LESSON 1 - THE CONCEPT OF THE MESSIAH

THE MESSIAH EXPECTATION

1. Today most Jewish people believe that the Messianic prophecies were about a ____________________________________

2. At the time of the New Testament there was an expectation that the Messiah would be ____________________________________

3. The people in Jesus’ day expected that the Messiah:

a) __________________________________________________ (Matthew 2:4–7)

b) __________________________________________________ (Matthew 22:42)

c) ____________________________________________ (John 7:26-27; John 7:41–42)

d) __________________________________________________ (John 4:25-26)

e) __________________________________________________ (Luke 24:20–21)

f) __________________________________________________ (John 12:34)

WHAT IS A MESSIAH?

4. In the Old Testament the word for “Messiah” was ______________________ which means _____________________________________ .

5. To “anoint” means ______________________ __________________.

6. When something or someone was anointed in a religious ritual it meant:

7. What were the three offices for which a ceremonial rite of anointing was used?

• _________________________________________

• _________________________________________

• _________________________________________

OTHER NAMES OF MESSIAH

8. What other terms were used for the Messiah in the Old Testament?

• Numbers 24:15-19 =

• Deuteronomy 18:15-18 =

• Job 19:25 =

• 1 Samuel 2:35-36 =

• Micah 5:2 =

• Isaiah 4:2 =

• Isaiah 7:4 =

• Isaiah 9:6 =

• Isaiah 11:10 =

• Isaiah 28:16 =

• Isaiah 42:1 =

• Isaiah 49:6 =

• Jeremiah 23:5-6 =

• Daniel 7:13-14 =

• Haggai 2:6-7 =

• Zechariah 3:8 =

• Zechariah 13:7 =

• Malachi 3:1 =

• Malachi 4:2 =

THE WORD MESSIAH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

9. In the New Testament the Greek word for Messiah is ___________________________

THE IDENTIFICATION OF JESUS AS THE CHRIST

10. Who were some of the people that identified Jesus as the promised Messiah?

• Luke 2:10–11 _____________________________

• John 1:41-42 ______________________________

• John 4:25–26 _________________________________

• Matthew 16:15–17 ____________________________________

• Mark 14:61–62 _________________________________________

• John 6:14 _________________________________________

• John 7:40–42 ________________________________________

• John 11:27 _______________________________________

• Luke 4:41 ___________________________________________

• Acts 5:42 _____________________________________________

• Matthew 1:1 ___________________________________________

• Mark 1:1 __________________________________________

• John 20:31 ______________________________________

INTERPRETING MESSIANIC PROPHECY

11. Messianic prophecy speaks of the Messiah coming twice. What are those two times:

12. What are the four categories of Messianic prophecy?

HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN A PROPHECY IS ABOUT THE MESSIAH?

13. How do we know for sure when an Old Testament prophecy is Messianic?

WHAT ARE THE THREE KINDS OF MESSIANIC PROPHECY?

a) ________________________________________________________

Examples:

a. Micah 5:2 (see Matthew 2:5-6)

b. Isaiah 7:14 (see Matthew 1:22-23)

b) ________________________________________________________

Examples:

a. Zechariah 11:12,13 (see Matthew 27:9,10)

b. 2 Samuel 7:11-16 (see Luke 1:32, 33)

c) ________________________________________________________

Examples:

a. Moses – see Deuteronomy 18:15 and Matthew 17:5

b. Sabbath days – see Colossians 2:16-17

c. Day of atonement and the scapegoat – see Hebrews 9:25-26

d. The bronze serpent – see John 3:14-16

e. Melchizedek – see Hebrews 9:6,7,11,12

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