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Heidelberg Catechism, Question 19

Question 19

Whence knowest thou this?

From the holy Gospel which God first revealed in Paradise (Gen. 3;15); and afterwards published by the Patriarchs and Prophets (Acts 10;43); and was pleased to represent it by the shadows of sacrifices, and the other ceremonies of the law (Col. 2;17); and lastly has accomplished it by his only begotten son (John 1;29).

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Genesis 3:15

15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Acts 10:43

43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

Genesis 22:18

18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 26:4

4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 28:14

14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Galatians 3:16

16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

Acts 3:24

24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

John 5:46

46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

Hebrews 1:1

1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

Colossians 2:17

17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 10:1

1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

John 3:14

14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 3:15

15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

John 1:29

29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Acts 13:32

32And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Acts 13:33

33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

1 Corinthians 5:7

7Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Galatians 4:4

4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

2 Corinthians 1:20

20For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

Source and edition

Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879

Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.

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