A Primer: The Old Testament | Run Through The Bible | Pastor Ed Young

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#oldtestament #thebible #biblestudy #biblical A Primer: The Old Testament | Run Through The Bible | Pastor Ed Young The Bible is a collection of sixty-six books that all tell one seamless story. Yet, so often, we get caught in the details and miss the overarching meaning behind its message. In this installment, Pastor Ed Young gives us an overview of the Old Testament and shows us how it not only meant something thousands of years ago, it also means something to us today! The Old Testament contains 39 books written by 28 authors over a period of 2,000 years. Compare this to the New Testament, which took about a generation to write. The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. It’s important to understand the Old Testament because when Jesus referred to the Scriptures, he was talking about the Old Testament. When the apostle Paul was talking about the Scriptures, he was talking about the Old Testament. All of the doctrines in the New Testament have their foundation in the Old Testament. In Genesis, God created everything. He also created man, specifically Adam and Eve and he gave them free will. Adam and Eve chose to do their own thing their own way. They turned and sinned before God. They tried to become rulers of their own lives. Here’s a point of application: God always initiates. He initiated this. He made man and gave him a choice. Man failed. What did God do? He began to reveal a shadow, a picture of redemption, of atonement. God picked Abraham, the Chaldean from Ur, . He picked his son, Isaac, and his son, Jacob, as these franchise players. They’re fallen and fallible, yet they were men of faith. He told Abraham he would be the father of a nation so big they’d be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. Jacob had a son named Joseph. Joseph was sold into Egyptian slavery by his own family. Do you think you come from a dysfunctional family? They sold him into Egyptian slavery, and told his dad he’d been killed! Joseph goes down to Egypt as a slave, and he becomes the leader of this country. When Jacob's family and their loved ones were in a famine, they went to Egypt, reunited with Joseph, and stayed there until they became a massive nation. After Joseph died, they became slaves to the current Pharoah. God picks unlikely people to do amazing things. Moses told God he couldn’t lead because he wasn’t eloquent. Yet, God chose Moses to take the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery. Do you see the foreshadowing again? Do you see Jesus here? We’re in bondage to sin, and Jesus frees us. Moses was a foreshadowing of Christ. In Exodus, Moses leads Israel to freedom. Moses receives the Ten Commandments. He receives how the tabernacle should be built, and you have Israel on this journey to their Promised Land. Jesus in the Old Testament - All through the Bible, we see Jesus. I’m talking about the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Author of our Salvation, Jesus! This is Jesus in every book of the Old Testament: Genesis – Creator Exodus – Passover Lamb Leviticus – High Priest Numbers – Cloud By Day Fire By Night Joshua – Captain Judges – Law – Giver Ruth – Kinsman Redeemer 1 And 2 Samuel – Prophet Kings And Chronicles – Reigning King Ezra – Worship Nehemiah – Wall Build Esther – Mordecai Job – Healer Psalms – Shepherd Proverbs And Ecclesiastes – Wisdom Song of Solomon – Initiator Of Marital Love Isaiah – Prince Of Peace Jeremiah – Potter Clay Lamentations – Weeping Prophet Ezekiel – Wheel Daniel – Fourth Man Hosea – Faithful Husband Joel – The One Who Pours Out His Spirit On All People Amos – Burden Bearer Obadiah – Mighty To Save Jonah – Great Foreign Missionary Micah – Hope Of Restoration Nahum – Avenger Of God’s Elect Habakkuk – God’s Evangelist Zephaniah – Savior Haggai – Restorer Zechariah – Fountain Malachi – Our Tithe How to Start Reading the the Old Testament The Old Testament is made of of multiple different styles of books. If you wanted to learn this history of God’s interaction with His people, consider reading Exodus, Joshua, or Samuel. If you are looking for daily wisdom, consider reading one chapter of Proverbs each day. If you’re looking for inspiration, consider reading through the book of Psalms. Instead of a month-long journey, it took them forty years. Why? Because they were not obedient. Here’s another point of application. When we’re obedient, rewards and blessings happen. When we’re disobedient, we end up in slavery or we end up wandering in the wilderness. Because the people were disobedient, God allowed them to die in the wilderness. Fellowship Church Ed Young Facebook: http://bit.ly/EdYoungFB Ed Young Instagram: http://bit.ly/EdYoungIG Ed Young Twitter: http://bit.ly/EdYoungTW https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/ https://www.fellowshipchurch.com/locations/frisco

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