I am excited to share my thoughts and notes from a new spiritual book "From Shadow to Reality," by John Oakes,PH.D. This is the perfect time too as we get closer to the celebration of Jesus' birth,Christmas! The celebration of Jesus is more than Christmas is the reminder of the fulfillment of the Old Testament, the law, our salvation. He is the truth of all the hidden secrets from the Old Testament;this truth helps us to trust in God's word and have a relationship with Him!

I will share different examples as I read along,which connects and answers mysteries from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Trust me is fascinating and so surreal!
Like John Oakes said himself about his book:

"The theme of this book is that Old Testament is a mystery. Its teachings, events, people, statements, ceremonies and celebrations, from the smallest detail to the broadest themes, are foreshadows, symbols, prophecies of the greater reality which is revealed in the New Testament and its chief character, Jesus Christ. Is this all coincidence and luck?"

Here is an example to compare between the bronze snake up on a pole and Jesus Christ crucifixion:

 ^"Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people wanted to give up because of the long way.  They spoke against God and Moses, saying, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is no food and no water. And we hate this bad food.”  Then the Lord sent snakes with a bite of poison among the people. They bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.  So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you. Pray to the Lord, that He will take away the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.  The Lord said to Moses, “Make a special snake and put it up on a long piece of wood. Everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it.”  So Moses made a brass snake and put it up on the long piece of wood. If a snake bit any man, he would live when he looked at the brass snake." Numbers 21:4-9.

^"As Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up." John 3:14. 

Coincidence or luck, I don't think so....it's all part of the plan....it's like the Old Testament is performing a play of mysteries for us to be revealed in the New Testament!  More to come....