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Old Testament Overview - Prophecies of The Redeemer (Genesis through Ruth)
Genesis 1-11
1. Gen. 3:15: "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." (Genesis 3:15) (Satan, the serpent, will bite Jesus on the heel when he puts him on the cross. But, Jesus will "crush" his "head" by paying the penalty for our sin.)
2. The skin garments God makes for Adam and Eve. (Gen. 3:21) (Pictures the sacrifice of Jesus covering us from God's judgment.)
3. Abel's sacrifice (Gen. 4:3-5) (Abel's sacrifice from his flock pointed to Jesus' sacrifice for our sins.)
4. Noah's Ark (Gen. 6:14-7:4) (The Ark rescued Noah and his family from God's judgment, just as Jesus' blood rescues us from God's judgment.)
5. Noah's offering of the clean animals (Gen. 8:20-21)
Genesis 12-50
1. The sacrificial offerings by the Patriarchs (Gen. 12:7, 13:4, 26;25, 31:54, 33:20, 35:7, 46:1)
2. Abraham asked to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice (as God would offer His Son as a sacrifice). (Gen. 22:1-14)
3. Melchizedek, a type of Jesus Christ—he was a priest-king whose priesthood is eternal. (Gen. 14:17-20; Heb. 7:1-25)
4. Jacob's Ladder, a type of Jesus Christ (Gen. 28:1-22; Jn. 1:51)
5. Judah (Gen. 49:10) (It is predicted that Jesus will be born in the line of Judah.)
6. Joseph – possibly a type of Christ (the rejected one becomes ruler)
7. The Redeemer's family tree (Gen. 12:1-3, 13:14-17, 5:1-21, 17:1-27, 18:9-15, 22:15-18, 25:23, 26:24, 28:10-15, 32;12, 25:9-13, 46:1-4, 48:3-4, 21, 49:8-12)
Exodus-Deuteronomy
1. A future Prophet is predicted (Deut. 18:15)
2. The Passover (Exod. 12:1-14; I Cor. 5:7)
3. The rock in the wilderness (Exod. 17:6; Numb. 21:9; I Cor. 10:4)
4. The bronze serpent (Numb. 21:9; Jn. 3:14-15, 12:32)
5. All of the sacrificial offerings (Heb. 10:1-18)
6. The Tabernacle (Heb. 9)
7. The Manna (Jn. 6:30-59)
8. The Promised Land (Heb. 4:1-11) (Pictures the abundant life that we enter into when we become a Christian—just as Israel would enter into the Promised Land.)
9. The High Priest (Heb. 8:1-6)
10. Aaron's rod (Numb. 17) (a type of Christ's resurrection)
11. The Red Heifer (Numb. 19; Heb. 9:11-14)
12. The Cities of Refuge (Numb. 35; Hebr. 6:18)
Joshua; Judges; and Ruth
1. The scarlet cord in Rahab's window (Josh. 2:18-19, 21-25) (The scarlet cord saved Rahab from judgment just as the blood of Christ saves us from judgment today.)
2. Circumcision (Josh 5:1-8) (typical of how Christ will circumcise men's hearts. (Rom. 2:25-29; Col. 2:11-13)
3. The Judges (Israel's saviors are just like our Savior: In our slavery to sin and Satan, we called out to God to save us, and Jesus saved us.)
4. Boaz, the "kinsman redeemer" (a type of Jesus Christ, our "Kinsman Redeemer") (Gal. 3:13, 4:3-5)
