Luke 24:13-35 | Jesus is Israel’s Promised Messiah

Sermon Series: The Journey of the King:

His preexistence

His incarnation

His death

His resurrection

His exaltation

Today’s sermon title: Jesus is Israel’s promised Messiah.

Here’s why this is super important:

Jesus is a Jew (not Mexican) who fulfilled all the promises of God to his people Israel. You will not understand nor properly apply the person and the work of Christ apart from the Old Testament. Jesus said, “The Scriptures bear witness about me.” (Jn 5:39).

In Luke 24, shortly after his resurrection, Jesus appears to two of his followers whose eyes were kept from recognizing him. They were sad that Jesus was not the Messiah for “we had hoped that he was the one to redeemed Israel.” (Lk 24:21). It doesn’t make sense: He died, was buried, and now the tomb is empty and his body is gone. It doesn’t make sense!

Jesus is Israel’s Promised Messiah

Luke 24:25–27 “25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”

He is in every book of the OT. Let me give you a taste.

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In Genesis

He is the seed of the woman (Gen 3:15)

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman.” (Ga 4:4)

He is the true and better Adam (Gen 3:17)

“The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” (1 Cor 15:45)

He is the promised offspring of Abraham (Gen 15:5)

“Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.” (Gal 3:16)

In Exodus

He is the Passover Lamb (Ex 12)

“Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1 Co 5:7)

He is the true and better bread from heaven (Ex 16:15)

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger.” (Jn 6:35)

He is the water from the rock (Ex 17:6)

“For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.” (1 Co 10:4)

In Leviticus

He is the true and better High Priest (Lev 8)

“[Jesus] has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.” (He 7:27)

He is the true and better sacrifice (Lev 16)

“[Jesus] entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.” (He 9:12)

In Numbers

He is the true and better Bronze Serpent (Num 21:8-9)

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” (Jn 3:14-15)

In Deuteronomy

He is promised prophet (Deut. 18:15)

“[The people] said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” (Jn 6:14)

In Joshua

He is the fulfillment of all of God’s promises (Joshua 21:44)

“For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.” (2 Co 1:20)

In Judges

He is the true and better deliverer (Judges 2:16) “...you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Mat 1:21)

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In Ruth

He is true and better kinsman-redeemer (Ruth 3:9)

“In [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood.” (Eph 1:7)

In the books of Samuel

He is the Son of David who sits on the throne forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16)

“And the Lord God will give to [Jesus] the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”” (Lk 1:32-33)

In the books of Kings and Chronicles

He is the true and better Salomon (1 Kings 3:28)

“The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.” (Mat 12:42)

In Ezra

He sets his heart to fulfill the Law of the Lord (Ezra 7:10)

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matt 5:17)

In Nehemiah

He leaves the palace in order to restore what is broken (Neh 2:5)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” (Jn 1:14)

In Esther

He is the true and better mediator of his people (Esther 4:16; 5:2)

“We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 Jn 2:1)

In Job

He is the true and better righteous sufferer.

“Christ also suffered for you. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.”(1 Pe 2:21-22)

In Psalms

He is the risen Messiah (Psalm 16)

“This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.” (Acts 2:32)

He is the true and better High Priest (Psalm 110)

“For it is witnessed of [Christ], “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” (Heb 7:17)

In Proverbs

He is the wisdom of God (Proverbs 8)

“Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (1 Co 1:24)

In Ecclesiastes

He is the source of meaning and satisfaction (Ecc 1)

“Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (Jn 4:14)

In the Song of Solomon

He is the bridegroom whose love is unbreakable (Song 8:6-7)

“Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” (Eph 5:25)

In Isaiah

He is the promised virgin-born Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14)

“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).” (Mat 1:22-23)

He is the suffering servant who bears our sins (Isaiah 53)

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree. By his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Pet 2:24)

In Jeremiah and Lamentations

He is the mediator of a new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34)

“Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.” (He 8:6)

He bears the wrath of God (Lamentations 3:1)

“Jesus delivers us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thess 1:10)

In Ezekiel

He is the good shepherd (Ezekiel 34:11)

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (Jn 10:11)

In Daniel

He is the Son of Man (Daniel 7:13-14)

“From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Mat 26:64)

He is the stone that crushes kingdoms (Daniel 2:35)

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” (Rev 11:15)

In Hosea

He is the true and better Son who is called out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1)

“And [Jesus] remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” (Matt 2:15)

In Joel

He brings salvation to those who call on the Lord (Joel 2:32)

“For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Ro 10:13)

In Amos

He restores the Tabernacle of David (Amos 9:11)

“16 “ ‘After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things.”(Acts 15:16-17)

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In Obadiah

He is the righteous judge of the nations (Obadiah 15)

“From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.” (Rev 19:15)

In Jonah

He spends three days in the depths (Jonah 1:17)

“For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matt 12:40)

In Micah

He is the King born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)

The Wisemen asked, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:“ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ” (Matt 2:2; 5-6)

In Nahum

He is the avenger of God’s people (Nahum 1:2)

“When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” (2 Thess 1:7-8)

In Habakkuk

He justifies those who place their faith in him (Habakkuk 2:4)

“It is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Gal 3:11)

In Zephaniah

He is the King in our midst (Zeph 3:17)

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” (Rev 21:3)

In Haggai

He is the true and better signet ring who carries God’s authority (Haggai 2:23)

Jesus is a direct descendent of Zerubbabel (Matthew 1:12) “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matt 28:18)

In Zechariah

He is the king riding on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9)

On Palm Sunday, “This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ ” (Matt 21:4-5)

He is the King who returns in glory to the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4)

On the Mount of Olives the angels said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:11)

In Malachi

He is the Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2)

“Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high.” (Lk 1:78)

Application

2 Corinthians 1:20 “For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.”

“Whatever God has said he will do, in Christ he has done it. Jesus Christ is flesh-and-blood proof that God is faithful, that is, true to his word.” Dane Ortlund