Christ in the Old Testament

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05/29/19

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The One Page of the Bible I'd Like to Rip Out

Far too many Christians read the Bible as if a dam has been built between the waters of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

“Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.” Those nine words could serve as the Bible’s subtitle.

As we do in daily life, so we have done in our reading of the Bible: we have placed ourselves at the center, and Christ at the periphery.

Jesus and the New Testament—good. Yahweh and the Old Testament—not really so good. So goes the popular, but largely whispered, dichotomy.

Parents always choose their child’s religion. Without exception. It’s just that, in most cases, this religion operates under a different name.