The Psalms don’t just sing; they signal. We open the Hebrew songbook and find a roadmap to Jesus that runs from identity to destiny: the divine Son who rules, the eternal Priest who mediates, the rejected cornerstone who rises, and the coming King who judges with perfect equity. Rather than treating these passages as vague poetry, we follow the trail the New Testament highlights, connecting Psalm 2, 45, 110, 22, 16, 89, and 118 to moments in the Gospels and to the hope that still stands in front of us.

We start with who the Messiah is—God’s begotten Son, priest in the order of Melchizedek, sovereign over the nations—and then move into the vivid fulfillments: mockery at the cross, pierced hands and feet, unbroken bones, garments divided, the cry of dereliction, and the promise that the Holy One would not see decay. These aren’t scattered proof texts; they form a coherent portrait the apostles preached openly. From calming the sea to becoming the cornerstone, the Psalms anticipate the contours of Jesus’ life and mission in ways both specific and sweeping.

Then we lift our eyes to what is still ahead. The Psalms promise a world judged rightly, a reign that brings justice without partiality, and a creation that bursts into praise as it is renewed. The apostles anchor this hope in the resurrection and point toward the restoration of all things. Along the way, we reflect on the staggering odds of prophetic fulfillment and why that fuels confidence for the promises yet to be kept. If you’re looking to see Christmas as promise kept and the future as promise sure, this conversation will help you read the Psalms with fresh eyes, steady hope, and a clear view of Jesus at the center.

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Prophecy is only as compelling as its fulfillment, and the prophets of Israel paint a portrait of the Messiah that lands squarely on Jesus—his birth, his mission, his death, and his return. We walk through Jeremiah’s promise of a righteous branch and a new covenant written on hearts, then watch Jesus lift the cup and name that covenant in his own blood. Daniel’s Son of Man anchors Jesus’ favorite title in an eternal kingdom that will not pass away, while the seventy weeks set a clock that points to a Messiah “cut off,” turning the cross from scandal into strategy.

Jonah offers the sign of three days hidden before life breaks in, and Micah narrows the map to Bethlehem for a ruler whose origin reaches into eternity. Zechariah brings the details into sharp relief: the humble king on a colt, the thirty silver coins cast to a potter, the pierced one mourned like an only son, the shepherd struck as the flock scatters, and a future scene on the Mount of Olives where the curse is lifted and peace is secure. Each thread tightens the case and widens the hope, showing that God’s plan is not a set of lucky guesses but a single story carried across centuries.

What rises from these pages is a challenge and a comfort. Many in the first century waited for a warrior and dismissed a servant; yet the path to the crown runs through the cross. Mark 10:45 calls the Son of Man a ransom for many, and John 1 says those who receive him become children of God. That’s the heart of Advent for us: learning to recognize the king who arrives lowly so we’re ready when he arrives in glory.

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What if the oldest promises in Scripture were always pointing to a single person—and not just in vague metaphors, but with names, titles, and a story arc that lands on a cross and an empty tomb? We follow that thread through two major voices: Samuel, who preserves Hannah’s fierce song of reversal and introduces the Bible’s first use of “Messiah,” and Isaiah, who sketches the breathtaking portrait of a virgin-born King, a gentle Servant, and a suffering substitute who yet lives to justify many.

We start with Hannah’s song, where God humbles the proud and lifts the lowly, then arrive at a startling promise: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth and exalt his anointed. From there, the promises tighten. A faithful priest will do all God’s will. A descendant of David will reign forever. Peter later stands in Jerusalem and says that the risen Jesus is that descendant, the one death could not hold. It’s a cumulative case built on covenant, priesthood, kingship, and resurrection.

Isaiah intensifies the case with details hard to ignore. A child is called Mighty God and Prince of Peace. A branch rises from Jesse, the Spirit rests on him, and he brings justice to the nations without crushing the weak. Most arresting of all, the servant bears our griefs, is pierced for our sins, and then “will see” and “will justify many,” language that signals a life beyond death. Jesus reads Isaiah 61 in the synagogue and says, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled,” claiming the anointing to bring good news to the poor and freedom to the captive.

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