deltadom
Jun 18, 2011
On of the common objections to the resurrection by the Jews is there is no reference to it the old testament, does anyone have any references ?
On of the common objections to the resurrection by the Jews is there is no reference to it the old testament, does anyone have any references ?
Genesis 3:15, I believe when God says that he would "bruise his head." That this is a prophecy of the resurrection (Granted that is not a clear prophecy, but only understood after the fact.)
Job 19:25-27 "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another though my reins be consumed within me." During the depth of total and complete human suffering and hopelessness, Job concludes that the only resolution to his angst is the hope of resurrection. As it should be, resurrection is what makes sense out of the deepest pain in life.
Psalm 16:10 "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thing Holy One to see corruption." David had unique prophetic insight into the concept of resurrection.
Psalm 17:15 "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness." I believe this speaks of resurrection.
Psalm 49:15 "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me."
Jesus responded to the criticism of the Saducee's concerning resurrection by saying, " I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." -Matthew 22:32
Here Jesus not only quotes the Old Testament, but he quotes the Pentateuch, which was considered to be of the "highest" OT authority.
II Samuel 12:22-23, "And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall got to him, but he shall not return to me." I think this here too is an allusion to resurrection.
Psalm 73:24, "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory."
Isaiah 25:8 "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it."
Hosea 13:14, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes."
These are some of the clearest references I have found in my studies.
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