New Testament--Matthew The Story of God New Testament--Matthew

The New Testament Is built from stones quarried from the Old Testament It fulfills the OT, but adds or promises nothing new. The only exceptions are called “mysteries” Mysteries are things not fully or clearly revealed in the OT There is the mystery of the kingdom; the cross, the rapture, of the church, and of iniquity

The OT closes with the anticipation of promise (Malachi 4) The NT fulfills the promises made in the OT The promise of the New Covenant The promise of New Land The promise of New Creation The promise of New David

The promises are fulfilled in and through Jesus the Messiah Since Thomas Schreiner’s book The King in His Beauty is our primary source for these lessons, we’ll follow his pattern for dealing with NT books: Synoptics and Acts John and his epistles Pauline epistles

General epistles Revelation

Matthew The very first verse connects us clearly to the OT: Genesis 2.4; 5.1 Matthew’s Gospel makes the case that the entire world will be blessed through the seed of David. Matthew 28.18-20 Above anything else, Matthew identifies Jesus as the Christ—the Son of David David and Abraham are not just patriarchs, they are recipients of major covenants pertaining to salvation.

1.1 9.27 12.23 15.22 16.13-20 20.30-31 21.9; 15 22.41-46 16.13-20 may function as the most critical text in Matthew

All of this begs the question: If the Messiah is the King, the Son of David, and the King is here—can the kingdom be far behind? But there is a mystery to the Kingdom. Matthew 13.11

In Matthew, Jesus is a type of Israel

Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy 1.22-23; Isaiah 7.14 2.23; Isaiah 11.1-9 4.14; Isaiah 9.1-2 8.17; Isaiah 53.4 12.17-19; Isaiah 49.5-6; 52.13 Matthew 13.14; 35; Isaiah 6.9 Matthew 21.4; Zechariah 9.9 Matthew 27.9; Zechariah 11.12-13 Matthew 27.35; Psalm 22.18