Statements Which in
the Old Testament are Made Distinctly of Jehovah, God,
Taken in the New Testament to Refer to Jesus Christ
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passage.
(1)
Ps. 102:24–27, In NT Heb.1:10–12
(2)
Is. 40:3-4 In NT Matt.
3:3; Luke 1:68-69, 76
(3)
Jer. 11:20,
Jer. 17:10, In NT Rev.
2:23.
(4)
Is. 60:19 (See also
Zech. 2:5.),
In NT Luke 2:32
(5)
Is. 6:1,
3,
10,
Compare
John 12:37–41
In the Old
Testament passage it was when he saw the glory of Jehovah of hosts that Isaiah
spoke these things, but in the New Testament John says it was when Isaiah saw
the glory of Jesus Christ that
he said this. The inference is simple.
(6)
Is. 8:13,
14,
Compare
1 Pet. 2:7,
8
In the Old
Testament Jehovah is the stone of stumbling, etc. In the New Testament it is
Jesus Christ.
(7)
Is. 8:12,
13, Compare
1
Pet. 3:14
(8)
Num. 21:6,
7,
Compare
1 Cor. 10:9
(9)
Ps. 23:1, Is. 40:10,
11 Compare
John. 10:11
In the Old
Testament Jehovah is the good shepherd; in the New Testament
Jesus.
(10)
Ezek. 34:11,
12,
18
Compare
Luke 19:10
In the O.
T. Jehovah, in the N. T. Jesus
“seeks and saves the lost.”
(11) Lord in the Old Testament always refers to
God except where the context
clearly indicates otherwise: Lord in the New Testament always refers to
Jesus Christ except where the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
PROPOSITION: Very many statements which in the Old
Testament are made distinctly of Jehovah, God, are taken in the New Testament
to refer to Jesus Christ; i. e., in New Testament thought and doctrine Jesus
Christ occupies the place that Jehovah occupies in Old Testament thought and
doctrine.
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