True and Better

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

(Luke 24:27 ESV)

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

(John 5:39 ESV)

This video clip was shown at SBS last night and it is so good I thought I'd pop it up here so that you can see it again (or for the first time if you missed it with exams!)

Its so helpful when we are reading the Bible to remember that it is primarily about Jesus, not us. That way, when we read about Job, rather than it simply be a model of how to suffer rightly, it becomes that and more, it points us to Jesus, the one who suffered rightly and ultimately saved us, his stupid friends. When we read about David killing Goliath, rather than it being an exhortation to 'do a David and slay the Goliaths in your life' we find great comfort- Jesus was the true and better David, who on behalf of his people, representing them, without them even lifting a finger,he defeated the curse, sin and the devil.

How exciting is it when we read our Bibles- we're not looking for 10 handy hints for living well today, we're looking for Jesus!