You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life.-Jesus Christ (John 5:39-40)
So classes here at BCOM have started, and I couldn't love it more! Seriously, I've never been this excited about school before. It's so weird. BCOM has a modular set up in that we take only one main class for 2-3 weeks, then move to a new class. Right now, we have Old Testament 1 with Tom Shetler, and it has been absolutely amazing!
I never realized just how much the Old Testament points to Jesus. Tom (everybody's on a first name basis here... I love it!) does such a great job of showing us how everything that happens in the Old Testament has a purpose: to point to the Lamb of God, Jesus.
In just the first 30 chapters or so of Genesis, there are so many prophecies about Jesus. For instance, in Genesis 3, God is cursing Satan, saying that Jesus "shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." He doesn't explicitly state the name Jesus, as that name isn't mentioned until the Gospels, but it is obvious that God is prophesying about Jesus. Satan "bruised the heel" of Christ by manipulating the events that led to the crucifixion, but Jesus will be the one that crushes Satan in the end (see Revelation).
Also, did you know that the hill that Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac on is the same hill that Jesus would sacrifice His life on thousands of years later? I never realized that! It blows my mind!
So for once in my life, I'm loving learning. It's great to study the Great Love Story that is the Bible.
That's all for now!
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Incredible that we can be Christians for years and STILL be learning so many new things....it's constant growing! AHHHMAZING!