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the Church as "Lord." Thus, in "Jesus Christ our Lord" we have the satisfaction sought by Israel when they desired a Prophet, a Priest and a King. Jesus, the Pro phet; Christ, the Priest; and the Lord, the King; the Prophet to reveal, the Priest to redeem, and the King to rule. Side by side with this manifest and beautiful unity is the complementary truth of the Progressiveness of the Divine revelation. Starting with the early dawn in Gen esis, there is a gradual development of light and truth until we reach the noonday in Christ. Outstanding Truths Once again we may look at the great outstanding tritths of Scripture, as they are brought before us in the various parts. Thus, if we pay attention to Israel, we naturally find ourselves concerned with historical truth. If we study the sacrifices and offerings of the Old Tes tament, we are concerned with redemptive truth. If we ponder the various utterances and Books of the Prophets. we are face to face with prophetic truth. If we give attention to the life and conduct of the people and notice the various aspects of morality enjoined and ordered, we become occupied with practical truth. So also in con nection with the New Testament the various aspects are equally clear. In all this, whether with the Old Testa ment or the New, we may study with great advantage and profit, what may be called dispensational truth, expressive of the various ways and times in which God has revealed His will to man from the earliest days in Genesis to the closing scenes in the Revelation. 2. The Microscopic Met hod. This means attention to the details of Scripture instead of large sections or long periods. (a) Passages will naturally claim first attention, and as one out of many illustrations of the value of careful study of small sections, attention may be given to Psalm 63 with its fourfold emphasis on "my soul" in verses 1, 5, 8 and 9, expressive of four different aspects or stages of the believer's life. (b) From passages it is possible to descend to verses and very often a verse
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