Jan. 12, 2011 - On The Road To Emmaus - Week 2

Jan. 12, 2011 - On The Road To Emmaus - Old Testament Jesus

Luke 24:13-27 NIV
On the Road to Emmaus
"...25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah (or Christ) have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself."

Seven and a half miles. A typical constant walking pace, while conversing with one another, "over rocks and flint stones" one could expect to average 3 to 3 1/2 miles an hour. That means Jesus 'expounded with these disciples for 2 to 3 hours about "what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself."

Why do we bother to study the Old Testament Scriptures?

Paul reminded Timothy of the importance of the Old Testament scriptures he had learned as a child:
But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Ti 3:14-17)


WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR; OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE PASSAGES THAT SHOW
CHRIST INCARNATE - Definition of INCARNATE. 1. a: invested with bodily and especially human nature and form b: made manifest or comprehensible : embodied
A PICTURE OR MODEL OF CHRIST - noun. 1. a standard or example for imitation or comparison. 2. a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
A MESSIANIC PROPHECY - A prophecy is the message that has been communicated to a prophet which the prophet then communicates to others. Such messages typically involve divine inspiration ...

So what have we covered so far?
Genesis:
○ The Messiah would: reconcile men to God at painful cost to Himself; come from the seed of a woman (Genesis 3:15) PROPHECY
○ He will be a Semite (Genesis 9:26) PROPHECY
○ descend through Abraham (Genesis 22:18) PROPHECY
○ Offered as our substitute (Genesis 22:13) MODEL
○ The Messiah shall be from the line of Judah, Jacob's 4th son (Genesis 49:10) PROPHECY

Exodus 12:46 (NIV) MODEL, PROPHECY
Messiah's bones were not to be broken
46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. "

Exodus 12:46 - (Numbers 9:12) - "They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of it's bones." (John 19:36) "These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," (NIV Life Application Bible)

Numbers 21:8-9 (NIV) MODEL
8 The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

When the bronze snake was hung on the pole, the Israelites didn't know the fuller meaning Jesus Christ would bring to this event. Jesus explained that just as the Israelites were healed of their sickness by looking at the snake on the pole, all believers today can be saved from sickness of sin by looking to Jesus' death on the cross. It was not the snake that healed the people, but their belief that God could heal them. This belief was demonstrated by their obedience to God's instructions. In the same way, we should continue to look to Christ. (Heb. 12:2) (NIV Life Application Bible)

Numbers 24:15-19 (NIV) PROPHECY Read vs.10 - 19 aloud
Balaam foretells of his coming
Balaam’s Fourth Message
15 Then he spoke his message:
“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
16 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel.
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls[a] of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]
18 Edom will be conquered;
Seir, his enemy, will be conquered,
but Israel will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob
and destroy the survivors of the city.”

The star out of Jacob is often thought to refer to the coming Messiah. It was probably this prophecy that convinced the Magi to travel to Israel to search for the baby Jesus.

Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 (NIV) PROPHECY
15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him. 19 I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.

All Jews will testify that there was no other prophet as unique as Moses; unique in his miracles, his direct access to God's revelation, his giving of the Law, his actions as a deliverer, and his office as judge over the people. In everyone of these functions, and more, he distinctly anticipated the Messiah who was to come. (The Messiah in the Old Testament, by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.)

TABLE DISCUSSION

We've heard your Genesis, now let's go around the table and take a couple minutes each and share your Exodus, your middle years, maybe your wanderings. What was God doing in your Life?