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In the last post I indicated one way that Matthew understood Jesus to have fulfilled Scripture – a prophet predicted something about the messiah (to be born of a virgin; to be born in Bethlehem, etc.) and Jesus did or experienced what was predicted. There’s a second way as well, one with considerable implications for understanding Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus. Here’s how I talk about it in my textbook on the New Testament ***************************************************************** The second way in which Jesus fulfills Scripture is a little more complicated. Matthew portrays certain key events in the Jewish Bible as foreshadowings of what would happen when the messiah came. The meaning of these ancient events was not complete until that which was foreshadowed came into existence. When it did, the event was fullfilled, that is, filled full of meaning. As an example from the birth narrative, Matthew indicates that Jesus family flees to Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, `Out of Egypt I have called my son (2:15). The quotation is from Hos 11:1, and originally referred to the Exodus of the children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. For Matthew, Jesus himself fulfills that event, that is, he fills it full of meaning. The salvation available to the children of Israel was partial, looking forward to a future time when it would be made complete. With Jesus the messiah, that has now taken place. Understanding this second way.... To see this and other posts ehrmanblog.org/matthews-filling-full-of-scripture/ and join the blog by clicking the Register button!
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:52:17 +0000

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