The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Matthew 1:1-2
Every page of Scripture points us, in one way or another, to Christ. Even Matthew’s opening genealogy reminds us of this, presenting “the book of the generation of Jesus Christ.” The list of names that follows traces the lineage of Christ and the fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel and to the world.
After Jesus’ resurrection, He walked with two disciples on the road to Emmaus and “beginning at Moses and all the prophets…expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). The Bible is not merely a book about history, morality, prophecy, or doctrine. It is the revelation of Christ. Jesus is the central theme of all of Scripture, and the Word of God in human form. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). It is truly His story. If we want to know Jesus more deeply, we must know His Word more faithfully. Someone wrote:
I find my Lord in the Bible wherever I chance to look,
He is the theme of the Bible the center and heart of the Book;
He is the Rose of Sharon, He is the Lily fair,
Wherever I open my Bible the Lord of the Book is there.
He, at the Book’s beginning, gave to the earth its form,
He is the Ark of shelter bearing the brunt of the storm,
The Burning Bush of the desert, the budding of Aaron’s Rod,
Wherever I look in the Bible I see the Son of God.
Lord of eternal glory whom John the Apostle saw;
Light of the golden city, Lamb without spot or flaw,
Bridegroom coming at midnight, for whom the virgins look.
Wherever I open my Bible, I find my Lord in the Book.
