Introduction

Beginning with Moses - Luke 24

When the dust had settled a bit from all the resurrection uproar on the first Sunday of New Creation, two of the disciples decided to hike it out of town and spend some time in Emmaus.  Less than 20 miles away, it was a full day's walk in hill country.  Somewhere along the road, Jesus met the pair and they did not recognize Him.  Learning that they, who had followed Him for years, were unable to grasp the message of the Old Testament prophets, Jesus preached the messianic truth to them from Genesis to Malachi.

The Old Testament is a collection of writings that were written mostly in the Hebrew language in a variety of forms.  Poetry, saga, history - of a sort, collections of poetic sermons and drama - of a sort, the Hebrew Bible is linked together by the inspired theme of Jesus...Savior...Lord...Creator.  This is the claim that Jesus makes upon the Old Testament: that it owes it's Holy Spirit inspiration to having Him as it's subject, object and most important verbs.

This blog is devoted to spending time in the Old Testament realm and searching for the answer to the simple question, "Where is Jesus?"  From Genesis through Malachi (or 2 Chronicles if your Hebrew Bible is so arranged), the answer is shouted and whispered, sung and chanted, wept over and exulted, hidden and obvious.  It is time to explore this ancient collection with the view that it belongs to Jesus.  He has made it His own since before the foundation of the world. 

Finally, it should be pointed out that the Emmaus road experience for those two disciples who were blessed to hear one of the greatest sermons ever preached, centers around the event that rocked Jerusalem; the resurrection.  But, still stuck in the top of the skull shaped hill was the bloodied cross which separates the Old and New Testaments in time while combining them intentionally.

Come to Jesus.
Come to the Cross.