Beginning at Moses

A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament

Michael P. V. Barrett

Reformation Heritage Books

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Beginning at Moses

© 1999, 2018 by Michael P. V. Barrett

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All Scripture quotations, unless they are literal translations, are from the King James Version, which is in the public domain. All literal translations are the author’s.

Originally published by Ambassador International in 1999.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Barrett, Michael P. V., 1949- author.

Title: Beginning at Moses : a guide to finding Christ in the Old Testament / Michael P.V. Barrett.

Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Reformation Heritage Books, 2018. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018025178 (print) | LCCN 2018027310 (ebook) | ISBN 9781601786241 (epub) | ISBN 9781601786234 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Typology (Theology) | Jesus Christ—Biblical teaching. | Bible. Old Testament—Theology. | Bible. New Testament—Relation to the Old Testament.

Classification: LCC BT225 (ebook) | LCC BT225 .B285 2018 (print) | DDC 221.6/4—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025178

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To Sandra Ann—my wife

next to Christ, the best thing I’ve ever found

That is how I dedicated the first edition, and nothing has changed.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: Whom to Look For

1. Jesus the Messiah

2. The Person of Christ

3. The Work of Christ

Part 2: Where to Look

4. Christ in the Covenants

5. Christ in Person

6. Christ in His Names

7. Christ in Word Prophecy

8. Christ in Picture Prophecy—Explained

9. Christ in Picture Prophecy—Illustrated

10. Christ in Song

Conclusion

Scripture Index

Preface and Acknowledgments

Beginning at Moses was my first book. I’ve written a few other books since then, and I’ve often wondered how many more I could list on my curriculum vitae if I had started sooner. But for various reasons, it was always my personal conviction that I had no business writing books until I had achieved some level of teaching maturity and experience. My self-imposed launch age was fifty. So as that milestone approached, along with over twenty years of classroom and ministry experience, I determined that I had earned a right to make some contribution to the world of books. The book came out a few months before I turned fifty, but it was close enough. The problem with my philosophy was that by the time I started to write, nobody knew who I was except those who sat ...

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About Beginning at Moses: A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament

For many Christians today, the Old Testament is difficult to understand, seems outdated, and has questionable relevance. But, as Old Testament scholar Michael Barrett points out, all Scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit and we must read it by faith, seeing that Christ is the key to unlocking the Old Testament’s message. With great knowledge of and contagious passion for the Old Testament, the author shows readers how to identify basic characteristics of Christ and where to look for Him throughout the Old Testament. The author challenges us: “God’s promise throughout the Bible is that those who seek Him will find Him. Beginning at Moses and ending with Malachi, we want to be on Christ alert.”

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