Scripture & The Messiah’s Address

More Than a Carpenter

Cover: More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

(Introduction) This 178-page book is sectioned into 13 chapters and has an excellent bibliography; but, what interested me most during my quick read were the pages¹ that claimed that the “address” of the Messiah was prophesied throughout the Old Testament (“OT”) and could be none other than Jesus Christ.

It references eight New Testament (“NT”) verses when The Messiah “appealed to OT prophesies to substantiate his claims”:

• Galatians 4:4
• Luke 24:27, 24:44
• John 5:46, 8:56
• Acts 3:18, 17:2-3
• 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Then, it references another (insert count) OT verses that identify the who, the what, the where, the when and the how of The Messiah’s “address”. The why? That’s revealed in the NT with another two.

I have extracted the authors’ (insert count) scriptural references and [represented] them here with quotes from various Biblical sources.

1 See pages 143-146

2 versus, the serpent’s seed (ie. Seth, the living son of Adam)

3 see exposé “The Seed Wars” distributed by YouTuber “The Protoevangelium” stored at 

4 Note that the authors omitted the 8 births between Seth and Shem; and, the 8 births between Shem and Abraham.

5 Jacob was given a new name “Israel” (see ); hence, the 12 tribes of Israel are simply Jacob’s descendants.

6 The 12 tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Asher, Gad, Naphtali, Levi

7 Also, Mary was born of two tribes: Judah (paternal) and Levi (maternal).

8 Note that the authors omitted lineage from Judas to Jesse (ie. Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naasson, Salmon, Booz and Obed; as well as the 42 additional births that occurred to produce The Messiah (according to Appendix 99 of the KJV Bible Companion copied with permission here: )).

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10 re: “with a flood” (KJV) vs. “like a flood” (NIV) from blueletterbible.com STRONGS H7858: Abbreviations
† שֶׁ֫טֶף, שֶׁ֫צֶף noun masculineNahum 1:8 flood; — absolute שֶׁ֫טֶף Nahum 1:8 + 3 times; construct שֶׁ׳ Proverbs 27:4, שֵׁ׳ Psalm 32:6; — flood, figurative of י׳’s judgement, עֹבֵר שׁ׳ Nahum 1:8, compare Daniel 9:26, זְרֹעוֺת הַשּׁ׳ Daniel 11:22 (compare Dr); of calamity, מַיִם רַבִּים שׁ׳ Psalm 32:6; אָף שׁ׳ Proverbs 27:4 a flood of anger; so שֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף [H8241 Isaiah 54:8] (צ for ט before following צ Ew Di; > Du Che Marti strike out שׁ׳ as dittograph); שֶׁטֶף literally of rainflood, Job 38:25.

11 re: HAG 2:9 [“The glory of this latter house”] from blueletterbible.com. The rebuilt temple was later expanded and made quite beautiful by Herod the Great (74–3 b.c.). He used Roman wealth to pay for this project (see vv. 7–8). The fact that Jesus came to this temple also made its glory greater than that of Solomon’s temple.

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The Who

The Messiah would result from a virgin birth:

• “…” (Isaiah 7:14, NIV)

The What

The Messiah would be from a specific bloodline:

• from “the seed of a woman”^2,3 (Genesis 3:15)
• Messiah would be from Shem (Genesis 9, 10)4
• “[Blessed families would be from Abraham]” (Genesis 12:1-3, x; Genesis 17:1-8, x; Genesis 22:15-18, x)
• “[Abraham’s Isaac would be selected over Ishmael]” (Genesis 17:19-21, x; Genesis 21:12, x)
• ”[Isaac’s Jacob5 would be selected over Esau]” (Genesis 28:1-4, x; Genesis 35:10-12, x; Numbers 24:17, x)
• Of Israel’s 12 tribes6, the tribe of Judah would be selected. While there is no scripture that specifically makes this claim, [?no other tribe bore a son named Jesse?] (see below).7
• Of Judah’s tribe, the family of Jesse would be selected (Isaiah 11:1-5, x)8
• Of Jesse’s family, the house of David would be selected (2 Samuel 7:12-16, x; Jeremiah 23:5, x)

The Where

The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem:

• ”But though, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands, of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2, 1611 KJV) 

The When

The OT states that the Messiah will come while the temple of Jerusalem is still standing:

• “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.” (Malachi 3:1, KJV)
• ”Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.” (Psalms 118:26, KJV)
• ”After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood¹⁰: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.” (Daniel 9:26, NIV)
• ”And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.” (Zechariah 11:13, KJV)
• ”And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of this latter house¹¹ shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.” (Haggai 2:7-9, KJV)

(Note that the temple was destroyed in 70 AD.)

The Hows

 How He would have a “forerunner”:

• “…” (Isaiah 40:3-5 x,
• “…” (Malachi 3:1, x)

How He would be rejected by his own people (the Jews) and accepted by the Gentiles:

• “…” (Psalm 22:7-8, x;
• ”…” (Psalm 118:22)
• ”…” (Isaiah 8:14, 49:6, 50:6, 52:13-15)

How He would be betrayed (by a friend, for 30 pieces of silver that would be cast on the Temple floor):

• Psalm 41.9
• Zechariah 11:12-13

as noted by Saint Matthew at his NT Matthew 27:3-10.

How His hands and feet would be pierced; His crucifixion*:

• Psalm: 22:6-18
• Zechariah 12:20
• (NT) Galatians 3:13

* … in 1012 BC … 800 years before crucifixion was used as a method of execution

The Why

Promises of new heart/spirit and new person/life at:

• Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

(Note the definitions of Psyche (Greek) and Nephesh (Hebrew) which provide additional insight into the true meanings of the words “spirit” and “soul”.)

Deirdre Moore / Andee Sea Cae Jak