Jesus taught that the Old Testament sets forth the suffering and the glory of the Christ to come (Luke 24:25–26). This section will explore previews of Christ’s suffering through the figurative emblems of the mishandling and rejection of the word of God in the Old Testament. We will consider the prophetic intent suggested by Moses when he took the book of the covenant and sprinkled it with blood, of his breaking the tablets of the law in the face of the great disobedience of Israel, of King Jehoiakim’s