'I Am' Sayings: Old Testament Background

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  • 'I Am' Background
    • Light of the World
      • Isaiah: Darkness = Bad
        • Isaiah: "Yahweh will arise, and his glory will shine upon Israel"
        • Isaiah: The Suffering Servant will bring light (to the Gentiles)
      • Genesis: Darkness is disorder/Light is order & fulfilment
      • Genesis: God brought light/Jesus into the world
        • Psalm 36:9: God gives us light (he gave us Jesus)
    • Good Shepherd
      • Jeremiah: "shepherds will lose & scatter the sheep... Yahweh declares... I shall take care of your misdeeds"
      • Abel, Abraham, Moses & David were close to God & shepherds
      • Genesis: "the God who has been my shepherd all my life"
      • Ezekial: "I shall raise up one shepherd, my servant David"
    • Messiah
      • Genesis: Messiah will be born of woman
        • Micah: Messiah will be born in Bethlehem
          • Jeremiah: A massacre of children will occur where the Messiah is born
      • Samuel: The Messiah will be an heir of David
        • Isaiah: The Messiah will be called Immanuel
      • Zechariah: The Messiah would be betrayed
        • Psalm 35:11: The Messiah will be falsely accused

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