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What are four or five key themes about the Messiah/ Jesus Christ that one can learn from Psalms? How can these themes be developed to teach in Bible Study and what passages can one use to teach these themes?

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This solution will assist the student in recognizing some key themes about Jesus Christ, the Messiah, in the Psalms and how these themes can be developed into Bible studies.

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What are four or five key themes about the Messiah/Jesus Christ that one can learn from Psalms?

Jesus is not mentioned in the Psalms, however, there are a number of references to him in the "hymnbook." Some scholars and theologians have called the Psalms the Jewish hymnbook or Jesus' hymnbook.

-Jesus Christ as the Son of God
Psalm 2:7-8

-Jesus' Rejection and Vindication
Psalm 118:22

-Reference to the Messiah in the Psalms of lamentations
Psalm 22
Psalm 69:21

-Jesus Christ's Resurrection
Psalm 16:10, 68:19

-Jesus Christ as the Priest-King
Psalm 110

How can these themes be developed to teach in Bible Study and what passages can one use to teach these themes?

-The Son of God
To take an Old Testament reference, Israel is referred to as "my son" in Exodus 4:22. A bible study on Jesus Christ as the Son of God would include Jesus' life from his baptism (Romans 6:3-4), his ministry (2 Corinthians 5:18), and his temptation (Hebrews 2:18), suffering (1 Peter 2:21; 4:1,13), death (Galatians 2:10), ...

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