Show me from the OT where it is said that Christ died for all please
My brother Doug, please read through the end I provide plenty of verses as you asked, it took me some time to put this together;
From the beginning, God made it known that sin requires the death of another, and that He Himself would provide the Redeemer. When Adam and Eve sinned,
“for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them”(Genesis 3:21). This showed that an innocent life had to die to cover their shame. Later, when Abraham was tested, he said,
“My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering” (Genesis 22:8), and the Lord provided a ram in Isaac’s place. This prophecy looked forward to the true Lamb of God.
When Israel was delivered from Egypt, the Lord commanded the blood of the lamb to be placed on their doorposts, saying,
“When I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you” (Exodus 12:13). The lamb had to be
“without blemish, a male of the first year” (Exodus 12:5), pointing to the sinless Christ.
Through Moses, God declared,
“The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls” (Leviticus 17:11). Every sacrifice in the law proclaimed that forgiveness required the death of a substitute. On the Day of Atonement, the priest laid Israel’s sins upon the scapegoat, and
“the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land” (Leviticus 16:22). These things pointed directly to Christ, who bore our sins away.
The psalmists also prophesied of the Messiah’s suffering and the forgiveness He would bring. David wrote,
“They pierced My hands and My feet” (Psalm 22:16), and,
“They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots”(Psalm 22:18). He also spoke of God’s mercy that would come through Him:
“Bless the LORD… Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction” (Psalm 103:2–4). Again,
“If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You” (Psalm 130:3–4). These mercies were not without cost—they were given in view of the Messiah’s sacrifice.
Isaiah gave the most direct prophecy:
“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4–5). He adds,
“All we like sheep have gone astray… and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). The Messiah is described as
“led as a lamb to the slaughter” (Isaiah 53:7), and
“for the transgressions of My people He was stricken” (Isaiah 53:8).
The prophets confirmed this truth again and again. Daniel said,
“After the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself” (Daniel 9:26). Zechariah wrote,
“Then they will look on Me whom they pierced” (Zechariah 12:10), and again,
“Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered” (Zechariah 13:7). Even Hosea spoke of the third day resurrection:
“After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight” (Hosea 6:2).
Job bore witness to this Redeemer long before the law, saying,
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth” (Job 19:25). And David also spoke of His resurrection:
“For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption” (Psalm 16:10).
Thus the Old Testament, from the Torah, to the Psalms, to the Prophets, already revealed the full plan: the Messiah would come as the spotless Lamb, die for the sins of the people, be pierced, cut off, bear iniquities, yet rise again. Nothing of this was hidden; it was declared in the Scriptures centuries before Christ came. To say that the cross and its meaning were a secret is to deny the plain testimony of the Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets. The Old Testament even foretold the
manner of Christ’s death, showing that He would be treated as cursed and physically pierced. Deuteronomy 21:22–23 states that anyone “hanged on a tree” is considered accursed of God, which Jesus bore on the cross for our sins. Psalm 22:16–18 describes the piercing of His hands and feet and the dividing of His garments, while Zechariah 12:10 speaks of God’s people looking on “Me whom they pierced.” Even Psalm 69:21 mentions that He would be given vinegar to drink, all details fulfilled in the crucifixion. Together, these passages show that the Old Testament not only predicted the Messiah’s death but also the specific way He would suffer, confirming that nothing about His sacrificial death was hidden or unknown.
The true mystery was not that Christ would die, but that men would not believe it though it was written everywhere. As the Lord Himself said,
“These are the words which I spoke to you… that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me” (Luke 24:44).
Jesus Himself tells us many prophecies were written about Him, please believe this Brother.
Blessings
