Christopher W. Martin © 2017
I. Why Study Christology
A. The Modern View of the Old Testament “Problem”
B. The View of Old Testament in Church History
C. Jesus View of the Old Testament
· Luke 4:18-21
· John 5:39
· Luke 24:25-27
· Luke 24: 44-45
D. The Scarlet Thread?
II. The HUGE, HUGE, HUGE Question: Why Didn’t Jesus’ Incarnation Occur Thousands of Years Earlier?
· The False Premise of the Question:
· The Key to Interpreting Scripture
· Incomplete Answers:
o #1: God’s View of Time?
o #2: A Lesson for Us?
o #3: A Lesson for the Angels?
o #4: Global Conditions
· The Complete (But Unsatisfying) Answer: (Galatians 4:4-5)
· What We can Learn through God’s “Delays”
o A Demonstrated Will for Waiting (Genesis 15:16)
o That We May Better Understand God (Romans 9:22-23 & 2 Peter 3:7-9)
o Because He Loves You That Much! (Ephesians 2:4-7)
III. Conclusions
· Understanding the Bible’s Primary Theme
· The Old Testament: A Deliberately Incomplete Book
· Our Unchanging God
· All Scripture is God-Breathed
