The prophets were men and women who were called by God to experience deeply God’s saving presence in the historical situation of their times and who were given a mission to make known the message of God’s saving power.
Jesus fulfills the priesthood of the Old Testament and of Melchizedek by offering Himself on the Cross for the sins of all.
God sent the Great Flood to cleanse the earth of wickedness and sin.
God chose a people, the people of Israel descended from Abraham, to reveal Himself to and task with sharing His love and plan of salvation with the entire world.
God called Abraham to enter into a covenant with Him and to be the father of His Chosen People.
The sacrifice of Isaac foreshadows Christ’s sacrifice.
The stories of Jacob wrestling with an angel and God’s remembering Rachel illustrate the battle of prayer we all experience.
Scripture is our source of wisdom for salvation and can be used to teach, to refute, to correct, and to train in holiness.
God speaks to His people through the Sacred Scriptures proclaimed at Mass.
God’s Word is alive, able to cause change in those who hear it, and speaks directly to the “reflections and thoughts of our hearts”.
To read the Bible effectively, we must first know how to read it.
All of Scripture is inspired by God. Just as the Spirit of God was present at the beginning of Creation and within Adam, so too is it present in the Scriptures.
To better understand Scripture, we must consider its literal and spiritual senses.
The Old and New Testaments form an organic unity, naturally fitting together and helping us understand the other.
Every covenant includes a mediator, a promise, a sign, and a progression.
