04/12/2025
Was Jesus in the Old Testament?
The story didn’t begin in a manger.
It began long before time itself.
Jesus has always been there, present in every moment of history.
When God said, “Let there be light,”
John reminds us that it was through the Word that all things were made.
The Word wasn’t just an idea.
The Word was a Person.
The Word was Jesus.
When Adam and Eve hid after their sin,
it was the Lord walking in the garden.
Many believe this was a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, a Christophany.
Why? Because the Son has always been the One who reveals the Father.
When Abraham looked up and saw a Man speaking as the Lord,
when Jacob wrestled with a Man who blessed him,
when Moses met the Angel of the Lord in the burning bush,
when Isaiah saw the Lord lifted high in the temple,
It was all Jesus.
He Himself says it:
“Before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58).
“Isaiah saw my glory” (John 12:41).
“No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known” (John 1:18).
Jesus wasn’t missing in the Old Testament.
He was promised.
He was revealed.
He was always present.
He was the Lamb long before the manger, the Seed who would crush the serpent.
So when you read your Bible, don’t just look for Jesus in Matthew.
Look for Him in Genesis, in Exodus, in Psalms, in the Prophets.
He is the Shepherd in the valley, the Rock Moses struck,
the Glory filling the tabernacle, the Passover Lamb,
the Suffering Servant, and the coming King.
Jesus was there.
Jesus is here.
And Jesus is coming again.
JESUS LOVES YOU.
