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To Understand the Bible Look for Jesus: The Bible Student’s Guide to the Bible’s Central Theme is unavailable, but you can change that!

Believing the fundamental Christian claim that the purpose of the Bible is to present the Savior, Geisler focuses on Christ as the unity and unfolding message of the whole of Scripture. Christ is the tie between the Testaments, the content of the canon, and the unifying theme within each book of the Bible. This book is basic to both Bible study and preaching and serves as an excellent guide to...

2 CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Viewing the Old Testament Christocentrically is not an interpretive (hermeneutical) option; for the Christian it is a divine imperative. On five different occasions Jesus claimed to be the theme of the entire Old Testament: (1) Matthew 5:17; (2) Luke 24:27; (3) Luke 24:44; (4) John 5:39; (5) Hebrews 10:7. An examination of these passages reveals that there are at least four different Christocentric ways to view the Old Testament. Each passage stresses a different sense
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