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Podcast: Sermons - First Evangelical Lutheran Church | El Cajon, CA (LCMS)
Episode: Matthew’s Big Claim: Every Promise of Israel Ends in Jesus
Description: Matthew’s Gospel makes a bold claim that many Christians miss: Jesus is the true and perfect Israel.When Matthew quotes Hosea — “Out of Egypt I called my son” — he isn’t proof-texting. He’s revealing how the entire Old Testament story comes together in one person: Jesus Christ. What happened to Israel happens again in Jesus — the flight into Egypt, the return to the promised land, the Jordan River, the wilderness, the mountain, the law, the king, the suffering servant.This sermon walks through how Matthew intentionally presents Jesus as the new and greater Israel:– Bet...