Christ in the Old Testament (79)
  1. Jesus took the poison of sin and drank the cup of wrath on our behalf to gain favor and righteousness for us.
  2. God can never really be said to be ignoring us, even if our experience with God at any given moment is that he is.
  3. This is an excerpt from the introduction of Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament written by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2024). Now available for preorder.
  4. How Leviticus 17 is a key passage for understanding atonement
  5. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  6. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  7. God resolves his wrath through the unexpected giving of his Son.
  8. The king has arrived and has already begun his reign forever and ever.
  9. Only by faith can we believe the mystery that salvation in all it various forms comes through Jesus, the Son of Righteousness.
  10. The name of God invites us on a journey to see how God will remain present with his people, listen to their cries for salvation, know their sufferings in such an intimate way so as to incarnate them in Christ.
  11. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  12. The legal record of debt for our sin was canceled because Jesus satisfied the legal demands for us by his life, death, and resurrection.
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