Over a year ago (which is about 3 full generations in hipster-blogger-Internet years), I wrote about how to see Jesus in any Bible passage.
My main point was that we shouldn’t look for Jesus in every Old Testament detail. Jesus isn’t in every detail, but his message is there. The unified message of the Bible boils down to 4 points summarized in Luke 24:46-47.
And we must first understand the main point of an Old Testament passage before we can connect it to Jesus.
Now along comes Mike Leake to my defense. Well, Mike isn’t exactly defending me; I’m sure he doesn’t even know me. But he and I must have been twins separated at birth and predestined for eventual reunification. Mom: I know you’re reading this. Why didn’t you tell me?
Anyway, the esteemed Mr. Leake wrote this fabulous post at SBC Voices. “Is Jesus Really the Hero of Every Text?” he asks. The answer is yes. Well, no. Sort of. As long as you first get to the point and don’t force the details. This approach helps when you read of Shemiramoth and other harpist-priestly types, and you wonder whether you should stuff Jesus somewhere between the cymbals and the trumpets.
You should read Leake’s post. I’ve linked to it twice now, and you still haven’t clicked it. Now I’ll make it a trinity of links with this third one.
Check it out!
Thanks for the link, my dearest long lost twin.