Redeemer Promised, Redeemer Fulfilled

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Tracing the arc of Christ's redemption from Old Testament types and prophecy through New Testament reality."[Jesus] said to them, 'These are my words that I spoke to youwhile I was still with you, that everything written about mein the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms mustbe fulfilled.' Then he opened their minds to understand theScriptures, and said to them, 'Thus it is written, that theChrist should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead.'"Luke 24:44-46From Adam's fall through Malachi's final word, through prophecies, typesand events, God promised a Redeemer. He is the Lord Jesus Christ, andthe Old Testament is about him. The New Testament is also about Jesus, and it records how he fulfilled all that was promised of him. Truly it is saidthat the Old Testament looks forward to Christ, the New Testament looksbackward to Christ-Christ is the center of the Bible.Redeemer Promised, Redeemer Fulfilled traces the arc of Christ's redemptionfrom the Old Testament prefigures and prophecies through theirfulfillments in the New Testament gospels. The arc is wonderfully fittedfor the Lenten season, observed by Protestants as a time of reflection, repentance and recommitment to the Savior and culminating in theEaster celebration of his resurrection. For each day in the season there isa Scripture reading, followed by a short lesson that is theologically basedtoward the goal of devotional maturity. The book also serves as a primer onseeing Jesus in the Old Testament, and it illuminates the infallibility of theBible-two topics profitable for study in any season. The book is intendedfor both private and group use.