I was driving through Quebec with some friends when we spotted an antique car in a field. We had to go and check that out. Standing there admiring the car, my friend said, ”That’s a 1936 Ford.” I quickly replied, “Why does it say Chevrolet here on the hood?” How could we tell the make without a name plate? We hadn’t come into the world until almost two decades after this car was manufactured.
The lens that we look through when considering things of the past can be very foggy. Color schemes and designs between manufacturers of that era made it hard to distinguish the difference between makes.
The Old Testament can be like that if we don’t focus our vision through the New Testament. Both are unique and one can not be understood without the other. The amazing thing is that, after 2,000 years, folks are still enamored with the Book.
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Old cars can draw us in and so can the Old Book.
Think about it.
Gary