David Murray - Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

With deceptive ease Dr. David Murray brings his readers on to the Road to Emmaus for a few hours of conversation about Jesus and the Old Testament. With an enviable grace and simplicity he teaches us how to read the Old Testament as Christians. Jesus on Every Page is a book on Christ-centered biblical interpretation that doesnt involve complex grammatical, rhetorical, or hermeneutical complexities that cause the ordinary Christian (and pastor for that matter) to glaze over and despair. Rather, as a most agreeable companion, Professor Murray walks alongside us and points out the most important landmarks we need to notice if we are to make our way through the Old Testament for ourselves and see how it points to Christ. Far from talking down to us from the lofty heights of technical Old Testament scholarship (although he is familiar with them), he tells us that he once sat where most of us sit. But then, as a quality teacher, he is able to help us learn what he himself has so obviously done. Here, then, is an ideal primer for beginners, a great refresher course for anyone who has got lost in the woods attempting to read Scripture the Emmaus Road way, and a wonderful reminder to us all that it was Jesus himself who taught us that he is at the heart of the entire Bible, and not just the righthand side of it!

S INCLAIR B. F ERGUSON , R EDEEMER T HEOLOGICAL S EMINARY , D ALLAS , T EXAS .

This is not a small book, it is a game-changer. I read it with a notepad in one hand and at times tears on every page. If you think that we have to wait until that night in Bethlehem to meet Jesus face-to-face, this profound work shows that from the first chapter of Genesis to the final notes of Johns Revelation, Jesus is on every page of Gods love story. This is a book I will read over and over. I highly recommend it!

S HEILA W ALSH , SINGER , BEST-SELLING AUTHOR , SPEAKER WITH W OMEN OF F AITH C ONFERENCES

Certainly one of the most helpful and most needed new books that I have seen for a long while. True faith in Christ as revealed in the Old Testament needs to be grounded on right principles of interpretation. Whenever those principles are confused, faith in large portions of Scripture will also be confused. This book is more than a devotional read. It leads us to understand more accurately why Jesus could say of the scriptures, they testify of me. What could be more important?

I AIN H. M URRAY , PASTOR , AUTHOR , AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF THE B ANNER OF T RUTH P UBLISHERS

Far too much Old Testament preaching is moralismpure and simple. Moralism is an evil, wicked thing that suggests that with a little effort, and some help from the Spirit, we can improve our lot. Thus hundreds of killer-be sermons (Be like x or y) have urged Christians to ethical response without gospel foundations, encouraging guilt eradication by more urgent effort on our part. Failing to see the grand, eye in the sky redemptive story of Scripture, such myopic views focus instead on selfself-effort, self-importance, self-justification. And Christians are rightly crying foul to this pernicious trajectory, consigning to the dustbin of error where it belongs and replacing it with a Christ-centered, gospelfocused understanding of the Old Testament. There have been strident voices urging us to see Christ in the Old Testament in recent yearsamong them Greidanus, Goldsworthy, Clowney, and Chapell. Now comes David Murrays Jesus on Every Pagea bang-on target, concise summary of this urgently needed, hermeneutical adjustment. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

D EREK W. H. T HOMAS , P ROFESSOR OF S YSTEMATIC T HEOLOGY , RTS A TLANTA ; M INISTER OF P REACHING AND T EACHING , F IRST P RESBYTERIAN C HURCH , C OLUMBIA , S OUTH C AROLINA

Theres no one Id rather have serve as my guide for a journey down the Emmaus road than David Murray. Jesus on Every Page provides solid, understandable categories and tools for retraining ourselves on how to read and understand the Old Testament. Without complicated theological jargon, this book helps readers to see that Jesus, in his person and work, is the answer to all of the Old Testaments lingering questions, the fulfillment of all of its unfulfilled promises, and the resolution to all of its unresolved tensions.

N ANCY G UTHRIE , AUTHOR OF THE S EEING J ESUS INTHE O LD T ESTAMENT B IBLE STUDY SERIES

There could scarcely be a more worthy pursuit than seeking to learn of Jesus in the pages of Scripture. Andeven allowing for the many differences in approach and interpretationit would be difficult indeed to find a more accessible, concise, practically helpful, warm-hearted guide than David Murrays Jesus On Every Page.

F RED G. Z ASPEL , R EFORMED B APTIST C HURCH , F RANCONIA , P ENNSYLVANIA ; C ALVARY B APTIST S EMINARY , L ANSDALE , P ENNSYLVANIA

In this book, seminary professor David Murray takes us on a fascinating journey to find the right kind of help in interpreting the Old Testament Christologically. Without sending us down any dubious interpretative avenues, David shows us not only that Jesus is on every page of the Old Testament, but in every picture, poem, historical fact, and prophetic utterance. His aim throughout is to remind New Testament Christians that they are whole Bible believers, and to give them a key to reading the Old Testament biblically. The key to his own book is simple enough: it is that the gospel interprets the Old Testament. As he unpacks this theme, David shows us that Jesus does not simply emerge at the end of the historical process we call the Old Testament, but was present from the outset as the Savior of sinners. This is a safe guide to a controversial topic, and will be of help both to theology students and serious Bible readers. I wish it a wide circulation, if only because it will enable a new generation of believers, many of whom dont really know how to handle the first half of the Bible, to read and preach the Old Testament just as its Author intended.

D R . I AIN D. C AMPBELL , A UTHOR , ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT W ESTMINSTER S EMINARY , AND PASTOR OF P OINT F REE C HURCH OF S COTLAND

Much has been written for seminary students and pastors on interpreting all of Scripture with a view to Christ. Unfortunately, very little has been written with the average Christian in mind. In Jesus on Every Page, David Murray sets out to correct this deficiency by sharing his own journey of discovery and providing ten simple ways to see Christ in the Old Testament. No longer is the person in the pew left to wonder how the preacher got to Jesus from that text in Leviticus about dietary restrictions; she will be able to make the connections herself. I hope you will read Jesuson Every Page and embark on your own Emmaus road and discover that the entire Bible, both Old and New Testaments, tells the story of Jesus.

J UAN S ANCHEZ , PREACHING PASTOR , H IGHPOINTE B APTIST C HURCH , A USTIN , T EXAS

Every wise mountaineer, unless he is an expert, welcomes whatever help he can get to further his endeavor to reach the summit. Similarly, the Christian, as he daily studies his Bible, strives in his reading to get to know Christ more perfectly. Though he realizes that the summit of perfection will only be reached in heaven at last, he welcomes the helping hand of those ahead of him. Dr. David Murray has here given us all a welcome lift so that we might see Jesus much more clearly in the Old Testament. It cannot but be a sweet and an enlightening experience to be taught to know Jesus more perfectly.

M AURICE R OBERTS , AUTHOR , PASTOR IN THE F REE C HURCH OF S COTLAND