"What if I don't like the Old Testament?" Author James L. Ferrell admits that he used to ask himself that question. However, there came a time in his life when he discovered what he had been missing, and at that point he "absolutely fell head over heals in love with the book." "But I had to discover something before I fell in love," he writes. "I had to discover that the most powerful messages--about the gospel and about life--lie hidden just below the surface of the stories in the book. When I learned to ask questions that penetrated the surface, the Old Testament opened up to reveal a wonderland of inspiring truth and practical insight."

The Hidden Christ is the author's journey of discovery within the Old Testament, a journey that led him to find Christ in every story, every personality, every occurrence presented in that foundational work of scripture. This innovative and invigorating book explores many of these similitudes in depth, offering a perspective that illuminates Old Testament passages in surprising new ways.

Here is the table of contents:

PART ONE: CHRIST AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
Chapter 1: The Parallel Creation
Chapter 2: The Fall and Redemption of Agency
Chapter 3: God and Man after the Fall

PART TWO: CHRIST AND THE PATRIARCHS
Chapter 4: Exploring the Abrahamic Covenant
Chapter 5: Another Look at Abraham and Isaac
Chapter 6: Christ and the Patriarchal Order

PART THREE: CHRIST AND THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
Chapter 7: Temporal and Spiritual Salvation through Joseph
Chapter 8: The Exodus: Deliverance through the Deliverer
Chapter 9: The Temple As the Way of Escape and Return
Chapter 10: Understanding the Law of Moses
Chapter 11: Discovering Deuteronomy
Chapter 12: Early Years in the Promised Land: The Pattern of Fall and Redemption
Chapter 13: Samuel and the Messianic Kingdom
Chapter 14: David, Saul, Jonathan, and the Allegory of Salvation
Chapter 15: The Houses of the Kings and the House of the Lord
Chapter 16: Elijah and the Four Great Separations
Chapter 17: The Lord's Question to Jonah
Chapter 18: The House of Israel As a Type and Shadow
Chapter 19: The Dispensations of the Lord's People

PART FOUR: CHRIST AND THE WRITINGS
Chapter 20: Job, David, and the Suffering of the Lord
Chapter 21: The Wisdom of the Scriptures
Chapter 22: The Old Testament's Unified Testimony