God's Promise
Running Head: God’s Promise Essay
Jesus through the Eyes of the Prophets
Eddie Lewis
Grand Canyon University: Bib 351 Moses and the Prophets
July 10, 2012
Jesus through the Eyes of the Prophets
God’s promise to King David that he would establish his house and throne forever was the basis of the hope that the Old Testament Prophets look to for the restoration of Israel. The Messianic prophesies that flowed from the mouths of the prophets aligned themselves perfectly with these original promises to David and also shaped the view the prophets had of the Messiah. In the eyes of the prophets the Messiah would be a descendant of David born in Bethlehem of a virgin. He will work miracles like making the blind to see and the deaf to hear even cause the lame not only to walk but leap. This Messiah would have the weight of the governments upon his shoulders and he will set up a kingdom that would never end. All these views would find their culmination in the person of Jesus the Christ The Messianic promise in 2 Sam.7:11-16 actually contains three promises that could be said forms the basis of all the messianic prophesies in the Old Testament (Mariottini, 2001). These three promises were 1) that the throne of David will be established forever. 2) That David’s son would build God a house for his name. 3) That David’s son would be God’s son (Mariottini, 2001). These three promises made to David are echoed throughout the writings of the Old Testament prophets. Isaiah prophesied in chapter seven of a child being born a boy child who will have the weight of the government on his shoulders. In chapter eleven Isaiah also spoke of the Messiah being a shoot springing forth from the stump of Jesse who was David’s father, a clear reference to the Messiah being a descendant of David. The prophet Jeremiah prophesied that following the captivity Israel would once again serve the Lord their God and David their king who the Lord would once again raise up for them. Ezekiel
Jesus through the Eyes of the Prophets
Eddie Lewis
Grand Canyon University: Bib 351 Moses and the Prophets
July 10, 2012
Jesus through the Eyes of the Prophets
God’s promise to King David that he would establish his house and throne forever was the basis of the hope that the Old Testament Prophets look to for the restoration of Israel. The Messianic prophesies that flowed from the mouths of the prophets aligned themselves perfectly with these original promises to David and also shaped the view the prophets had of the Messiah. In the eyes of the prophets the Messiah would be a descendant of David born in Bethlehem of a virgin. He will work miracles like making the blind to see and the deaf to hear even cause the lame not only to walk but leap. This Messiah would have the weight of the governments upon his shoulders and he will set up a kingdom that would never end. All these views would find their culmination in the person of Jesus the Christ The Messianic promise in 2 Sam.7:11-16 actually contains three promises that could be said forms the basis of all the messianic prophesies in the Old Testament (Mariottini, 2001). These three promises were 1) that the throne of David will be established forever. 2) That David’s son would build God a house for his name. 3) That David’s son would be God’s son (Mariottini, 2001). These three promises made to David are echoed throughout the writings of the Old Testament prophets. Isaiah prophesied in chapter seven of a child being born a boy child who will have the weight of the government on his shoulders. In chapter eleven Isaiah also spoke of the Messiah being a shoot springing forth from the stump of Jesse who was David’s father, a clear reference to the Messiah being a descendant of David. The prophet Jeremiah prophesied that following the captivity Israel would once again serve the Lord their God and David their king who the Lord would once again raise up for them. Ezekiel
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