Shadows in Scripture

For 400 years the prophets had been silent. Since Malachi there had been no word from God, through an appointed prophet, recorded in scripture. God had promised that there would be a faithful remnant,...

We acknowledge that there are shadows of Jesus throughout the Old Testament. He is seen through kings, a shepherd, prophets, priests, a warrior, a leader, a provider, a protector, a sacrifice, and a...

Malachi shares with us the essence of conversations between God and the people he had brought out of captivity; the people who had rejoiced at the rebuilding of the temple; the people who, in a short...

Joseph, the husband of Mary, was a carpenter, a builder of things (Matthew 13:55-56). He shaped, fashioned and finished wood – and other materials – so they fitted together. Mary’s first-born...

From the peace and beauty of the Garden of Eden, through the Tabernacle in the wilderness, to the various iterations of the Temple, God has always sought and created a place where he dwells with his...

It is as though Habakkuk and Christ were, at separate times, reading from the same script. Habakkuk cries out to God, at the beginning of his book, ‘How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do...