The whole Bible reveals the Lord Jesus Christ and the message of salvation in the gospel of his grace. We trace the unfolding of this revelation of God in Christ throughout the stages of the history of redemption found in the Old and New Testaments.
In the work of creation, God lays the foundation for the revelation of himself and prepares us for the greater glory of the new creation in Christ.
By their Fall, mankind lost communion with God and came under his wrath and curse.
God condescends to call Abraham out of idolatry and into the way of faith and obedience in order to dispense gospel blessings to all nations.
God’s promise unfolds through many twists and turns, revealing bright revelations of God’s glory and his plan of redemption.
God provides revelations of his glory in Christ in unexpected places—outside the lineage of Abraham.
God reveals his plan of redemption by delivering his people from bondage and displaying his glory to them—and through them.
God gives his law to his chosen and redeemed people to reveal his own character, to bring them under his rule and to inform them how to live in holiness according to his will.
The Lord reveals himself as the God who saves his people in order that he might dwell in their midst—in this world and the world to come.
God’s people forfeited by their sin all rights to approach God’s Holy dwelling place, except through the blood of Christ’s sacrifice.
God dwells among his people, but he can only be approached through an appointed high priest who offers an acceptable sacrifice for sin.
God redeems his people in order to bring them to the promised land of his heavenly inheritance, where he will dwell with them for all of eternity.
David’s future Son will be greater than David, as the King of kings, and his kingdom will be an eternal kingdom.
God provides his church with a permanent book of inspired songs in which we sing to Christ, of Christ and with Christ.
All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid in Christ, who is the Wisdom of God.
God establishes a permanent dwelling place among his people in the Promised Land, thereby pointing forward to the coming of Christ and his presence with his people in time and eternity.
After the kingdom divides, both Israel and Judah turn away from God’s covenant to idolatry, and God sets before them the path to blessings and curses.
God raised up prophets to pronounce judgment and proclaim salvation to his disobedient people.
God’s people learn that rebelling against him and breaking his covenant results in the mercy of chastening to train them in his ways and to turn them back to himself.