Christ In The Psalms: Pt. 1

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/christpsa/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Review</strong></p><ul><li>The first six lessons set the stage for the seventh, Psalm 51, which most epitomizes the theme of our series, <i>Drawing Near to God.</i></li><li>In the eighth lesson we tackled the thorny issue of the imprecatory psalms, prayers that are sometimes sub-Christian in attitude. This only throws into high relief the topic of the final two lessons in this series.</li><li>We now turn to find Christ in the Psalms. In other words, we draw near to God not only because we hear God's voice and discern his will in the Psalter, but also because the Messianic psalms show us Christ. And by Christ we come to God.</li></ul><p><strong>The Christ is prophesied in the Psalms</strong><br /> </p><ul><li>A large number of passages in the the O.T. point to Christ (e.g. Deut 18; Isa 53; Mic 5), but our study is based in the Psalms only.<ul><li>Luke 24:44-47 - Jesus fulfilled all three sections of the O.T., <i>Torah</i> (Law of Moses), <i>Nevi'im</i> (Prophets), and <i>Kethuvim</i> (Writings). Yet the O.T. passages are much more easily understood looking backward than looking forward (see 1 Peter 1:10-12).</li><li>Jesus applies the psalms to himself (e.g. 22:1 and 31:5). This naturally leads us to messianic readings of the Psalter.</li><li>Hebrews especially elaborates the correspondences between specific passages in the Psalms and the life of Christ.<ul><li>Suggested CD: <i>Back from the Edge: A Study of Hebrews </i>(10 lessons, published by IPI)</li><li>Suggested podcast: <i>Hebrews: Bridge Between the Testaments </i>(at this website)</li><li>Suggested book: <i>From Shadow to Reality </i>(John Oakes, pub. by IPI)</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Many individual psalms points to Christ:<ul><li>2:1-3 (Acts 4:23-28); 2:7-8 - begotten Son of God. Many ancient Jews considered the pair of scriptures Psalm 2:7 and 2 Samuel 7:14 to refer to the Messiah.</li>