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Chiastic structures for the Messiah in the Prophets are not pictures of the Messiah, but rather “Shadows” of the Messiah. The TaNaK (Torah, Prophets and Writings) frequently uses thematic equivalents to indicate who and what the Messiah will be. The chiastic structure we will be looking at today focuses on love and adoption. There are multiple chiastic structures in this chapter alone.
Thought Questions
Chiastic Structures in Scripture
Listen to the first part of the discussion: “2nd Samuel 9 — David meets Mephibosheth ben Yonatan and reveals God’s love to Yahunatan; the chiastic structure of Scripture”
Why is the love that David and Jonathan had for each other important?
How does this give us a clue into David’s love for God as “being a man after God’s own heart”?
What is the fulfillment of David’s covenant and love for Jonathan?
How does David’s adoption of Mephibosheth mirror God’s adoption of David’s son Solomon?
Where do you see the pattern of three in this chapter?
How are those patterns show us the Messiah??Where did the Prophets learn about the role of the Messiah?
What is the most commonly repeated word in this chapter?
What is the second most commonly repeated word in this chapter?
What aspects of God’s character did David get to see that even Moses didn’t see?
How are the stories of the spies visiting Rahab in Jericho and the story of Samson visiting a harlot similar?
Why would God want to tie Samson, Rahab and the spies together?
When did the the spies that Joshua commissioned to enter the land??What are you supposed to do at Passover??How does Rahab’s scarlet thread correspond to the blood on the doors at Passover?
How does God talk to us in repetition?
Reader: John Walsh. Speaker: Daniel Agee.