Its important as Christians to see the Bible as one big story. The big story helps us understand what the little stories and verses are all about. And how we fit into the story of the Bible ourselves.
Like one puzzle piece on its own tells us very little. We can assume what the puzzle picture is. But until we get a snapshot picture from the puzzle box, we wont see where the small piece fits in, or what part it plays in the bigger picture.
Biblical Theology is the framework for the Big Picture of what the Bibles all about. We can think of the Big picture of the Bible as God’s plan to redeem his people and the world he has made.
Craig Bartholomew has written (2004:12), “The Bible … is a unified and progressively unfolding drama of God’s action in history for the salvation of the whole world”. So at the centre of the plan is the person Jesus Christ. The Bible is all about Jesus!
Luke 24:27 “ … beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures (i.e. The Old Testament) concerning himself”, and again (Luke 24:44) “Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms (i.e. in the Old Testament).”
We can think of the Old Testament as a big neon sign (Vegas style) pointing back to creation and forward to Jesus. And the New Testament as a big neon sign pointing back to Jesus and forward to the new creation. The Old Testment has a lot of promises. Which then come true ( Are Fulfilled) in the New Testament.
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