Christ in the Old Testament

Our Bible verse for the week is from 2 Timothy:
From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

In chapel today, Pastor asked the kids what those "Holy Scriptures" were. It wasn't the New Testament -- that was just beginning to be written. And back in Timothy's infancy/childhood, none of the New Testament had been written. The "Scriptures" which Eunice and Lois taught Timothy were the Old Testament.

Okay, I'd been taught that before.

But I never made the connection to Pastor's next point. It was the Old Testament Scriptures which taught Timothy about the God who made gracious promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. It was the Old Testament Scriptures that taught Timothy about the Messiah's suffering and death. It was the Old Testament Scriptures that taught Timothy about salvation in Jesus.

How 'bout that?