All signs point to Jesus: A journey through the book of Matthew, week 1
Matthew Week 1, part 1 -Introduction If you are new to reading the Bible and don’t know where to start, a good place would be in the gospel (one of the first four books of the New Testament) or something short and fairly easy to read like the book James. There is absolutely nothing wrong with starting in Genesis because I believe a knowledge of Old Testament is necessary to fully understand the New Testament. I was recently asked by someone who was new to reading the Bible, ‘where in the Bible does it start talking about Jesus?’ I love this question because although one can say it starts in the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) , Jesus is actually mentioned in the Old Testament. There are about 100 prophecies about Jesus in the Old Testament that have already been fulfilled. Speaking of prophecies did you know that more prophecies of the Bible have already been fulfilled than those that are YET to be fulfilled? Just the one of ...