The Christ Key, Chad Bird
The Christ Key, Chad Bird
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The Christ Key
Unlocking the Centrality of Christ in the Old Testament

Author: Chad Bird

Narrator: Chad Bird

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2021

Synopsis

Reading the Old Testament can seem like exploring an old, mysterious mansion, packed with of all sorts of strange rooms. - The creation room, vast and sublime. - The exodus room, with hardhearted pharaohs and dried-up seas. - The war room, with bloody swords and crumbling walls. - The tabernacle room, with smoking altars and dark inner sanctums. What does this odd and ancient world have to do with us, who are modern followers of Jesus? As it turns out, everything! Every chapter in the Old Testament, in a variety of ways, tells the story that culminates in Jesus the Messiah.  What Christians today call the Old Testament is what Jesus and the earliest believers simply called the Scriptures. That was their Bible. From its pages, they taught about the Messiah's divine nature, his priestly work, his ministry of salvation. The Christ Key will reintroduce readers to these old books as ever-fresh, ever-new testimonies of Jesus. By the end, you will see even Leviticus as a book of grace and mercy, and you will hear in the Psalms the resounding voice of Christ.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

Three years ago, Pastor Andy Stanley preached a series of sermons, the final one of which made the statement that Christians ought to “unhitch” the Old Testament (OT) from our faith. I’m not sure how he could be more wrong. And Chad Bird’s book is the one I will direct folks to for the decisive coun......more

Goodreads review by Bror

I often compare reading scripture to one of my other favorite pastimes, mining. It's like digging for gems. It holds that excitement for me. New insights coming in get my heart racing like finding exquisite topaz with red beryl in Utah, or an opalized piece of petrified wood. It takes work but the p......more

Goodreads review by Brenden

A book that put a smile on my face and incited so much praise as I was reading. More than simply a guide to seeing Jesus in the OT, Chad Bird has written a phenomenal yet concise “Christocentric Theology of the Old Testament”. His chapters on “the sanctuary garden of God” about the big story of the......more

Goodreads review by Shane

In John 5:39, Jesus says that the Scriptures (speaking of the Old Testament) testify of Him. In "The Christ Key," Chad Bird thoroughly demonstrates that this is the case. Jesus is the key to the entire Old Testament, or as the author puts it, "He is the key, and he is the content" (vii). I couldn't p......more

Goodreads review by Laura

‘[D]ear Father… don’t ever let them read the OT without the crucified and resurrected Jesus hanging out on every page, pointing to Himself, saying, “These Scriptures testify of Me.”’ (Page 178, Afterword: A Prayer for the Reader) I’ve been listening to 1517’s 40 Minutes in the Old Testament for sever......more

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