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Matthew 11:13-15……Working
11:13 For (Conclusion for why people should be pressing their way into Kingdom of Heaven.) all the Prophets and the Law (The entire Old Testament. From the first five books of Moses through 2-Kings to all the Prophets) prophesied until John. (i.e. John’s the Baptists’ ministry. Expresses the end of the Old Covenant Law and the beginning of the New Covenant of grace.) 14 And if you are willing to accept it he (John the Baptist) is the Elijah who was to come. (Jesus is not talking as in reincarnation but in the spirit, power, role of Elijah.-{Mal.4:5} ) 15 He who has ears, let him hear. (Expresses a call for open and receptive hearts. We need to get past the signs and get to the substance That if John the Baptist was the Messiah’s forerunner than everything that John said about Jesus was true!)
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“Teaches how all the types, shadows, and promises of the Old Testament are now fulfilled in Christ Jesus.” ⇒ The prophets are constantly speaking of God’s coming to the earth. The prophets are constantly anticipating the reign of the Messiah. The prophets are constantly exhorting the people to be ready for these realities. The law also was anticipating the coming of the kingdom as well. The sacrifices prophesied of a coming sacrifice. The legal requirements of the law prophesied of a time when they would be fully satisfied and lived out. Remember when Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill” (Matt. 5:17). Jesus came to fulfill the law in the sense that He was the one to whom the entire law anticipated. He was the perfect God-man. He initiated the rule of Messiah. Jesus was also bringing in a new age, in which those in the kingdom would perfectly live as God commanded us to do. This will be fully realized at the end of the age in heaven. Verses 12 and 13 anticipate the inauguration of the kingdom, which John began and Jesus accomplished: “The prophets and the law prophesied until John [came
Additional Notes & Applications
OLD TESTAMENT PORPHSIES FULFILLED BY CHRIST
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Seed of woman……………..… Gen. 3:15
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Seed of Abraham…………..…. Gen. 12:7
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Of the Tribe of Judah………….Gen. 49:10
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Born of a virgin…………………..Isa. 7:14
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Born in Bethlehem………………Mic. 5:1-5
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Prophet like Moses……..Deut. 18:15,18-19
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Spirit of the Lord on him …… .Isa. 11:2; 42:1
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Declared to be the son of God. …Ps. 2:7
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Deaf hear, the blind see………..Isa. 29:18-19
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Full of wisdom and power……. Isa. 11:1-10
OLD TESTAMENT TYPES & SHADOWS FULFILLED BY CHRIST
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