The Message of the Old Testament (Foreword by Graeme Goldsworthy) : Promises Made

The Old Testament is the story of God's promises to his people. Throughout its pages the reader can find promise after promise from God, all of which are fulfilled in the New Testament.;Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Old Testament: Promises Made; Part One; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Part Two; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; Part Three; 18; 19; 20; 33; 34; Part Four; 36; 24; 25; 26; 27; Part Five; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39. The undeniable emphasis that Jesus placed upon the Old Testament Scriptures is that they testify to Him. Of course they testify to all sorts of other things as well: godliness, faithfulness, the progress and regress of God's people, sinfulƯness, judgment, and so on. But Jesus, along with the apostles and the other authors of the New Testament, emphasized that the Old Testament, above all, is about Him. Why then is the first question we often ask about a passage in the Old Testament, "What does this tell us about ourselves?" Surely, the first and main question we should ask is, "How does this passage testify to Christ?" In this book, Mark Dever has undertaken a difficult and important task. He has set out to crystallize the message of each Old Testament book, and he has endeavored to show something of the Christian value of each book. These sermons should not be regarded as models for routine preaching from the Old Testament, for rarely would the preacher try to cover a whole book in one sermon. But they do provide broad perspectives on the way the books point to Christ and are fulfilled by him. The preacher will need to extrapolate the principles of preaching Christ from the Old Testament and apply them to the textual units that are more appropriate for expository sermons. - Introduction

The Old Testament is the story of God's promises to his people. Below its somewhat obscure surface is hidden magnificent truth about the love and power of God. Throughout its pages the reader can find promise after promise from God, all of which are fulfilled in the New Testament-in the incarnation of Jesus Christ.

Author Mark Dever introduces readers to the Old Testament as a glorious whole so that they are able to see the big picture of the majesty of God and the wonder of his promises.