Combining three volumes into one, Knowing God Through the Old Testament brings together three of Christopher J. H. Wright's best loved books: Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, and Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament.Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament explores images that pervade the biblical narratives, psalms, and prophetic texts of the Old Testament. God is acknowledged as tender yet terrifying, challenging to the nations, and yet intimately personal, offering loving care, provision, discipline, and forgiveness. This is the God whom Jesus knew, and whom we can know, as Father.Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament uncovers Jesus' self-understanding as Son of Man and Son of God from his deep roots in the Hebrew Scriptures. As the Jesus who fulfilled the mission that God had given to Israel is revealed, we discover that the more we understand the Old Testament, the closer we come to the heart of Jesus.Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament traces the Holy Spirit through the pages of the Old Testament. We see the Third Person of the Trinity in the decrees of prophets andpsalmists, in the actions of judges and craftspeople, in the anointing of kings, and the promise of a new creation. The witness of the whole of Scripture directs us to a Holy Spirit empowering the people of God, and sustaining and renewing the face of the earth.This three-volume work will strengthen and deepen readers' personal relationships with the triune God by enabling them to know him through deep immersion and engagement with his Word, especially in the less familiar voices of the Old Testament. This is a voyage of biblical discovery, crossing many horizons and exploring especially the sources of our knowledge of God the Holy Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.



Christopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books including commentaries on Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel; The Mission of God; Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit; Old Testament Ethics for the People of God; and the three volumes of Knowing God Throughthe Old Testament. An ordained priest in the Church of England, Chris spent five years teaching the Old Testament at Union Biblical Seminary in India and thirteen years as academic dean and then principal of All Nations Christian College, an international training center for crosscultural mission in England. He was chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group from 2005 to 2011 and the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment from the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010.



Preface to the Anthology



Book I: Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

1. Jesus and the Old Testament Story

2. Jesus and the Old TestamentPromise

3. Jesus and His Old Testament Identity

4. Jesus and His Old Testament Mission

5. Jesus and His Old Testament Values

6. Jesus and His Old Testament God



Book II: Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament

Preface

Introduction

1. Knowing God as a Father in Action

2. Knowing God Through Experience of His Grace

3. Knowing God Through Exposure of His Judgement

4. Knowing God as the Father of His People

5. Knowing God Through Engaging Him in Prayer

6. Knowing God Through Reflecting His Justice

7. Knowing God Through Returning to His Love

8. Knowing God in Expectation of His Victory

9. Knowing God Through Trusting in His Sovereignty

Epilogue: How Do You Know That You Know God?



Book III: Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

Preface

1. The Creating Spirit

2. The Empowering Spirit

3. The Prophetic Spirit

4. The Anointing Spirit

5. The Coming Spirit

Bibliography

Scripture Index