God 's Message Of Hope, Those Surrounded By Darkness

Matthew is the first of four gospels in the New Testament. Matthew presents his story of Jesus, the demands of Christian discipline, and shares the news of the death and resurrection of Jesus. There are many questions in Matthew that can not be answered.The book of Matthew is a gospel that contains narrative history, genealogy, parables, sermons, and some prophetic oracles. The gospel of Matthew was originally written for a Jewish audience by a Jewish perspective. This is why Matthew is often referred to as "The Gospel for the Jews". Although Matthew was written for Jews, it does not include very much of the Jewish culture and tradition. Throughout the entire gospel of Matthew, it is very clear that the entire book is mainly incorporated with Jews. The book of Matthew ties in with the Old Testament several times, such as when they refer to Jesus as Messiah or King. The key word used in Matthew is "kingdom" and it is used 28 times. The reason Matthew was written was to reveal that Jesus was the messiah, the long of the Jews, and to conceive the Jews that Jesus Christ was indeed their long awaited messiah. The author of Matthew

Matthew opens his argument by describing Jesus: born of a virgin in Bethlehem, in the line of David, worshipped by Gentile Magi, brought out of Egypt, and raised in Nazareth.1 Matthew employs this list of prophecies from Mosaic Law and describes how Jesus fulfilled them all, simultaneously, as Blomberg’s notes in his portrait of Jesus, Matthew describes Jesus as “Son of David, King, and Royal Messiah,” and “Son of God.”2 Moreover, Matthew’s examples of the use of these titles throughout Matthew bear witness to Jesus’ divinity, as well as, how God could be understood through Jesus.3 Matthew proves not only Jesus’ Messiahship but His title of the Son of God.

Jesus is, as the Messianic Servant, shown to be the fulfilment of further Isaianic prophecy, that of the suffering Servant. Throughout Matthew’s gospel there are six direct allusions to Isaiah 53 indicating a definite link and identification by Matthew with this Israelite and Messianic hope. Further, Farmer suggests that direct allusions notwithstanding in 20:20-28 and especially 26:26-30 Isaiah 53's redemptive hope is supposed to be fulfilled through Jesus’ description of the outcome of his crucifixion.

Jewish tradition passed down the oral and written story of Messianic prophecies for generations. To provide the correlation between the anticipated Messiah and the fulfillment through Jesus, Matthew affirmed prophecies throughout the birth story with two significant fulfillments—Abraham’s promised seed [offspring] and the virgin birth.

Jesus Christ and his kingdom as the good news of salvation. For Matthew, Jesus is not the son of David, but he is the son of Abraham.

Jesus is the pivotal point of the Bible for the Christian worldview. Jesus’s coming as a savior was repeatedly foretold in the Old Testament. In Isaiah 9:6, it speaks of a baby who will be Prince of Peace. Also in Isaiah 53:3-7, it was predicted of the torture Jesus Christ which was for the atonement of our sins.

The purpose of Matthew's gospel was to, "tell the story of how the coming of the Messiah has inaugurated a new phase in the history of God's people and to explain how they were expected to live in that new age." (Barr)

This chapter describes the suffering servant and the coming messiah. He would endure suffering, to pay for our sins. God in his sovereignty arranged every detail of his cruxcification to fulfill all prophecy in this chapter. Prophet Isaiah prophetically referred to Jesus as Emmanuel in Isaiah 7:13, wonderful counsellor, mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace Isaiah (9:6). The bible connects all these names and titles with the savior and redeemer of humanity. Isaiah 53:2 says he grows up in front of God, as a tender plant and as a root of dry ground. This informs us of Jesus earthly environment which seems to be revealed as the reason why he had no comeliness of beauty that would want him to be desired by men. we cannot believe

This passage indicates a reference that the Interpreter of the Law and who will arise in Zion in the Last Days will come from the Shoot of David . As it is written in Amos 9:11, the deliverer of Israel will rise from the “Branch of David” . This certifies that the covenant that was established with David can be seen as the ground for messianic expectation as well as an explicit basis for identifying the Son of God to be off the Branch of

The sections of Isaiah subtitled “Servant Songs” speak on a servant who would be instrumental in the fulfilment of God’s plan, while the title of servant is not used, many are lead to the conclusion that among others, the title could fall to someone within the Davidic bloodline, namely the Messiah.

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” (Tutu). This quote by Desmond Tutu speaks about how, having hope can bring light that will break through the darkness. Throughout the history, humans have been shrouded in darkness, within the darkness, they cannot see the truth of what is happening in front of them. Furthermore, in his Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, the darkness comes out from within all the characters that Conrad has created. In Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, he uses the literary elements of symbolism, characterization, and setting to illustrate the them, when humans are surrounded by darkness it can be difficult for them to see the truth.

Isaiah came during a pivotal time in history. The world was changing rapidly and life was on the edge of prosperity and ruin, as it is today. In this uncertain time Isaiah was called by God to deliver a message of warning, comfort, and deliverance. Christians view the prophecies of Isaiah as a projection of the coming of Jesus Christ. Isaiah spoke of divine judgment and the promises of God through the Prince of Peace. Isaiah’s message of the future King was very meticulous. He describes how Christ will come, Christ’s character and Christ’s purpose. In this paper I will dissect Isaiah’s prophecies in the Old Testament and reference them to the events of Christ in the New Testament.

In the beginning of Matthew, Matthew talks about how he’s going to portray Jesus. He mentions that first, he’s going underline that he is the new Jewish Messiah, The Messiah was supposed to be the offspring of David and Abraham. Since Abraham was the father of the Jews. Mark also was portraying Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.

Although, Matthew emphasizes Jesus as the authoritative Son of God, such as in Matthew 8:23-28 when Jesus calms the storm. This example should be an influence to the Church to trust and have more faith in Jesus such as believing that Jesus will help a person through their storms in their life such as financial needs. For Jesus said to the disciples, “You have so little faith, why are you so afraid?” (Richards and Richards). However in Mark, he focuses on the Messianic Secret, where Jesus tries to keep other unknown to him being the Messiah. Yet, in Mark 8:30, “Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah.’ Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.” This portrait is unique to the Church for it is usually the norm to immediately express ones’ love for Christ. However, Jesus is stating that Christianity is more than just the belief in Him; such having faith, reading the Bible daily, prayer, worship, and congregating with others, to just name a few. Next, is Luke whose concentration pertains to Cosmopolitan of Jesus. For in Luke 2:30-31, “which you have prepared in the sight of all nation: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of you people Israel.” (Richards and Richards). Jesus is referring that He is not discriminate to races, gender, or age. The Church should take this verse inconsideration when discussing homosexuality in the Church for they should hate the sin not the sinner. For if a person has a

In previous chapters, the real identity of Jesus is unknown- the crowds wonder if he is the Son of David (Matt 12:23), the disciples previously said that he was “the Son of God (Matt 8:29, 14:33) and Jesus himself identifies himself as “the Son of Man” (Matt 10: 23; 2:8; 12:40) and even likening himself to a Prophet (Matt 13:57).