Names like Adonai, Elohim, El-Shaddai and Jehovah, to name a few in this book.. are quite foreign to most of us today, or not understood. God having revealed himself to ancient Israel/our forefathers at certain times and giving them certain revelation of who He is and what He is like came as these names.(these names all mean something of what they understood about God in the revelation of Himself that He gave to them) This writer takes all these names and looks, in order, at when and how God revealed himself to his people, and at times certain people like Abraham, Gideon etc. and shows us in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament what it is that we also need to remember and understand about God.
What I liked about this book is that it wasn't too cluttered with the kind of theological information overload that it could have had. In order, it simply took the revelation from the Old Testament, in the context of when and how, and directed it to the same revelation that was further revealed in the New Testament (Jesus). It was a super enjoyable eye opener for me. I think it would even help me to read it again.
It's quite an old book, a D.L. Moody Classics Collection, so the English is large and at times the information can be quite hard to just read. But i suppose its that kind of book. It's not a story that is an easy flowing read, but more an assembly of scriptural information put together with explanation. It's great, but at times I really had to try read something again to make sure I followed. But no problem.
Anyone who wants some help on how to grasp the Old Testament relevance for us as believers today. This book is not the full stop that will sort you out in this forever but a great help in showing us the sovereign working of God in all things, for a purpose, from beginning till end.
Any Believer wanting to be reminded again of the Magnitude of the Cross and the events leading up to Christ's Death.
Yes, without reservation!
Don't use it as a book used for a quick read, it isn't a long book but it does take a thorough reading in order to not miss everything it is pointing to, and that really helps. But the writer is very gracious and the book will be appreciated if read with a study eye.