There are at least two ways to see the Messiah's presence in the Old Testament that chief would be the Lord's messenger.

Dr. Reed Lessing, co-author of the Issues, et cetera, a book of the month for September,

the Messianic Message, predictions, patterns, and the presence of Jesus in the Old Testament.

The second way we see the presence of Jesus in the Old Testament would be through God's glory.

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The message of a coming Messiah is not merely one among many features of the Old Testament in the Bible.

It is the point of the Old Testament.

That is sometimes difficult to see because, of course, the perspective of the Old Testament is waiting and promising.

And predicting that this Messiah would come, the picture isn't always so clear at first glance.

But that's exactly how the New Testament looks at the Old Testament.

That's how Jesus looks at the Old Testament.

Whether it's the minor prophets, the major prophets, or the history books, it's all their testifying of Him.

Welcome back to Issuesetc.org.

I'm Todd Wilken. It's time for part four of our series, Finding Jesus in the Old Testament.

Today, the minor prophets.

Dr. Reed Lessing is our guest professor of theology and ministry and director of the Center for Biblical Studies at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota.

He's co-author of the Issuesetc.org book of the month for September, The Messianic Message, Predictions Patterns, and the presence of Jesus in the Old Testament.

Dr. Lessing, welcome back.

Thanks, Todd.

Let's jump into the minor prophets.

How is the Messiah depicted in the book of Hosea?

Yes, Hosea. The Messianic Message in the book of the prophet Hosea comes clearest in chapter 11, verse 1,

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