Jesus in the poetical books:
The Book of Psalms is a collection of poems that were used as a hymnbook for the Hebrew people to sing praises to God. Psalms is a guide for us on how to bare our souls to God for an intimate conversation. It’s okay to be emotional and personal with God. You can’t hide anything from God anyway so you might as well be honest about your feelings. Psalms also points the way how to worship God. The Book of Psalms is the Old Testament book most quoted in the New Testament. The Book of Psalms contains more than 22 messianic prophecies of which I’ll only list a few along with fulfillment verses in the New Testament.
1. Psalms 2:7-8 – I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.
New Testament – Revelations 2:27 – He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels.
2. Psalm 49:15 – But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. Selah
New Testament – Mark 16:6 – But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.”
3. Psalms 68:18 – You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there.
New Testament – Ephesians 4:8 – Therefore He says: When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.
4. Psalm 102:16 – For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
New Testament – Revelation 5:10 – Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”
5. Psalm 118:22 – The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
New Testament – John 1:11 – He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
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