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Raised according to the Scriptures: Easter in the Old Testament
Jesus made many startling claims. Among the most startling, however, must be his assertion that the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms contain things written about him. Ask any Christian to point to Old Testament verses that contain things written about Jesus and you’ll see just how startling a claim this is. The first Christians, however, faced no such problem. As the book of Acts demonstrates, the early church preached Jesus from the Old Testament. In fact, in 1 Corinthians 15 Paul tells us that Jesus not only died according to the Scriptures but that he was raised according to the Scriptures. Paul asserts here that the Old Testament foretells Jesus’s resurrection. Contemporary scholars will warn us to be wary about reading Jesus back into the Old Testament. They’ll suggest that resurrection and the afterlife is an alien concept in the Old Testament. Paul, however, clearly invites us to search the Scriptures for precursors, promises, and prophecies about the resurrection. So, let’s follow the lead of Paul and find Easter in the Old Testament.
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Published May 16, 2024
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June 26, 2024
"Jesus wants His disciples to know the scriptures."
With this sentence, Ellison drives home the reason and motivation for understanding what he seeks to convey in this book. As he summarises, "Resurrection is the culmination of Old Testament hope"- therefore to fully benefit from the entirety of Scripture's one, consistent story of redemption, delving into the Old Testament truths and pointers and types of the resurrection of our Saviour is vitally important.
Going into this book I had certain expectations, of which a few were subverted.
I expected a book about types and parallels to Christ's resurrection to have its arguments primarily constructed from Psalms and well-known prophecies - but rather the focus of the book was wider. Dealing with examples of, and allusions to the hope of resurrection from the dead in a variety of old testament contexts, whether miraculous events, or expressions of hope (yes, including the Psalms), or even more obscure examples from "that half" of Daniel which everyone is too scared to touch - Ellison (as he outlined in the introduction) highlights the power of the message of the resurrection from the subtlety of its presentation in all its forms.
Overall, this is, in scope, quite a comprehensive overview of resurrection themes in Old Testament scripture, although not in depth. As Dale Ralph Davis said in his endorsement: "he wants to 'put the cookies on the lower shelf' where all of us can enjoy them." This has, for me, inspired a greater interest in the study of the Old Testament's typology, and has been a reminder of "The Power of the Subtle".
As a side note... this book was not how i expected to find out Davy enjoys The Simpsons.
With this sentence, Ellison drives home the reason and motivation for understanding what he seeks to convey in this book. As he summarises, "Resurrection is the culmination of Old Testament hope"- therefore to fully benefit from the entirety of Scripture's one, consistent story of redemption, delving into the Old Testament truths and pointers and types of the resurrection of our Saviour is vitally important.
Going into this book I had certain expectations, of which a few were subverted.
I expected a book about types and parallels to Christ's resurrection to have its arguments primarily constructed from Psalms and well-known prophecies - but rather the focus of the book was wider. Dealing with examples of, and allusions to the hope of resurrection from the dead in a variety of old testament contexts, whether miraculous events, or expressions of hope (yes, including the Psalms), or even more obscure examples from "that half" of Daniel which everyone is too scared to touch - Ellison (as he outlined in the introduction) highlights the power of the message of the resurrection from the subtlety of its presentation in all its forms.
Overall, this is, in scope, quite a comprehensive overview of resurrection themes in Old Testament scripture, although not in depth. As Dale Ralph Davis said in his endorsement: "he wants to 'put the cookies on the lower shelf' where all of us can enjoy them." This has, for me, inspired a greater interest in the study of the Old Testament's typology, and has been a reminder of "The Power of the Subtle".
As a side note... this book was not how i expected to find out Davy enjoys The Simpsons.
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