Jesus the Same

Jesus in the yesterdays (Old Testament)

·         In the beginning…

o    Sacrificial ram (Genesis 22)

o    Passover lamb/deliverer (Exodus 12)

·         In the wilderness…

o    Manna from heaven (Exodus 16)

o    Water from the rock (Exodus 17)

o    Bronze serpent (Numbers 21)

o    The tabernacle (Exodus 25-31)

·         In the promised land….

o    The temple

·         In the exile…

o    Fiery furnace (Daniel 3)

o    Vision of the son of man (Daniel 7)

·         Prophecies

o    About 60 specific prophecies referenced in over 300 verses http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/messianicprophecies.html

o    Partial list

·         New Testament speaks of Jesus in the Old Testament

o    At creation - John 1, Colossians 1:15-17, Romans 11:36, Hebrews 1:2

o    1 Corinthians 10:1-11 I don't want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.  In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.  All of them ate the same spiritual food, and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ. Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did, or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, "The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry."  And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.  Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.  And don't grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.  These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

o    Jude 1:5 So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

o    John 5:39 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!"

o    Luke 24:27, 44-45 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. …  Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

o    John 17:5 "Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began."

o    John 8:58 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!”

Jesus Today - Palm Sunday & Easter

Jesus Tomorrow & Forever - Post-Easter

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The Lord of all your yesterdays and today is the same Lord of all your tomorrows.  When you can clearly see Him in your past, you can trust Him with your future.

Colossians 2:6-7 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.  Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.