Can you help with OT scripture on Christ as the fulfillment of the law?

Question

Need some help pointing out Christ as the fulfilment of the law in the OT, prophecies, verses, etc. Many thanks to anyone who could help.

Answer 1

here you go.....this is a very good site

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/messianicprophecies.html

Answer 2

"In the Old Testament there are sixty major messianic prophecies, and approximately 270 ramifications that were fulfilled in ONE person, Jesus Christ. It is helpful to look at all these predictions fulfilled in Christ as his "address". You've probably never realized how important the detials of your name and address are- and yet these details set you apart from the four billion other people who also inhabit this planet.

With even greater detail, God wrote and "address" in history to single out His son, the Messiah, the Savior of mankind, from anyone who has ever lived in history- past, present and future. The specifics of this "address" can be found in the Old Testament, a document written over a period of 1,000 years which contains over 300 references to his coming. Using the science of probability, we find the chances of just forty-eight of these prophecies being fulfilledi n one person to be only one in ten.
The task of matching up God's address with one man is further complicated by the fact that all the prophicies of the Messiah were made at least 400 years before he was to appear.

Start with Genesis 3:15 "...born of the seed of a woman..." All people are born of the seed of a man except one, Jesus Christ, born of the seed of a woman.

Genesis 9 & 10 ... Noah had 3 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Today all nations can be traced to these three men. In the next statement, God eliminated two thirds of them from the line of Messiahship. The Messiah would come through the line of Shem.

With Abraham, God became more specific, saying that the Messiah would come from the line of Abraham. When he had two sons, many were eliminated from the running when God selected his son Isaac, then out of his 2 sons, Jacob and Esau, God chose Jacob. Jacob had 12 sons, out of whom developed the 12 tribes of Israel. Then God singled out the tribe of Judah for Messiahship and eliminated 11/12ths of the Israelite tribes. And of all the family lines of Judah, Jesse was the divine choice. One can see the probability building.

Jesse had 8 children, and in 2 Samuel 7:12-16, and Jeremiah 23:5, God eliminated 7/8ths of Jesse's family line: we read that God's Man will not only be of the seed of a woman, the lineage of Shem, the race of Jews, the line of Issac, the line of Jacob, the tribe of Judah, but that he will also be of the house of David.

A prophecy of 1012 B.C. also states that this mans hands and feet will be pierced. This description was written 800 years before crucifixion was put into effect by the Romans,

Isaiah 7:14 adds that he will be born of a virgin: natural birth of unnatural conception, a criterion beyond human planning and control. Several prophicies recorded in Isaiah and the Psalms describe the social climate and response that God's man will encounter: His own people, the Jews, will reject Him and the Gentiles will believe in him.There will be a forerunner for him (Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1), a voice in the wilderness, one preparing the way before the Lord, a John the Baptist.

Notice, too, the seven ramifications of a prophecy that narrows the drama down even further. Here God indicates that the Messiah will 1) be betrayed 2)by a friend 3)for thirty pieces 4)of silver and that it will be 5)cast on the floor, 6)of the temple and 7)used to buy a potter's field.
In Micah 5:2 God eliminated all the cities of the world and selected Bethlehem, with less than 1,000 people, as the Messiah's birthplace.
Then, through a series of prophecies he even defined the time sequence that would set his Man apart. For example, Malachi 3:1 and four other Old Testament verses (Psalm 118:26, Daniel 9:26, Zechariah 11:13, Haggai 2:7-9) require the Messiah to come while the temple of Jerusalem is still standing. This is of great significance when we realize that the temple was destroyed in A.D.70 and has not since been rebuilt.
The precise lineage; the place, time and manner of birth; people's reactions, the betrayal; the manner of death. These are just a FEW of the HUNDREDS of details that made up the "address" to identify God's son, the Messiah, the Savior of the world.

Answer 3

It is in the New Testament that there are scriptures that Jesus came to "fulfill the law". The scriptures in the Old Testament that are prophesies of Jesus that come to my mind are these.

Psalm 22 is a prophesy of Jesus's Crucifixion, In some places,
it quotes what Jesus and the onlookers said word for word.

Isaiah 42:1-7, is a clear prophesy about Jesus.

Isaiah 53: 2-12, is another clear prophesy about Jesus.

Those are the only Old Testament scriptures that come to my mind but I suspect that there are more. However, the ones I cited
are so awesome, They are mind blowing.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

The 10 commandments tell you what you cannot do, and what you should do. Laws for you to live by.

Mans laws (Judiciary systems) tells you the laws that you must live by.

Jesus says that those who believe in Him and follow him are free from the Law.

To follow Jesus is to love, his command is that you love your neighbor as He has and does love you.

In so doing you are free of the LAW because when you love you do not break one letter of the LAW! Too, there are no laws that dictate depth of love, amount of love. You either love or you do not love.

You bring more profound pain to a person that is trying to be ugly to you, and you respond to them with gentle words, kind love.

Answer 5

Just to add what others have said, here is a sight that lists all the prophesies concerning Jesus, the OT verse and where it was fulfilled.
http://www.shalach.org/PropheciesTable/prophecieslst1.htm

Answer 6

If you read the Gospels it should say what he fullfilled. I read Matt. not to long ago and Jesus should state what OT scriptures he fulfills. (16 yrs old)

Answer 7

Matt 5:17 says "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill" (King James Version)

Answer 8

Look at Psalm 22:16-18
For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My feet;
I can count all My bones.
They look and stare at Me.
They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.

This is obviously a reference to Jesus' crucifixion.
His hands and feet were pierced by nails, and the soldiers cast lots for his clothes.
This was talking about Jesus, even hundreds of years before it even happened!

Answer 9

You could probably find a website that lists all of them. Here is my favorite. Psalms 22. David penned that not realizing he was describing the death of his descendant, Jesus Christ.

Answer 10

christ fullfilled the law the law has not been done away with the lamb of god that taketh away the sins of the world

Answer 11

WOW...where do we start???
Christ has fulfilled in excess of 600 profecies from the old testament...where do you wanna start?? what is it it exactly that you wanna see??

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