There is but one great theme that pervades the Scriptures from beginning to end. That theme is Jesus Christ the Savior. Everything leads up to Him and all centers around His blessed Person.

In the Old Testament, everything pointed forward to Him, the coming One. We find there some 333 prophecies relating to Christ, and all those referring to His earthly life are fulfilled to the letter in the New Testament. In these Hebrew writings of inspiration He is presented in type and shadow and by various figures. In the New Testament, Christ is revealed and manifested in person and unquestionably is its central theme, as He is also of the Old, though in a more hidden way there.

It is very important, then, that we ever bear this in mind when reading our Bibles-- that the Lord Jesus Christ is its leading theme and foremost subject. We should, therefore, always seek to find something of Himself whenever we read its holy pages.

The Holy Spirit, who inspired every page and every word, ever delights in glorifying Christ and in showing Him to man and has given us something of Him in type, shadow, or substance on practically every page of this divine Book. The Lord Jesus, the Messiah, is the constant object of the Holy Ghost where He speaks of any object or office. If it be a great priest, prophet, or king, if it be a savior, conqueror, or judge, the one whom the Holy Spirit contemplates from beginning to end is Christ. And we who love Him should have quick discernment in the fear of the Lord to see Christ everywhere throughout Scripture.

It has been well said that in the Old Testament we get figures of Christ, and in the Psalms of this section we have the feelings of Christ prophesied. In the gospels we have the facts of Christ and in the epistles we have the fruits of Christ which are to be manifest in His followers.