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"They are they which testify of Me."
--John 5:39
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the
constant theme of its sacred pages; from first to last they
testify of Him. At the creation we at once discern Him as one
of the sacred Trinity; we catch a glimpse of Him in the promise
of the woman's seed; we see Him typified in the ark of Noah; we
walk with Abraham, as He sees Messiah's day; we dwell in the
tents of Isaac and Jacob, feeding upon the gracious promise; we
hear the venerable Israel talking of Shiloh; and in the numerous
types of the law, we find the Redeemer abundantly foreshadowed.
Prophets and kings, priests and preachers, all look one
way--they all stand as the cherubs did over the ark, desiring to
look within, and to read the mystery of God's great
propitiation. Still more manifestly in the New Testament we find
our Lord the one pervading subject. It is not an ingot here and
there, or dust of gold thinly scattered, but here you stand upon
a solid floor of gold; for the whole substance of the New
Testament is Jesus crucified, and even its closing sentence is
bejewelled with the Redeemer's name. We should always read
Scripture in this light; we should consider the word to be as a
mirror into which Christ looks down from heaven; and then we,
looking into it, see His face reflected as in a glass--darkly,
it is true, but still in such a way as to be a blessed
preparation for seeing Him as we shall see Him face to face.
This volume contains Jesus Christ's letters to us, perfumed by
His love. These pages are the garments of our King, and they all
smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia. Scripture is the royal
chariot in which Jesus rides, and it is paved with love for the
daughters of Jerusalem. The Scriptures are the swaddling bands
of the holy child Jesus; unroll them and you find your Saviour.
The quintessence of the word of God is Christ.