Christians tend to assume that the OT clearly predicted Jesus’s suffering, death and resurrection. In the gospels, however, even Jesus’s disciples did not get that Messiah had to suffer. Prophecies recognised as Messianic in the OT set out a pattern…

As we read about Matthew’s use of Messianic prophecies this Advent, we may wonder about prophecy and what it’s meant to do. Today’s post reflects on this topic. Most Christians are taught in our churches to think of prophecy as…

As we read the early portions of the Gospels about Jesus’s birth and the prophecies which were supposedly ‘fulfilled’ by the events, we may be puzzled about the connections the gospel writers make. Sometimes, a closer look at the OT…