Christ In The Old Testament - Pamphlet

Christ is the key to what God had been pointing to in all the history of God's people. One way to see this is to examine parallels between Old Testament people, events, and things, and the life of Jesus in the New Testament. Christ in the Old Testament pamphlet shows how the Old Testament anticipates, reveals, promises, and foreshadows Christ, featuring types and illustrations of Jesus. The pamphlet reveals:

13 Old Testament people who foreshadowed Jesus
A Scriptural time line of their placement in history
Summaries of their lives and significance
Charts comparing ways their life events and actions paralleled Christ or his coming
Life application questions

The 13 people in the Old Testament whose lives foreshadowed Christ include:
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Melchizedek
Joseph
Moses
Joshua
Samuel
David
Elijah & Elisha
Zerubbabel & Joshua

Throughout the Old Testament history, God provided glimpses into the character and nature of the Messiah through typologies--significant biblical characters whose actions or events symbolically correspond with or contrast to the life of Christ.

Here are a few examples of Christ in the Old Testament:

ADAM
Adam's actions brought consequences to his children, causing them to inherit sin and death (Genesis 3:16-19)
Christ's actions brought consequences to God's children, causing them to inherit righteousness and life (Romans 5:12-19, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 45-49)

NOAH
Noah offered a sacrifice of blood (Genesis 8:20-9:6)
Christ offered himself as a sacrifice (1 Peter 1:18-19)

MOSES
Surrounding the birth of Moses, innocent children were killed by Pharaoh (Exodus 1:22)
Surrounding the birth of Jesus, King Herod killed innocent children in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16)

JOSHUA
Joshua led God's people to rest in the Promised Land (Joshua 21:44)
Jesus' followers are led into rest in this new creation (Hebrews 4:1)

SAMUEL
Samuel's mother Hannah was blessed by the High Priest Eli before the birth of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:17)
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was blessed by an angel before the birth of Jesus (Luke 1:30)