Christ the Sum and Substance of Revelation
By John Hall
FROM the beginning until Christ came, and since Christ came until now, Jesus Christ in his person and in his work has been the sum and substance of divine revelation unto men. It is he that makes the Old Testament and the New to be one. It is he in the cross that binds all the various dispensations together. It is he that unites in one bond of beautiful harmony, patriarchs, prophets and apostles. Ever since the earth heard any message from God, it has been a message about Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. Before the curse was pronounced upon man, and before man was driven from the garden, even then mercy was triumphing over judgment and the statement was made prophetically: "The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head." Did I not say truly that this blessed Christ, this atoning Saviour, this Lamb of God taking away the sins of the world, is the sum and the substance of revelation from God to man?—John Hall.