Louise A. Fugate. A Shadow of Good Things to Come. Bloomington IN: West Bow, 2014. Print.

The title of the book comes from Hebrews 10:1 which tells us that the Hebrew Law is “the shadow of good things to come.” The good things in particular are the blessings and promises of the Messiah and Messianic Age.

The book A Shadow of Good Things to Come is an overview of the narratives of the Bible from Creation until King David. It emphasizes the Covenant and Messianic promises woven through these stories. For someone familiar with the Bible, this is kind of a review with a focus.

Much of the time this is like a Bible story book for adults. Probably the strongest chapters are the ones on the Tabernacle and on the Priesthood. This does supplement the New Testament Book of Hebrews and brings the prophetic aspect of the structure and service in the Tabernacle.

This is far from the first book to do this sort of thing. Books by C. W. Slemming and Alfred Edersheim have attempted something similar, but this is certainly uplifting, encouraging, and refreshing for the reader to review.

Although the copyright page says that West Bow is a division of Thomas Nelson, a venerable publishing house, this reader is under the impression that this may be their self-publishing imprint. There were a number of notable spelling errors. The verb bear was consistently spelled bare, which could be confusing. Fortunately, it was spelled correctly whenever it appeared in a Bible quotation.

To get some insight into the prophetic significance of some of the stories in the Hebrew Scriptures, this book could be quite helpful and eye-opening.

Disclosure of Material: We received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through the BookCrash book review program, which requires an honest, though not necessarily positive, review.