Nancy Guthrie follows the story of
Moses through Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy showing how
the life of Moses foreshadows the life of Christ. It's a fascinating
study. For me, this book provided a way of looking at the Old
Testament and it's connection to the New Testament in a comprehensive
way I hadn't thought about before. I was, obviously, aware of both
the story of Moses and that of Christ, but I hadn't realized how many
incidents in Moses life paralleled events in the life of Christ. It
makes Jesus statement “For if you believed Moses, you would believe
me; for he wrote of me.” (John 5:46) come alive.
The book offers a personal study guide
for a ten week review of the Pentateuch. Each chapter is divided into
a personal study guide listing passages from the Bible relevant to
the topic of the chapter, a teaching chapter in which the author lays
out her thesis, and a discussion guide. Although the discussion guide
would be most useful in a group situation, I found it also provided
ideas for personal meditation.
The book is very readable,
interspersing personal observation with passages from the Bible. The
observations from the author make this much more than a simple
presentation of relevant passages and explanation. I felt the
personality of the author behind the words and that made it much more
enjoyable reading.
I highly recommend this book for either
personal study, or a Bible study group. It would be excellent for
either or both.
I reviewed this book for Crossway.
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