OT topics primarily

What would we have without having the old testament? We would not have the ten commandments, we would not have the psalms and we would not have have the prophets. How many of us are aware, how important to Christianity in general and specifically with regard to knowing what the bible says about the end times!

Would love to have Paul's notes here:

Acts 28:23
23. And they appointed him a day; and many assembled, and came to him at his lodgings. And he explained to them respecting the kingdom of God, testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

One thing I go to the OT for that doesn’t get a whole lot of press in the New Testament is waiting on God. *Disclaimer, some translations say “hope” instead of wait.

Ps 25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for you.

Ps 27:14 Wait on the Lord, be strong and let your heart be courageous, wait on the Lord.

Ps 37:7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him

Ps 37:34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way.

Is 40:31 Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary they will walk and not faint.

This idea of waiting on God. Not taking things into my own hands. I [through my studies] find that it does carry over into the NT, but under a different pretext.

John 15:1-5… I AM the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me will be fruitful.

A branch can only wait and abide to bear fruit. So when the NT speaks of abiding in Christ, that harkens back to the OT idea of waiting.

So what is waiting?

It’s not a passive, sit around and do nothing. I liken it to a waiter/waitress bussing tables. A guest sets at your table, and you begin to serve them. But you only serve them what they order from you. And you do not serve what they do not order. So you wait for them to make an order, and once it’s made you fulfill it, exactly as requested. And notice, the waiter/waitress doesn’t just stand around, they are constantly moving, checking, staying in communication with their guest to see if there’s any new thing to be ordered/fulfilled.

Like many people, I ofter appreciate things being spelt out in a bit more detail to aid my understanding, it's sometimes really helpful to check some things out by looking at parallel passages in the Old testament.