Trinity Mount Barker

Does the Old Testament really have anything to teach us today? Is it simply a prologue to the real story, that we might skip over to get to the good stuff? How have I been ignoring three quarters of the bible? I’ve been grappling with these questions as I bite the bullet and properly read through it this year as part of my studies.

So far, there have been three features that have stood out for me:

1. My knowledge of God was stunted by my lack of reading it. The promises fulfilled in the New Testament, in Jesus, can only be understood in reading the promises made in the old. My desire to learn more about Jesus has to go beyond the boundaries of Matthew to Revelation to gain a fuller understanding of who Jesus is and why he came. 

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