Description |
Location |
Seed of the woman; Shiloh | Gen. 3:15; 49:10 |
Passover Lamb | Exod. 12:3 |
Anointed high priest | Lev. 8:7-9 |
Star of Jacob; brazen serpent | Num. 21:8; 24:17 |
Prophet like Moses; the great rock | Deut. 18:15; 32:4 |
Captain of the Lord’s hosts | Josh. 5:14 |
Messenger of the Lord | Judg. 2:1 |
Kinsman-redeemer | Ruth 2:1 |
Great judge | 1 Sam. 2:10 |
Seed of David | 2 Sam. 7:13 |
Lord God of Israel | 1 Kings 8:15, 26 |
God of the cherubim | 2 Kings 19:15 |
God of our salvation | 1 Chron. 16:35 |
God of our fathers | 2 Chron. 20:6 |
Lord of heaven and earth | Ezra 1:2 |
Covenant-keeping God | Neh. 1:5 |
The God of providence | Esther |
Risen and returning redeemer | Job 19:25 |
The anointed Son; the Holy One; the good shepherd; the king of glory | Ps. 2:7, 12; 16:10; 23:1; 24:7-10 |
The wisdom of God | Prov. 8 |
The one above the sun | Eccles. |
Chief among ten thousand; altogether lovely | Song of Sol. 5:10, 16 |
Virgin-born Immanuel; wonderful, counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the prince of peace; the man of sorrows | Isa. 7:14; 9:6; 52:13; 53:3 |
The Lord our righteousness | Jer. 23:6; 33:16 |
The faithful and compassionate God | Lam. 3:22-23, 31-33 |
The Lord is there | Ezek. |
Stone, Son of God, Son of Man | Dan. 2:34; 3:25; 7:13 |
King of the resurrection | Hos. 13:9, 14 |
God of the battle and giver of the Spirit | Joel 2:11, 28-32; 3:2, 9-17 |
God of hosts and the plumbline | Amos 4:13; 7:9 |
Destroyer of the proud | Obad. 8, 15 |
The risen prophet; God of second choice; the long suffering one | Jon. 2:10; 3:1; 4:9-11 |
God of Jacob; the Bethlehem-born; the pardoning God | Mic. 4:1-5; 5:2; 7:18-19 |
The avenging God; the bringer of good tidings | Nah. 1:2, 15 |
The everlasting, pure, glorious, and anointed one | Hab. 1:12-13; 2:14; 3:13 |
The king of Israel | Zeph. 3:15 |
Desire of all nations | Hag. 2:7 |
Branch; builder of temple; king of triumphal entry; pierced one; king of the earth | Zech. 3:8; 6:12-13; 9:9; 12:10; 14:9 |
The sun of righteousness | Mal. 4:2 |
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Sometimes the relationship to Messiah in the Old Testament is easy to see such as the Passover Lamb from Exodus. Other times it is the spirit of Messiah, or His teachings that show up.
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1). Willmington, H.L.: Willmington's Book of Bible Lists. Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, 1987, S. 171
2). Libronix Digital Library System