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Introduction: Messiah in the Books of Moses
The promise of Messiah progressively unfolds throughout the Old
Testament. Messiah became the proper name associated with the promised
Anointed One of Yahweh Who would come to deliver, redeem, and restore Israel. Since
the fall of Adam and Eve into sin, God has kept the hope of His people alive
through the promise of Messiah. The Hebrew term Mashiach (מָשִׁ֖יחַ) literally translates Anointed One.
The Greek equivalent of Mashiach/Messiah appearing in the New
Testament is Christos (χριστός).
Each time the word Christ appears in the New Testament, it is a
reference to the office of Jesus as the Messiah.
In the study of Messiah in the Books of Moses, six Old
Testament prophetic predictions will be explored: the Edenic Prediction
(Gen. 3:15); the Noahic Prediction (Gen 9:25-27); The Abrahamic
Prediction (Gen 12:1-3); the Judaic Prediction (Gen 49:8-12); the Balaamic
Prediction (Num 24:15-19); and, the Mosaic Prediction (Deut 18:15,
18). Each prophecy will be studied within its historical context and in light
of its fulfilment in the Person and work of Messiah Jesus as recorded in the
New Testament.
After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples, opening
their minds to understand all that was written concerning Himself in all the
Scriptures. “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained
to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures” (Luke 24:27). A
study of Luke 24 introduces Messiah in the Books of Moses, establishing
the primary importance of studying messianic prophecy in the Old Testament.
This study focuses on the first six predictions of Messiah in the Pentateuch.
STUDY QUESTIONS
1.
When do the women who had come with Jesus out of Galilee come to
His tomb bringing spices? (Luke 24:1, cf. Luke 23:55-56) What do they find?
(24:2-3)
2.
How do the women respond to the empty tomb? Who appears to them?
(24:4) What question do the men ask the women? (24:5) What do they say about
where Jesus is? What three things do the men tell the women to remember about
what Jesus had told them while He was still in Galilee? (24:6-7) Do the women
remember His words? (24:8)
3.
(A) How often do you commit Scripture to memory? Will you commit to
completing your lessons each week in order to discover what God has made known
about Messiah Jesus?
4.
To whom do the women report after returning from the tomb? (24:9)
Who are among the women reporting to the apostles? (24:10) How do the apostles
respond? (24:11) What does Peter do? What does Peter see in the tomb? How does
he respond? (24:12) (A) How do you respond when God makes Himself known to you
in unexpected ways?
5.
Where do two of Jesus’ followers go on that same day as they
discuss with each other all the things which had taken place? (24:13-14) Who
appears to them as they are talking with other? (24:15) Why do they not
recognize Jesus? (24:16)
6.
What does Jesus say to the two men after appearing to them on the
road to Emmaus? What was their countenance as they stood still? (24:17) (O) Why
do you think that they were sad?
What question does Cleopas ask Jesus in response to His question? (24:18)
What question does Cleopas ask Jesus in response to His question? (24:18)
7.
List 7 things the men report to Jesus about what had happened.
(24:19-24)
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(2)
(3)
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(5)
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8.
Why does Jesus rebuke them? (24:25) What does Jesus say was
necessary? (24:26) Where does Jesus begin in His explanation of the things
concerning Himself in all the Scriptures? (24:27) (A) How important do you
think it is to study the Old Testament to fully understand the Person and work
of Messiah Jesus? How much prayer and time will you commit each day to this
study?
9.
As the men approached Emmaus
with Jesus, what do they urge Jesus to do when He acted as though He were going
farther? How does Jesus respond? (24:28-29) When are their eyes opened to
recognize Jesus? (24:30-31) What do the men say that they felt while Jesus was
explaining the Scriptures to them? (24:32) What do the men tell those gathered
when they return to Jerusalem that very hour? (24:33) What do they relate? (24:34-35)
10.
Who appears while Cleopas and the other man are telling those
gathered in Jerusalem about Jesus’ appearing to them on the road to Emmaus?
What does Jesus say? (24:36)
11.
How do the apostles respond? (24:37) What question does Jesus ask
His disciples who are gathered in Jerusalem? (24:38) (A) What are your fears
and doubts concerning Jesus? What does this passage reveal about Jesus’
awareness of your fears and doubts?
12.
What evidence does Jesus offer to them? (24:39-40) While they still
could not believe because of their joy and amazement, what does Jesus ask?
(24:41) What do they give to Jesus and what does He do with it? (24:42-43) (A)
What does this reveal about Jesus’ resurrected body?
13.
What words does Jesus say that He had spoken to them while He was
still with them? What must be fulfilled? (24:44) List three places that contain
teachings about Jesus. (24:44)
(1)
(2)
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14.
What does Jesus do so that they could understand the Scriptures? (24:45)
(A) Will you ask Jesus to open your mind to understand the Scriptures?
15.
List 3 things that Jesus says are written about the Christ
(Messiah) in the Old Testament? (24:46-47)
(1)
(2)
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16.
What does Jesus say that He is sending to His witnesses? How long are
His witnesses to remain in Jerusalem? With what would they be clothed? (24:49) After
Jesus leads them to Bethany where he blesses them, what happens? (24:50-51)
17.
After worshiping Jesus, where do they return with great joy? What
do they do continually in the temple? (24:52-53) (C) When are His witnesses
clothed with power from on high after the ascension of Jesus? (cf. Acts 2:1-4)
18.
What do you learn about Messiah Jesus in Luke 24? How could this
truth transform your life?
Write
a prayer response to Luke 24.
BIBLE TEXT – LUKE 24 (NASB)
BIBLE TEXT: Luke 24
Luke 24:1 But on the first day
of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which
they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away
from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the
body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about
this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; 5
and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the
men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? 6
“He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was
still in Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day
rise again.” 8 And they remembered His words, 9
and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to
all the rest. 10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and
Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling
these things to the apostles. 11 But these words appeared to
them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. 12 But
Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went
away to his home, marveling at what had happened.
Luke 24:13 And behold, two of
them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven
miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they were talking with each
other about all these things which had taken place. 15 While
they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began
traveling with them. 16 But their eyes were prevented from
recognizing Him. 17 And He said to them, “What are these
words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they
stood still, looking sad. 18 One of them, named
Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and
unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” 19
And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about
Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of
God and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. 21
“But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed,
besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. 22
“But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in
the morning, 23 and did not find His body, they came, saying
that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. 24
“Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as
the women also had said; but Him they did not see.” 25 And He
said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the
prophets have spoken! 26 “Was it not necessary for the Christ
to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 Then
beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things
concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
Luke 24:28 And they approached
the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going
farther. 29 But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it
is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went
in to stay with them. 30 When He had reclined at the table
with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began
giving it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and
they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. 32
They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was
speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?” 33
And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered
together the eleven and those who were with them, 34 saying, “The
Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 They began
to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in
the breaking of the bread.
Luke 24:36 While they were
telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be to you.” 37
But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a
spirit. 38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and
why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 “See My hands and My
feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh
and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when He had said
this, He showed them His hands and His feet. 41 While they
still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said
to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave Him a
piece of a broiled fish; 43 and He took it and ate it
before them.
Luke 24:44 Now He said to them,
“These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the
Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to
understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “Thus it
is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third
day, 47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be
proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48
“You are witnesses of these things. 49 “And behold, I am
sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the
city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
Luke 24:50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and
He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 While He was
blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52
And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53
and were continually in the temple praising God.
