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30 March 2016

The Psalms are messianic

A logical extension of the belief that all the Scriptures point towards the Christ is that each of the Psalms is Messianic, not just some of them.  Still it is remarkable the number of Psalms which are directly related to Christ in the New Testament.

 As far as I have been able to find, there are at least 20 of the 150 Psalms that are directly referenced in the New Testament as being related to Jesus Christ. There are several other likely or possible Messianic references as seen in the chart below.

Psalm Verses References Verses References Verses References Verses

2
1-2 Acts 4:25; (Rev 19:19) (6) (Rev 14:1) 7 Acts 13:33; Heb 1:5; 5:5 9 Rev 19:15; (2:27)
8
2 Mt 21:16 4 - 6 Heb 2:6-8; 1 Cor 15:27




16
8-11 Acts 2:25-28, 31; 13:35






18
(2) (Heb 2:13b)






22
1 Mt 27:46; Mk 15:34 18 Mt 27:35; Jn 19:24 22 Heb 2:12


31
5 Lk 23:46






34
20 Jn 19:36; (Ex 12:46)






35
11 Mt 26:60 (allusion)






40
6-8 Heb 10:5-9






41
9 Jn 13:18 10 MESSIANIC?




45
6-7 Heb 1:8-9






68
18 Eph 4:8






69
4 Jn 15:25 9 Jn 2:17; Rom 15:3 21 Acts 1:20 25 Acts 1:20
78
2 Mt 13:35






86
(6) (Jn 10:34)






89
3-4, 35-36 Acts 2:29-30






91
11 - 12 Mt 4:6; Lk 4:11-12






96
(13) (Rev 19:11)






97
(7) (Heb 1:6)






102
25-27 Heb 1:10-12






109
3 Jn 15:25 8, 17 Acts 1:20; Jn 17:20




110
1 Mt 22:42; Mk 12:36; Lk 20:42, 43; Acts 2:34-35; Heb 1:13 4 Heb 5:6, 10; 7:17, 21 (5-6) (Rev 6:15-17)


118
22-23 Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10-11; Lk 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:7 25-26 Mt 21:9; Mk 11:9; Lk 13:35; 19:38; Jn 12:13




132
11 Acts 2:29-30







A beautiful depiction of the interlocking nature of the Bible's text is available here.



The chart above as an image:


Kindly message me if you see any errors in the chart!
Related post: on the use of the OT

Easter Exodus (another Resurrection poem)


Easter Exodus

[Reading Exodus 10:21ff., it occurred to me that the 9th and 10th plagues displayed some intriguing correspondences to Jesus’ death on the Cross—of which the exodus is, of course, a typological foreshadow.]

Three days of dark, and deathly silence.
Sacrificed lambs and blood-sprinkled posts.
Striking of firstborns, the last divine blow:
deliverance secured, a plundered pharaoh.

Three hours of Dark, and Divine silence.
Sacrificed Lamb and blood-sprinkled Post.
Striking of Firstborn, the ultimate blow
Deliverance secured, Hell plundered below.


by Layton Talbert

Scripture references by line: 

Four Days (a Resurrection poem)

Four Days

Easter Thursday

Lord, today,
This darkest day,
Both man and devil, they
Stretch out Your form and Your flesh flay,
On rough-hewn cross Your bleeding body lay.
While hell will relish this display,
This Godforsaken day,
The Son will stay
As sin’s prey.

Easter Friday

Lord, today
Your body lay
On cold, hard stone; your clay
Reclined in darkness.  Meanwhile, they
Who loved You, in despair, all numbly pray
They know not what. What can they say
To God, Who took away
Their hope, and may
Them betray?  

Easter Saturday

Lord, today
Yet still You lay
In earth’s chill heart; while they
Who loved You brood in black dismay
And see no cause, no point, no sense, no way
Forward or back. Oh for one ray
Of faith to cheer, to stay
Doubt one more day!
Just one day!

Easter Sunday

Lord, today
You could not stay
Entombed in stone; away
Death fled when You rose up, and lay
Your graveclothes down, and in the morning gray
Walked forth in triumph! That delay
Was proof that all You say
You do—always,
Lord, always.

Notes: Began as prayer (first four lines of Friday). Assumes a Thursday crucifixion.
Metre: 3.4.6.8.10.8.6.4.3

by Layton Talbert