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Day 225 of 365USING THE OLD TESTAMENT TO REVEAL JESUS
Because God is unchanging, his plan of salvation has been steadfast since the beginning. The Old Testament is thus the firm foundation for all of redemptive history; it provides the framework for understanding Jesus, which is why the New Testament authors took such great pains to quote, allude to, echo and interpret the Old Testament in their writings. These authors recognized that Jesus' birth and ministry confirmed his identity as the Davidic Messiah in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. Furthermore, since many of the early Christians had a strong Jewish background, the New Testament writers were careful to honor their audience as they addressed Jesus' fulfillment of the law and readily drew typological connections between Jesus and Old Testament characters.
Through this rigorous method of harkening back to the ancient Scriptures, the writers highlighted the good news that God has always been faithful to his people, and Jesus has always been the pinnacle of his plan.
Jesus, put a desire for the Old Testament in my heart, and help me to understand as I read. Show me yourself in the words, and help my faith to grow as I study. Amen.
Acts 8:26-35 NASB
26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road. ) 27 So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." 30 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31 And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "H e was led as a sheep to slaughter ; A nd as a lamb before its shearer is silent , S o H e does not open H is mouth . 33 "I n humiliation H is judgment was taken away ; W ho will relate H is generation ? F or H is life is removed from the earth ."
34 The eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?" 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. |
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