Proclaimer Blog
Tracing themes in the Old Testament
One of the ways to preach Christ from the Old Testament is to see how he is the fulfilment of the many key themes that run throughout the Bible’s pages. This is rich picking for the preacher or Bible teacher and one of our issues is that we simply don’t know the themes well enough: what to look for? But here’s a simple solution: read Hebrews.
Just pause and think. I wonder if every major theme is covered?
- Revelation (chapter 1)
- Humanity (chapter 2)
- Moses (chapter 3)
- Land (chapters 3-4)
- Priesthood/high priesthood (chapters 5-7)
- Covenant (chapter 8)
- Tabernacle/Temple (chapter 9)
- Sacrifice (chapters 9-10)
- Faith (chapters 11-12)
With application at the end. It’s a masterclass of course with each segment segueing in the next. I love it – one of my favourite books of the Bible (am I allowed that?). And rich ground for the OT preacher. It would not be a bad discipline to read Hebrews through before getting ready to preach any OT book.