Jesus fulfills Balaam’s prophecy in Numbers 24:15-19. This prophecy tells us that the Bible has long proclaimed that the coming Messiah is also God. God and the promised Redeemer are the same. This tension established a powerful motif within Judaism from its inception. The motif shows us an all-knowing, merciful Creator who also redeems us from sin, as the Messiah promised in Genesis 3:15.
God highlights his sovereign pleasure in his creation by choosing the promise as the way of the Savior. Mercy abounds from the very beginning of the Bible. Only through the promise do we have hope. In Galatians 3, “Until Christ came,” The Savior has come. It has happened. All of history revolves around this reality.
In the midst of considering Paul’s passion for the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, we cannot miss an important point in Paul’s apologetic, which is God’s promises do not fail. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the…