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Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

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ISBN-10: 0830816933

ISBN-13: 9780830816934

Edition: N/A

Authors: Christopher J. H. Wright

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We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story.Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? Should we listen to other gospels, other sayings of Jesus, that enlarge and correct a mistaken story? Is the real Jesus entangled in a web of the church's Scripture, awaiting liberation from our childhood faith so he might speak to our contemporary pluralistic world?To answer these questions we need to know what story Jesus claimed for himself. Christopher Wright is convinced that Jesus' own story is rooted in the story of Israel. In this book he traces the life of Christ as it is illuminated by the Old Testament. And he…    
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List price: $17.00
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 4/8/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 267
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright is International Director of the Langham Partnership International. He also serves as chair of the Lausanne Movement's Theology Working Group and chair of the Theological Resource Panel of TEAR Fund, a leading Christian relief and development charity. He has written several books, including Living as the People of God (An Eye for an Eye in the US), God's People in God's Land, Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Walking in the Ways of the Lord, Deuteronomy in the New International Biblical Commentary, The Message of Ezekiel in the Bible Speaks Today series, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, The Mission of God, and The God I Don't Understand. Chris…    

Preface
Jesus and the Old Testament Story
Jesus: A man with a story
Jesus was a real Jew
Jesus was a real man
Jesus was the Son of David
Jesus is the end of the time of preparation
Jesus is also a new beginning
The story so far
From Abraham to David
From David to the exile
From the exile to the Messiah
Light on the story
Light on the Old
Light on the New
A unique story
A universal goal
A unique experience
Israel and other stories
God in control of all history
The nations share in Israel's history
The nations share in Israel's future
Jesus and the Old Testament Promise And so was fulfilled'
Five scenes from Jesus's childhood
Geography and history
The promise declared
Promise involves commitment to a relationship
Promise requires a response of acceptance
Promise involves ongoing levels of fulfillment
The promise guarenteed
The features of biblical covenants
The covenant with Noah
The covenant with Abraham
The Sinai covenant
The covenant with David
The new covenant
Conclusion
Jesus and his Old Testament Identity
This is my Son'Old Testament pictures and patterns
'That's just typical'Jesus as the Son of God
God as Father: Israel as Son
Fathers and sons in Israelite society
Israel's sonship and the covenant
Sonship as the foundations for hope
Israel's sonship and God's universal purpose
Jesus and his Old Testament Mission Jewish expectations at the time of Jesus
John the Baptist
The Messiah
The Son of Man
The Servant of the Lord
The mission of the Servant in the Old Testament
The Servant and mission to the Gentiles
Our mission in the light of Christ's
The unity and continuity of mission
'To the Jew first'
Mission in servanthood
Mission in its wholeness
Jesus and his Old Testament Values . . . .Jesus tested in the wilderness
The basic orientation of life before God
Simple obedience
Jesus and the law
The law as response to redemption
Motivations for obedience
The law's scale of values
The authority of Jesus
Jesus and the prophets
Spiritual loyalty to God
Economic issues
Political conflict
Jesus, the Psalms and the reign of God
The universal dimension
The redemptive, theocratic dimension
The eschatological dimension
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