Christ in the Old Testament

By Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Christ in the Old Testament is a collection of articles from ChristwardCollective.org contributors where they look at the Old Testament and how it points to Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
• Release date: Apr 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781370157549

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a collaborative ministry network of trusted scholar-pastors of the historic Reformed, evangelical and confessional faith. It fosters and shepherds a Reformed awakening in our time by presenting sound teaching of biblical theology to the Christian public, and to churches and their leaders. The Alliance supports faithful teachers and students of the Reformed faith and the institutions they serve through the availability of media, conference ministries and other resources.

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Christ in the Old Testament

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The Christward Collective are a community of pastors and theologians who span across the spectrum of Reformed and Evangelical fellowships in North America. Each of the contributors adheres to one or more of the historically Reformed Confessions.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: John Newton on Christ in the Old Testament

Chapter 2: The Serpent on the Pole & the Cross of Christ

Chapter 3: Noah’s Ark and the Cross of Christ

Chapter 4: The Well, maybe... of Redemptive History

Chapter 5: Christocentric or Christmonic?

Chapter 6: Death & Resurrection: The Key to the Old Testament

Endnotes

Chapter 1. John Newton on Christ in the Old Testament

David Murray [1]

In his Review of Ecclesiastical History, John Newton provides a glimpse for us into his Christ-centered view of the Old Testament. To summarize Newton’s teaching:

•After Adam’s fall, both he and his posterity were corrupt, depraved, and sent into a perpetual state of misery.

•God immediately after Adam’s fall revealed the remedy to this desperate situation.

•The Lord Jesus was promised as the seed of the woman. He would come as the great deliverer who would repair the breach made by sin and rescue God’s children from their ruin.

•In the OT, this revelation of a Savior was veiled under types and shadows.

•This revelation was like the coming dawn; it became brighter and brighter as the time of Christ’s manifestation drew near.

•Though this revelation was veiled in types and shadows, it was always sufficient to sustain