A Biblical Vision, Part I: Mastering the Old Testament Witness to Christ

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A B i b l i ca l Vi s i on, Par t I : Mas ter i ng the Ol d Tes tament Wi tnes s to Chr i s t

a. Gal. 4.4 – But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.

b. Eph. 1.10 – as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

B. Aspects of progressive revelation

1. Through human history, God has provided a continuity (connected reality) of revelation to humankind.

2. God communicated on numerous occasions in the past using many different ways to speak to diverse individuals and groups.

3. God’s earlier words, although entirely true, were partial and required completion .

a. God’s latter revelations explain the meaning of the earlier .

b. God’s earlier revelations give shape and meaning to the latter .

4. In these last days, God has spoken to us through his Son .

a. Jesus as the center of biblical revelation bridges the testaments, himself being the Shadow of the Old Testament and the Substance of the New.