Why Study the Old Testament?

This week, the blog is sponsored by the CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament: A Study Bible of Biblical Allusions & Quotations. General editors Dr. G.K. Beale and Dr. Benjamin L. Gladd explain the basic concepts and various ways the New Testament authors make use of the Old Testament. Why study the New Testament’s use of the Old Testament? What difference does it make? The NT was not written in a vacuum. The Bible presents a single plan of redemption, and the God of the OT is the God of th