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    The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament
    The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament
    The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament
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    The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament

    By Timothy C. Tennent

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    To lack a basic knowledge of the Old Testament is a great hindrance to fully grasping how Jesus Christ fulfills ideals and expectations that were set in motion hundreds and thousands of years ago. Through these pages you will come to appreciate the Old Testamnet more fully and see with even greater clarity the full power and revelation of Jesus Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsbury Seedbed Publishing
    Release dateNov 16, 2015
    ISBN9781628242447
    The Fulfillment: Jesus and the Old Testament
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    Timothy C. Tennent

    Timothy C. Tennent (PhD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland) is President, Professor of World Christianity at Asbury Theological Seminary.  He is the author of Building Christianity on Indian Foundations and Christianity at the Religious Roundtable. Dr. Tennent and wife, Julie, reside in Wilmore, Kentucky, with their two children, Jonathan and Bethany.

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      The Fulfillment - Timothy C. Tennent

      The

      FULFILLMENT

      The

      FULFILLMENT

      Jesus and the Old Testament

      TIMOTHY C. TENNENT

      Copyright © 2015 by Timothy C. Tennent

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,

      stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means—electronic,

      mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission,

      except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.

      Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from New Revised Standard Version Bible,

      copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Paperback ISBN: 978-1-62824-242-3

      Mobi ISBN: 978-1-62824-243-0

      ePub ISBN: 978-1-62824-244-7

      uPDF ISBN: 978-1-62824-245-4

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015955420

      Cover design by Nikabrik Design

      Page layout by PerfecType

      SEEDBED PUBLISHING

      Franklin, Tennessee

      Seedbed.com

      Sow for a Great Awakening

      In memory of Bob Craine,

      who was passionate about bridging the gap

      between the marketplace and the church

      Contents

      Copyright

      Introduction

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Christ, the Fulfillment

      Notes

      The

      FULFILLMENT

      Introduction

      Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, and the Suffering Servant

      The Old Testament is both familiar and strange to many Christians. On one hand, the Old Testament contains some of the most familiar stories known to us. Many of us cannot remember a time when we didn’t know the story of Jonah being swallowed up by a great fish or young David slaying the giant Goliath. What is more comforting or assuring than hearing the familiar strains of Psalm 23 at a time of difficulty or loss? On the other hand, the Old Testament can be intimidating and difficult to understand. Some parts of the Old Testament contain long genealogical lists that are tedious, and we wonder why they were included in the Bible. Others contain strange laws, and we wonder if they still apply to us today.

      In the early part of my ministry, I pastored a small church in the mountains of north Georgia. Many of my parishioners were hardworking farmers. Their work ethic and godliness continue to inspire me to this day. However, they didn’t have a lot of free time for reading or serious academic study of the Bible. As a pastor, I needed to find a way to help them understand the importance of the Old Testament. I felt that this was important for two reasons. First, the Old Testament is part of God’s Word. All Scripture is inspired by God and has been given to us for our instruction (2 Tim. 3:16). Second, I realized early on that it is impossible to truly understand the New Testament without a sufficient grounding in the Old Testament. The entire New Testament is found in seed form in the Old Testament. All of the earliest Christians were Jews, and they fully understood that everything they encountered in Jesus Christ was fulfilling promises and prophecies that had been given to them in the Old Testament. To lack a basic knowledge of the Old Testament is a great hindrance to fully understanding Jesus Christ and how He fulfills various ideals and expectations present in the Old Testament.

      After much reflection I realized that there was a relatively simple way to help Christians begin their fruitful relationship with the Old Testament. This is just a beginning, but it is an important first step. The key is to introduce Christians to a few important figures in the Old Testament and how they prepare us for fully understanding the New Testament gospel. But, again, where do we start? The Old Testament is filled with hundreds of people, such as Noah, Deborah, Balaam, Samson, Ruth, Elijah, and Isaiah, to name just a few. However, a careful read of the Old Testament, along with an examination of what Old Testament passages are referred to most often in the New Testament, reveals the particular importance of four key figures. There are four people who are of such immense importance that every Christian must know these figures and how we relate to them. To not understand these four is to lose a major aspect of who Jesus is. The New Testament extensively uses these four figures to explain the gospel and to fully reveal to us the importance of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have found that if a Christian knows these four figures and why they are so important to our understanding of the Christian gospel and of Jesus Christ, then the entire Old Testament becomes more accessible and more fully appreciated.

      Who are these four people? Adam, Abraham, Moses, and David. It is these figures who open up to us vast parts of the Old Testament as well as the full significance of Jesus Christ. The devotionals that follow focus on these four figures and how each of them is fulfilled in some way through the ministry of Jesus Christ.

      After these devotionals explore the four key figures, I have included (as the Old Testament does) a fifth, surprise figure. This fifth figure is one that is in the background of the Old Testament and is not really embodied in any one historical person, like Adam, Abraham, Moses, or David. This fifth figure is known as the Suffering Servant. The Suffering Servant is embodied in the experience of Israel as a whole. Israel experiences great suffering, and the prophets anticipate the coming of One who will bring redemption and healing through suffering. Once the earliest Christians received

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