Promised SeedGen 3:15
The first gospel promise — the offspring of the woman will crush the serpent's head. Fulfilled in Christ's defeat of Satan.
OT:
Gen 3:15
NT:
Rom 16:20
Heb 2:14
Rev 12:9
Abraham's BlessingGen 12:3
"In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." Fulfilled as the gospel goes to the Gentiles through Christ.
OT:
Gen 12:3
Gen 22:18
NT:
Gal 3:8, 16
Acts 3:25
MelchizedekGen 14 · Ps 110
A priest-king of Salem who blesses Abraham — a type of Christ's priesthood, developed at length in Hebrews.
OT:
Gen 14:18–20
Ps 110:4
NT:
Heb 5–7
Passover LambEx 12
A spotless lamb's blood spares Israel from death. Fulfilled in Christ — "our Passover lamb has been sacrificed."
OT:
Ex 12:1–13
Ex 12:46
NT:
John 1:29
John 19:36
1 Cor 5:7
1 Pet 1:19
The Bronze SerpentNum 21
Israel looks at the bronze serpent and lives. Jesus says this prefigures His own being "lifted up" on the cross.
OT:
Num 21:4–9
NT:
John 3:14–15
The Prophet Like MosesDeut 18
"The LORD will raise up for you a prophet like me." Quoted by Peter and Stephen of Jesus.
OT:
Deut 18:15–19
NT:
Acts 3:22–23
Acts 7:37
Davidic King2 Sam 7 · Ps 2
God promises David an eternal throne and an eternal son. Fulfilled in Christ, "the Son of David."
OT:
2 Sam 7:12–16
Ps 2
Ps 89
NT:
Matt 1:1
Luke 1:32–33
Acts 13:32–34
Suffering ServantIsa 53
Pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities — the clearest OT portrait of the cross.
OT:
Isa 52:13–53:12
NT:
Matt 8:17
Acts 8:32–35
1 Pet 2:22–25
Immanuel · Virgin BirthIsa 7:14
"A virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Quoted by Matthew of Jesus' birth.
OT:
Isa 7:14
Isa 9:6–7
NT:
Matt 1:22–23
Luke 1:31
Born in BethlehemMic 5:2
"You, O Bethlehem... from you shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel." Quoted by the scribes to Herod.
OT:
Mic 5:2
NT:
Matt 2:5–6
John 7:42
Voice in the WildernessIsa 40 · Mal 3
A forerunner prepares the way of the LORD. All four Gospels apply this to John the Baptist.
OT:
Isa 40:3
Mal 3:1
NT:
Matt 3:3
Mark 1:2–3
Luke 3:4–6
John 1:23
Triumphal EntryZech 9:9
"Your king is coming to you... humble and mounted on a donkey." Fulfilled on Palm Sunday.
OT:
Zech 9:9
NT:
Matt 21:5
John 12:14–15
Pierced OneZech 12 · Ps 22
"They will look on me, on him whom they have pierced." Ps 22 details crucifixion centuries before it existed.
OT:
Ps 22
Zech 12:10
NT:
Matt 27:46
John 19:37
Rev 1:7
ResurrectionPs 16
"You will not abandon my soul to Sheol." Peter (Acts 2) and Paul (Acts 13) apply this to Christ, not David.
OT:
Ps 16:10
NT:
Acts 2:25–32
Acts 13:34–37
Son of ManDan 7
"One like a son of man" given dominion and an everlasting kingdom — Jesus' favorite self-title.
OT:
Dan 7:13–14
NT:
Matt 26:64
Mark 14:62
Rev 1:13
New CovenantJer 31
God writes His law on the heart and forgives iniquity — established by Christ's blood at the Last Supper.
OT:
Jer 31:31–34
NT:
Luke 22:20
Heb 8:8–13
Heb 10:16–17
Spirit Poured OutJoel 2 · Ezek 36
"I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh." Peter quotes Joel on Pentecost to explain what just happened.
OT:
Joel 2:28–32
Ezek 36:26–27
NT:
Acts 2:16–21
New HeartEzek 36
A new heart of flesh in place of the heart of stone — the new-birth promise Jesus invokes with Nicodemus.
OT:
Ezek 36:25–27
NT:
John 3:5–8
2 Cor 3:3
Light to the GentilesIsa 42 · 49
The Servant is a light to the nations. Simeon sings this over baby Jesus; Paul applies it to his ministry.
OT:
Isa 42:6
Isa 49:6
NT:
Luke 2:32
Acts 13:47
Out of EgyptHos 11:1
"Out of Egypt I called my son" — originally about Israel, applied by Matthew to the holy family's return from Egypt.
OT:
Hos 11:1
NT:
Matt 2:15
Sacrificial SystemLeviticus
Day of Atonement, scapegoat, blood sacrifice, holy of holies — all fulfilled by Christ as the once-for-all sacrifice.
OT:
Lev 16
Lev 17:11
NT:
Heb 9–10
Rom 3:25
Cornerstone RejectedPs 118
"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." Jesus applies this to Himself; Peter applies it to His resurrection.
OT:
Ps 118:22
Isa 28:16
NT:
Matt 21:42
Acts 4:11
1 Pet 2:6–8
Elijah ReturnsMal 4
"I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great day of the LORD." Jesus identifies John the Baptist as this Elijah.
OT:
Mal 4:5–6
NT:
Matt 11:14
Matt 17:10–13