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From the earliest pages of the Old Testament, the person of Jesus Christ is the key to the Bible's story of God's unfolding plan to glorify himself in the salvation of the human race from sin, misery and death.
At first oblique, the plot gathers pace, and as time passes the picture comes into ever greater focus, until eventually and in vivid clarity, all points to this one person, identified by angels, by John the Baptist, by the apostles and - above all - by his incarnation, life and works, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension: Jesus Christ, the Deliverer and Saviour foretold and promised throughout.
Robert Letham's purpose is to show how the Bible, progressively and in ever greater detail, speaks to us of its central figure, Jesus Christ. With clarity and conviction, he expounds a range of key Old and New Testament texts and investigates the main scriptural themes, in the order in which they appear, as he focuses on the narrative that traces the emergence of God's plan. In doing so, he stands with the Christian church down the ages in affirming that this is the key to understanding what the Bible, in its essential unity, is all about.
General preface 7
Author's preface 8
Abbreviations 9
Select bibliography 11
Introduction 21
Prologue: man as the image of God
(Genesis 1:26-28; 3:1-13) 25
Part 1: Christ promised
1. The offspring of the woman (Genesis 3:15) 37
2. The seed of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3) 41
3. The son of David (2 Samuel 7; Psalm 110) 47
4. The great king (Isaiah 7:14-17; 9:6-7; 11:1-5;
Micah 5:2-5) 52
5. The Servant of the Lord (1) (Isaiah 41 - 50) 63
6. The Servant of the Lord (2) (Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12) 69
Part 2: Christ incarnate
7. Birth announcement (Luke 1:26-38) 81
8. Growth and development (Luke 2:41-52) 89
9. Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17) 96
10. Human experience (Hebrews 2:10-18) 102
11. The deity of Christ (John 1:1-5) 111
12. The Word became flesh (John 1:14-18) 118
13. The supremacy of the Son (Hebrews 1:1-14) 124
14. Suffering servant (Philippians 2:6-8) 131
Part 3: Christ crucified
15. Jesus rejected and crucified (Matthew 26:57 - 27:44) 141
16. The death of Jesus (Matthew 27:45-56) 152
17. The burial of Jesus (Matthew 27:57-66) 159
Part 4: Christ risen
18. The empty tomb (Matthew 28:1-15) 167
19. The resurrection appearances (Luke 24:13-49) 174
20. Paul on Christ’s resurrection (1 Corinthians 15) 181
Part 5: Christ ascended
21. The ascension (Luke 25:50-53; Acts 1:6-11) 193
22. Lord of creation, head of the church
(Colossians 1:15-20) 208
23. Everlasting ruler of the renewed cosmos
(Hebrews 2:5-9) 216
24. The Living One (Revelation 1:9-20) 221
Appendix: Did the church get it wrong? Who is Jesus Christ?
From Nicaea (ad 325) to Constantinople II (ad 553) 229
Study guide 247