Emmaus%20Road:%20Christ%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament

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Emmaus Road Christ in the Old Testament

• And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,
  he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the
  things concerning himself.
• -Luke 2427

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Emmaus Road Christ in the Old Testament

• Then he said to them, These are my words that I
  spoke to you while I was still with you, that
  everything written about me in the Law of Moses
  and the Prophets and the Psalms must be
  fulfilled.
• -Luke 2444

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Merneptah Inscription ca. 1208 BC
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Merneptah Inscription ca. 1208 BC
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Merneptah Inscription ca. 1208 BC

• Canaan has been plundered into every sort of
  woeAshkelon is overcomeGezer has been
  capturedYanoam is made non-existent.Israel is
  laid waste and his seed is not.

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Misconceptions about the Old Testament

• The OT is less valuable than the NT.
• The OT reveals a God of wrath, but the NT reveals
  a God of love.
• The OT teaches salvation by good works/keeping
  the law.

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Why Christians Avoid the OT

• The OT is immense.
• Childrens Sunday School tends to isolate OT
  episodes.
• Cultural distance.
• The OT is complicated.
• We think we already know everything about it.
• A Bible Promises approach to Scripture.
• Devotional Habits
• Study is hard work.

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From Bible Stories to the Bibles Story

• Roadmap of the Bible
• Creation------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------New Creation
• Adam Noah Abraham
  Moses David Jesus
• Covenants
• Little Adams in new creations
• Each failed covenant head highlights another
  aspect of mans inability to save himself and our
  desperate need for God to step in and rescue us.