The Branch of Righteousness

To refresh your mind, we are seeking to find the authentic Jesus Christ, as opposed to the "another Jesus" that Paul sites in II Cor, 11:4. The real Jesus is the "son of David" (Matt 1:1);...("which He had promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures.") Concerning His Son Jesus christ our lord, which was made of the seed (not seeds - Gal 3:16) of David according to the flesh..."(Rom, 1:2,3). This passage in Romans cofirms Paul's faith in Old Testament doctrine. From the first verse of Paul's epistle he flings us back in time and established Christ Jesus' mission in Romans 15:8, "Now I say (after the previous 14 chapters) that Jesus Christ was a minister to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm (establish) the promises made unto the fathers." He then in verses 9 through 12 breaks out into Old Testament prophesy, siteing PS 18:49, Isa 42:6-7, Duet 32:43 and Isa 11:1,10. Witout a proper understanding of the Old Testament we would have no clue as to the meaning of Rom 15:8, or the entire New Testament.
In Philippians 3:7-14 Paul speaks of "the excellancy of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, that he (Paul) would be "found in Him through the righteousness which is of God by faith" and that he Paul) would "know Him" - not as a fact-finding jurney through the Bible but that he would experience the Lord Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. In reading Gal 1:10-24 I truely believe that the Apostle Paul had quite a jaunt when he learned that the Christ he persecuted was the same Jehovah God found in the Old Testament.