Statements Which in the Old Testament are Made Distinctly of Jehovah, God,
Taken in the New Testament to Refer to Jesus Christ

 

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(1) Ps. 102:24–27, In NT  Heb.1:10–12
 

(2) Is. 40:3-4 In NT Matt. 3:3; Luke 1:68-69, 76

      (3) Jer. 11:20,  Jer. 17:10,  In NT Rev. 2:23.

      (4) Is. 60:19  (See also Zech. 2:5.),  In NT  Luke 2:32

      (5) Is. 6:1, 3, 10,  Compare John 12:37–41

In the Old Testament passage it was when he saw the glory of Jehovah of hosts that Isaiah spoke these things, but in the New Testament John says it was when Isaiah saw the glory of Jesus Christ that he said this. The inference is simple.

      (6) Is. 8:13, 14, Compare 1 Pet. 2:7, 8

In the Old Testament Jehovah is the stone of stumbling, etc. In the New Testament it is Jesus Christ.

      (7) Is. 8:12, 13, Compare 1 Pet. 3:14
 

(8) Num. 21:6, 7,  Compare 1 Cor. 10:9
 

(9) Ps. 23:1,  Is. 40:10, 11  Compare John. 10:11

In the Old Testament Jehovah is the good shepherd; in the New Testament Jesus.
 

(10) Ezek. 34:11, 12, 18  Compare Luke 19:10

In the O. T. Jehovah, in the N. T. Jesus “seeks and saves the lost.”
 

(11) Lord in the Old Testament always refers to God except where the context clearly indicates otherwise: Lord in the New Testament always refers to Jesus Christ except where the context clearly indicates otherwise.
 

PROPOSITION: Very many statements which in the Old Testament are made distinctly of Jehovah, God, are taken in the New Testament to refer to Jesus Christ; i. e., in New Testament thought and doctrine Jesus Christ occupies the place that Jehovah occupies in Old Testament thought and doctrine.