Beholding Christ in All 66 Books of the Bible

Beholding Christ Through a Mirror Dimly “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face” (1 Corinthians 13:12). When I think about what I see in a mirror, I don’t particularly think of seeing “dimly.” I both love and hate my lighted make-up mirror on the counter in my bathroom for the clarity with which I see my reflection in it. But in the Greco-Roman world in which Paul wrote these words, mirrors were made of polished hammered metal like brass or copper, not clear glass like our modern mirrors. So while people did see their reflection when they looked into a mirror in Paul’s day, it was a dull or blurry reflection. It was true, but not anywhere near as clear as seeing a real person face to face. In this same way, for now, we don’t see Christ as clearly, as immediately as we one day will when we see him face to face. But while we don’t see him fully or exhaustively, we do see him genuinely. Where or how do we see him? As we open our Bibles. We behold him in shadows in the Old Testament and in substance in the New Testament. From the very first pages of the Pentateuch, where we read in Genesis 1 that God spoke, saying “Let there be light,” we behold Christ, recognizing him...