In many ways the Bible is the unpacking of God’s initial promise recorded in Genesis 3:15, that though death entered the world through man’s fall, one day a child would be born who would restore all things and crush the serpent’s head. Therefore, the primary question that we should ask as we make our way through the pages of Scripture is whether any new character that emerges might actually be this child of promise. What we see again and again, however, is that all of these potential messiahs end up not being anything new at all, but actually end up being mirror images of the old Adam.
The Bible traces the story of God’s promise to rescue the world from the consequences of the Fall. Yet as we follow the lives of characters such as Abraham, Moses, and David, we find not only sinners but also those who sin in spectacular ways that remind us of Adam’s original sin. In other words,...
Many Christians were raised to believe that the Old Testament was little more than a collection of morality tales written to inspire us to have the “faith of Abraham” or the “courage of Daniel.” But Jesus taught his followers that the Old Testament actually pointed to himself (Jn. 5:39). In this ...
On this program, Michael Horton continues his conversation with Nancy Guthrie about finding Christ in the Old Testament. The focus of this discussion centers on three of Nancy’s books, The Son of David: Seeing Jesus in the Historical Books, The Wisdom of God: Seeing Jesus in the Psalms and Wisdom...
