Isaiah 64:6: Our Righteousness Like Polluted Garments
Isaiah 64:6 is a corporate confession, not a denial that obedience matters. It says that deeds done by a stained people cannot be the ground on which anyone stands before God, and it points the only hope to God himself.
Luke 24:44–47: How the Old Testament Points to Christ
Jesus does not treat his death and resurrection as a surprise ending. He says Israel's whole Scripture was written about him and had to be fulfilled, then he opens minds to read it that way. The Old Testament points to Christ because he says so.
Luke 24:44–45: How to Read the Old Testament
Jesus reads the whole Old Testament as a unified testimony that must be fulfilled in his suffering and resurrection, and he gives understanding of it as a gift. That shapes both how confidently and how carefully we read those older writings.
Why Jesus Called Son of Man: Daniel 7:13–14
Jesus called himself the son of man because Daniel 7:13–14 pictures a human-looking figure brought before God and given a kingdom that never ends. The title holds lowliness and universal authority together.
Jesus Opens the Scriptures on the Emmaus Road
On the road to Emmaus, Jesus answers two grieving disciples not with fresh news about the tomb but by opening Moses and the prophets to them. The Old Testament, read rightly, is a unified witness to the Christ who had to suffer and enter his glory.
Genesis 1: How to Read the Book of Genesis
Genesis 1 answers the questions a covenant people kept asking: who made the world, what it was made for, and why it no longer looks the way it did. Read as that kind of book, its opening chapter steadies everything that follows.
Jesus Opens Moses and the Prophets on the Road
The risen Christ does not add new information to discouraged disciples; he reopens the Scriptures they already had. Luke 24:25–27 shows Jesus reading Moses and the prophets as testimony about himself, suffering and glory included.
Jesus Opens the Scriptures on the Emmaus Road
On the road to Emmaus, the risen Jesus answers sorrow by opening Moses and the prophets, showing that Scripture itself testifies to a Christ who had to suffer before entering glory. The Emmaus road gives the pattern for preaching Christ from the Old Testament.
Luke 24:44–49: All Scripture Points to Christ
The risen Jesus tells his disciples that the whole Old Testament, from the law of Moses to the prophets and psalms, finds its center in him. He opens their minds to understand this and commissions them as witnesses of repentance and forgiveness to all nations.
How to bridge from the ancient world to modern application: A Step-by-Step Guide
Paul draws on Old Testament law to defend his right to live from the Gospel and be supported by those who benefit from it.