How Matthew Connects the Old Testament Dots
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What if the Gospel of Matthew is quietly connecting dots you’ve never noticed before? Jeff explains how the Gospel of Matthew masterfully recapitulates Israel’s story and reveals that Jesus is the fulfillment of all of God's promises and the prophecies 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 466. Matthew connects the Old Testament dots. |
| 0:33.8 | Welcome to the show, my friend. Good to have you with me again this week as we delve into |
| 0:38.8 | Scripture. If you just join me this week, I got to let you know we started a series two weeks |
| 0:46.1 | ago on Matthew. And not a full study of Matthew, but an introduction to Matthew. Why? Well, because |
| 0:53.1 | the liturgical year A is upon us. And on each of the |
| 0:58.0 | three liturgical years, we focus on a gospel. And A is Matthew. And we've already started the |
| 1:05.3 | liturgical calendar, but, hey, to be brought up to speed, it's a good thing. And I wanted to |
| 1:10.1 | associate you. I wanted to associate you. |
| 1:11.1 | I wanted to orient you to this gospel a little more so that you would enjoy it. |
| 1:16.8 | And I also think it's a good year for you to start a Bible study at your church. |
| 1:21.7 | Start a Bible study with your friends. |
| 1:23.9 | Start a Bible study with yourself. |
| 1:26.3 | And I would recommend, of course, the Matthew study that I did for Ascension Press, part of the Great Adventure Bible Study series. |
| 1:34.1 | It's Matthew, the king in his kingdom. |
| 1:36.5 | 24 weeks. |
| 1:38.1 | It's a big one, but is it rich? |
| 1:40.4 | And you got a whole liturgical year to get her done. |
| 1:42.9 | So I would encourage you to do that if you can. |
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