Evening, June 10
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
John 5:39
"They are they which testify of me."
John 5:39
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant
theme of its sacred pages; from first to last they testify of him. At
the creation we at once discern him as one of the sacred Trinity; we
catch a glimpse of him in the promise of the woman's seed; we see him
typified in the ark of Noah; we walk with Abraham, as he sees Messiah's
day; we dwell in the tents of Isaac and Jacob, feeding upon the
gracious promise; we hear the venerable Israel talking of Shiloh; and
in the numerous types of the law, we find the Redeemer abundantly
foreshadowed. Prophets and kings, priests and preachers, all look one
way--they all stand as the cherubs did over the ark, desiring to look
within, and to read the mystery of God's great propitiation. Still more
manifestly in the New Testament we find our Lord the one pervading
subject. It is not an ingot here and there, or dust of gold thinly
scattered, but here you stand upon a solid floor of gold; for the whole
substance of the New Testament is Jesus crucified, and even its closing
sentence is bejewelled with the Redeemer's name. We should always read
Scripture in this light; we should consider the word to be as a mirror
into which Christ looks down from heaven; and then we, looking into it,
see his face reflected as in a glass--darkly, it is true, but still in
such a way as to be a blessed preparation for seeing him as we shall
see him face to face. This volume contains Jesus Christ's letters to
us, perfumed by his love. These pages are the garments of our King, and
they all smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia. Scripture is the royal
chariot in which Jesus rides, and it is paved with love for the
daughters of Jerusalem. The Scriptures are the swaddling bands of the
holy child Jesus; unroll them and you find your Saviour. The
quintessence of the word of God is Christ.