Tony Traback continues our teaching series through 1 Samuel.

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Tony Traback begins our series through 1 Samuel.

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Here we want to look a little more broadly on the “fulfillment quotations” in the early chapters of Matthew’s gospel. There are 5. Yet when you read how Matthew uses these Old Testament passages, it often seems like he is referencing the Old Testament passages out of context.

What are we to make of how Matthew uses the Old Testament?

As Goldingay writes, “To gain the full implications of prophecies such as these for the significance of the Christ event, we need to go back to those prophecies themselves.”[1]

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[1] John Goldingay, “The Old Testament and Christian Faith: Jesus and the Old Testament in Matthew 1–5,” Themelios 8, no. 1 (1982): 9.

After Matthew narrates the events of Joseph finding out that Mary, his wife, has conceived a child through the Holy Spirit and that his name will be Jesus, Matthew says that “all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet (Isaiah)” (Matt. 1:22).

From there, Matthew 1:23 that speaks of a child called Immanuel (God with us) is a quotation from Isaiah 7:14.

But when you look at Isaiah 7 it can be confusing. How is Matthew seeing the birth of Christ in Isaiah 7? Listen as we seek to explore the context of Isaiah 7:14

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Teaching by Aaron Mattox.

In our week 3 advent teaching, we look at Matthew 1:18-25 and the significance of the truth - God is With Us.

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Teaching by Tony Traback.

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Teaching by Aaron Mattox

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