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C. Implications of the promise-fulfillment motif Luke 24.44-48 – Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” [45] Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, [46] and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, [47] and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. [48] You are witnesses of these things.”

1. In the history of the Patriarchs, the nation of Israel, and its historical and spiritual development, the Old Testament provides us with a clear picture of Christ.

2. The central promise of God in the OT (i.e., that God would send a Seed/Servant who would remedy the downfall of his creation and all humankind) is fulfilled in the manifestation of Jesus Christ recorded in the NT.

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3. The actual subject matter of the Scriptures is singular and dynamic: the revelation of Jesus Christ.

4. The OT can be profitably studied as the outline of God’s promise for salvation and kingdom restoration of which the New Testament is its fulfillment.

Conclusion • The notion of progressive revelation unites our understanding of the Old and New Testaments in the person of Jesus Christ and his kingdom reign. • Both the Old and New Testaments compliment each other, and through the biblical motif of promise and fulfillment we can comprehend the meaning and application of the Old Testament.