How Jesus Completes the Old Testament
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jesus doesn’t discard the Old Testament—He fulfills it. Jeff walks us through Matthew chapters 3 and 4, explaining how Jesus intentionally retraces the story of Israel. From the Jordan River—the lowest place on earth—to the wilderness of testing, the Gospel of Matthew reveals an incredible pattern: Jesus relives the Exodus, succeeds where Israel failed, and fulfills the promises of the Old Testament.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Ascension. To discover even more free Catholic podcasts, |
| 0:05.6 | videos, and resources, to help you live your faith every day, visit ascensionpress.com. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to the Jeff Kaven Show, where we talk about the Bible, discipleship, and evangelization, |
| 0:18.5 | putting it all together in living as activated disciples. |
| 0:23.7 | This is show 467. Jesus completes the Old Testament. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome back to the show. Good to have you again. Hope you've been enjoying the last three weeks, |
| 0:40.1 | going through the very beginnings of Matthew's Gospel. Why? Well, it's the liturgical year A, right? |
| 0:48.3 | And that studies literally all of Matthew. And so we're already into that liturgical year, |
| 0:54.8 | but I thought it would be a good idea to bring you up to speed |
| 0:57.5 | so that you could enjoy this year, |
| 0:59.5 | a little bit more, a little bit more insightful. |
| 1:01.9 | And hopefully out of those insights, |
| 1:03.9 | you gain some nuggets for living and glorifying God with your life. |
| 1:09.2 | Hey, if you want the notes for today's show, which is going to be |
| 1:13.0 | talking about Jesus completing the Old Testament, then all you got to do is text my name, |
| 1:19.1 | Jeff Kavens, to the number 3377. We'll get you on board. It'll get you those notes, |
| 1:25.0 | just like we did the last three weeks. Good response, good feedback from people when they hear about the beginnings of Matthew. |
| 1:32.2 | It sounds like a much more interesting book to study, doesn't it? |
| 1:35.8 | And there's so much there. |
| 1:37.0 | Of course, it was written to the Jewish people, but in the first century, but through teaching now, |
| 1:41.5 | we can immerse ourselves in this and become familiar with |
| 1:45.5 | that first century culture and what the message of Matthew must have been like, you know, |
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