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Question 4

Chuck asks two questions: where the Old Testament predicts the Christ’s rejection/crucifixion (Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, Psalm 69, Psalm 2, Passover lamb) and where it predicts His resurrection; why do you think many Christians can answer the first but go blank on the second, and what might that expose about how we’ve been taught to read the Old Testament?

Another way to ask: Many Christians can name Old Testament passages about Jesus’ suffering, but struggle to name ones about His resurrection. Why do you think that is, and what does it say about how we’ve learned to read the Old Testament?

Direct Answer Chuck suggests many believers know the famous “suffering” passages because they are commonly taught, but they miss resurrection prophecies because they are less obvious and require the kind of apostolic, Scripture-wide reasoning Jesus later gave.

Support from Transcript:

He says many answer the crucifixion question with “Isaiah 53…Psalm 22…Psalm 69…Psalm 2,” and even “Passover Lamb in Exodus 12” as a foreshadowing.
But on resurrection prophecy, he says “many Christians are stumped…typically I get a lot of blank stares.”
He notes some might recall “Psalm 16, which Peter quotes in the book of Acts,” but “beyond that…blank stares.”
Yet Jesus claims it’s explained throughout “the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms,” implying the problem is not lack of material but lack of understanding.
Chuck connects this to why apostles “didn’t connect until much later on” until Jesus “opened their understanding.”

Discussion Follow-ups Does your Bible training emphasize Christ’s death more than his resurrection-from-the-Old-Testament? What would change if you learned to look for resurrection themes with the same seriousness?

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