Christ Spoke Through the Prophets of Old

There is an intimate relationship between the Old and the New Testament; in fact, the one is the complement of the other. To understand the one, we need to study the other. Both are important aspects of the divine revelation to men. The more we compare the two Testaments, the better we shall be able to understand God’s plan for the human race, and the more fully shall we comprehend the marvelous plan of redemption. If the light of the Old shines upon the New, and the beauty and glory of the New streams through the pages of the Old, the Bible will be to us a wonderful treasure, a book of light and understanding, a book that will be to us in ever-increasing measure the word of the living Gad.BSPC 33.12

The Spirit of prophecy has well remarked:BSPC 34.1

“The Old Testament sheds light upon the New, and the New upon the Old. Each is a revelation of the glory of God in Christ. Christ as manifested to the patriarchs, as symbolized in the sacrificial service, as portrayed in the law, and as revealed by the prophets, is the riches of the Old Testament. Christ in His life, His death, and His resurrection; Christ as He is manifested by the Holy Spirit, is the treasure of the New. Both Old and New present truths that will continually reveal new depths of meaning to the earnest seeker.”—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 462, 463.BSPC 34.2