Upon This Rock (28): Robbing Christ of His Honor (20)
This article examines the Old Testament saints' understanding of Christ through the types and shadows of the Law, exploring what Calvin called "degrees of seeing Christ." Doezema argues that while Old Testament believers did comprehend Christ typologically, their understanding differed significantly from New Testament revelation, and he proposes examining how these differences manifested in the lives of figures like Moses and John the Baptist to better understand this progression.
Previous article in this series: January 15, 2017, p. 177. The saints of old were able to 'see' the coming of Christ. Jesus Himself said as much when He testified to the Jews that "Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad" (John 8:56). Nevertheless, in a very real sense they did not see. As Jesus said to His disciples, "For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear,...
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