27 Verses About Jesus In The Torah

by Zach Cochran | May 24, 2019 | Articles

The entire book of the Bible is not about itself. It is about Jesus, starting in Genesis. Here are just 27 examples:

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He was who walked in the garden with Adam and Eve (Gen. 1-2)

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He was the seed to crush to serpent’s head (Gen 3:15)

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He was the ark that rescued us from God’s flood of wrath (Gen. 7:6)

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He is the son of Abraham that would bless the nations (Gen. 12:1)

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He is the only son of God slain by his father on our behalf (Gen. 21:13)

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He is the brother that was betrayed but God used it for our eternal good (Gen. 50:20)

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He is the unlikely savior of his people (Ex. 3-4)

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He is the Passover Lamb that saves us from God’s just punishment (Ex. 12)

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He is who leads us from slavery to freedom (Ex. 14)

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He is the bread of life (Ex. 16)

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He is the rock that only needs to be struck once (Ex. 17)

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He is the embodiment and fulfillment of the Law (Ex. 20)

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He bought a new covenant with his blood (Ex. 24)

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He is our new tabernacle, through which we can enter the presence of God (Ex. 26)

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He is our new high priest, in which we have an advocate (Ex. 28)

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He is our patient Shepherd leading a stubborn and rebellious people (Ex. 32)

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He is the one who became unclean so that we could become clean (Lev. & Num.) 

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He was the one taken outside the camp so that we could be brought in (Lev. & Num.)

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He is the final atonement for the sins of the world (Lev. 16-17) 

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He is the Good Shepherd who knows every one of his sheep by name and number (Num.)

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He is the Sovereign King over every nation and tribe (Deut. 3)

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He is our refuge from our enemies (Deut. 4:21)

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He is our Righteous Judge (Deut. 16:19)

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He is the new prophet greater than Moses (Deut. 15:18)

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He the perfect and patient husband that never divorces his wife (Deut. 24)

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He the disciple-maker that commissions his disciples to do the work for which he has prepared them (Deut. 31)

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He is our leader who died but did not stay in the ground; for on the third day, he rose from the grave and now sits at the right hand of the father (Deut. 34)