to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29:29 NIV
God Reveals Salvation Plan
God wants to reveal himself to men. This has been in His thoughts even before Creation. God wants to unfold before them in general and individually as well, His plan to redeem all humankind from the FALL that He he has foreseen from the very start.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life,
and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:1-5 NIV
The Holy Scripture
The WORD from heaven is Christ. The Holy Scripture. the Old and New Testaments, contain the entire work of Christ - past, present and future.
In the Old Covenant
Christ Reveals the Plan
In Veiled Terms
In the Old Testament, the pre-incarnate Christ is the man who spoke and met with Abraham, Moses, et al., and the Israelites, a type of God's children. He revealed to the Israelites through men of God his plan of redemption, especially the coming of the Christ or Messiah.
In the New Covenant
Christ Revealed the Plan
Though His Life, Death,
Resurrection and Ascension
In the New Testament, the Word came on earth as flesh and blood, totally human. He spoke of the REDEMPTION. His life modeled the Spirit-empowered life that the children of God must live. Of course, his prophesied death in the Old Testament as the ransom to be paid for the freedom of those who believe Him, was fulfilled. His resurrection and ascension to heaven continue the revelation of God's salvation of His children.
Now. the living Jesus Christ serves as the High Priest; later to ascend the throne of judgment at the Father's appointed time, which signals the days of the end.
Revelation, the Last Book
of the Bible is the Microcosm
of the Salvation Plan
The book of Revelation comes from the WORD OF GOD, i.e., Christ, himself through John. It encapsulates the features or highlights of the Old and New Testaments. It summarizes the past, present and future of mankind - from beginning to end.
In other words, Revelation is the whole Scripture in digest form. It reveals the complete work of Christ in the salvation of the many who believe in Him - the Word sent from God!
Epilogue
The Old and New Testaments, the TWO WITNESSES (John 8:17; Revelation 11:3) - are the testimony of God through Christ. They are to be taken together to establish the TRUTH.
Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed to the Father, "Sanctify them [God's children] by the truth; YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.
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