What Old Testament prophecies align with Jesus' resurrection mentioned in Mark 9:9? Mark 9:9 and the promise of rising “As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.” (Mark 9:9) Prophetic snapshots in the Psalms • Psalm 16:10 — “For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.” – Directly anticipates a Holy One who dies yet escapes corruption, matching Jesus’ bodily resurrection. • Psalm 118:17-18 — “I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.” – Echoes victory over death that becomes public testimony, just as the risen Christ is later proclaimed. Isaiah’s Servant Songs • Isaiah 53:10-11 — “Yet it pleased the LORD to crush Him and cause Him to suffer… He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days… After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied.” – The suffering Servant dies as a guilt offering, then lives again to enjoy extended days; Mark 9:9 points to this very pattern. Hosea’s third-day revival • Hosea 6:2 — “After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.” – A prophetic timetable fulfilled when Jesus rises on the third day, opening the way for believers to live before God. Jonah’s three-day sign • Jonah 1:17 — “Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.” – Though historical narrative, Jesus treats it as prophecy (cf. Matthew 12:40), paralleling His own three-day burial and ascent. Mark’s “risen from the dead” indirectly taps this sign. Other resurrection hints • Job 19:25-27 speaks of a Redeemer who lives and a bodily sight of God after death. • Genesis 22’s near-sacrifice of Isaac assumes God can raise the promised son (Hebrews 11:19), previewing the Father’s deliverance of His Son. Putting it together Mark 9:9’s simple statement presupposes a rich foundation laid centuries earlier. Psalms promise preservation from decay, Isaiah foretells renewed life after suffering, Hosea supplies the third-day motif, Jonah dramatizes it, and additional passages reinforce the expectation. All converge to affirm that Jesus’ resurrection is no late theological add-on but the very fulfillment of Scripture’s literal, God-breathed promises. |
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