The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG09

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T H E O L D T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

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» 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 NewTestaments compliment each other, and through the biblical motif of promise and fulfillment we can comprehend the meaning and application of our Old Testament. Please take as much time as you have available to answer these and other questions that the video brought out. In this segment we explored the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament in the ideas of progressive revelation , as well as the promise-fulfillment motif. The idea of progressive revelation affirms that God has revealed himself progressively and definitively throughout the history of his people, and finally through Jesus Christ. Likewise, the motif of promise-fulfillment suggests that the promise God made to redeem and restore his creation and people, made in the OT, is fulfilled in the person of Jesus of Nazareth in the NT. Explore these and the other ideas covered in this segment by reviewing the material through the questions below. Include Scripture in your answers, where appropriate. 1. What is the meaning of progressive revelation, and what does this idea affirm regarding God and his determination to make himself known in the world? Be specific. 2. How does the concept of progressive revelation help us understand how God has revealed himself to humankind before Christ? Now that Christ has come, what further revelation can we expect from God about himself and his purposes for his universe? 3. What saying of Augustine nicely summarizes the relationship between the two testaments? Explain its meaning. 4. What are some of the ways in which the OT and the NT are complimentary to each other, that is, explain and reveal one another? Be specific, and highlight what each concept means? 5. What does it mean to say that the OT serves as the shadow (prefiguring) of the person and work of Christ embodied in the NT? Give examples.

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