OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET | JESUS ESTABLISHES A NEW TIME ZONE

1. Old Testament Prophet

a) Some people think the words of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, belong to the Old Testament. They represent Jesus as the last Old Testament prophet. They say the New Testament was revealed later by Christ's apostles.

2. Jesus Establishes A New Time Zone

a) Jesus was going to end the Old Testament law and bring in a new covenant in his blood (Romans 10:4, Luke 22:20, Hebrews 8:6-7). Why would Jesus preach the old covenant that he was about to fulfill rather than preach the new covenant he was to mediate?

b) Moses was one of the prophets who spoke "in times past to the fathers", whereas Jesus "in these last days" was the one by whom the gospel was "first spoken" (Hebrews 1:1-2, Hebrews 2:3).

c) The Old Testament prophets were "until John" and "since that time" the gospel was preached. So Jesus was preaching his new covenant, the gospel. He was not preaching the Law (Luke 16:6, Luke 20:1).  

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