WHAT DID JESUS EXPECT ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT?
Christians frequently make light of the Old Testament. Although these Christians claim to love Jesus, they could live without those ancient Jewish writings. In reality, a lot of Christians argue that the Old Testament is largely non-historical. There was never a flood, Jonah was never swallowed by a large fish, and Sodom and Gomorrah never experienced the burning judgment. Another well-known statement is that Christians should "unhook from the Old Testament" because so much of it is embarrassing or difficult to comprehend. Why can't we focus on Jesus? We can certainly sympathize with these sentiments. After all, the flood and the judgment of Sodom seem pretty unbelievable and pretty harsh at that. Wouldn't it be easier to ignore this old corpus? Until one realizes that the same Jesus that these Christians worship also holds the Old Testament in high regard, this stance appears reasonable. It confirms not only the authority and historicity of the Old Testament but also its inspiration.

The Old Testament Is Inspired
Christians have historically claimed that the Bible was verbally and fully inspired. In other words, they accept that every word in the Bible is "God-breathed" (2 Tim 3:16-17). God also spoke at the same time but through a human conduit. Scripture, therefore, has human authors in addition to its supernatural author. Jesus praised the Old Testament's human authors.

He affirms Moses' role in giving the Law on numerous occasions (Matthew8:4, 19:8, mark 1:44, 7:10, Luke 5:14, 20:37, John 5:46, 7:19). He will utter phrases like "follow Moses' instructions" (Mark 1:44). Moses commanded, "Honor your mother and father" (Mark 7:10). Jesus says of other Old Testament writers, "Well did Isaiah predict..." (Mark 7:6). In addition, "David himself, via the Holy Spirit, declared. (Mark 12:36). And "therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which the prophet Daniel foretold..." (15) Matthew 24. It is important to note that, in stark opposition to Jesus, practically all critical academics doubt the authorship of these figures.

At the same time, Jesus claims that these individuals wrote divinely inspired Scripture. As suggested, Jesus noted in mark 12:36: "David himself, in the Essence of God, declared...". All in all, David composed, yet his compositions were the consequence of being crafted by the Essence of God (2 Pe 1:20-21). He additionally announced: "Very much did Isaiah forecast… ". (Mark 7:6). The simple notice of prediction recommends that Isaiah composed for God's benefit. Prescience, all things considered, is by definition "something from God." The equivalent could be said to describe Matthew 24:15 when Jesus alludes to Daniel as "the prophet." Furthermore, addressing the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus states: “You forsake the commandment of God and clasp fast to the oral history of men” (Mark 7:8). He then clarifies that God's command was what Moses wrote in Exodus 20.

As John points out, "To [Jesus], Moses, the prophets, David, and different essayists of the Sacred writings were really roused men with a message given by the Soul of God."

The Old Testament Is Historically Accurate
Although many are willing to concede the inspiration of the Old Testament, many of these same souls deny that it is historically accurate on all points. They can assert their authentic nature overall (God made the world, called Abraham and the Jewish public, the Jews were banished, and so on), yet resist some of the more difficult texts (the flood, Sodom, Jonah, and so forth ). All things considered, Jesus has no doubts about avowing the verifiable character of the Old Testament, even the texts that are most difficult to believe. Here are some models: He accepted that Cain eliminated Abel (Luke 11:51), that God sent an overflow yet saved Noah in the ark (Matthew 24:37-39), and that God destroyed Sodom because of his wickedness (Matthew 11:23- 24). He even adds: "Remind Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32). Furthermore, Jesus believed that God sent manna from heaven (John 6:31), that the Israelites were recuperated by taking a gander at the snake (John 3:14), and that Jonah was gulped by a large fish only to be doubted three days later. (Matthew 12:39-41).

The last text about Jonah is especially remarkable because it shows that Jesus did not simply view these events figuratively. Indeed, at the end of the text, it reads: “The men of Nineveh will remain strong with this age in judgment and denounce it since they apologized at the proclaiming of Jonah; and observe, an option that could be more prominent than Jonah is here.” (Mt 12:41). It is hard to imagine how Jesus could claim that Nineveh would rise in a final judgment against the people who rejected him if it was a farce. The same could be said of Jesus' statement in Matthew 24:37: "For as the time of Noah were, so will the impending of the Son of Man be." In further words, just as God's judgment was poured out in Noah's day, so it will be again in the final judgment.

Again, Wenham comments: “It is evident that [Jesus] was close with most of our Old Testament and that he managed it all alike as history.

The Old Testament Is Authoritative
Since Jesus believed the Old Testament to be divinely inspired, he also asserted its full command. He demonstrated this command by appealing to the word of God dozens of times. When asked what the greatest commandments are, he proclaims that “You must love your God with all your eye, with all your soul, and with all your mind. And the coming is similar: You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39). Jesus said that these two commandments (Dt 6:4-6; Lev 19:18) summarize the entire Old Testament and are the guide for all ethical questions.

When faced with temptation, Jesus appealed to the command of Scripture to fight Satan. He repeatedly declared, “It is written” (Matthew 4:1-11). Even when he was facing death, the last words he spoke were from the Old Testament (Psalm 22:1; 31:5).

Jesus pleads to Genesis 1-2 when he speaks of marriage and divorce. Question: “Have you not read that he who made them from the very start made them male and female," and then added: "Consequently a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his significant other, and the two will become one tissue"? Subsequently, they are presently not two yet one tissue. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” (Mt 19,4-6). By alluding here to Genesis 1-2, Jesus asserts that his position on marriage and divorce is rooted in the authority of the Old Testament text. On the contrary, the opponents of Jesus rooted his position in different rabbis.

When arguing with the Sadducees about the resurrection, Jesus scolds them: “But Jesus answered and said to them: You are mistaken because you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God. ” (Matthew 22:29). In other words, the Scriptures give us the definitive and authoritative word on the resurrection. Jesus goes on to ask them: “Have you not read what God has said to you: I am the God of Abraham.?” (Matthew 31-32) Again, Jesus appeals to the Old Testament text to affirm God's power over the resurrection. Jesus goes so far as to affirm that “the Scripture cannot be violated” (John 10:35) or Jesus, Scripture is so powerful that nothing can undo it.

Jesus And The Old Testament
All the evidence taken together suggests that Jesus had a high regard for the Old Testament. Those who claim to hold Jesus in high regard but reject some of the Old Testament teachings are inconsistent. If Jesus is held in high esteem, the Old Testament must also be held in high esteem, as John Wenham points out. To Christ, the Old Testament was true, authoritative, and inspired. For him, the God of the Old Testament was the living God, and the teaching of the Old Testament was the teaching of the living God. For him, what the Scriptures said was God's Word.

Conclusion: Since God is a supernatural being who made the planets revolve around a sun and created everything in perfect order, absolutely nothing is impossible with him. All things are possible with God if it is his will and desire. As Jesus is an incarnation of God the Son -- the second person of the Trinity who was made in human likeness and was both full human and full divine -- he certainly knew more than any other person about some events, such as the Flood, Sodom, Jonah etc. in the Old Testament. It is not surprising that many accounts in the Old Testament tell of the superiority of God which Jesus did not doubt. In other words, being an eternal celestial DNA being and with the Holy Spirit dwelling in him, he did not see things the way his contemporaries saw them.
It should also be noted that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, the Editor-in-Chief of the Scriptures. Under the Holy Spirit's editorial control of Scripture, the narratives of the entire Old Testament could not have been false -- in the context of divine order -- when they were put into words by human authors living in different times and places in the ancient world.