June 9: The Spirit's Purpose in the Old Testament

“25And he said to them, ‘O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken…27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” –Luke 24.24,27
Do you wonder what the purpose of the Old Testament is? Do you wonder what it’s pointing to, and what we’re supposed to see in it? We know that the Holy Spirit authored the Old Testament (see June 3 and Acts 28.25), so what does it all come down to that the Spirit wants us to know in it? The answer to those questions is summed up in this one passage: the Spirit is pointing us to Jesus – always.
Every story, every person, every prophecy, every law, every sacrifice, every king, every judgment, every miracle points us to one thing: Jesus. John 15.26 reminds us that the purpose of the Spirit is always to bear witness to Jesus. If ever we read the words of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament and are not in some way pointed toward Christ our savior, then we have misunderstood the focus of that passage.
1. In what ways do you not believe that the Old Testament is really all about Jesus? Why do you have those thoughts, and what do you then believe the Old Testament is all about?
2. How does this change or challenge the way in which you read the Old Testament?