The King is Revealed

Jesus the Messiah: Tracing the Promises, Expectations, and Coming of Israel's King

I love it when authors actually fulfill their thesis and promises in their promotional statements. Here is the promo statement for this book.

“Few books have sought to exhaustively trace the theme of Messiah through all of Scripture, but this book does so with the expert analysis of three leading evangelical scholars. For the Bible student and pastor, Jesus the Messiah presents a comprehensive picture of both scriptural and cultural expectations surrounding the Messiah, from an examination of the Old Testament promises to their unique and perfect fulfillment in Jesus life.”

I found this to be an exceptionally well-written and documented book. It is not for the faint at heart. It is requires diligence as you follow the depth of argument made by the authors in each chapter. Line upon line, precept upon precept this book lays out the argument for the progressive revelation of Jesus as Messiah as it is revealed within each book of the Bible.

When you are done reading you may say wow or you may say that the thesis makes complete sense. I have always believed the thesis but have never pursued the lengths of study involved in this book in such a complete and compact study.

I would highly recommend this as a text for an advanced Gospels class, exegetical elective or for anyone seeking a well written argument concerning Jesus as revealed throughout scripture as the promised King of God of God’s Kingdom.

Thanks to Kregel for a copy to review.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments / 9 Abbreviations / 11
Introduction (Herbert W. Bateman IV)
PART 1: PROMISES OF A KING
Gordon H. Johnston

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Chapter One: Messianic Trajectories in Genesis and Numbers
Chapter Two: Messianic Trajectories in God’s Covenant Promise to David / 59 Chapter Three: Messianic Trajectories in the Royal Psalms / 75
Chapter Four: Messianic Trajectories in Amos, Hosea, and Micah / 107 Chapter Five: Messianic Trajectories in Isaiah / 133
Chapter Six: Messianic Trajectories in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel /
Chapter Seven: Messianic Trajectories in Zechariah / 191
PART 2: EXPECTATIONS OF A KING
Herbert W. Bateman IV
Chapter Eight: Three Obstacles to Overcome, and Then One / 211 Chapter Nine: Anticipations of the One Called Messiah / 253 Chapter Ten: Anticipations of the One Called Branch and Prince / 275 Chapter Eleven: Anticipations of the One Called Son / 303
PART 3: THE COMING OF A KING
Darrell L. Bock
Chapter Twelve: Messiah Confessed: Revelation and the Catholic Epistles / 331 Chapter Thirteen: Messiah Confessed: Pauline Epistles / 357

Chapter Fourteen: The Messiah Preached and Veiled /
Chapter Fifteen: The Identity of Jesus as the Christ in His Ministry
Appendix: Messiah and Genesis 3:15 (Gordon H. Johnston) / 459 Index of Charts, Illustrations, Maps, and Sidebars / 473
Person and Subject Index / 475
Ancient Sources Index / 485
Scripture Index / 495