The Same Savior

J. C. Ryle:

Let us beware of despising the Old Testament, for whatever reason. . . . The religion of the Old Testament is the germ of Christianity. The Old Testament is the Gospel in the bud; the New Testament is the Gospel in full flower. The Old Testament is the Gospel in the blade; the New Testament is the Gospel in full ear. The saints in the Old Testament saw many things through a glass darkly; but they all looked by faith to the same Savior.

--Matthew (Classic Crossway Commentary Series; ed. Alister McGrath and J. I. Packer; Crossway, 1993), 29