"According to the Scriptures": Lord Jesus Christ and the Two Testaments

In what way should we understand the New Testament and the Church's proclamation of Lord Jesus Christ as a proclamation that takes place "according to the Scriptures"? This question focuses attention on how the Old Testament continues in Spiritual power to proclaim and commend the Son of God to the faith of his Church on its own terms. That is, the Church must not approach the Old Testament as a text that merely discloses Christ by pointing away from itself, away from its own temporal context...