-27 (Acts 7:42-43) Israel turned away from God. And Stephen quoted this passage in his speech to the Sanhedrin.

Amos 9:11-12 (Acts 15:16-18) God’s plan from the beginning was to include the Gentiles.

Habakkuk 2:3-4 (Hebrews 10:37-38) The righteous will live by faith. Persevere: Christ is coming back.

Haggai 2:6 (Hebrews 12:26) Do not refuse God. He will shake the nations and then the desired of all the nations will come!

Zechariah 11:12-13 (Matt. 27:9-10) Zechariah foretold even what Judas did.

Zechariah 12:10 (John 19:37) They looked on the one they pierced. John gives evidence that this is foretold in prophecy.

Zechariah 13:7 (Matthew 26:31) Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.

Malachi 1:2-3 (Romans 9:13) Jacob I loved, Esau I hated. God’s sovereignty.

Malachi 3:1 (Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27) I will send my messenger – John the Baptist.

If you missed the last Learning from the Past post, click HERE, or start the series from the BEGINNING.