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Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms

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Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms
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The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament

Donald W. Parry

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Contents

Introduction
Prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Mortal Ministry and Atonement
Symbols that Testify of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ: Conquering Hero
Jesus Christ is the Lord of History: Nine Major Historical Eras
The Lord Jesus Christ: Potter, Captain, Shepherd, and More
The Lord Jesus Christ Controls the Nations: Book of Judges Case Study
Old Testament Passages Cited by Jesus Christ
Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms
Psalm 22 and Its Fulfillment in Jesus Christ
Isaiah’s Prophecies of the Mortal Messiah
The Messiah in Isaiah 53: Four Recurring Themes
Names, Titles, and Metaphors of the Lord Jesus Christ
Lord (Jehovah): The Most Frequently Used [Content] Word in the Hebrew Bible
Equivalent Designations of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Old and New Testaments
God: Compound Names
Lord: Compound Names
The Lord Is Our Savior
The Lord (Jehovah) Is Our Redeemer
The Lord Is Our Atoner
Jesus Christ Is the Messiah
Jesus Christ Is the Lord
One, Three, and Seven: Sacred and Symbolic Numbers
Seven and Sacred Time
Prophets and Prophetesses: The Lord’s Messengers
Eve: Life and Help: A Type of Christ
Adam: “The Figure of Him that Was to Come”
Melchizedek: Type of Christ
Isaac: Type and Shadow of Christ
Joseph of Egypt: Foreshadow of Christ
Moses: Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ
Elijah: Symbol of Jesus Christ
Job: Suffering Servant, A Type of Jesus Christ
Hosea’s Family: Symbols of the Lord for Ancient Israel
The Sign of Jonah: Pointing to Christ’s Death
Priests and High Priests: Foreshadowing Jesus Christ
The Lord Reveals Cycles of Sacred Time
Striking Blood on the Doorposts: The Passover Anticipates Jesus Christ
The Day of Atonement: Messianic Foreshadowing
“A Feast to the Lord”: Sacred and Secular Meals
Parallelisms: Teaching About the Lord Jesus Christ Through Poetry
Chiasmus: Unique Presentations of the Lord’s Word
The Psalms: Praises to the Lord Jesus Christ
Lord: Focused Prophetic Speech Forms
Prayers: Mortals Seeking the Lord’s Divine Favor
Worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ through Music and Song
Law of Moses: Anticipated Jesus Christ and His Atonement
Manna: Symbol of Jesus Christ
Symbols of Christ in the Tabernacle of Moses
Sacrifices Under the Law of Moses: Six Acts
Sacrifices: Symbols of Jesus’s Atoning Sacrifice
Diet Code: Unclean and Clean Animals
God Is a Holy Temple: Temples and Sacred Space
The Atonement-Focused Earthly and Heavenly Temples
Jesus’s Royal Ancestry: Rulers of the Kingdom of Judah
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Contents

Introduction
Prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Mortal Ministry and Atonement
Symbols that Testify of Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ: Conquering Hero
Jesus Christ is the Lord of History: Nine Major Historical Eras
The Lord Jesus Christ: Potter, Captain, Shepherd, and More
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Donald W. Parry, “Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms,” in The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament: Making Sense of a Monumental Book (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2022), 29–31.

The resurrected Jesus taught His Apostles, “All things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me” (Luke 24:44). This verse specifies that three groups of Old Testament texts—the law of Moses (as recorded in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), the prophets (e.g., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, etc.), and the psalms (i.e., the book of Psalms)—included words that pertain to Jesus Christ.

The accompanying chart presents passages from the third group mentioned by Jesus, that of the Psalms. Column 1 provides the reference of Psalms that are cited, paraphrased, or alluded to in the New Testament. Column 2 sets forth the theme or a summary statement of the passage’s contents, and column 3 supplies the relevant New Testament passage(s). Psalm 22, for example, contains a number of passages that pertain to Jesus’s suffering and Crucifixion.

All four gospel writers—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—cited one or more passages from this Psalm as they authored their gospels. Matthew and Mark cited Jesus’s cry of “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”—the exact words of Psalm 22:1. Matthew cited Psalm 22:18, “They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture,” which applies to those who cast lots for Jesus’s clothing while He was on the cross. Matthew, Mark, and Luke referenced the words “All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head” (Ps. 22:7), which refers to those who mocked the crucified Jesus.

Jesus Himself cited psalms and related them to Himself. On one occasion, for instance, He taught in the temple and said, “For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool” (Mark 12:36). Jesus then applied this passage (Ps. 110:1) to Himself.

Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms

PsalmThemeFulfillment
2:1–2Rulers (e.g., Herod, Pilate) would persecute Christ.Acts 4:25–28

 

2:7“Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.”Matt. 3:17; John 5:28–29; Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5

 

8:2He would be praised by babes.Matt. 21:15–16

 

8:6He would be ruler of all things.

 

Heb. 2:8
16:8–10He would not see corruption at death.

 

Matt. 28:7; Acts 2:27

 

22:1“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34

 

22:7“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.”

 

Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:35
22:8“He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.”

 

Matt. 27:43
22:15He would thirst while on the cross.

 

John 19:28
22:16“They pierced my hands and my feet.”

 

John 20:25–27
22:18“They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”

 

Matt. 27:35–36; John 19:24
31:5“Into thine hand I commit my spirit.”

 

Luke 23:46
34:20“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.”

 

John 19:32–33, 36
35:11False witnesses would rise up.

 

Mark 14:57
35:19He would be hated for no reason.

 

John 15:25
40:7–8He would delight to do God’s will.

 

Heb. 10:7
41:9“Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”

 

Luke 22:47; John 13:18
45:6–7He will inherit an eternal throne and kingdom.

 

Heb. 1:8–9
68:18He would ascend to heaven.

 

Acts 1:9–11
69:4He would be hated without a cause.

 

John 15:25
69:9“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”John 2:17

 

69:21“They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”Matt. 27:34, 48; Mark 15:36; John 19:28–29

 

72:1–19He would be given dominion and glory.Matt. 2:2; Phil. 2:9–11

 

78:2“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old.”

 

Matt. 13:35
78:24“And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.”

 

John 6:31
89:3–4, 28–29God made a covenant with David that his seed (the Messiah) would sit on his throne.

 

Acts 2:30
102:25–27The Lord, who created the heavens and the earth, is the same forever.

 

Heb. 1:10–12
109:4He would pray for His adversaries.

 

Luke 23:34
110:1“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”

 

Matt. 22:44

 

110:4He will be a priest after order of Melchizedek.

 

Heb. 5:6
118:22–23“The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.”

 

Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10–11; Luke 20:17
118:26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.Matt. 21:9; 23:39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; 19:38; John 12:13

 

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