Posts relating to Jesus in the Old Testament
So this is the first proper post on a mini-series on how the 7 saviour-judges (from the full list of 12) prefigure Jesus, even in their imperfections and at a mixed up and violent point in Israel’s early development. If you’ve not already read the introduction post, it is worth clicking here to do so! Read More …
Launching January 25th, 2016: 4x FREE “live” 35-minute interactive video based teaching seminars on … the book of Ruth. The Jesus Centred Online Bible Study will be a great resource for small groups, leaders and those that want a deeper understanding of scripture with a christocentric/christotelic approach. A seminar experiences that blends the benefits of Read More …
OK the title is a bit misleading, as I’m only considering the names “Abram”, “Isaac” and “Jacob”… their stories make up 3/4 of the book of Genesis… and Jesus appears in lots of ways we don’t have time to unpack here. This post is a continuation of the series on the names of Jesus’ ancestors… Read More …
This is the introduction post to a new series highlighting how seven judges in the book of judges are actually saviours. As we saw in Sevens and full promises waiting for fulfillment when we meet seven of something in the Bible they are often promising an ultimate manifestation. So here, seven national saviors promise a Read More …
Watch the video overview. This is a slightly longer video… so we suggest you grab a pen and get comfortable. Once you’ve watched think about whether you should share it, online or as part of a church home group, a discussion group etc. And if you enjoyed it and/or learned something we would Read More …
Ok we are slowly getting there, this is post six in the series (see the first here) … by the end of post eight we will have got through every ancestor in the book of Genesis. When we get there I plan to summarize them all into a single table with links to the supporting Read More …
This is the fifth in the series of posts unpacking the prophecy of Jesus hidden in the names of his forebears. In the last post,“The fame of the healer” we left the prophecy hanging mid sentence. We had see how the names from Shem to Peleg created the statement … “The renown of the healer/releaser Read More …
Over the years I remember hearing people make reference to “The Scarlet Thread” or “The Crimson Cord” and I picked up that the image was used as a motif for a string of images through the Old Testament that included blood and in some way pre-figured the Cross. The image was drawn from the incident Read More …
A description of how you can use the shape of the Old Testament to navigate this site… but if you’ve not seen it before it is useful to understand it anyway! Apostles on one side, Prophets on the right and the Wisdom of Priests in the middle! Or even more usefully you can watch the Read More …
This is the fourth installment in the post series on the prophecies hidden in the names of Jesus’ ancestors. In the previous three posts we made it down to Noah, (see Jesus’ life in his ancestors, The Glory of God descends and Judgement or Grace). The ancestors names told the story of Jesus’ life creating Read More …
