One thing that has bothered me for a while - and I know some of you think I'm really bothered - is that Christians view the books of the Bible as all equal. And what I mean is really that most Christians see any study as being a good study. Now I won't argue too long with that. I do think it's all in some way profitable. But...
There are sixty-six books and thousands of pages in the ordinary Bible. That's a lot of territory to cover. And the problem I have is we've continuously neglected the most important books within the whole. Those of you who've been following my blogs will undoubtedly know which books I believe are the pinnacle and worthy of 90% of our time and effort. They are the Gospels, of course.
I believe that most Christians believe like I do. The whole of Scripture points to the coming of the Messiah. In that Person, all is fulfilled, all is revealed.
But most people's Bible study is like an astronomer looking out into space. Myriad of constellations keep him from settling on a single place to observe. He sees a lot of stars but KNOWS none of them.
If Elijah were here. If Ezekiel were here. If Jeremiah and Noah and Moses were here. They would - I believe - understand the Torah in a whole new way. They would see their writings and their work as a foreshadowing of that which was to come. Jesus is His name. And if they were to have an opportunity to read about Him in the Gospels, they would throw rocks at the OT and at Paul, too. Understanding that the OT leads us to the climax of the story, even to the whole of the story, allows us to see the Gospels for what they are. They are the PINNACLE of the Bible. Everything leads us to Jesus and His words and deeds, which reveal to us the Father. But we are content with Paul and Psalms and Isaiah. I simply am not. The Revelation has come and His name is ...
Now maybe they wouldn't throw rocks. But because they are from a different perspective and a more right one, I believe they would concentrate their existences - each and every one of them - on the Christ, the Messiah, the Prophesied One.
Why is it that people prefer the Psalms to the Gospels? Why do they insist on Paul over the Gospels? And don't give me that 'all Scripture is profitable'. Jesus has come and if you've seen/known Him, then you've seen the Father.
I want to see the Father.
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