The consistent message of the God of Abraham in the Bible is deliverance. God promised the the Israelites in Egypt that He will deliver them from bondage in Egypt. He will bring them to the Promised Land. Likewise, God promised the Christians deliverance from the bondage of sin. He will bring us to the Heaven of Eternal Rest.
The means of deliverance is also consistently the same - Redemption. God redeemed the people of Israel during the Passover night by the blood of the Passover lamb. God redeemed Isaac also by a ram caught in a thicket by his horns (Genesis 22:13). God redeemed us by our Lord Jesus, who is our Passover Lamb (John 1:29).
It is for this reason the Old Testament and the New Testament can co-exist in one volume, called the Bible - the consistency of the same message.
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