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We’re going to go on a journey through the
scriptures, Genesis through Revelation, to see the preeminence of Jesus, both in
His pre- and post-incarnate state and while incarnate. We’re pretty familiar
with Jesus while on earth, His humanity and His relating with mankind. We’re
not generally as familiar with Him in eternity before and after His time on
earth. We will see ‘actual footage’ of Him as well as how He is shown in
prophecy and pictures.
Some do not think of the Jesus as a person
of the godhead. Therefore, when a verse emphasizes an attribute of God, I have
put that attribute in bold or listed it after the verse in parentheses and
bold. At the end of this time, I believe you will be convinced of the fact.
These next scriptures are foundational to
this study. Jn. 1.18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten
God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. John 3:8 The wind
blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell where it
comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Jn. 6:46 "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who
is from God; He has seen the Father. Rom. 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood
through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. Col. 1.15 He is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of all creation.
1 Tim. 1.17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Tim. 6:15 which He will bring about at the proper
time--He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, 16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable
light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal
dominion! Amen. Heb. 11:27 By faith he left
What I have drawn out here are merely some
highlights. To do a thorough work would require tremendous time and effort.
Truly, the whole of the Bible speaks of Him. I hope that through looking at
this study, the reader will see Him on every page, be encouraged to delve
deeper in their studies, and seek out other reurces on the matter.
Jesus is the theme of the whole Bible. You
can’t fully grasp the New Testament without seeing Jesus throughout the entire
Old Testament. The fulfillment of the Promise of Jesus is anticipated from the
beginning. At least five times Jesus is claimed to be the theme of the Old
Testament [Mt. 5.17, Lk. 24.17, 44, Jn. 5.39, and Heb. 10.7]. Jesus used
phrases like: have you never read the scriptures?, it is written (92 times),
that it might be fulfilled (33 times).
It is my hope that the reader will be
inspired to deeper praise and worship of our Lord and to follow His example as
our Elder Brother more closely. As I often say – we don’t need more
information, we need transformation in our lives. That is what I pray will be
the end result of this study, for both myself and the reader.
In the Old Testament, Christ is concealed,
anticipated, contained, promised, pictured and predicted. In the New, He is
revealed, acknowledged, explained, proclaimed, present and fulfilled. The Law
is the foundation for Christ, the History is the preparation for Him, the
Poetry is the Aspiration for Jesus, and the Prophets are the expectation of
Him.
S. M. Lockridge, “Jesus is the centerpiece
of civilization and the meaning of the universe…He’s indescribable, incomprehensible,
and irresistible.
Let’s begin…
All of creation and Gen. 1:26 And God
said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps
upon the earth. 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them. [Rom 5:14, 1 Cor. 15 Jesus
Incarnate is the Last Man or Second Adam. All that is made is made by and for
Him. Jn. 1.1-3, Col. 1.16-17, Rev. 4.11 What does creation show about Jesus?
He’s creative – just look at the varying colors of green in creation or the
variation in humankind! He’s loving – look what He made for us! He’s light. He
is very orderly. He is life. And I am sure you can think of much more.]
Gen. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made. [Mt. 12:8 Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath and it points to
Him in that He offers us rest. Mt. 14.28-30, Heb. 4] 7 Then the LORD God formed
man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living being. 18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good
for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." 19
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird
of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and
whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave
names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the
field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. 21 So the
LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took
one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The LORD God fashioned
into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the
man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my
flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Gen. 3:8 And they heard the voice of the
LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his
wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the
garden. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,
Where are you? 10 And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I
was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. [An interesting side
note, Jesus never asks a question in His pre or post incarnate state that He
doesn’t know the answer to. He wants to make the person responding to be aware
of something.] 14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because you have
done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life:
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and
her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. [Lk. 2:17,
Jn. 13:21-27, Gal. 4:4 Jesus is the Seed of Woman. This is the first prophecy
about Jesus’ first coming.] 21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God
make coats of skins, and clothed them. [This is the first reference to the
shedding of blood and it was done by God on man’s behalf to cover the affects
of sin and the fall, which points to Jesus’ sacrifice for us. All the
references to blood that follow, point to Jesus and His sacrifice as well.]
Gen. 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto
Abel and to his offering: [Heb. 11:4 Abel was a shepherd and righteous, Mat
23:34-39, – a type of Jesus, and his
offering, while acceptable, was not as good as Jesus’, Heb. 12.24.]
Enoch, Gen. 5.19-24 was a type of Jesus in
that he pleased God and was a prophet (he is quoted by Jude). [Heb. 11.5-6,
Jude 14-15]
Gen. 6-9 Noah was a picture
of Jesus – both were carpenters, both were righteous, both found favor, both
spent their lives preparing a way to protect. The ark is a picture of Jesus as
well.
Gen. 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof,
which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat.
Gen. 12:3 And I will bless them that bless
you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth
be blessed. [Mt. 1:1-2, Acts 3:25-26, Gal. 3:13-16. How are all the families of
the earth blessed in Abraham? Through his seed, Jesus!HHHhhhhh H]
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto your seed will
I give this land: and there he built an altar unto the LORD, who appeared
unto him.
Gen. 14:18 And Melchizedek king of
Gen. 15:5 And He took him outside and
said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able
to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. 7
And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of
Gen. 16:7. And the angel of the LORD
found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way
to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where came you? and where
will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the
angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to your mistress, and submit
yourself under her hands. 10. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I
will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for
multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, you are
with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the
LORD has heard your affliction. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that
spoke unto her, You God see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him
that sees me? 14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is
between Kadesh and Bered. [Jesus who sees, provides and guides Hagar. Here the
“angel of the LORD’ is called LORD. Jn. 20.28]
Gen. 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years
old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am
the Almighty God; walk before me, and be perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant
between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his
face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant
is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 "No longer
shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; For I have
made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 "I will make you
exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth
from you. 7 "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your
descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 "I will give to you
and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the
Gen. 18:1. And the LORD appeared
unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the
day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and
when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in
your sight, pass not away, I pray, from your servant: 4 Let a little water, I
pray, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest under the tree: 5 And I will
fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort your hearts; after that you shall pass on:
for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have
said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
hearth. 9. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he
said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto you
according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And
Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 13 And the
LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety
bear a child, which am old? 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time
appointed I will return unto you, according to the time of life, and Sarah
shall have a son. 16. And the men rose up from there, and looked toward
Gen. 20:7 "Now therefore, restore the
man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live.
But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who
are yours." [Here, God calls Abraham a prophet, one of the many ways He
foreshadows Christ.]
Gen. 22:2 And he said, Take now your son,
your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get into the land of Moriah; and offer
him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you
of. 7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide
himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 11.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not your
hand upon the lad, neither do any thing unto him: for now I know that you fear
God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me. 14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this
day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. 15. And the angel of the
LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said,
By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 indeed I will greatly
bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens
and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate
of their enemies. 18 "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be
blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." [Jesus makes covenant with
Abraham due to his faith and obedience.] . [Jn. 3:16, Heb. 11:17-19 Abraham, a
picture of the Father, was willing to offer up his only son Isaac, a picture of
Jesus. Both sacrifices happened on
In Gen. 24 we see Abraham sending his
trusted servant Eliezer (a type of Holy Spirit) to find Isaac a wife. In the
same way, the Father sends Holy Spirit to woo us to Jesus to be His Bride
forever.]
Gen 25:5 Now Abraham gave all that he had
to Isaac; [Likewise, the Father gave all to Jesus. Eph. 1:22; Heb. 1:2] [Not
only did Isaac typify Jesus in his birth and in Abraham’s willingness to
sacrifice him, but both were the apple of their father’s eye, both were their
father’s only sons, both were shepherds, both were involved with covenant.
Gen. 26:4 And I will make your seed to
multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto your seed all these
countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; [Mt.
1:1-2, Acts 3:25-26, Gal. 3:13-16]
Gen. 28:10 Then Jacob departed from
Gen. 32:24. And Jacob was left alone; and
there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when
he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh;
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go,
except you bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is your name? And he
said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Your name hall be called no more Jacob, but
Gen. 35:9 And God appeared unto
Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 10
And God said unto him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be
called any more Jacob, but
If you read Gen. 38, it reads much like a
modern-day soap opera and one would be tempted to say, “Why is this in here?”
But if you read Mt. 1.3 you will find that God can take the messes we make of
our life and turn them into something amazing – like the lineage of Jesus!
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba are all in the lineage of Jesus, yet God
wasn’t embarrassed to have them there. He could have not mentioned them, like
He did with others, but He left them there, likely to show us His grace and
mercy and give us hope. Mt. 1.3-6
Gen. 30.22-47:7 tells the story of Joseph
who was a type of Jesus.
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By occupation, Joseph was also a shepherd
"feeding the flock" like Jesus – Jn. 10.
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He was envied by his brethren - Mt.
27:17-18, Mk. 12:6-7; Jn. 12:18-19.
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Both were the favorite son of a wealthy
father: Gen. 37:3, Mt. 3:17
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Both were rejected and hated by their
brothers;
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Both were sold for the price of a slave:
Gen. 37:28, Mt. 26:15
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Joseph fed with bread all the people in the
7 years of shortage, Jesus is the "bread of life" Jn.6:48-58;
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Both wanted all the family brought – Gen.
43.3, Lk. 15.21-32, Jn. 10.16
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Joseph was the Savior of his people and of
the gentiles, Jesus, the Savior of all mankind
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Both loved those who hated them, pardoning
them, and even raising them to honors: Gen.50:20, Mt. 5:44
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Both were stripped and humiliated – Gen.
37.3, Mt. 27.28
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Both were sold for silver: Gen. 37. 28,
Mt. 26.14-16
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Both were taken into
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Both began their ministry at the age of
thirty: Gen. 41:46, Lk. 3:23
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Both were filled with the Spirit of God:
Gen. 41:38, Lk. 4:1
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Both were humble and unspoiled by wealth:
Gen. 45:7-8, Jn. 13:12
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Both loved people freely: Gen. 45:15, Jn.
13:34
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Both gave bread to hungry people that came
to them: Gen. 41:57, Mt. 14.21, 15.38
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Both resisted the most difficult
temptations: Gen. 39:8-9, Heb. 4:15.
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Both were given vision into the future:
Gen. 37:6, Mt. 24:3.
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Both were hated for their teachings: Gen.
37:8, Jn. 7:7
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Both were falsely accused: Gen. 39:14, Mk.
14:56
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Both were silent before their accuser:
Gen. 39:20, Mk. 15:4
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Both were not recognized by their own
brethren: Gen. 42.8, Lk. 24:37.
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Both became a servant: Gen. 39:4, Phil.
2:7
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Both became a lord / Lord: Gen. 45:8, Rev.
19:16.
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Both were associated with two prisoners:
Gen. 40.2-3, Lk. 23.32
Gen 42:25 Then Joseph gave orders to fill
their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give
them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them. 11 Their father
Gen 49:8 "
Iranaeus, early church father wrote, “He
is all in all; Patriarch among the patriarchs; Law in the laws; Chief Priest
among priests; Ruler among kings; The Prophet among the prophets; The Angel
among angels; The Man among men; Son in the Father; God in God; King to all
eternity.
In
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, Moses is a picture of Jesus. At
Moses birth, the Pharaoh wanted all Hebrew boys killed. Ex. 1:15-16 At Christ’s birth, Herod wanted
all Hebrew children killed. Mt. 2:16
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Moses, a Hebrew, was actually a prince and
heir to
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Moses lay down his position on the throne
of
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Moses was rejected when he came to his
brethren, saying who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Ex. 2:11-14; Acts 7:23-27 Jesus was rejected
as He came to His people and was accused of using the power of the devil. Mt.
27:22; ... Mt. 12:24
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Moses went out to his brethren and he
looked on their burdens. Ex. 2:11 ...ye make them rest from their burdens. Ex.
5:5 Jesus: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest... Mt.11:28
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Moses stretched out his hand over the sea;
and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind. Ex. 14:21 What
manner of man is this, that even the winds and the seas obey Him? Mt. 8:27
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How long shall this man be a snare unto
us?, Ex. 10:7 A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, 1 Pet. 2:8
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They are almost ready to stone me,
Ex.17:4 Then took they up stones to cast
at Him, Jn. 8:59
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God heard their groaning, and remembered
His covenant with Abraham. Ex. 2:24-25
God will hear the cry of
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The Lord sent judgment upon
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The Pharaoh’s heart was hardened with the
judgments of God on
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When the people saw that Moses was so long
in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said... we
don't know what has happened to him." Ex.32:1 Where is the promise of His
coming?, 2 Pet 3:3,4
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Moses, His servant, Ps.105:26... Jesus, My
Servant, Mt. 12:18
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Moses, The prophet, Deut.18:15-19...
Jesus, The Prophet, Jn. 6:14, Lk. 7:16
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Moses, Priest, Ps.99:6... Jesus, Priest....Heb.
7:24
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Moses, King, Deut.33:4,5... Jesus,
King....Acts 17:7
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Moses, Shepherd....Ex. 3:1... Jesus,
Shepherd, Jn. 10:11,14
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Moses, Mediator, Ex.
33:8,9... Jesus, Mediator....1 Tim. 2:5
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Moses, Intercessor....Num. 21:7... Jesus,
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Moses, Judge, Ex. 18:13... Jesus, Judge,
Jn. 5:27, Mat.25:31-46
Ex. 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And
Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is
not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said,
Here am
Ex. 6:1. Then the LORD said unto Moses,
Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he
let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their
bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you
shall know that I am the LORD your God, which brings you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians. [What a picture of Jesus!] [Acts 5:31]
Ex. 12:5 Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or
from the goats: 6 And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same
month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of
Ex. 13:18 Hence God led the people around
by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of
“The whole Christian faith rests not on
emulating Christ…its not about men and women climbing up to God. It’s about God
descending to save a rebel race.” Michael S. Horton
Ex. 15:1 Then Moses and the sons of
Ex, 16 – the manna given as food was a
type of Christ as well – Jn. 6.49-51.
Ex. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you
there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the rock, and there shall
come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight
of the elders of
Ex. 19:5 'Now then, if you will indeed
obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among
all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom
of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the
sons of
The law, given in Ex. 20 and beyond was
designed to be our tutor and lead us to Jesus - showing us our absolute need of
Him - Gal. 3.23-24. Jesus came to fulfill it to a ‘t’ Mt. 5.17-18.
Ex. 23:20 "Behold, I am going to send
an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place
which I have prepared. 21 "Be on your guard before him and obey his voice;
do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression,
since My name is in him. 22 "But if you truly obey his voice and do all
that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your
adversaries. 23a "For My angel will go before you. [Jesus as well as this
‘angel’ were sent, also, which of His angels have His name in them?]
Ex. 24:5 And he sent young men of the children
of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of
oxen unto the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins;
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, all that the
LORD has said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and
sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which
the LORD has made with you concerning all these words. [Heb. 9:19-23] 10 And
they saw the God of
Ex. 25:17 And you shall make a mercy seat
of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit
and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of
beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make
one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the
mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. 20 And the
cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with
their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat
shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And you shall put the mercy seat above
upon the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
22 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the
mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the
testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment unto the children
of
Ex. 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock,
and his skin, and his dung, shall you burn with fire without the camp: it is a
sin offering. 36 And you shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you have made an atonement for
it, and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it. [Every day we sin. Maybe not overt
acts, perhaps just things we’re supposed to do and don’t – love God with
everything, all the time, love our enemies, forgive everyone, preach the good
news to every creature, etc. So every day, this altar (remember, we’re the temple,
right?) needs to be cleansed by the blood of Jesus!]
Ex. 31:7 The tabernacle of the
congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon,
and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and
the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And
the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver. [The
tabernacle and the pieces of furniture are a picture of Jesus and the work He
did on the cross. The Altar shows His sacrifice, the Brazen Laver, the
cleansing from sin, the Candlestick shows His enlightening by the anointing,
the Table of Show Bread shows his reconciliatory work, the Altar of Incense,
His intercession, the Mercy Seat, His propitiation (which satisfies God’s
demands), and the Ark of the Covenant shows His covenant work.]
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The Tabernacle was a temporary
appointment, just as Jesus tabernacled among us for a short time – Jn. 1.14
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The Tabernacle was humble: The Tabernacle
was God’s dwelling place. Is. 53.2
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The Tent of Meeting – 1 Tim. 2.5
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The Tabernacle was the place where the Law
was preserved – Mt. 5.17
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The Tabernacle had but one door – Jn. 10.9
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The bronze altar – Behold the Lamb of God
– Jn. 1.29
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The bronze laver – Unless I wash you – Jn.
13.8-10
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Golden lamp stand – I am the Light – Jn.
8.12
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Bread of the presence – I am the Bread of
Life – Jn. 6.48
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Incense – I pray for them – Jn. 17.9
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Curtain – Through the curtain, that is,
His body – Heb. 10.20
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Mercy Seat – Enter the
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In the New Testament, after the
resurrection, we become His temple, then after we die, we go to the place He
prepared for us. Both Paul and Peter refer to our bodies as tents – 2 Cor.
5.1-5, 2 Pet. 1.13-14.
Types of
the materials and colors used:
|
Item, Substance, Color |
Meaning(s)
|
Scripture References |
|
White (linen) |
Righteousness and purity |
Ex. 28:39-43; Revelation
19:6-9; Is. 64:6; Rev 3:18b |
|
Red/Scarlet |
Suffering, sacrifice or blood |
|
|
Blue |
Heavenly in nature or origin
or Godly |
Num. 15:37-39 |
|
Purple |
Royal and Royalty |
Judg. 8:26; Ester 8:15;
Lamentations 4:5; Daniel 5:7,16; Mk. 15:16-18; Lk. 16:19 |
|
Bronze |
Judgment against sin |
Num. 21:4-9 – the bronze
serpent is a type for Christ (Jn. 3:14) who was to be the reality of God’s
ultimate judgment of sin. |
|
Silver |
Ransom or Redemption |
Ex. 30:11-16; 38:25-28 |
|
Gold |
God’s glory or God’s
manifestation |
Job 22:23-26; Rev 3:18a;
21:11,18 |
|
Wood (Acacia or KJV
Shittim) |
Humanity as God created him, uncorrupted
humanity as God intended man to be. Acacia, a fine-grained wood, represents
the perfect and best humanity |
Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 5:14 |
|
Badger/Sea cow/Dolphin
skin |
Separation and protection |
|
|
Ram’s skin |
Consecration and obedience to
God |
Ex. 29:15-35 |
|
Goat’s hair |
Sin-bearing |
Lev. 16 |
|
Oil |
Holy Spirit |
1 Sam. 10:1; 16:12-14;
Zechariah 4:10-14; Mt. 25:1-13; |
|
Incense |
Prayer and intercession |
Psalm 141:2; Revelation 5:8;
8:3,4 |
Ex. 32:31 And Moses returned unto the
LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made
themselves gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if you will forgive their sin--; and if
not, blot me, I pray, out of your book which you have written. 33 And the LORD
said unto Moses, Whosoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my
book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I
have spoken unto you: behold, my Angel shall go before you: nevertheless
in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. [Shepherd] [Moses
was a picture of Jesus, laying his life on the line for the people.]
Ex. 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses
entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the
door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 10 And
all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and
all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 11
And the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaks unto his friend.
And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a
young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12. And Moses said unto the
LORD, See, you say unto me, Bring up this people: and you have not let me know
whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have
also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace
in your sight, show me now your way, that I may know you, that I may find grace
in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people. 14 And he
said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.
15 And he said unto him, If your presence go not with me, carry
us not up here. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people
have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us? so
shall we be separated, I and your people, from all the people that are
upon the face of the earth. 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this
thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I
know you by name. 18 And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory. 19 And he
said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name
of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and
will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, You can not see my
face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there
is a place by me, and you shall stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to
pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and
will cover you with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away my hand,
and you shall see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. [It is only
being hidden in Christ the Rock that we can approach God or He approaches us.]
[Heb. 8:6, 9:15] Ex. 34:5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with
him as he called upon the name of the LORD. 6 Then the LORD passed by in front
of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps
lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet
He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of
fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth
generations." 8 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship.
9 He said, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let
the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and
pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession."
Ex. 40:32 When they entered the tent of
meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD
had commanded Moses. 33 He erected the court all around the tabernacle and
the altar, and hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses
finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the
glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the
tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. [God commanded that Moses build the tabernacle according
to the pattern that was seen upon the mountain. I believe that as we align our
lives according to the pattern and come into the full revelation of Jesus who
is according to the pattern, that the glory of God will fill and change our
lives and churches. I believe that’s a promise for us and a goal to aim for! 2
Cor. 3.12-18, 4.4-6, Phil. 3.7-14]
In Leviticus we see many sacrifices and offerings, all are
types of Jesus, our offering and sacrifice Lamb [Heb. 10:12]. The burnt
offering (1:1–17) (The burnt sacrifice was the only sacrifice that was
entirely consumed on the altar. It foreshadows the total sacrifice of Christ on
the Cross. Door of the tabernacle: A person’s sins had to be atoned for
before he or she could come before God. This was done every morning, just as we
need His mercies new every day!), grain offering (2:1–16) (It shows
Jesus perfect life on earth – fine flour – no defects. No leaven shows His
sinlessness. The oil shows His anointing. The frankincense reveals His
intercessory work both on earth and since His ascension), peace offering
(3:1–17) (Jesus is our Peace – Eph. 2.11-20 The Hebrew word for peace means
“wholeness, completeness, soundness, health.” When a person has this, in all
its dimensions, that person is at peace. The peace offerings were times of
feasting, drinking, talking, singing, and enjoying salvation as a great gift
from God (see 7:11–21). Paul describes Jesus Christ as our perfect peace
offering (see Col. 1:20), sin offering – for unintentional sin
(4:1–5:13), trespass or reparation offering (5:14–6:7) – objective
responsibility of a sinner for his or her actions and the subjective feeling of
guilt experienced by the offender. The offering righted the wrong of the
offense and cleared the conscience of the sinner. (Some info in this paragraph
is from the Nelsons Study Bible.)
Lev. 3:1 And if his oblation be a
sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers it of the herd; whether it be a male
or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. 2 And he shall
lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the
blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the
peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covers the
inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and
the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on
the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire:
it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 6. And if his
offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male
or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his
offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
D. L. Moody said, “I must die or get
somebody to die for me. If the Bible doesn’t teach that, it doesn’t teach
anything. And that is where the atonement of Christ comes in.”
Lev. 6:7 And the priest shall make an
atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing
of all that he has done in trespassing therein. [In Hebrew, atonement meant to
cover, where in Christ the sin is taken away. Jn. 1.29]
Lev 8-10 talks about the high priest, a type
of Jesus, our great high priest [Heb. 2:17, 7:26]. The people needed a priest
because of their sinfulness. The priests came from the line of Aaron, had to be
willing to dress in a particular way, willing to go through a long list of
rituals and cleansings in order to be able to do what was required by God.
Jesus, having lived a perfect life, being tested in all ways as we have been,
fulfilled every requirement and can stand in our place as the Great High
Priest! [Rom. 8.34, Heb. 7.25] The priest ministered to God on behalf of the
people and to the people on behalf of God. How much more our Jesus.
The high priest & OT Sacrifices Jesus
·
Entered the earthly tabernacle Entered the heavenly one -
Heb. 6.19.20.
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Entered once a year Entered once for all – Heb.
9.25-26.
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Went behind the curtain Tore the curtain –
Heb. 10.20
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Offered many sacrifices Offered one –
Himself = Heb. 10.11-12
·
Offered sacrifice for his own sin `Paid for us all – Heb. 7.27
·
Offered the blood of bulls `Offered His own –
Heb. 9.12
·
Temporary `Eternal
– Heb. 7.21-23
·
Fallible `Sinless
– Heb. 7.26
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Changeable Unchanging
– Heb. 7.24
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Continual `One
time, permanent – Heb. 9.12, 26
·
Imperfect `Perfect
– Heb. 2.14-18
·
Incomplete `Complete
– Heb. 7.25
·
Insufficient `All sufficient –
Heb. 10.11-12
Lev. 10:1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of
Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed
incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not
commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed
them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is
what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as
holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore,
kept silent. [Jesus told us in Jn. 14.6 that He is The Way, The Truth and The
Life, no one can come to the Father but through Him. God is exacting in His
ways. We need to heed the negative example here and cling to Jesus! All through
Leviticus we read of holiness and cleanness. The only way we can attain to that
is through Jesus.]
Lev. 14:6 As for the living bird, he shall
take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip
them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the
running water: 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living
bird loose into the open field. 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood
of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right
ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and
upon the great toe of his right foot:
Lev. 16:7 "He shall take the two
goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 8
"Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the
other lot for the scapegoat. 9 "Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which
the lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering. 10 "But the goat on
which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD,
to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. 15
"Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the
people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did
with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of
the mercy seat. 16 "He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of
the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in
regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which
abides with them in the midst of their impurities. 17 "When he goes in to
make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until
he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and
for all the assembly of Israel.20 "When he finishes atoning for the holy
place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. 21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess
over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions
in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him
away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22 And the goat shall bear
upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go
the goat in the wilderness. 30 For on that day shall the priest make an
atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins
before the LORD. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make
an atonement for the children of
Lev. 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in
the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for
your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul. 14 For it
is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I
said unto the children of
Lev. 20.8 Keep all my laws and obey them,
for I am the Lord, who makes you holy. [Even in the midst of the law, God
revealed Himself as Jehovah M’kaddesh, the Lord who sanctifies. He never
intended us to do this walk on our own. See also: Lev. 21.8, Ex. 31.13, Eze.
20.12, Eze. 37.28 (KJV sanctify – Strong’s #6942 - A primitive root; to be
(causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): -
appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep,
prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), wholly.) Jesus does the
same thing – Heb. 10.10, 14]
Lev. 23 lists the feasts for us. We’ve
already discussed Passover and the Sabbath.
·
The Feast of Unleavened Bread points to
Communion (which should use unleavened bread!). Jesus’ body was without sin
(leaven). Mat. 16:11-12, 1 Cor. 5:5-8, 2 Cor. 5:21, Gal. 5:7-9, 1 Pet.2:22, 1
Jn.3:5 No work was to be done – for Jesus did it ALL! This feast reminded the
people that they were set apart from
·
The Feast of First Fruits is symbolic of
Jesus resurrection, being the first of the Firstfruits (1 Cor. 15:20-23)
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The Feast of Pentecost points to Jesus,
the Baptizer with Holy Spirit. Jn. 1.25-33 No work was to be done – for Jesus
did it ALL!
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Feast of Trumpets - gives us a picture of
the second coming of Jesus. 1 Thess 4.16-17, Mat. 24:30-31, 1 Cor.
15,51-52
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Day of Atonement - Jesus, the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world... represented by the sacrificed goat.
Jesus is not only our sacrifice, but also our High Priest in the Throne of Glory,
with easy access to any Christian... represented here by the High Priest Aaron.
·
Feast of Tabernacles – Has several
implications for us: Mt. 18.19-20 Wherever two or three gather in my name,
there I am in the midst of them. Jn. 1.14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among
us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full
of grace and truth. Jn. 7.2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was
near. 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried
out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38
"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being
will flow rivers of living water.'" Jn. 14.2 "In My Father's house
are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to
prepare a place for you. 3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My
word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode
with him.
Lev. 25:10 'You shall thus consecrate the
fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants.
It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own
property, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 'You shall have the
fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor
gather in from its untrimmed vines. 12 'For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy
to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field. 13 'On this year of jubilee
each of you shall return to his own property. 14 'If you make a sale, moreover,
to your friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another.
15 'Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from
your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops. 16
'In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in
proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is
a number of crops he is selling to you. 17 'So you shall not wrong one another,
but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. 18 'You shall thus
observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you
may live securely on the land. 19 'Then the land will yield its produce, so
that you can eat your fill and live securely on it. 20 'But if you say,
"What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather
in our crops?" 21 then I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth
year that it will bring forth the crop for three years. 22 'When you are sowing
the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old
until the ninth year when its crop comes in. 23 'The land, moreover, shall not
be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and
sojourners with Me.
Lev. 27 talks about redeeming people,
animals and land. There was always a price of silver to pay (silver speaks of
redemption). All of this points to Christ, who redeemed us, who could never
afford to redeem ourselves. He redeemed us from the world and the enemy to come
into His kingdom to serve Him by the sacrifice of His very life in a tortuous
death. Mk. 10.42, Eph. 1.7, Titus 2.14, 1 Pet. 1.18-19
“If you wish to be disappointed, look to
others. If you wish to be downhearted, look to yourself. If you wish to be
encouraged…look upon Christ” Eric Sauer
Num. 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to
recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD,
even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall
be made for him. [As we will see in Ruth, Jesus is our kinsman.]
Num. 6:23 "Speak to Aaron and to his
sons, saying, 'Thus you shall bless the sons of
Num. 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the
tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of
one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of
testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spoke unto him.
Num. 12:4. And the LORD spoke suddenly
unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out you three unto the tabernacle
of the congregation. And the three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in the
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called
Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words:
If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto
him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is
not so, who is faithful in all my house. 8 With him will I speak mouth
to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the
LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were you not afraid to speak against my
servant Moses? 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
Num. 14:14 And they will tell it to
the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are
among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that
your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day time in
a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Num. 17.1 The LORD said to Moses, 2
"Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the
leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his
staff. 3 On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff
for the head of each ancestral tribe. 4 Place them in the Tent of Meeting in
front of the Testimony, where I meet with you. 5 The staff belonging to the man
I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against
you by the Israelites." 6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their
leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral
tribes, and Aaron's staff was among them. 7 Moses placed the staffs before the
LORD in the Tent of the Testimony. 8 The next day Moses entered the Tent of the
Testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, which represented the house of Levi, had
not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds. [Aaron, the
high priest, was typical of Jesus, the Great High Priest. Just as God validated
His choosing of Aaron by a miraculous sign, so He also did with Jesus, by many
miraculous signs and fulfilled prophecies and pictures.]
Num. 19:2 "This is the statute of the
law which the LORD has commanded, saying, 'Speak to the sons of
Num. 20.7 The LORD said to Moses, 8
"Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly
together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.
You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their
livestock can drink." 11 Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice
with his staff. 12 "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as
holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the
land I give them." [Jesus was that Rock. He was only to be crucified once,
not twice. Moses was to speak to the Rock (Christ) as we are. He doesn’t need
to be crucified again!]
Num. 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that
every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a
serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a
serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. [Jn.
3:14-15 This is a picture of Jesus. Heb. 12.2-3 To look, in Hebrew meant H5027
a primitive root; to scan, that is, look intently at; by implication to regard
with pleasure, favor or care: - (cause to) behold, consider, look (down),
regard, have respect, see.]
Num. 22:22 And God's anger was kindled
because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary
against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were
with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way,
and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went
into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel
of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this
side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD,
she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and
stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right
hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she
fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass
with a staff. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he
bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD
said unto him, wherefore have you smitten your ass these three times? Behold, I
went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me: 34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew
not that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I
will get back again. 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go
with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto you, that you
shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Num. 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I
shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a
Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and
destroy all the children of Sheth. [Perhaps the star referred to the star over
Bethleham, the Bright and Morning Star, and/or Jesus providing light and
guidance to all who will. Mt. 2:2, Lk. 1:33, 79, 3:34, Jn. 3:16, Gal. 3:24-25,
Col. 2:15, 1 Jn. 3:5]
Num 35:9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 10 "Speak to the sons of
The "it is written" spoken by
Jesus in the 3 Temptations of Mt. 4 and Lk. 4 were quotations from Dt.: 6:13,
16, 8:43, 10:20. When Jesus repeated again and again "You have heard that
it was said" in the Sermon on the Mount, He was quoting Deuteronomy, in
Mat.5:21-48.
“Jesus was an incisive thinker. He gave
new life and meaning to much that was merely traditional:” Clifford Wilson
Dt. 17:15 you shall surely set a king over
you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall
set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is
not your countryman. 16 "Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for
himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses,
since the LORD has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.' 17
"He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn
away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself. 18 "Now
it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write
for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical
priests. 19 "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his
life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all
the words of this law and these statutes, 20 that his heart may not be lifted
up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to
the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom
in the midst of Israel. [These are God’s stipulations for a king over
Dt. 18:15. The LORD your God will raise up
unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto
him you shall hearken; 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their
brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I
will require it of him. [Mt. 21:11, Jn. 1.29, 45,49 6:14, Acts 3:22-26, 7.37]
“For Jesus Christ to me is the outstanding
personality of all time…everything He ever said
or did has value for us today. And that is something you can say of no
other man, alive or dead.” Sholem Asck
Dt. 21:22 And if a man have committed a
sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:
23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall in any wise
bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land
be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. [Tying in
with these verses is Dt. 28, the chapter about the blessings and cursings.
Praise God, Jesus took all the curses on Himself and left us with the blessings
of Abraham while we are in Christ. Gal. 3:13-14]
Dt. 32:18 Of the Rock that begot you, you
are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you. 31 For their rock is not
as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. [Ps. 118.22, Mt. 21.42,
1 Cor. 10:4, 1 Pet. 2.7]
Dt. 33:26. There is none like unto
the God of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heaven in your help, and
in his excellency on the sky. 2 Sam. 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub,
and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. Job 9:8 Who alone
spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea. Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks
in the circuit of heaven. Ps. 104:3 Who lays the beams of his chambers in the
waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:
Is. 31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend
Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing
over he will preserve it.
Joshua, meaning Jehovah saves, is the
Hebrew equivalent of the Greek name Jesus [Mt. 1:21, Heb. 4:8]. This is one of
the ways he is a picture of Jesus.
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Both Jesus and Joshua had the Holy Spirit
within them – Num. 27.18 – something unusual for the Old Testament.
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Joshua and Jesus roles: both were leaders
of
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Both lead the people in victory – 1 Cor.
15.57, 2 Cor. 2.14
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Both prayed for the people – Josh. 7. 6-9, Jn. 17, Heb. 7.25
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Both were appointed by God: Joshua was
appointed by God, his mission was not inherited... Jesus was appointed by God,
his mission was not inherited.
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Joshua and Jesus: Number of appointed men:
Twelve: Joshua appointed twelve men, one from each tribe, "So Joshua
called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites."
(Josh. 4:4). These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name
Peter); James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges,
which means Sons of Thunder); Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,
James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who
betrayed him." (Mk. 3:16-19)
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Both left unfinished work: We are told in
Jos.13 that Joshua did not accomplish all the work that was to be done; but
left a remnant of it to those who came after him. Jesus left His Church to
finish His Work through centuries, He said to them, "Go into all the world
and preach the good news to all creation (Mk.16:15).
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Rewards and punishments of Joshua and
Jesus: Joshua brought the faithful to the temporal Promised Land. He killed all
the gentiles defeated in the "War of Extermination", the ban or herem
or anathema, order by God. Jesus has an eternal mission: Brings the faithful to
everlasting Heaven, and sends the unfaithful to eternal Hell (Mt. 25:31-46).
Josh. 2:18 Behold, when we come into the
land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did
let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your
brethren, and all your father's household, home unto you. [It is best to read
all of the 2nd chapter. The scarlet thread speaks of the blood and
Rahab was in the lineage of Jesus. Mt.
1.5, Heb. 11.31,
Josh. 3 & 4 - the priests with the ark
(both pictures of Jesus) lead the way into the river and prepared the way for
the people to cross over, just as Jesus did for us into our life with Him and
into eternal life to be with Him forever. 1 Tim. 2.5, Rev, 14.4
Josh. 5:13. And it came to pass, when
Joshua was by
“Jesus is the greatest leader the world
has ever seen.” Max Lucado
Josh. 14:6 Then the sons of Judah drew
near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to
him, "You know the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God
concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea. 7 "I was forty years old when
Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land,
and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart. 8 "Nevertheless my
brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I
followed the LORD my God fully. 9 "So Moses swore on that day, saying,
'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you
and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.'
10 "Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these
forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when
Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old
today. 11 "I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me;
as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and
coming in. 12 "Now then, give me this hill country about which the LORD
spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great
fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out
as the LORD has spoken." 13 So Joshua blessed him and gave
Josh. 22:23 "If we have built us an altar to turn
away from following the LORD, or if to offer a burnt offering or grain offering
on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself
require it. Josh. 22:24 "But truly we have done this out of concern, for a
reason, saying, 'In time to come your sons may say to our sons, "What have
you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? 25 "For the LORD has made the
The book of Judges is filled with judges
and deliverers whom are pictures of Christ, our Judge and Deliverer. [Jn.
5:22-23, Acts 10.42, 2 Cor. 5.10, Col. 1:13, 2 Tim. 4.1]
Judg. 2:1 And an angel of the LORD
came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out
of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your
fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And you
shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall throw down
their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this? 3
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they
shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto
you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words
unto all the children of
Judg. 6:11. And there came an angel of
the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained
unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine press,
to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man
of valor. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why
then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our
fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from
Judg. 13:3 And the angel of the LORD
appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, you are barren,
and bear not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I
pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
5 For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his
head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall
begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 Then the woman
came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came nto me, and his
countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very
terrible: but I asked him not where he was, neither told he me his
name: 7 But he said unto me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and
now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for
the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his deat. 8.
Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God
which you did send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child
that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel
of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her
husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and
showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man has appeared unto me,
that came unto me the other day. 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his
wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Are you the man
that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am. 12 And Manoah said, Now
let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall
we do unto him? 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all
that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14 She may not eat of any thing
that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any
unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 15. And Manoah
said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we
shall have made ready a kid for you. 16 And the angel of the LORD said
unto Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread: and if you
will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew
not that he was an angel of the LORD. 17 And Manoah said unto the
angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your sayings come
to pass we may do you honor? 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him,
Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is wonderful? 19 So Manoah
took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the
LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife
looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from
off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the
altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to
the ground. 21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah
and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen
God. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he
would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this
time have told us such things as these. [Is. 9.6 – there is one whose name
is wonderful!]
Samson is a very unlikely picture of
Jesus. However, both had the amazing power of Holy Spirit upon them
and in their last sacrificial act,
overcame a powerful enemy! Both did more damage to the enemy in their death
than in their life, as well.
“It is possible to know Bible stories, yet
miss the Bible story…the story of Jesus.” Edmund P. Clowney
In Ruth we see Boaz, a picture of Jesus,
as the kinsman-redeemer. [Lk. 1.68, 1 Cor. 1:30, Gal. 3.16-14, Eph. 1.7-8, Col.
1.13-14, Titus 2.14, 1 Pet. 1.18-21]
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The Kinsman-Redeemer had to be a family
member; Jesus became man so He could be our kinsman and save us.
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Our Slavery: The kinsman-redeemer had the
duty of buying family members out of slavery; Jesus redeemed us from slavery to
sin and death.
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The Land: The kinsman-redeemer had the
duty of buying back land that had been forfeited; Jesus will redeem the earth
that man “sold” over to Satan.
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Love: Boaz, as kinsman-redeemer to Ruth,
was not motivated by self-interest, but motivated by love for Ruth. Jesus’
motivation for redeeming us is His great love for us.
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Redemption: Boaz, as kinsman-redeemer to
Ruth, had to have a plan to redeem Ruth unto himself - and some might have
thought the plan to be foolish. Jesus has a plan to redeem us, and some might
think the plan foolish (saving men by dying for them on a cruel cross?), yet
the plan works and is glorious!
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The Bride: Boaz, as kinsman-redeemer to
Ruth, took her as his bride; the people Jesus has redeemed are collectively called
His bride (Eph. 5:31-32; Revelation 21:9).
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Heaven: Boaz, as kinsman-redeemer to Ruth,
provided a glorious destiny for Ruth. Jesus, as our redeemer, provides a
glorious destiny for us.... eternal Heaven!
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Famine in
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Naomi (Grace)... Mara (Bitterness): Apart
from Jesus, Naomi [Grace] faded into a mere shell of outward beauty; she became
Mara [Bitterness]. This certainly shows what happens to a man when he
recognizes his condition without God. Although his outside may appear to be
fulfilled, he knows the emptiness deep within his heart. That emptiness was
intended to be filled by Jesus Christ.
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Naomi restored... by the Redeemer: Naomi
[the Beautiful Grace of God] was restored to be as she was intended to be
--leaving her bitterness behind. Boaz, the Redeemer joined Ruth to produce a
child named Obed (a Servant). The joining together of Jesus and the human
spirit restores man to the state he was created for: a state of unity with God
through His beloved Son. And that new creation is intended to be one who serves
others in love.
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Naomi and Ruth in
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Boaz showed favor – or grace – to Ruth,
just as Jesus showed it to us. Ruth 2.2, 10, 13 – Jn. 1.14, 16-17, 2 Cor.
9.7-11, Eph. 2.7-10
1 Sam. shows Samuel in three roles: The
Judge: Samuel is the last Judge...Jesus is our Judge (Mat.25:31-46), The
Prophet: Samuel was the first Prophet, after Moses... Jesus is the greatest
Prophet...our Prophet (Heb.3:3), and the Priest – Jesus is our Great High
Priest. Just as Samuel foreshadowed Jesus, his mother foreshadowed Mary. Samuel
served God early in life as did Jesus – Lk. 2.40-52
Saul was an anti-type of Jesus, lacking in
devotion, obedience and lifestyle of a prophet, although he did prophesy at one
point. He even tried to be king and priest, something only Jesus could do.
Saul’s jealousy of David was similar to the Pharisee and Sadducee’s jealousy of
Jesus.
1 and 2 Sam. and 1 Chron. talk of the life
of David. Jesus was both the son of David and greater than David [Mt. 1:1, 6,
Lk. 20:41-44, Acts 2:25-32], and David the anointed one [1 Sam. 16.6] was a
type of Jesus Christ – Greek for anointed, just as messiah is Hebrew for the
same. [Lk. 4.18-21, Acts 10.38] Both were shepherds.
“For this reason too the prophets were
called seers because they saw Him who others did not see.” Jerome
1 Sam. 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord
shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed. [Mat. 28:18, Phil. 2.10-11]
1 Sam. 25:7 'Now I have heard that you
have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted
them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. 8 'Ask
your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in
your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you find at
hand to your servants and to your son David.'" 10 But Nabal answered
David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse?
There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. 11
"Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have
slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not
know?" 12 So David's young men retraced their way and went back; and they
came and told him according to all these words. 13 David said to his men,
"Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And
David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David
while two hundred stayed with the baggage. 14 But one of the young men told
Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the
wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them. 15 "Yet the men were
very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as
we went about with them, while we were in the fields. 16 "They were a wall
to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the
sheep. 17 "Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil
is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a
worthless man that no one can speak to him." 18 Then Abigail hurried and
took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already
prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins
and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 20 It came about as she was riding on her donkey
and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his
men were coming down toward her; so she met them. 23 When Abigail saw David,
she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David
and bowed herself to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said, "On me
alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and
listen to the words of your maidservant. 25 "Please do not let my lord pay
attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is
his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young
men of my lord whom you sent. 26 "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD
lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding
blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies
and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. 28 "Please forgive
the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my
lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD,
and evil will not be found in you all your days. 31 this will not cause grief
or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by
my lord having avenged himself. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember
your maidservant." 32 Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, 33 and blessed be your
discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and
from avenging myself by my own hand. [In this retelling, Nabal is a type of us
– foolish and sinful, David is a type of God – being just and holy, and Abigail
is a type of Jesus – interceding on our behalf!]
2 Sam. 7: 13 He shall build a house
for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will
be his father, and he shall be my son. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall
be established for ever before you: your throne shall be established for ever.
[Mt.3:16-17, 8:29, 11:27, 14:33, 17:4-5, Lk. 1:31-35, Jn. 1:34, 3:16-18,
5:21-23, 9:35-37, 10:34-38, 11:27, 12:27-30, Acts 13:30-33, Col. 1:13, Heb.
1:5, 2 Pet. 1:17-18, 1 Jn. 4:15, 5:20]
2 Sam. 9:3 The king said, "Is there
not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of
God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan
who is crippled in both feet." 6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son
of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David
said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!"
7 David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you
for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of
your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." 8 Again
he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should
regard a dead dog like me?" 9 Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and
said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given
to your master's grandson. 10 "You and your sons and your servants shall
cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your
master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's
grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and
twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my
lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." So
Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. 13 So Mephibosheth
lived in
2 Sam. chapters 11 & 12 talk about
David’s sin with Bathsheba and Uriah. This is a situation that seems beyond
what even God could redeem, yet that is not so. God used their second son (the
first died because of their sin) to build the temple, reign in peace and be in
the lineage of Jesus! That is not to excuse sin. David was confronted by the
prophet, repented, and suffered punishment, yet because of David’s heart, God
was able to turn it all around.
2 Sam. 15:30 And David went up the ascent
of the
2 Sam. 22:50 Therefore will I give thanks
unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name."
[Romans 15:8-9]
2 Sam. 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke
by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of
“We believe that the history of the world
is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe
is the cross of
In 1 Kings and 1 Chron. we see Jesus as
Greater than the temple [Mt. 12:6], the temple builder in chapter 5-7 [Eph.
2:20-22], Greater than Solomon [Mt. 12:42], and Elijah as type of Jesus in his
miracles and healings. Solomon being a wise king was a type of Jesus.
1 Kings 8:62 Now the king and all
No one else – not king, dictator,
scientist, educator or military leader – has made a greater contribution to
world history than Jesus has. Tim LaHaye
1 Kings 9:1 Now it came about when Solomon
had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that
Solomon desired to do, 2 that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time,
as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3 The LORD said to him, "I have heard
your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have
consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever,
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. 4 "As for you, if you
will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and
uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My
statutes and My ordinances, 5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom
over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You
shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' [Jesus put His name on the
temple forever. Under the new covenant, we, individually and corporately are
His temple. His name is on us and we are consecrated by it! His eyes and His
heart will be upon us forever as well. Each of us are containers of Holy
Spirit, Jesus and Father God. Mk.11.15, Jn. 2.17] 10 It came about at the end
of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the
LORD and the king's house 11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with
cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram came out
from
1 Kings 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and
stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by,
and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks
before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the
wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the
fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so,
when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went
out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a
voice unto him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
All kings when they die have their power
extinguished with their life: but Christ crucified is worshipped by the whole
world. We proclaim the crucified, and the devils tremble.
1 Kings 22:5 Also Jehoshaphat said to the
king of
We see Elisha as a type of Jesus in his
miracles and healings in 2 Kings. They were always to benefit others. Jesus is
the Voice of the Prophets. Elisha means God is salvation, Jesus means Jehovah
saves. As Elijah (a type of John the Baptist) passed his mantle on to Elisha,
so did John the Baptist to Jesus. Jesus passed His on to his followers as well.
Mt. 28.18-20 – Teaching, discipling, and baptizing the ethnos (every ethnic
group). Mk. 16.15-20 – Signs and wonders, every creature evangelism. Lk. 9.1-6
– sending out the 12 to do and teach what He did. Lk. 10.1-12, 17-22 - sending
out 70 others to do and teach what He did. Jn. 5.17-30, 7.16, 8.28-29, 12.49.
14.10 – Jesus says and does only what He receives from the Father. Jn. 14.15 –
greater miracles. Jn. 15.1-5 We can only do good by abiding in Jesus. Jn.
21.21-23 – Peace, Holy Spirit and forgiveness.
2 Kings 3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The
word of the LORD is with him [Elisha]. So the king of
2 Kings 5.1 Now Naaman, commander of the
army of the king of
5 Then the king of
8 So it was, when Elisha the man of God
heard that the king of
13 And his servants came near and spoke to
him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great,
would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘
2 Kings 11.1 When Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal
offspring. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were
being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid
him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death. 3 So he was hidden with her in
the house of the LORD six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land. 4 Now
in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds of the
Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him in the house of the LORD.
Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the
LORD, and showed them the king's son. [This daughter preserved the lineage of
Jesus, without which many prophecies could not be fulfilled. Interesting that
six is the number of man, but in the 7th year, the year of
perfection and completeness, this offspring was revealed!]
2 Kings 18:4 He (Hezekiah) removed the
high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also
broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days
the sons of
2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was
eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem;
and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2 He did
right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David,
nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left. 4
"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in
to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. 5
"Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight
of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the
house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house, 10 Moreover, Shaphan the
scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a
book." And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. 11 When the king
heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. 12 Then the king
commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of
Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant saying, 13 "Go,
inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of
this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns
against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to
do according to all that is written concerning us." 23:2 The king went up
to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both
small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the
covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 3 The king stood by the
pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep
His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and
all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this
book. And all the people entered into the covenant. 21 Then the king commanded
all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it
is written in this book of the covenant." 22 Surely such a Passover had
not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged
David, although he was king, at times wore
the priestly ephod. While Saul was rebuked for undertaking priestly duties
(likely due to his pride and lack of trust) David is honored. He was a true
type of Jesus who is the King of kings and our Great High Priest.
The first 9 chapters of 1 Chron. gives an
endless genealogy by which
The sages and heroes of history are
receding from us…but time has no power over the name and deeds and words of
Jesus Christ. W. E. Channing
1 Chron. 10:13 So Saul died for his
trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD
which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making
inquiry of it, 14 and did not inquire of
the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of
Jesse. [Many comparisons could be made here between Saul and David. Adam and
Jesus, the Pharisees and Saducees and Jesus are a few that come to mind. Saul
started right, but ended prideful, willful, stubborn, self-promoting and
self-reliant. Jesus was none of those things, but was humble, obedient to the
Father, wishing to honor Him above all. Mt. 6.13, 11.29, 12.19-20, 21.5, Jn.
5.19-20, 30, 41-44, 7.16, 18, 8.28-29, 38, 49-51, 12.28, 49, 14.3, 10, 24,
17.4, 7-8 Are there any personal applications?]
1 Chron. 11:3 So all the elders of
1 Chron. 15 tells of David bringing the
Ark of the Covenant to
1 Chron. 16:1 And they brought in the ark
of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 39 He left Zadok the
priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the
high place which was at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the
altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all
that is written in the law of the LORD, which He commanded Israel. [Once David
brought the ark to
1 Chron. 17:7 "Now, therefore, thus
shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took
you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people
Jesus, whose name is not so much written
as ploughed into the history of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
1 Chron. 29:1. Furthermore David the king
said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is
yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but
for the LORD God. 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your
commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. [Mt. 21:12-13]
[By His blood, Jesus made provision for us (collectively) to be built into His
Temple. 1 Cor. 3.11, 16, Eph. 2.13-22, 1 Pet. 1.18-19, 2.5] [The tabernacle and
the temples tried to represent Jesus to the people, to inspire awe and
reverence. All ended up destroyed. Only Jesus tabernacled within us and us in
Him can be eternal.]
2 Chron. 3.1 Now Solomon began to build
the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared
to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing
floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build on the second day of the
second month in the fourth year of his reign. [Abraham started the saga of
2 Chron. 15. 8 And
when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took
courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the
2 Chron. 29.3 In the first year of his
reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and
repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them
into the square on the east. 5 Then he said to them, "Listen to me, O
Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the
God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place. 6
"For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of
the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the
dwelling place of the LORD, and have turned their backs. 7 "They have also shut the doors of the
porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt
offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 10 "Now it is in my
heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His burning anger
may turn away from us. 11 "My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD
has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers
and burn incense." 20 Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the
princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. 21 They brought seven
bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats for a sin offering for the
kingdom, the sanctuary, and
2 Chron. 33.1 Manasseh was twelve years
old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in
Ezra, as a type of Christ, was a restorer
and rebuilder of the temple and the nation.
Ezra 2.2 Those who came with Zerubbabel
were Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai,
Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 21 the people
of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three; [Even though Judah was in exile,
God made sure the Messianic line from David was intact, via Zerubbabel and the
other Bethlehemites. He was a great-grandson of the last king mentioned in 2
Chron., Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah). Mt. 1.12-13, Lk. 3.22]
Ezra 9.1 When these things were done, the
leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the
Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, with
respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2
For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their
sons, so that the holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed,
the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass.” 3 So
when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of
the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished. Ezra 10.1 Now while
Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before
the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to
him from
Nehemiah, as the Governor of Israel,
leader of the exiles out of
Neh. 3:10 Next to them Jedaiah the son of
Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of
Hashabneiah made repairs. 21 After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz
repaired another section, from the doorway of Eliashib's house even as far as
the end of his house. 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub carried out repairs in
front of their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah,
carried out repairs beside his house. 28 Above the Horse Gate the priests
carried out repairs, each in front of his house. [Just as many made repairs to
the walls in front of their own houses, so Jesus taught us to love our
neighbors (those close to us, Mt. 22.29) and take the beam out of our own eye
before we judge others (Mt. 7.3).]
Neh. 5:3 There were others who said,
"We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might
get grain because of the famine." 4 Also there were those who said,
"We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
5. "Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like
their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be
slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are
helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others." 6 Then I was
very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. 8 I said to them,
"We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were
sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold
to us?" Then they were silent and could not find a word to say. 9 Again I
said, "The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in
the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? 10
"And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and
grain. Please, let us leave off this usury. 11 "Please, give back to them
this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their
houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and
the oil that you are exacting from them." 12 Then they said, "We will
give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you
say." So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would
do according to this promise. 13 I also shook out the front of my garment and
said, "Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his
possessions who does not fulfill this promise; even thus may he be shaken out
and emptied." And all the assembly said, "Amen!" And they
praised the LORD. Then the people did according to this promise. 14 Moreover,
from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the
Neh. 8:1 And all the people gathered as
one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra
the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to
Israel. 2 Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men,
women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the
seventh month. 3 He read from it before the square which was in front of the
Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women,
those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of
the law. 8 They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give
the sense so that they understood the reading. 9 Then Nehemiah, who was the governor,
and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to
all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or
weep." For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the
law. 10 Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and
send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our
Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." 11 So
the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy;
do not be grieved." [The people wept at the reading of the law, likely
because they realized they had fallen so short. Yet the were told to rejoice,
even as we are, not because they hadn’t sinned, but because Jesus had purchased
their pardon! Jn. 15.11, Phil. 3.3]
Vashti was a type of the disobedient who
would not do what their Lord requested of them. Es. 1.11 In Esther we see the
king, as a type of Jesus, doing everything in his power, sparing no expense, to
prepare his bride. Es. 2.8-9, 11-14 Eph. 5.23-33 Esther is an interesting book,
in that nowhere is the Lord mentioned specifically, yet His hand is evident
from start to finish. Esther acted as an advocate for her people, literally
risking life and limb, while our advocate Jesus literally gave (not just
risked) His life for us. Es. 4.11, 16, Jn. 3.16, 1 Tim. 2.5-6, 1 Jn. 2.1 He
also told us that if we were to follow Him, we would have to be willing to do
the same or not be worthy of being His disciple Mt. 10.32-39. Es. 6.3-10 -
Haman (a type of Satan) was hung on the very gallows he had prepared for
Mordecai Col. 2.12-15. The Jews left in
Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have
you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a
blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." 9 Then
Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 "Have You
not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in
the land. 11 "But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he
will surely curse You to Your face." 12 Then the LORD said to Satan,
"Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand
on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD. 20 Then Job
arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and
worshiped. 21 He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I
shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the
name of the LORD." 22 Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame
God. Job 2:3 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing
God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although
you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause." 4 Satan answered the
LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for
his life. 5 "However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his
flesh; he will curse You to Your face." 6 So the LORD said to Satan,
"Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life." 9 Then his wife
said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and
die!" 10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women
speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In
all this Job did not sin with his lips. 42:7 It came about after the LORD had
spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My
wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not
spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has. 8 "Now therefore, take
for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer
up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I
will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because
you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." 12 The
LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000
sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He
had seven sons and three daughters. [We see here Satan’s role – to accuse and
attack without cause. God limited him in what he was able to do and blessed Job
doubly in the end. Job was righteous in all he did. In this way, Job was a type
of Jesus – Mt. 4.1-11 Yet, we know that Job was not without sin, as Jesus was.
God used Job as an object lesson to the devil, while Jesus suffered without
cause in order to redeem mankind. 2 Cor. 5.21, Heb. 7.26, 1 Pet. 3.18, 1 Jn.
2.1-2, 3.5]
Job 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that
I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Neither is
there any Daysman between us, that might lay his hand upon us both. [But there
is JESUS! 1 Tim. 2.5, 1 Jn. 2.1]
Job 17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for
me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? [Jesus! Heb. 6.16-19,
7.22, 9.16-17 NKJV]
Job 19:25 "As for me, I know that my
Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26
"Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; 27 Whom
I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart
faints within me! [Jn. 5.22-29, Eph. 1.7, Phil. 3.21, 1 Jn. 3.2, Rev. 1.7]
Jesus is a Messiah who wins His people
back by redemption, rather than an enlightened philosopher who, by his
therapeutic wisdom, guides us to higher and happier living. Michael Horton
Job 29:1 And Job again took up his
discourse and said, 2 "Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days
when God watched over me; 3 When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light
I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the prime of my days, When the
friendship of God was over my tent; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my
children were around me; 6 When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock
poured out for me streams of oil! 7 "When I went out to the gate of the
city, When I took my seat in the square, 8 The young men saw me and hid
themselves, And the old men arose and stood. 11 "For when the ear heard,
it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it gave witness of me, 12 Because I
delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper. 13
"The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, and I made the
widow's heart sing for joy. 15 "I was eyes to the blind and feet to the
lame. [Here, Job is a picture of Jesus during His life, before His
crucifixion.] Job 30:1 "But now those younger than I mock me, Whose
fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock. 2 "Indeed, what good
was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. 3
"From want and famine they are gaunt who gnaw the dry ground by night in
waste and desolation, Job 30:9 "And now I have become their taunt, I have
even become a byword to them. 10 "They abhor me and stand aloof from me,
and they do not refrain from spitting at my face. 11 "Because He has
loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, they have cast off the bridle before me.
12 "On the right hand their brood arises; they thrust aside my feet and
build up against me their ways of destruction. 13 "They break up my path,
they profit from my destruction; No one restrains them. 14 "As through a
wide breach they come, amid the tempest they roll on. 15 "Terrors are
turned against me; they pursue my honor as the wind, and my prosperity has
passed away like a cloud. 16 "And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me. 17 "At night it pierces my bones within
me, and my gnawing pains take no rest. 18 "By a great force my garment is
distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. 20 "I cry out to
You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention
against me. 21 "You have become cruel to me; with the might of Your hand
You persecute me. 23 "For I know that You will bring me to death And to
the house of meeting for all living. [Yet, in this passage which immediately
follows, Job gives an amazing picture, almost prophetic, of Christ in His
death.]
Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of
the whirlwind and said, 2 "Who is this that darkens counsel By words
without knowledge? 3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask
you, and you instruct Me! 4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of
the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, 5 Who set its measurements?
Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? 6 "On what were its bases
sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together and
all the sons of God shouted for joy? [Jesus revealed Himself to Job as the
creator of all. Jn. 1.1-3, Col. 1.16-17, Rev. 4.11]
Job 42:5 I have heard of you by the
hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you.
In the heart of
Lk. 24:44 Now He said to them, "These
are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all
things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and
the Psalms must be fulfilled."
Ps. 1:1 How blessed is the man who does
not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor
sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and
in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted
by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not
wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, But they
are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the
LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.
[Ever have difficulty meditating on the Law day and night and delighting in it?
Jesus is the whole word (Jn. 1.1) and the Lawgiver (
Ps. 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the
people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [Jn.
8:37] 6 "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy
mountain." [Jn. 12:12-13, Jn. 18:32] 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD
has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. [Mt. 3:17, Lk.
1:31-35, Jn. 1:49, Jn. 9:35-37, Acts 13:30-33,
Romans 1:3-4, Heb. 1:5-6, ] 8 'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the
nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your
possession.[Mt. 28:18-20, Jn. 17:4-24, Heb. 1:1-2] 9 'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You
shall shatter them like earthenware.'[Rev. 19.15] 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be
angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. [Jn. 3:36]
Ps. 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might
still the enemy and the avenger. [Mt. 21:15-16] 5 Yet You have made him a
little lower than Elohim, And You crown him with glory and majesty! [Lk.
1.34-45, Heb. 2.5-18] 6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You
have put all things under his feet, [Mt. 28:18-20, Heb. 1:1-2]
Ps. 16:10 For you will not leave my soul
in hell; neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. [Mt. 28:6, 9,
Mk. 16.6-7, Lk. 24:50-51, Acts 2:31, 13.35-37, 1 Cor. 15:4, 20, Eph. 4:8]
Ps. 18:40 You have also made my enemies
turn their backs to me, and I destroyed those who hated me. 41 They cried for
help, but there was none to save, even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the
mire of the streets. 43 You have delivered me from the contentions of the
people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not
known serve me. 44 As soon as they hear, they obey me; foreigners submit to me.
45 Foreigners fade away, and come trembling out of their fortresses. 46 The
LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, 47
The God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. 48 He
delivers me from my enemies; surely You lift me above those who rise up against
me; You rescue me from the violent man. 49 Therefore I will give thanks to You
among the nations, O LORD, and I will sing praises to Your name. 50 He gives
great deliverance to His king, and shows loving kindness to His anointed, To
David and his descendants forever. [This is one of several ‘royal psalms’ that
point to the 2nd coming of Christ. Lk. 1.33, 1 Cor. 15.26-28, Phil.
2.9-11, Heb. 1.13, 2.9, 10.12-13, Rev. 11.17, 14.14, 19.11-16]
Ps. 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
simple. 8 The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear
of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true;
they are righteous altogether. 10 They are more desirable than gold,
yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of
the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping
them there is great reward. [In bold are attributes of the word and of
the Word – Jesus.]
Ps. 21:1 O LORD, in Your strength the king
will be glad, and in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice! 2 You have
given him his heart's desire, and You have not withheld the request of his
lips. 3 For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of
fine gold on his head. 4 He asked life of You, You gave it to him, length of
days forever and ever. 5 His glory is great through Your salvation, splendor
and majesty You place upon him. 6 For You make him most blessed forever; You
make him joyful with gladness in Your presence. 7 For the king trusts in the
LORD, And through the loving kindness of the Most High he will not be shaken. 8
Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those
who hate you. [This is one of several ‘royal psalms’ that point to the 2nd
coming of Christ. Lk. 1.33, 1 Cor. 15.26-28, Phil. 2.9-11, Heb. 1.13, 2.9,
10.12-13, Rev. 11.17, 14.14, 19.11-16]
Ps. 22:1. My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my
roaring? [Mt. 27:46, Mk. 15:34 This was the worst of the rejection, ridicule
and torture that Jesus suffered, the rejection by His own Father as He took on
Himself the sins of the world. This was why He underwent such agony in the
garden.] 2 O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; and by night, but I
have no rest. [Mt. 26.38-39, 41, 45] 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach
of men, and despised of the people. [Mt. 27:20-26] 7 All they that see me laugh
me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted
on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted
in him. [Mt. 27:39-44, Lk. 23:35] 10 Upon You I was cast from birth; You have
been my God from my mother's womb. [Lk. 1:30-33] 12 Many bulls have compassed
me: strong bulls of
Jesus is a friend of mine. He walked
through the valley of hell with me and saw me through it. Aaron Nevill
Ps. 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall
not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet
waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for
His name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they
comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You
have anointed my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and loving
kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house
of the LORD forever. [Jn. 10:1-5, 7-18, 25-30, Heb. 3:20, 1 Pet. 2.25, 5.4,
Rev. 7.17]
Ps. 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates, and
be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! 8 Who is the
King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up
your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory
may come in! 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of
glory. [This is one of several ‘royal psalms’ that point to the 2nd
coming of Christ. Lk. 1.33, 1 Cor. 15.26-28, Phil. 2.9-11, Heb. 1.13, 2.9,
10.12-13, Rev. 11.17, 14.14, 19.11-16]
Ps. 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the
will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as
breathe out cruelty. [Mt. 26:60-61]
Ps. 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my
spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. [Lk. 23:46]
Ps. 34:20 He keeps all his bones: not one
of them is broken. [Jn. 19:32-33, 36]
Ps. 35:11. False witnesses did rise up;
they laid to my charge things that I knew not. [Mk. 14:57] 19 Let not them that
are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye
that hate me without a cause. [Mt. 12.25-37, 26.14-16, Jn. 15:24-25]
Ps. 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand
aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. [Mt. 27:55-56] 12. They also
that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak
mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf
man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. 14 Thus I was
as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. [Mt. 26:62-63,
27:12-14]
Ps. 40:6. Sacrifice and offering you did
not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you
not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is
written of me, 8 I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within
my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have
not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know. 10 I have not hid your righteousness
within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have
not concealed your loving-kindness and your truth from the great congregation.
[Lk. 4.16-21, 24:44, Jn. 4.34, 5:30, 39-40, Phil. 2.8, Heb. 10:5-9]
Ps. 41:6 And when he comes to see me, he
speaks falsehood; his heart gathers wickedness to itself; when he goes outside,
he tells it. 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they
devise my hurt, saying, 8 "A wicked thing is poured out upon him, that
when he lies down, he will not rise up again." 9 Yea, my own familiar
friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel
against me. [Mt. 26:14-15, 50, Mk. 14:10, 43-45, Lk. 22:47-48, Jn. 13.18] 10
But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
Ps. 45:4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let