Jesus in the historical books:
The Bible repeatedly points to Christ as the Lamb of God whose blood would be shed for the remission of our sins and we see numerous examples throughout the Bible of blood sacrifices under the law.
1. 1 Samuel 7:9 – And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
NT – Hebrews 9:22 – And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
2. 2 Samuel 7:12-13 – When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
NT – Luke 1:32 – He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
3. 1 Chronicles 17:11-12 – And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
NT – Acts 2:30-31 – Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
4. 2 Chronicles 21:7 – Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
NT – 2 Timothy 2:8 – Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel.
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