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Puritan Board Sophomore
Several places in the Gospels show Jesus' apparent surprise at folks who are slow to understand his coming in terms of the OT revelation.
One example is Luke 24:
25He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
(First off, this passage gives me the chills as it is incredible to imagine being taught about the whole point of history by the One to whom all history points!!)
Regarding the above and other such passages, Jesus indicates that the OT is perspicuous about what was to happen
to the Messiah. However, until after Christ's ascension, it appears that nobody "gets it", at least not from the OT.
Is Jesus indeed indicating in these passages that the OT is perspicuous about what was to happen?
Was it the various sects of Judaism that were blunting this perspecuity so that Jesus' generation had a hard time understanding what was really to happen?
One example is Luke 24:
25He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
(First off, this passage gives me the chills as it is incredible to imagine being taught about the whole point of history by the One to whom all history points!!)
Regarding the above and other such passages, Jesus indicates that the OT is perspicuous about what was to happen
to the Messiah. However, until after Christ's ascension, it appears that nobody "gets it", at least not from the OT.
Is Jesus indeed indicating in these passages that the OT is perspicuous about what was to happen?
Was it the various sects of Judaism that were blunting this perspecuity so that Jesus' generation had a hard time understanding what was really to happen?