Recognizing Your Messiah In The Psalms

Bernard E. Northrup Th.D.

This book,

“Recognizing Your Messiah in the Psalms,”

originally was published in 1976 under the title of

“Finding Christ In The Psalms”

by

Regular Baptist Press

1800 Oakton Blvd.

Des Planes, Illinois 60018

The translation in the text is the author’s own work

Second edition copyright Bernard E. Northrup 1996

Foreword

Areas for Researching Material About the Messiah in the Psalms

Chapter One—Why Study the Book of Psalms?

I. The Book of Psalms is the Word of God.

II. The Psalms Testify of the Messiah.

A. Yeshua Related the Psalms to Himself.

B. Yeshua’s Disciples Taught This.

1. Messiah Was Studied in the Psalms in Early Church Gatherings.

2. The First Gospel Sermon Taught that the Psalms Speak About the Messiah.

3. The Gospels State that the Psalms Testify About the Messiah

4. The Psalms Repeatedly Prophesied About Messiah.

III. The Psalms Present Fresh Pictures of Messiah.

IV. The Rewards of Such a Study.

Study Questions for Chapter One

Chapter Two—How to Find Messiah in Psalms

I. Keys to Messianic Study in the Psalms.

A. The Key of the New Testament Quotation.

1. Watch Where a Quotation is Involved.

2. Use a Good Reference Bible.

3. Make Psalms a Constant Object of Study

B. The Key of the Persons Involved.

C. The Key of the Time Element.

II. A Pattern for the Study of the Psalms

A. The Messiah in Eternity Past

B. The Messiah in His Incarnation

C. The Ministry of the King Anticipated

D. Messiah-King Rejected and Crucified

E. Messiah’s Present Work in Heaven

Study Questions for Chapter Two

Chapter Three—The Preincarnate Messiah

Introduction

I. Messiah in Eternity Past.

A. The Greatness of His Person.

1. His Work of Framing the Ages

2. His Work of Speaking for God to Us

3. The Exact Expression of God’s Glory

4. His Work Maintaining the Universe

5. Messiah’s Godhood

6. The Glory of Messiah’s Being.

B. Understanding Messiah’s Sonship

C. Messiah’s Glorious Work

II. Messiah’s Ministry in Creation

A. In the Creation of the Universe

B. Messiah’s Preincarnate Ministry

Chapter Three Questions

Chapter Four—Messiah Becomes Man

I. The Divine Nature in the Incarnation

A. Messiah’s Presentation for His Task

1. Problems Requiring the Incarnation

2. The Problem of the Incarnation.

B. Messiah’s Acceptance of His Task

II. The Human Nature in the Incarnation

A. The Preparation of Messiah’s Human Body

B. Messiah’s Unique Birth as the God-Man

C. The Genuineness of Messiah’s Human Mind

D. The Growth of Messiah’s Human Personality

Questions for Chapter Four

Chapter Five—Messiah Rejected as King

I. Messiah’s Desire to Rule Righteously

A. Messiah’s Desire for a Righteous Rule

B. Messiah Desires a Beneficent Rule

II. Messiah’s Intent to Rule Righteously

III. Messiah’s Anguish in His Rejection

IV. The Decree of Messiah’s Future Rule

Study Questions for Chapter Five

Chapter Six—Messiah in the Garden

I. Messiah Seen in the Garden in the Psalms

A. Key Quotations

B. Key Words

C. Key Ideas and Situations

II. The Actual ...