We will look at the two pictures of the Messiah found in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).

2 Pictures of Messiah

Reigning King
Humble Substitute

This double picture is what led some of the great Hebrew rabbis to suggest there might be two Messiahs that would come at different times and in different manners. And that then became the dominant tradition:

Messiah will raise the dead
Messiah will be victorious
Messiah will reign in Jerusalem
Messiah will bring peace

If we look at the New Testament the early followers of Jesus believed this same thing about the Messiah. However, when we go back to the pictures of Messiah in the Old Testament we don't simply see the reigning King we also see the Humble Substitute.

The eyewitnesses of Jesus raised and alive, is why those believers in Jesus as Messiah changed the world - for the first time they put together that Jesus was both a Reigning King and a Humble Substitute.

They said "There is ONE Messiah but He comes 2 times!"

The resurrection of Jesus puts these 2 Old Testament pictures of the Messiah together into ONE Messiah

New Testament:

Messiah was raised from death
Messiah was victorious
Messiah will return in victory
Messiah will reign in Jerusalem
Messiah will bring lasting peace

The Messiah is Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace! He is the King of Kings, He is the Prince of Peace and He IS coming back!

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Dig Deeper - Week 11: Two Pictures of the Messiah