Monday, April 02, 2007

Where is the ressurection? A new question

For many years I was pretty much scared of the Old Testament. It intimidated me! Still does some times. It seems to depend more on the historical context than the New Testament. It also seems to require a better memory than God has given me. Still over the past few years I have developed a longing for the Old Testament and a better understanding of it. My theology has morphed and changed into a more complete (still needs a lot of work though) understanding of God's redemptive plan. As I have been preparing for Easter I decided to go to the O.T. After all that is pretty much what the apostles had to work with.

This has given me a new question. Where is the Resurrection? I don't mean in the New Testament. I am very familiar with all the evidence of the Resurrection of Christ. What is baffling me right now is the lack of a more specific prophecy regarding the Resurrection of Christ. The general theme of Resurrection appears in several passages like Ezekiel 37 and Daniel 12, but it is a general theme. God took time to accurately and specifically foretell a messiah and savior who would go to the cross and endure significant torture. God took time to foretell the birth of Christ in a pretty specific way, why not the Resurrection?

This isn't rhetorical, I would love some thoughts!!

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