Montrose, Colorado
Rev. Willis A. (Bert) Jones, a country preacher & Bible teacher
Is the Messiah in the Old Testament?
The answer is yes, in many places. The first I will show you is in Genesis 1:1. Hebrew reads right to left. The third word in Hebrew in the copy below from my interlineal Bible is "Elohm." This is the word for God. The fourth word is not translated in any Bible. It is spelled "Aleph-Tav," the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, followed by the last letter in Hebrew, The First and the Last. In the New Testament, The First and the Last; is the "Alpha and Omega" and is the Messiah Jesus Christ: See Rev. 1:8 and 22:13.
"Aleph-Tav" is unpronounceable, Aleph is silent and means strong as an Ox, and Tav means a sign, or a cross, or a seal. I interpret it to mean "Jesus," the second person of the God-head. The Gospel of John in chapter one says the Word (Jesus) created the World. So the meaning of the Hebrew in verse one of the Bible is "In the beginning God - Jesus created the heavens and the earth." (Gen. 1:1 my translation). Other locations of Aleph-Tav include Zachariah 12:10 and Genesis 9:12. Here the word (Aleph-Val-Tav) is mistranslated "Token." The letter "VAL" is between Aleph and Tav. The meaning of the letter "Val" is nail. Jesus was nailed to the cross to pay our debt of sin. As the result we are forgiven. Go and sin no more.