{"id":155,"date":"2014-06-12T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e.jesuscentred.org\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2016-04-25T22:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T22:12:59","slug":"the-shape-of-the-old-testament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesuscentred.org\/e\/the-shape-of-the-old-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shape of the Old Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
There are two streams or sides to the Old Testament that extend like arms to the left and right of a central block, a block of five books that we call the “Wisdom” books. These two arms represent the “Apostlic” and the “Prophetic” in the Old Testament. The Apostles were\/are the people God sent\/sends to do something; The Prophets come with a message. So there’s a connection between these two arms and Luke’s description of the Gospel as the things that Jesus “did and taught”, you can explore that theme a bit more by clicking this link.<\/a>But returning to the shape of the Old Testament as it has come to us, it looks something like this:<\/td>\n