Did you know that the entire Old Testament points to Jesus? That’s what Jesus himself said in Luke 24:27. If you’re not sure how, remember our senior pastor Mark Mullery’s two simple questions:

1. How does this verse show me man’s disposition to require a savior?
2. How does this verse show me God’s disposition to provide a savior?

I was reminded of that truth in my time meeting with God this morning. I read Isaiah 25:8:

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.

This would have been a very encouraging verse even when it was written thousands of years ago, but how much more so for us living on this side of the cross?

Having read in the New Testament about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, we now know that for all those who have turned to Jesus with faith and repentance for salvation, death is no longer a danger. Sure, these earthly bodies will die, but that will be just the beginning of our heavenly life with Jesus Christ, what Randy Alcorn calls “the long tomorrow”. Want to know more? Look at 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 and Revelation 21:3-4.

Where have you seen Jesus in the Old Testament lately?

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