Warfield:
The Old Testament may be likened to a chamber richly furnished but dimly lighted: the introduction of light brings into it nothing which was not in it before; but it brings out into clearer view much of what is in it but was only dimly or not at all perceived before. The mystery of the Trinity is not revealed in the Old Testament; but the mystery of the Trinity underlies the Old Testament revelation, and here and there almost comes into view. Thus the Old Testament revelation of God is not corrected by the fuller revelation which follows it, but is only perfected, extended and enlarged.
Quoted by Sinclair Ferguson, The Holy Spirit, 29.
“not corrected by the fuller revelation which follows it, but is only perfected, extended and enlarged.” Despite this, classic dispensationalism made its way into the theology of American evangelicalism.
Just thinking….
1. I quoted it first.
2. Paul’s observation on dispensationalism arise from Warfield’s quotation as smoothly as giraffes arise from ice cream cones.