Status Updates From Knowing Jesus Through the O...

“Jesus is the Savior of the world because he is the Messiah of Israel. He cannot be one and not the other. If he is not the Messiah for the Jews, then he cannot be the Savior of the Gentiles.” (152)

“Old Testament hope was not merely the hope of some mysterious paradise after death but the living reality of God’s blessing on his creation here and now for his renewed and obedient people.” (87)

“To speak of “the Old Testament promise” is almost a repetition. The word testament would actually be better called covenant, for that is the word used in the Hebrew Bible, and it is the word used by the New Testament when referring to the Old. And the idea of promise is very much at the heart of the word covenant.” (70)