Paul, a servant
of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of
God— the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy
Scriptures 3regarding his Son. Romans 1:1-3
The
central theme of the law and prophets is Jesus Christ. All the books of
the law and prophets point to the Messiah and everything they predicted
about Him found fulfilment in the one person of Christ. When you
accurately divide the scriptures, you cannot fail to trace the thread of
this promised Messiah from Genesis first chapter to the scriptures of
the NT. How man was made in the image of God and this image of God turns
out to be revealed as Jesus Christ who came to the rescue of man that
was made to be like Him.
From time to time, God
revealed the character and work of the Messiah to the prophets, when
the word of the law and prophets is rightly divided, it leads up to the
person, office, and work of Christ. Jesus pointed this out to the Jews
in John chapter five when He told them that in the law Moses spoke of
Him. Someone had rightly said that the New Testament is concealed in the
Old Testament. How true. Whatever we do with the Old Testament that
does not lead us to Christ is not an appropriate endeavour.
Toni
