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

God’s righteousness. [4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.)

2. The correct application of the Old Testament Scriptures regarding the tabernacle and sacrificial system is to see them as being the shadow of that substance of which Jesus is the body. (cf. Heb. 9.11-14 – But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) [12] he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. [13] For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, [14] how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

3. Christ alone is our life ; nothing and no one else. 1 Cor. 1.30 – He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

Rom. 8.3-4 For God has done what the law, weakened by the

VI. Connections for Urban Ministry Today

How do we reignite in our lives and ministries the wonder and power of Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s ancient promise of full salvation?

flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, [4] in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

A. Connection to your life and spiritual growth

1. Have I ever committed myself to a disciplined study of Jesus’ relationship to the Old Testament sacrificial system ? Have I ever read or critically studied the book of Hebrews for my personal growth and edification?