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Beginning at Moses: A Guide to Finding Christ in the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

For many Christians today, the Old Testament is difficult to understand, seems outdated, and has questionable relevance.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...

he was anointed. He was one consecrated or set apart for a special task. In other words, there was to be an active demonstration of the office to which the passive anointing pointed. An anointed king was to rule; an anointed priest was to minister; an anointed prophet was to preach. Defined simply as “an anointed one,” messiah is a comprehensive word that applies well to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ as the only one identified, qualified, and chosen to be the Savior of sinners.
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