The messiah
Kaiser is presenting his approach on understanding the Messianic passages in the Old Testament with the views of the promise that God had given Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. He spends three chapters in his book on the Psalms, in the light of the promise to David. He feels that there is foreshadowing in the Psalms of the coming Messiah, especially in the Psalms that David wrote (98). David stated in Psalm 110: 1 "The Lord says to my Lord 'Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' " This may be showing that David knows that the one who is coming from him is greater than him.Kaiser lists at least sixteen different Psalms that have references to the prophecy of the coming Messiah. God had promised David that his Kingdom would endure forever (2 Samuel 7:16). "2 Samuel 7...This chapter sets the tone for the promise plan of God throughout the rest of the Old Testament" (78). Kaiser is looking at other prophecies of the Messiah coming from the promise that God had given David in chapter 7 of 2 Samuel. Kaiser is also showing in Isaiah 55 that all of the benefits of the covenant that God made with David are still in the front of God's mind and are being worked on in God's time. Isaiah 55
There were parts in Kaiser's book that were confusing. He really did not bring the book to a close. Yes, he stated that the revealing of the Messianic prophecy will never be complete, but it would have been nice if he would sum up what he stated. The way that Kaiser would go off on terms and what they mean is sometimes hard to follow. Kaiser talks about something and for the next five or six lines he explains a word and then goes back to what he was talking about. By that time the topic is lost. endure forever is shown throughout the Bible. Kaiser points out messages from the Old big in the New Testament. Kaiser uses the New Testament to show that the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah have been fulfilled. Isaiah 52-53 is talking about the mystery, rejection, atonement, submission, and exaltation of the Servant (179-181). This is pointing to the fact that what Isaiah was saying as prophecy was coming true. The Gospels are based on the prophecy of the Messiah or are reflecting on the prophecies of the Messiah in the Old Testament. The Old Testament is showing that there will be a In addition, in the book of Genesis, Kaiser points out that Abraham had seen "the 'day' of Christ" (50) but does not know how he could have. Kaiser believes that Abraham may have seen the day of Christ "when he took his son Isaac up on Mount Moriah to be offered" (50). Kaiser speculates that this could be where Abraham could have seen the day of Christ on the cross, on one can be should if that is true. Kaiser works through the Old Testament to trace the line of where the promise first comes from and where it ends which is in the New Testament. shows that the Messiah who is coming will complete the Davidic Covenant. The relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament through the eyes of Kaiser is that the prophecies of the Old Testament are leading up to something
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