Jesus in the Old Testament

J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord Of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien said he disliked allegory and preferred history instead:

Quote "I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence".

C.S.Lewis - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis wrote "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" primarily to share his Christian faith through a fantastical story, using the allegory of Narnia to represent the biblical narrative, with Aslan the lion symbolizing Jesus Christ; he aimed to present these themes in a way that would be accessible and engaging for children through a captivating adventure story.

The Road To Emmaus

Luke 24:25–27 NASB 2020

25 And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.

Jesus and the Apostles

Luke 24:44–45 NASB 2020

44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Peter’s 1st And 2nd Gospel Preaching

Acts 2 Peter quoted multiple Old Testament prophecies

Acts 3:18 NASB 2020

18 But the things which God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way.

Acts 3:20–22 NASB 2020

20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times. 22 Moses said, ‘the Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen; to him you shall listen regarding everything He says to you.

Acts 3:23–24 NASB 2020

23 And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24 And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and his successors onward, have also announced these days.

Melchizadek

Genesis 14:17–18 NASB 2020

17 Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.

Genesis 14:19 NASB 2020

19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

Hebrews 7:1–2 NASB 2020

1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.

Hebrews 7:2–3 NASB 2020

2 to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. 3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

Hebrews 7:4–5 NASB 2020

4 Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. 5 And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their countrymen, although they are descended from Abraham.

Moses and Joshua

Exodus 1:22 NASB 2020

22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born, you are to throw into the Nile, but every daughter, you are to keep alive.”

Exodus 2:2 NASB 2020

2 And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

Matthew 2:12–13 NASB 2020

12 And after being warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way. 13 Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Exodus 2:15 NASB 2020

15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

Hebrews

Hebrews 1:1–2 NASB 2020

1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world.

Hebrews 1:3–4 NASB 2020

3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, to the extent that He has inherited a more excellent name than they.