In this readily accessible, detailed, and thought-provoking exploration of the intimate connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament, author Ian Vaillancourt invites readers to peruse an aerial view, “a big-picture understanding of the Old Testament story and some of its links to Christ.” He notes that his book won’t provide the answers to every question that readers might have about the Old Testament. “It is, however, written to equip us to dive more deeply into these books on our own, experiencing life-transforming, gospel-saturated words of life,” he adds. “This is essential because, according to Jesus, the entire Old Testament testifies about him (see Lk. 24:27, 44).”
Vaillancourt explores themes of the promised land as a place to settle the redeemed; the judges as God’s instruments to deliver the redeemed; Israel’s kings who led and represented the redeemed; the prophets who proclaimed YHWH’s word to the redeemed; Israel’s exile to Babylon, a tragedy for the redeemed; God’s goal to ingraft foreigners into his family, an act of extending the redeemed; and more.
Each chapter concludes with an excellent, illuminating section titled “Looking forward to Christ” and with questions that are suitable for individual study or small group discussion.
Vaillancourt’s ultimate goal for writing Unfolding Redemption is “to drive us into the Book that really matters—God’s Word, the Bible. … Take up and read!”
(IVP Academic)
About the Author
Sonya VanderVeen Feddema is a freelance writer and a member of Covenant CRC in St. Catharines, Ontario.