The Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW09

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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

b. The testaments deal with the same essential story: the unfolding fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham in the person of Jesus Christ.

2. The Bible may have numerous subjects and segments, but it only has a single unifying theme: the revelation (unveiling) of Jesus Christ. When read with Christ in mind, the veil of misunderstanding the OT is taken away.

a. Matt. 16.17

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b. Luke 24.25-27

c. Luke 24.44-46

d. John 8.12

e. John 12.46

f. Acts 26.18

3. We ought to be able to set forth biblical history of salvation in such a way as to see Jesus present in the Old Testament, and completing the meaning of the Old in the New Testament, 2 Cor. 4.6.