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description: Discover Jesus Throughout the Old Testament!The son trudges uphill bearing wood for his own sacrifice; his father has decided to give him up to death. What biblical event does this bring to mind? Is it Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22 or Christ's passion in the Gospels of Matthew Mark Luke and John? The kinship between these two stories is deeper than mere coincidence. Christ is present in the story of Abraham and Isaac. In fact he is present on every page of the Old Testament.Christians seem to have forgotten that the Old Testament has everything to do with Jesus Christ. In Jesus on Every Page David Murray guides the reader down his own Road to Emmaus describing how the Scriptures were opened to him revealing Jesus from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. Dr. Murray's ten simple ways to seek and find Christ in the Old Testament unveil the face of Christ in the creation the law the psalms the prophets and the proverbs.Recognizing Jesus in the full breadth of Scripture is important for every Christian. Whether you are preaching Jesus through Old Testament readings or just beginning to discover the reality of Christ in the Old Testament Jesus on Every Page provides an accessible guide to the increasingly popular subject of Jesus in the Old Testament books. Have your own Road to Emmaus experience and know the Old Testament for what it truly is: full of Jesus.Endorsements:With deceptive ease Dr. David Murray brings his readers on to the Road to Emmaus for a few hours of conversation about Jesus and the Old Testament. With an enviable grace and simplicity he teaches us how to read the Old Testament as Christians. --Sinclair B. Ferguson Redeemer Theological Seminary Dallas Texas.This is not a small book it is a game-changer. I read it with a notepad in one hand and at times tears on every page. This profound work shows that Jesus is on every page of God's love story. This is a book I will read over and over. I highly recommend it! --Sheila Walsh Singer Author Speaker with Women of Faith ConferencesIf you have always struggled to understand the Old Testament this is the book for you. Dr. Murray has provided us with a refreshingly simple guide to seeing the glory of Jesus our Messiah throughout the Old Testament. --Burk Parsons Editor Tabletalk Pastor St Andrews Orlando Florida.There's no one I'd rather have serve as my guide for a journey down the Emmaus road than David Murray. Jesus on Every Page provides solid understandable categories and tools for retraining ourselves on how to read and understand the Old Testament. --Nancy Guthrie Author of the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study seriesWith contagious delight David Murray not only opens up the Old Testament beautifully he draws you to marvel at the One it is all about. This is a moving rich book that can hardly fail to help readers enjoy Jesus more in his word. --Michael Reeves Head of Theology Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship Author of Delighting in the TrinityIf you are like me and have longed for a readable book on seeing and savoring Jesus in the Old Testament this book is the resource for you. It is biblical practical and preachable. I will recommend it to everyone! --Anthony Carter Pastor of East Point Church Georgia Author of Blood Work and On Being Black and Reformed: A New Perspective on the African American Christian ExperienceThere have been strident voices urging us to see Christ in the Old Testament in recent years - among them Greidanus Goldsworthy Clowney and Chapell. Now comes David Murray's Jesus on Every Page - a bang-on target concise summary of this urgently needed hermeneutical adjustment. --Derek W. H. Thomas Professor of Systematic Theology RTS Atlanta Minister of Preaching and Teaching First Presbyterian Church Columbia SC.There could scarcely be a more worthy pursuit than seeking to learn of Jesus in the pages of Scripture....It would be difficult indeed to find a more accessible concise practically helpful warm-hearted guide than David Murray's Jesus On Every Page. --Fred G. Zaspel Reformed Baptist Church Franconia PA Calvary Baptist Seminary Lansdale PACertainly one of the most helpful and most needed new books that I have seen for a long while...This book is more than a devotional read. It leads us to understand more accurately why Jesus could say of the scriptures 'they testify of me'. What could be more important? --Iain H Murray Pastor Author and Editorial Director of the Banner of Truth Publishers.His aim throughout is to remind New Testament Christians that they are whole Bible believers and to give them a key to reading the Old Testament biblically. The key to his own book is simple enough: it is that the gospel interprets the Old Testament. --Dr. Iain D. Campbell Author Adjunct Professor at Westminster Seminary and Pastor of Point Free Church of Scotland.
language: English
title: Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament
publisher: Thomas Nelson