It's All About the Cross
I've been in a class at our church called Savoring Scripture. The foundation of the course is the book called Savoring Scripture: A 6 Step Guide to Studying the Bible by Andrew Abernethy (highly recommend, btw). A lot of what we have covered is in relation to the storyline of the Bible as a whole. And here's where I'm at with it... If all of the Old Testament stories and prophesies all correlate with and point to the life of Jesus, and all of the New Testament tells of God in human form (Jesus) and what it means to live a life for/with Him, then all of our faith must always stem back to the reason for Jesus's coming- His death and resurrection on the cross. I mean literally, all of it! This was God's rescue plan from the beginning ( Genesis 3:15 ). So many of the laws God gave the Israelites for following Him were based on sacrifice. But He knew one day His son would be the ultimate sacrifice. And the sacrifice was based solely on love- not because of...
