How the Old Testament deepens our love for Jesus
When we read the Old Testament,
- we are reading Jesus’ Bible – the Old Testament Scriptures were Jesus’ Bible
- we are learning Jesus’ language – his teaching was saturated with Old Testament words and concepts; more than that, he saw the Old Testament scriptures as fulfilled in himself
- we are singing Jesus’ songs – the book of Psalms was Jesus’ hymnbook
- we are feeling Jesus’ feelings – passages such as Psalm 22 and 69 display Christ’s sufferings in an especially powerful way
- we are hearing Jesus’ voice – as the one mediator between God and us, it is his voice that we hear speaking to and pleading with sinners
- we are seeing Jesus in action – as the ‘Angel of the Lord’ he visited the earth many times
- we are admiring Jesus’ trophies – considering how much less they knew, the Old Testament saints are in some way even more remarkable the those of the New Testament
Summarising this article by David Murray