But most are left wondering: Does Jesus and his story connect to the Old Testament? “Like a puzzle,” authors Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum write, “the pieces of the Bible…do fit together.” And they hope “you will get a clear understanding of the Bible’s unity and central message” (28, 29)—which includes the ways Jesus is found in the Old Testament. Here are seven ways. 1) Jesus is the Last Adam From the beginning, the full story of Scripture reveals the full glory of Christ—even with Adam. Hunter and Wellum remind us that Adam was “not just the first man in God’s story. As the Bible’s story progresses, these titles identify other people who carry on these original tasks—which all anticipated a greater office holder: Jesus Christ. Hunter and Wellum explain: [T]hese roles express the deeper role God originally intended for humans. “‘The Law and the Prophets’ is shorthand for the Old Testament,” Hunter and Wellum explain, “which Paul says prophesy or testify of the salvation that later comes in Christ” (100). (100) “The Law and the prophets” are written in such a way as “to perfectly portray the greatness of our problem and the greatness of God’s grace in Christ” (100). Throughout their book, Hunter and Wellum carefully explain how God’s promises in Genesis 3:15 find their fulfillment in Messiah Jesus and how the Old Testament’s characters, events, and story all point to Jesus. 3) Noah: a Foretaste of judgment and salvation through Christ If Jesus is the last Adam, Noah was meant as a new Adam. In his story, two themes emerge, judgment and salvation—which offer a foretaste of Jesus in the Old Testament. Hunter and Wellum explain in their book how Jesus compares his return and the future judgment to Noah's flood in the Old Testament. Hunter and Wellum explain: As Noah passed through the waters of God’s judgment, now men and women will pass safely through the greater downpouring of God’s wrath. Hunter and Wellum make an important point about the fulfillment of this promise through the story of Abraham’s son, Isaac : Yes, it is through Isaac, the promised seed, that God’s salvation will come to the world. Hunter and Wellum explain: God did provide a substitute for Isaac, hinting that God himself must ultimately provide the proper substitute to pardon human sin … Isaac needed a substitute to die in his place, and God provided. Here is another.” (123–124) They go on: “ As the Bible’s story unfolds, we learn that it is only through the true ‘seed’ of Abraham, Christ Jesus, that believers from all nations become children of Abraham (Galatians 3:9)” (125). 5) Jesus is greater than the Law-covenant “Christ and his covenant are so much better!” Hunter and Wellum declare. “And just as the tabernacle symbolized God’s greater presence in heaven, so its priesthood and sacrifices symbolized the greater salvation to come” (149). Jesus was this greater salvation and tabernacle when he “tabernacled among us in his life” and when he “tabernacled among us as he hung on the cross” (149) 6) Jesus is a greater future King David In King David, all of God’s promises from Noah to Abraham to Moses converge. And yet, as with all parts of the Old Testament, the Davidic narratives look ahead to a greater future king. Psalm 72 explains how Jesus is found in this part of the Old Testament, which “helps us look ahead to a ‘greater’ David, a future king ” (163–164). Hunter and Wellum identify four dimensions to this future king , Jesus Christ, unveiled in Psalm 72: Royalty with Righteousness, Psalm 72:1–4. “The Lord’s salvation is made possible through a sinless sufferer” (183), a concept Hunter and Wellum explain is tied to the traditional concept of substitute —“one cast in terms of the previous patterns, but who now, in himself, solves the problem of sin fully and forever” (183). Hunter and Wellum explain that the Messiah-Servant, Jesus Christ will do two things in his substitutionary death: “First, he will take what is ours—our iniquities.