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Christ in the Old Testament

Complete Edition

Christ in the Old Testament

by Wil Pounds

"O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessaryfor the Messiah (Christ) to suffer these thins and to enter into is lory #nd beinnin with Moses andwith all the prophets$ e (%esus) e&plained to them the thins concernin imself in all the 'criptures"(uke *+,-.)/ 0iscover the master theme of the 1ible with these meditations centered around %esusChrist/

Wil Pounds is a raduate of William Carey Collee$ 1/ #/2 3ew Orleans 1aptist4heoloical 'eminary$ 4h/ M/2 and #5usa Pacific 6niversity$ M/ #/ e served as apastor in churches in Panama$ 7cuador and the 6/ '/ e had a daily e&pository 1ibleteachin ministry heard in over 899 countries for ten years/ e and his wife served asmissionaries in 7cuador for 9 years/ e is currently the :ield 0irector in4eucialpa$ onduras$ for the onduras 1aptist Medical 0ental Mission/ econtinues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions/ Wil andhis wife #nn have three rown dauhters/

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Introduction to Christ in the Old Testament

Over thirty years ao @ discovered the supreme Aoy of the two men walkinwith their unknown uest alon the road from %erusalem to 7maus/ 4hat

"straner" said to them$ "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!Was it not necessary for the Messiah (Christ) to suffer these thins and to enter into is lory #ndbeinnin with Moses and with all the prophets$ e e&plained to them the thins concernin imself in allthe 'criptures" (uke *+,-.)/ 4he two travelers invited %esus into their home for a meal that evenin/ #se took the bread and blessed it$ e bean ivin it to them$ "#nd their eyes were opened$ and theyreconi5ed im2 and e vanished from their siht" (v/ ;8)/ @ pray that your response will be like mine and

the two men when they said to one another$ "Were not our hearts burnin within us when e was speakinto us on the road$ while e was e&plainin the 'criptures to us" My desire is this will be a fresh newbeinnin of an intimate Aourney with our ord %esus Christ/

Christ is the key to our understandin the 'criptures/ 4he entire 1ible finds its meanin and e&planationin the redemption provided by %esus Christ/ @t proressively unfolds the theme of redemption from Benesisto evelation/ 'hadows$ types$ and foreleams of the reat doctrine of salvation by race throuh faith inthe death and resurrection of Christ are revealed from the openin paes/ 4he meanin of any sinlepassae of 'cripture is always determined and overned by the larer conte&t of redemption throuh %esusChrist/

When %esus Christ went to the cross$ died for our sins$ and rose from the dead$ e provided eternalsalvation for all who would accept im by faith/ 7ach individual in the Old 4estament who was saved$ wassaved by trustin in the provision that Bod would make when Christ came and died as their substitute/ 4heceremonies and sacrifices pointed to a future day when Bod would make sure all is promises in that oneperson/ @n the fullness of time we know that person was Bod


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author of all 'cripture/ #t the same time$ we must not over look the clear 3ew 4estament interpretation ofthe Old 4estament passaes/

We also need to keep in mind the institutions and ceremonies of the Old 4estament were powerless tosave the souls of men/ 4hey were devised as types of the comin Messiah$ %esus Christ/ 4hey pictured the

work Christ would do in is death for our sins/ %esus is the one and only perfect priest who dealt with oursins in is perfect sacrifice of imself/ 4he 4abernacle and later the 4emple typified the place and mannerin which the O0 Bod met with is people and dealt with their need of a redeemer/ 7ach of the sacrificesand offerins$ feasts and festivals dealt with redemption of Bod


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o imit the topic under consideration to the conte&t of the 'cripture passae/ 0on


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Genesis 1:1

In the Beginning . . .

"What comes into our minds when we think about Bod is the most important thin about us$" wrote4o5er/ "Were we able to e&tract from any man a complete answer to the =uestion$


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Dears later$ the #postle Paul e&pressed his convictions about the Creator when he wrote to thephilosophers at Colossae/ "e is the imae of the invisible Bod$ the firstborn of all creation/ :or by im allthins were created$ bothin the heavens and on earth$ visible and invisible$ whether thrones or dominionsor rulers or authoritiesGall thins have been created throuh im and for im/ e is before all thins$ andin im all thins hold toether/ e is also head of the body$ the church2 and e is the beinnin$ the

firstborn from the dead$ so that e imself will come to have first place in everythin/ :or it was theFathersood pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in im$ and throuh im to reconcile all thins toimself$ havin made peace throuh the blood of is cross2 throuh im$I say$ whether thins on earth orthins in heaven" (Colossians 8+8,-9)/ 3ot only did %esus create all thins$ but also e is the super-luethat holds all thins toether/ 4he personal pre-e&istence of Christ is tauht by the apostle Paul (@@ Cor/ E+>2Phil/ +Hf2 Col/ 8+8.)/ 4hese words of Paul are parallel to the logospassae in %ohn 8+8I8E and to ebrews8+8I* as well as Philippians +,I88/

%esus said$ "e that hath seen Me hath seen the :ather" (%ohn 8*+>)/ #/ 4/ obertson observed$ "%esus isthe very stamp of Bod the :ather as e was before the @ncarnation (%ohn 8.+,) and is now (Phil/ +,I882eb/ 8+;) / / / the one who sees %esus has seen Bod (%ohn 8*+>)/"

Paul tells us somethin else about his thouhts on Bod incarnate/ "'ee to it that no one takes you captivethrouh philosophy and empty deception$ accordin to the tradition of men$ accordin to the elementaryprinciples of the world$ rather than accordin to Christ/ :or in im all the fullness of 0eity dwells in bodilyform$ and in im you have been made complete$ and e is the head over all rule and authority / / /" (Col/+E-89)/ ihtfoot said$ "@n Christ dwells the wholepleroma(fullness$ plenitude)$ the entire fullness of theBodhead / / / " Fenneth Wuest captures the prenant idea of verse seven when he translates$ "1ecause inim there is continuously and permanently at home all the fullness of the Bodhead in bodily fashion/"

#ain %ohn would say$ "#nd the Word became flesh$ and dwelt amon us$ and we saw is lory$ loryas of the only beotten from the :ather$ full of race and truth / / / 3o one has seen Bod at any time2 theonly beotten Bod who is in the bosom of the :ather$ e has e&plained Him" (%ohn 8+8*$ 8E)/

Perhaps a =uote from the old Christian mystic #/ W/ 4o5er can brin toether the convictions of thesethree 1ible saints/ 4o5er writes in The Knowledge of the Holy$ pae ;8+

/ / / Bod cannot so divide imself that one Person works while another is inactive/ @n the 'criptures thethree Persons are shown to act in harmonious unity in all the mihty works that are wrouht throuhout theuniverse/

@n the oly 'criptures the work of creationis attributed to the :ather (Ben/ 8+8)$ to the 'on (Col/ 8+8H)$and to the oly 'pirit (%ob H+8;2 Ps/ 89*+;9)/ 4he incarnationis shown to have been accomplished by thethree Persons in full accord (uke 8+;,)$ thouh only the 'on became flesh to dwell amon us/ #t Christ


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Peter to be the work of all three Persons of the Bodhead (8 Peter 8+)$ and the indwellingof the Christianman


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Genesis 2-3 1 Corinthians 15:2

The !ast "dam

4he sinificance of #dam as a type doesn)/


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4he first #dam was commissioned to "be fruitful" replenish the earth/ 4he ast #dam came to "brinmany sons to lory" and to fill heaven with redeemed people known as is 1ride/

4he first #dam lived a lon fruitful life to accomplish his destiny/ 4he ast #dam was born to die toaccomplish Bod


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Genesis 3:15

The #eed o$ the %oman

4he salvation of every soul beins with Bod/ #s soon as #dam sinned in the Barden of 7den$ we hearthe 'hepherdI8,)/

'atan was crushed at Calvary/ e was defeated when %esus rose from the dead/ 4he final blow will bethe submission of 'atan to %esus Christ when %esus returns in lory (evelation 9+8I8,)/

4he #postle Paul saw this reat promise bein fulfilled in the salvation and sanctification of Bod


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to shatter$ to crush$ to trample underfoot$ break in pieces by crushin$ "to rind$" "to crush$" "to smash$" "tobreak$" "to destroy/" Paul reminds believers to draw daily strenth from the blessed promise of final victoryover 'atan/ We are not on the loosin team! 4he imae of smashin 'atan in omans 8H+9 (cf/ Ben/ ;+8,2Ps/ >8+8;) suests both present victory over the powers of darkness and the imminent eschatoloicaldestruction of 'atan/

Bod uses some strane words when e pronounced the undyin opposition between 'atan and thewoman/ e describes it as "between your seed and her seed / / /" (Ben/ ;+8,)/

@t is impossible to see the fulfillment of this promise without reflectin on and seriously considerin@saiah .+8* and uke 8+;9I;,/ @t is completely impossible without a miracle from Bod/ 7ver since the :allof #dam and 7ve$ the sin nature has been transmitted from parent to child from eneration to eneration/We are all born in sin$ and this included %oseph and Mary/ #s Fin 0avid reflected on his sin nature heconcluded$ we are all "shapen in ini=uity" (Psalm ,8+,)/ We sin because we are sinners by nature/ Marywas a sinner born to sinful parents who came form sinful parents/ @f %esus had received a corrupt sinfulnature from either %oseph or Mary$ e could not have been our sinless substitute dyin for our sins/ ewould have been in the need of a redeemer like all other sinful men/

ow did %esus then have a sinless nature Mary2 *+*2 Benesis 8+.2 @@ 'amuel .+E$ 82 omans 8+8$ ;28H+9

4he undyin opposition is further seen in the bruisin or crushin of 'atan2 %ohn 8>+;92 evelation 9+89/

0r/ 'tiers writes$ "Benesis is the record of Bod


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0r/ Merill C/ 4enny says$ "@t may be believed that resurrection faith is at the center of the parado& of the'avior-man/ @n the crushin of the head of the serpent$ deliverance was promised+ and in order to effect thatdeliverance$ the redeemer had to be able to con=uer death/" e adds$ "ow could Christ (the seed of thewoman) take upon imself the conse=uences of the serpent


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Genesis 3:21& ':'

The (irst #acri$ice

4he traic story of man


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took a sacrificial animal (probably a lamb)$ slew it before the eyes of #dam and 7ve and wrapped the skinsabout their naked bodies/ 3o doubt$ at that time$ Bod ave them instructions about sacrifice and coverinof sins/ Bod laid down an eternal$ divine principle from which there is no deviation/

'alvation is of race/ 4he animal was Bod


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@n the fullness of time$ the O0 Bod sent is 'on %esus Christ to make atonement for sin once for all/What beins as a small ray of liht in Benesis shins forth in full noonday sun in the Bospels/ %esus died forour sins$ yours and mine/ Bod made im sin for us in order that we miht become the rihteous in Bod


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Bod


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strike down all the firstborn in the land of 7ypt$ both man and beast2 and aainst all the ods of 7ypt @will e&ecute AudmentsG@ am the ord/ 4he blood shall be a sin for you on the houses where you live2and when @ see the blood @ will pass over you$ and no plaue will befall you to destroyyouwhen @ strike theland of 7ypt" (vv/ 8I8;)/ With the application of the blood of the lamb to the lintel and doorposts$ thehousehold was protected/ ":or the ord will pass throuh to smite the 7yptians2 and when e sees the

blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts$ the ord will pass over the door and will not allow thedestroyer to come in to your houses to smiteyou"(v/ ;)/ @n order to receive the protection$ the lamb had tobe slain and appropriated by faith/

Bod still comes our way and says in effect$ "When @ see the blood$ @ will pass over you" (v/ 8;)/ 4helamb had to be slain$ and man had to trust in Bod+) is a commentary on eviticus8.+88/ ":or the life of the flesh is in the blood$ and @ have iven it to you on the altar to make atonement foryour souls2 for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement/"

#ll sacrifices were mere shadows of the sacrifice of Christ and looked forward to it/ 4hese Old4estament sacrifices were worthless in their own riht$ but were accepted for the time as tokens of the

future sacrifice of the amb of Bod (ebrews 89+89I8*)/ Once that sacrifice was offered$ all othersacrifices lost their meanin and ceased to be/ 4he infinite value of the saviorI9$ "4herefore$ brethren$ since we haveconfidence to enter the holy place by the blood of %esus$ by a new and livin way which e inauurated forus throuh the veil$ that is$ is flesh / / / "

The )er$ect +edeeming !am* God ill )ro,ided is a )ersonwho was "wounded for ourtransressions / / / Dahweh has laid on im the ini=uity of us all / / / e is brouht as a lamb to theslauhter/" @saiah ,+8;I,;+8 tells us the lamb will be a person of Bod)/ 4he ne&t day %ohn saw im aain and declared$"1ehold$ the amb of Bod!" (v/ ;H)/ Our sins are removed only by the sacrifice of the amb/

The !am* o$ God is )roclaimed as our +edeemerin #cts E/ #n 7thiopian overnment official wasspeedin his way home after havin been to %erusalem to worship/ @n his lap was a copy of the book of


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@saiah/ #s he rode alon$ he pondered "e was led as a sheep to slauhter2 and as a lamb before its shearersis silent$ so e does not open is mouth/ @n humiliation is Audment was taken away2 who shall relate iseneration :or is life is removed form the earth" (#cts E+;I;;$ =uotin @saiah ,;+.$ E)/ Bod sent Philipthe evanelist to interpret and e&pound the passae for him/ "#nd Philip opened his mouth$ and beinninfrom this 'cripture he preached %esus to him" (v/ ;,)/ 4he 7thiopian man appropriated the provision of the

amb of Bod by believin on Christ/ "@ believe that %esus Christ is the 'on of Bod" was his response/

The )roo$ o$ the )recious +edeeming !am* o$ Godis seen in is resurrection from the dead/ 4heapostle Peter sums up the whole messae of the amb with these words+ "knowin that you were notredeemed with perishable thins like silver or old from your futile way of life inherited from yourforefathers$ but with precious blood$ as of a lamb unblemished and spotless$ the bloodof Christ/ :or ewas foreknown before the foundation of the world$ but has appeared in these last times for the sake of youwho throuh im are believers in Bod$ who raised im from the dead and ave im lory$ so that yourfaith and hope are in Bod" (@ Peter 8+8EI8)/

The )reeminence o$ the !am* o$ God as our +edeemeris the messae of the book of evelation/ ewill receive everlastin worship/ 4he amb of Bod is the ion of the tribe of %udah who reins as the

soverein Fin of Fins and ord of ords for all eternity/ 4he whole book focuses our attention on the"amb standin$ as if slain" at the throne of Bod/ 4he elders fell down before the amb and worshippedim sinin a new son$ "Worthy are Dou to take the book and to break its seals2 for Dou were slain$ andpurchased for Bod with Dour blood menfrom every tribe and tonue and people and nation/ Dou havemade them to bea kindom and priests to our Bod2 and they will rein upon the earth / / / sayin with aloud voice$


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Genesis 0-

The "r o$ #al,ation

0epravity of the world in 3oahI8)/

We$ too$ live in an evil day that could be described with the same words of the days precedin the deluein Benesis H+,$ .IE$ 88I8/ Bod in is race had reached down to us and saved us because it was thedesire of is heart/ "1ut Bod$ bein rich in mercy$ because of is reat love with which e loved us$ evenwhen we were dead in our transressions$ made us alive toether with Christ (by race you have beensaved)$ and raised us up with im$ and seated us with im in the heavenlyplacesin Christ %esus$ so that inthe aes to come e miht show the surpassin riches of is race in kindness toward us in Christ %esus"(7phesians +*I.)/

Christ is our ark of safety from the wrath of Bod/

Bod revealed to 3oah the comin Audment (H+8;)/ "Bod said/" ebrews 88+. tells us 3oah believedBod


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warnin in is Word/ We must take Bod at is word and believe what e says about is 'on$ %esusChrist/ @ %ohn ,+>I89

4he ark was the only means of escape and there was only one door to enter the ark (H+8H)/ %esus used theanaloy of the door to stress the fact that e is the only entrance into the Findom of Bod/ %esus said$ "@

am the door2 if anyone enters throuh Me$ he will be saved$ and will o in and out and find pasture" (%ohn89+>)/ #ain e stressed$ "@ am the way$ and the truth$ and the life2 no one comes to the :ather but throuhMe" (8*+H)/ 4he #postle Peter proclaimed$ "#nd there is salvation in no one else2 for there is no other nameunder heaven that has been iven amon men by which we must be saved" (#cts *+8)/ #ll may come$ butthey have to come throuh the only door of salvation/

Once 3oah and his family ot into the ark they were perfectly safe/ 4hey were the only ones to escape(Benesis .+8)/ Bod was in the ark with them/ 4here were no causalities/ 4hey were all perfectly safeII3oah$ his family and the animals/ # year later we are told in E+8EI8>$ "'o 3oah went out$ and his sons andhis wife and his sonsJ wives with him/ 7very beast$ every creepin thin$ and every bird$ everythin thatmoves on the earth$ went out by their families from the ark/" eardin our own salvation %esus said to hisdisciples$ "My sheep hear My voice$ and @ know them$ and they follow Me2 and @ ive eternal life to them$

and they will never perish2 and no one will snatch them out of My hand/ My :ather$ who has iven themtoMe$ is reater than all2 and no one is able to snatch themout of the :atherJs hand/ @ and the :ather are one"(%ohn 89+.I;9)/ %esus is in the ark and it can not sink/ When we are in the ship with %esus$ we will neversink/

Many interpreters have noted the ebrew word in Benesis H+8* is not the common one for "pitch$%&ettet'," but #aphermeanin "to cover/" 3o where else in the Old 4estament is it rendered "pitch/" 7verywhere else it is translated "to make atonement/" 1y coverin it inside and out with "pitch" the ark waswaterproofed/ We have been protected from the wrath of Bod by the perfect coverin that comes from%esus Christ/ Our shelter from Bod)/ 4hat is the only coverin that will protect us from the wrath of Bod/


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Genesis 12:13

Count 4our Blessings "*raham

When Bod called #braham in Benesis 8+8I;$ he received several promises/ 4he final element of theblessin is found in these words+ "#nd in you all the families of the earth will be blessed" (Benesis *+8b)/@t reaches back into the families bein divided by sin in #dam


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We who have come to know Christ by faith are blessed with #braham/ Bod


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Genesis 1':162

)riest o$ the Order o$ 7elchi8ede

# strane PriestIFin of 'alem by the name of Melchi5edek met #braham after he fouht with kins inthe valley to rescue his nephew ot/

'alem is called %erusalem in latter days in the Old 4estament/ 4he old name 'alem is referred to in thePsalms and means$ "foundin of peace$ or "possession of peace$" "the peaceful$" hence city of peace/

"#nd Melchi5edek kin of 'alem brouht out bread and wine2 now he was a priest of Bod Most ih/e blessed him and said$


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Our ord %esus Christ "made peace throuh the blood of is cross" (Colossians 8+9)/ 1y faith in imwe are pronounced rihteous/ "1ein Austified by faith we have peace with Bod throuh our ord %esusChrist" (omans ,+82 cf/ ;+8IH)/ Paul oes on to say$ ":or the Findom of Bod is not meat and drink2but rihteousness$ and peace$ and Aoy$ in the oly 'pirit" (omans 8*+8.)/ 4he ebrew prophet %eremiahsaid of im$ "e shall be called 47 O0 O6 @B47O6'37''" (%eremiah ;+,IH)/

Moreover$ Melchi5edek is also described in the 'criptures as havin no known enealoy/ 4here is noaccount of his descent$ or of the beinnin and end of his life/ e is "without father$ without mother$without descent$ havin neither beinnin of days nor end of life" (ebrews .+;)/

@n noble form this priestIkin was a type of the BodIFin and eternal hih priest %esus Christ/ @t wasFin 0avid under the inspiration of the oly 'pirit who said reardin the comin Messiah$ "4he ord hassworn and will not chane is mind$ 2 ;+92 %oshua ,+8;-8,2 %udes 8;+2 @saiah H;+>/

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priesthood in ebrews/ %esus was from the tribe of %udah$ not from evi/ e could never serve as aevitical priest/ Moreover$ no evite could ever serve as the Messiah Fin/

4he perpetual priesthood of the Messiah was confirmed by a divine oath+ "4he O0 has sworn$ andwill not chane is mind+ 4hou art a priest forever/" 4he order of evi had many priests in number$

because they continued to die off/ "4heformerpriests$ on the one hand$ e&isted in reater numbers becausethey were prevented by death from continuin$ but %esus$ on the other hand$ because e continues forever$holds is priesthood permanently/ 4herefore e is able also to save forever those who draw near to Bodthrouh im$ since e always lives to make intercession for them" (ebrews .+;I,)/ %esus< eternalpriesthood is similar to Melchi5edek who had no descendents$ and there were no priests to follow him/

Moreover$ our Breat ih Priest "does not need daily$ like those hih priests$ to offer up sacrifices$ firstfor is own sins and then for thesinsof the people$ because this e did once for all when e offered upimself" (vv/ .IE)/ e is the Breat ih Priest who voluntarily offered up the perfect sinless sacrifice ofimself as a substitute for sinful people/

Beneration after eneration of ih Priest


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Genesis 10:913

The "ngel o$ the !ord

Bod made a promise to #braham that he would be the father of a reat nation (Benesis 8+2 8,+8IH)/#braham has been walkin by faith and he is now in the Promised and (Ben/ 8,+.2 8H+;)/ owever$ hehas still not seen the birth of the promised son/

#braham listened to 'arah and ot into deep trouble/ When left to human inenuity we often fail/ Bod$however$ wants it to be clearly understood by everyone involved that the child is in every sense to be achild of promise/ #braham and 'arah are now advanced in years/ Man can contribute nothin/ Only theBod of race can provide the son of the promise/

#be and 'arah have waited lon enouh$ or so they think/

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4he anel of the O0 reveals imself to people and they understand im to be a divine person(8H+8;)/

4he writers of the Old 4estament call im Dahweh (O0)/ @n a time of crisis the anel of the O0

visited Bideon to ive encouraement (%udes H+88I*)/ @t clima&es with worship in verse 9I8$ "4heanel of Bod said to him$


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into the face of the ord %esus Christ$ you see the face of Bod/ @n im$ we have the perfect vision of whatBod is like/ %esus said$ "e who has seen Me has seen the :ather/"


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Genesis 22:11

Isaac's Substitute Lamb

#braham waited a lon time for the son of the promise/ When he was finally born$ @saac was nothinshort of a miracle/ e was born to #braham and 'arah when it was humanly impossible for them to havechildren because of their ae/ #braham was one hundred years old$ and 'arah wasn


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#braham responded$ "+8.I8E)/

@ndeed$ %esus said$ ":or this reason the :ather loves Me$ because @ lay down My life so that @ may take itaain/ 3o one has taken it away from Me$ but @ lay it down on My own initiative/ @ have authority to lay itdown$ and @ have authority to take it up aain/ 4his commandment @ received from My :ather" (%ohn89+8.I8E)/

4he only sacrifice Bod accepts for our sin is the sacrifice that e has provided/


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4hat day the lamb became @saac


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Genesis 26:1-22

/aco*s !adder

When @ think of the patriarch %acob$ @ think of 0r/ %ekyll and Mr/ yde/

%acob was a deceiver/ is many-sided personality was filled with uile$ meanness$ craftiness and deceit/e


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ate of heaven/)/

"1ecause @ said to you that @ saw you under the fi tree$ do you believe Dou will see reater thins thanthese/" #nd e said to him$ "4ruly$ truly$ @ say to you$ you will see the heavens opened and the anels ofBod ascendin and descendin on the 'on of Man" (vv/ ,9-,8)/ %esus can do more than read the heart/ eopens the door to heaven/ %esus was in unendin and unbroken communion with the :ather/ 3athanael andthe other disciples saw the lory of Bod come down to man/ Bod and man met in %esus Christ/


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4he words "heavens opened" is the idea of remainin open$ or "standin open/" 'omethin has occurredin the past and it continues into the future/ eaven stands wide open and now the race of Bod is availablefor every person who believes in the 'on of Man/ Dou can come into Bod


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Genesis 39-5

7essiah *en /oseph

%oseph was the first born son of achael$ %acob)/

4here was already a house of siblins by the time %oseph arrived$ sons of %acob and eah/ 4heantaonism of bein the favored son rew into outriht hate by the time he was a teenaer/ One day %osephsuested the idea that in a dream he saw them alon with his father and mother bowin down to him!When he was seventeen %acob sent %oseph to the fields to check on his brothers/ 4hey saw him comin anddetermined to kill him/ is oldest brother euben interceded and threw him in a pit hopin to rescue himlater/ While he was one the other brothers saw an @shmaelite caravan passin by and sold %oseph as slaveto them/ 4hey killed a oat$ dipped %oseph


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K4hey hated Me without a causeJ" (%ohn 8,+;-,)/ On another occasion$ while %esus was teachin$someone said$ "ook$ your brothers and sisters and mother have come for you/" %esus responded with aesture by sayin those who were is true mother$ brothers and sisters were those who listened to im andbelieved is words/ is own brothers in the flesh did not believe in im until after e was raised from thedead/

%oseph and %esus were both conspired upon by their enemies to be put to death/

4he brothers of %oseph saw him approachin from a distance and "before he came close to them$ theyplotted aainst him to put him to death" (Benesis ;.+8E)/

Dou don


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now$ but some have fallen asleep2 then e appeared to %ames$ then to all the apostles2 and last of all$ as toone untimely born$ e appeared to me also" (@ Corinthians 8,+;-E)/ 4he implication is$ if you don


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Genesis ':6-12

;ntil #hiloh Comes

%acob ave a "prophetic blessin" to his sons that pictures in rand outlines the future history of a nationyet to come into e&istence/ @n his blessin$ he viewed how each son and their descendents would be a partof the "redemptive" nation/ 4he blessin embraces the whole history of @srael from %acob+E)/ 4he people of @srael will praise the O0 Bod for what e shall brin aboutthrouh the tribe of %udah/

4his blessin to %udah emphasi5ed the superior leadership ability and triumph over his enemies (v/ E)/"%udah$ your brothers shall praise you2 Dour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies2 Dour fatherJs sonsshall bow down to you/" :riend and foe will reconi5e his effectiveness as a leader/

4he emblem of the lion symboli5es the strenth of this tribe)/evelation ,+, sees the resurrected and ascended ord %esus Christ as the "lion of the tribe of %udah/" Oneof the elders in %ohn


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8ff2 evelation ,+,)/ 4he people made the wron choice when they chose 'aul from the tribe of 1enAamin/Bod+89c-8)/ 'hiloh is the man ofrest$ the iver of rest or "rest-briner/" 4he word 'hiloh comes fromshalah$ "to have rest/"

4he earliest interpretation of this passae was messianic/ 4he ancient %ewish 4arum of Onkelos reads+"6ntil Messiah comes$ whose is the kindom/" 4here are "very stronly messianic implications" from thetime of the 'eptuaint onward/

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to it/ #nd many peoples will come and say$ "Come$ let us o up to the mountain of the ord$ to the houseof the Bod of %acob2 that e may teach us concernin is ways and that we may walk in is paths/" :orthe law will o forth from Lion and the word of the ord from %erusalem/ #nd e will Aude between thenations$ #nd will render decisions for many peoples2 #nd they will hammer their swords into plowsharesand their spears into prunin hooks/ 3ation will not lift up sword aainst nation$ #nd never aain will they

learn war/ Come$ house of %acob$ and let us walk in the liht of the ord/"

4he emphasis is on 'hiloh$ the iver of rest/ e shall be such an effective leader that men will readilyyield im obedience/ # day is comin when men from all over the world are oin to bow with cheerful$tender willin inner submission to the Messiah/ Many have made a personal decision to do Aust that byivin their lives to %esus Christ in simple child like faith/

Moreover$ there is another side to this reat prophetic blessin/ Benesis *>+88-8 refers to the Audmentand salvation at the 'econd Comin of Christ/ 4he Prince of Peace will rein as Fin of Fins for ever andever (evelation 88+8,2 ,+,-8*2 75ekiel 8+.)/

"e ties hisfoal to the vine$ and his donkeyJs colt to the choice vine2 e washes his arments in wine$

and his robes in the blood of rapes/ "is eyes are dull from wine$ and his teeth white from milk" (Ben/*>+88-8)/

We have the choice of humblin ourselves and bowin to is rein today/ 4here is comin a day$however$ when everyone reardless of their desires will bow and worship im/ "Bod hihly e&alted im$and bestowed on im the name which is above every name$ so that at the name of %esus every knee willbow$ of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth$ and that every tonue will confess that%esus Christ is ord$ to the lory of Bod the :ather" (Philippians +>-88)/

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7&odus ;+-H

The Burning Bush

'omethin really strane happened/ 4he bush started talkin to Moses!

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4he anel of the O0 is always dependent upon the O0 and subordinate to is commands (@Chron/ 8+.)$ yet e is addressed as the O0 (7&/ ;+;)/

4he anel of the O0 e&ercises the preroatives of Dahweh in forivin sin and commandin

obedience/ is deity is never left in doubt/ @n 7&odus ;+9-;; e is the #nel of the Covenant/ Peopleconsistently reconi5e im as deity and respond to im in that way/ @n %oshua ,+8;-H+ e possesses thefull character and authority of Bod/

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4he apostle %ohn who observed %esus Christ daily for three years e&plained it this way in @ %ohn 8+8-;/

What was from the beinnin$ what we have heard$ what we have seen with our eyes$ whatwe have looked at and touched with our hands$ concernin the Word of ifeGand the lifewas manifested$ and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life$ which

was with the :ather and was manifested to usGwhat we have seen and heard we proclaim toyou also$ so that you too may have fellowship with us2 and indeed our fellowship is with the:ather$ and with is 'on %esus Christ/


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(7lohim) of @srael$ but never of the %ehovah of @srael$ for there is no other %ehovah/ e speaks of the livinBod$ but never of the livin %ehovah$ for he cannot conceive of %ehovah as other than livin/"

% is a ebrew term that is not brouht forward into the 3ew 4estament because the 3ew 4estamentwas written in Breek/ 4he e=uivalent term for % in Breek isKurios$ ord/ @t is applied to all three

persons of the 4rinity/ @t is Austifiable to treat the name % of the ebrew 'criptures as continued in itsspecific meanin into the 3ew 4estament by the name ord orKurios/ @t is applicable in this sense to nonebut deity/

Over the past forty years$ @ have pulled toether from many hihly respected scholars information for thefollowin pararaph/ @t is a humble attempt to try to understand the @nfinite/ @t is impossible$ of course/Only as we look into the face of %esus do we understand the O0 Bod/

"@ #M 4#4 @ #M" contains each tense of the verb "to be/" We can translate it "@ was$ @ am$ @ shallalways continue to be/" e is the eternal "@ #M/" e is the same yesterday$ today and forever/ eannounced that 7lohim is self-e&istent$ beside whom there is none else/ e is without beinnin$ withoutendin from everlastin to everlastin e is/ Dahweh is the #bsolute @/ #ctin with self-dependence$ the

#bsolute Bod of the fathers$ e is the divine 1ein movin$ pervadin history$ manifestin imself in theworld/ e is the self-determinin One$ #bsolute independence$ in harmony with imself$ remaininconsistent$ the absolute @$ movin with unlimited freedom/ e is the #bsolute personality/ e is thepersonal Bod in is historic manifestation unfoldin (revealin) imself/ e is the Bod of redemption/ 1ythis name e is eternal$ uncaused$ unconditioned$ independent and self-sufficient/ #s the Bod of race ebecomes whatever is needed to meet the needs of those who are is/ e is "the 1ecomin One/" 4here isthe promise of continuin self-manifestation in is name$ "@ will be that @ will be/" (@ told you it wasimpossible!)

4he Pharisees were accusin %esus of blasphemy because e was forivin sins/ Only Bod can forivesins/ 4heir complaint was$ Who are you to do only what Bod can do (%ohn chapter eiht)/

@n response to their accusations %esus said$ "1efore #braham was born$ @ #M" (%ohn E+,E)/ 4hey knewe&actly what e meant/ 4here wasn)/ %esus Christ names imself the "@ #M/" 4hey understood im to be claimin identitywith the Bod who spoke to Moses from the burnin bush/

@n assumin the name "@ #M" %esus was assumin to imself the attributes and authorities of the O0Bod of @srael/ %esus assumed the name of Dahweh$ or %ehovah/ %esus Christ is Dahweh and Dahweh is%esus/ %esus was assumin the holiest word for absolute deity in the ebrew lanuae/ e is a person in the4rinity/ On another occasion %esus said$ "@ and the :ather are one/" 4he response+ "4he %ews picked upstones aain to stone im" (%ohn 89+;9-;8)/

%esus uses the "@ am" formula to communicate the essential attributes of the O0 Bod/ @n each sayinbelow %esus places the "@ am" is in the emphatic position/ @t is Bod speakin when %esus says+

o @ am the bread of life2 he who comes to Me will not huner$ and he who believes in Me

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o @ am the iht of the world2 he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness$ but will

have the iht of life (%ohn E+8)/

o @ am the door2 if anyone enters throuh Me$ he will be saved$ and will o in and out and

find pasture (%ohn 89+>)/

o @ am the ood shepherd2 the ood shepherd lays down is life for the sheep (%ohn 89+88)/

o @ am the resurrection and the life2 he who believes in Me will live even if he dies$ and

everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die/ 0o you believe this (%ohn 88+,-H)/

o @ am the way$ and the truth$ and the life2 no one comes to the :ather but throuh Me (%ohn

8*+H)/

o @ am the true vine$ and My :ather is the vinedresser (%ohn 8,+8)/

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rihteousness2 for by is wounds you were healed" (@ Peter +-*2 cf/ @saiah ,+>)/ %esus "committed nosin$" either before or durin is sufferin (cf/ Cor/ ,+82 eb/ *+8,2 8 %ohn ;+,)/ e was completelyinnocent in both deed and word because "no deceit was found in is mouth/"

It as necessar $or the )asso,er lam* to *e slain/ "4he whole assembly of the conreation of @srael

is to kill it at twiliht" (8+H)/ 4he lambs were slain between ; and , PM of the afternoon before thePassover which bean when the first ray of starliht could be seen in the sky/ %esusJ scourin and deathaccomplished spiritual "healin" or salvation of every individual who trusts im as his 'avior/ "#ndaccordin to the aw$ one mayalmostsay$ all thins are cleansed with blood$ and without sheddin ofblood there is no foriveness" (ebrews >+)/ Cf/ Mark 8,+H-8,2 %ohn 8+>$ ;H2 8+*/

"Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed" (@ Corinthians ,+.b)/ 4he death of %esus Christ is thepropitiation for our sins/ 4he sacrifice of imself turns away the wrath of Bod/ @t is Bod who is propitiatedby is own provision made in the vicarious$ substitutionary$ e&piatory sacrifice of Christ/ Man sinned/Christ annuls the power of sin to separate Bod and man/ Our Passover not only covers our sins$ but eturns back the wrath of Bod which we deserve and Bod can look upon with is favor/ %esus ave imselfas a ransom for our sins/ ":or even the 'on of Man did not come to be served$ but to serve$ and to ive is

life a ransom for many" (Mark 89+*,)/ 4he word "redeemed" means "to set free by the payment of aransom/" @t is a ransom for life as of a slave$ (Matt/ 9+E)$ and therefore$ to set free by payment of ransom/4he ransom is the blood of %esus/ Fenneth Wuest observed$ "4he blood of Christ is costly$ essentially andintrinsically precious because it is BodJs blood (#cts 9+E)$ for 0eity became incarnate in humanity/"More literally$ we are redeemed "with costly blood$ hihly honored$ blood as of a lamb that is withoutblemish and spotless$ the blood of Christ/" @t was by the blood of Christ that we are redeemed from sin/ @t isan uly picture of blood spilt because sin is uly/ We are totally depraved and in the need of Bod-$ >2 8 %ohn 8+.2 uke +8>-/

The *ones o$ the )asso,er !am* must not *e *roen."@t is to be eaten in a sinle house2 you are not

to brin forth any of the flesh outside of the house$ nor are you to break any bone of it" (7&/ 8+*H)/ Of%esus it is written$ " but comin to %esus$ when they saw that e was already dead$ they did not break isles/ 1ut one of the soldiers pierced is side with a spear$ and immediately blood and water came out/ #ndhe who has seen has testified$ and his testimony is true2 and he knows that he is tellin the truth$ so that youalso may believe/ :or these thins came to pass to fulfill the 'cripture$ "3ot a bone of im shall be broken/" (%ohn 8>+;;-;H) Cf/ Psalm ;*+9 "e keeps all is bones2 not one of them is broken/"

The *lood o$ the )asso,er !am* had to *e applied in the correct manner. "Moreover$ they shall takesome of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it" (7&/8+.)/ We have to appropriate the death of %esus for our sins by faith/ %ohn ;+;H says$ "e who believes inthe 'on has eternal life2 but he who does not obey the 'on will not see life$ but the wrath of Bod abides on

him" (%ohn ;+;H)/ Cf/ omans ;+*-H2 Corinthians ,+82 Balatians ;+8;-8*2 ebrews 88+E/

The meat o$ the )asso,er !am* must *e eaten in the home. "4hey shall eat the flesh thatsameniht$roasted with fire$ and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs/ 0o not eat any of it raw orboiled at all with water$ but rather roasted with fire$ bothits head and its les alon with its entrails/ #ndyou shall not leave any of it over until mornin$ but whatever is left of it until mornin$ you shall burn withfire/ 3ow you shall eat it in this manner+ withyour loins irded$ your sandals on your feet$ and your staff inyour hand2 and you shall eat it in hasteGit is the ordJs Passover" (7&/ 8+E-882 cf/ 8 Corinthians ,+.-E)/


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3ot only did Bod provide for their salvation from the death anel$ but e also provided nourishment fortheir travel/ %esus not only saves us from sin$ but e also provides daily bread for our spiritual lives/ Wemust come to im for our nourishment every day/ What we ate for spiritual food yesterday will not carryover for today or tomorrow/ @t is a daily feastin on Christ/ Chane the metaphor and the need for dailysustenance becomes perfectly clear/ "@ am the vine$ you are the branches2 he who abides in Me and @ in him$

he bears much fruit$ for apart from Me you can do nothin" (%ohn 8,+,)/

The )asso,er !am* o$ God pro,ides per$ect protection $rom ?udgment o$ God.":or @ will othrouh the land of 7ypt on that niht$ and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of 7ypt$ both manand beast2 and aainst all the ods of 7ypt @ will e&ecute AudmentsG@ am the ord/ 4he blood shall be asin for you on the houses where you live2 and when @ see the blood @ will pass over you$ and no plauewill befall you to destroyyouwhen @ strike the land of 7ypt" (7&/ 8+8-8;)/ 4he apostle %ohn reconi5edthis reat truth when e wrote that Christ "imself is the propitiation for our sins" (8 %ohn +)/ "@n this islove$ not that we loved Bod$ but that e loved us and sent is 'on to be the propitiation for our sins" (8%ohn *+89)/ omans ;+, speaks of Christ "whom Bod displayed publicly as a propitiation in is bloodthrouh faith/" Christ is the means whereby our sin is covered and remitted/ Properly propitiation is "theturnin away of wrath by an offerin" (eon Morris)/ Bod


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The )illar o$ (ire

"4he ord was oin before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way$ and in a pillar offire by niht to ive them liht$ that they miht travel by day and by niht/ e did not take away the pillarof cloud by day$ nor the pillar of fire by niht$ from before the people" (7&odus 8;+8-)/ 4he cloudsymboli5ed Bod


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prepared for the celebration/ #s the evenin approached a reat crowd of people arrived for the lihtin ofthe candelabra/ When darkness fell four youths of priestly lineae climbed on ladders and lit the reattorches/ 4here was such a bla5e of liht that suddenly the darkness was pierced with such a liht that it issaid to have illuminated every street and s=uare in the city of %erusalem/ 4he liht could be seen for milesaround %erusalem/ @t is in this very court$ at possibly the very moment of the lihtin$ that %esus cried out+

"@ am the liht of the world/" @n effect$ %esus was sayin$ "Dou have seen the bla5e of the 4empleillumination piercin the darkness of the niht/ @ am the iht of the world/ 4he liht in the 4emple is abrilliant liht$ but in the end it flickers and dies/ @ am the iht that lasts forever/" e declared$ "@ am theiht of the world2 he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness$ but will have the iht of life" (%ohnE+8)/

4he people listenin knew that %esus was referrin to the pillar of fire by niht and the cloud by day thathad uided their forefathers/ 4hey called to mind the he#inahlory in the 4abernacle and 'olomon/ @t was a supreme claim to 0eity and the Messiah/ B/ Campbell Moran said$"4hese are the worlds of the most impudent blasphemer that ever spoke$ or the words of Bod incarnate/"

%ust before healin the blind man %esus said$ "While @ am in the world$ @ am the iht of the world"(%ohn >+,)/ ater %esus cried out and said$ "e who believes in Me$ does not believe in Me but in im whosent Me/ e who sees Me sees the One who sent Me/ @ have come asiht into the world$ so that everyonewho believes in Me will not remain in darkness" (%ohn 8+**-*H)/

4he word "liht" is a metaphor for spiritual illumination/ When %esus claimed to be the iht$ e wasclaimin to be the possessor and bearer of the divine truth of salvation/ e was the final and completerevelation of Bod to man/ @n im$ we find divine instruction/ e was claimin to be the only one whoives everlastin salvation/ e is the active liht that con=uers all spiritual darkness/

4he #postle %ohn saw %esus as the iht/ "@n im was life$ and the life was the iht of men/ 4he iht

shines in the darkness$ and the darkness did not comprehend it" (%ohn 8+*-,)/ %ohn the 1apti5er "came as awitness$ to testify about the iht$ so that all miht believe throuh him/ e was not the iht$ but he cameto testify about the iht/ 4here was the true iht which$ comin into the world$ enlihtens every man"(vv/ .->)/

%esus Christ promised spiritual life to all who will believe in is liht/ e promises that we will "notwalk in darkness$ but shall have the liht of life/" 3o one could make that promise but Bod/ e illuminatesthe spirit and soul of men who are in a state of spiritual blindness/ e brins conviction by the liht eives/ 4he liht of the ord %esus Christ reveals our spiritual darkness and spiritual blindness/

%esus said$ "e who follows Me$" i/e/$ trusts and obeys im receives spiritual life/ #s the iht of the

world %esus must be followed like the pillar of fire in the desert/ When we follow %esus we enter into apermanent spiritual relationship with im/ 4he #postle %ohn testified to this fact+ "4his is the messae wehave heard from im and announce to you$ that Bod is iht$ and in im there is no darkness at all/ @f wesay that we have fellowship with im andyetwalk in the darkness$ we lie and do not practice the truth2 butif we walk in the iht as e imself is in the iht$ we have fellowship with one another$ and the bloodof %esus is 'on cleanses us from all sin" (8 %ohn 8+,-.)/


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When we receive %esus as the iht e comes into our lives and makes available to us a life that radiatesfrom the life in communion with im/ We are the liht of the world because of our intimate loverelationship with im/ e ives a radiated liht/ %esus told is disciples+ "Dou are the liht of the world/ #city set on a hill cannot be hidden2 nor does anyoneliht a lamp and put it under a basket$ but on thelampstand$ and it ives liht to all who are in the house/ et your liht shine before men in such a way that

they may see your ood works$ and lorify your :ather who is in heaven" (Mathew ,+8*-8H)/ Dou can notlive the Christian life without the inner liht that e ives the believer/ e is our source of spiritual liht/Our witness is a reflected liht that comes from Christ/ We ive im our darkness and e ives us isliht/ e is the iht that inites the oil of the 'pirit in our lives/

@f that were not enouh to liht our soul and set it on fire$ there is a day comin when we will look at theheavenly city all bathed in the translucent liht of the lory of the amb of Bod/ "@ saw no temple in it$ forthe ord Bod the #lmihty and the amb are its temple/ #nd the city has no need of the sun or of the moonto shine on it$ for the lory of Bod has illumined it$ and its lamp isthe amb/ 4he nations will walk by itsliht$ and the kins of the earth will brin their lory into it/ @n the daytime (for there will be no niht there)its ates will never be closed2 and they will brin the lory and the honor of the nations into it2 and nothinunclean$ and no one who practices abomination and lyin$ shall ever come into it$ but only those whose

names are written in the ambJs book of life" (evelation 8+-.)/

4hat is not all/ %ohn went on to describe the 3ew eaven+ "#nd there will no loner be anyniht2 andthey will not have need of the liht of a lamp nor the liht of the sun$ because the ord Bod will illuminethem2 and they will rein forever and ever" (+,)/ @ndeed e is the "briht and mornin star" (v/ 8H)/


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@n praise to %esus the early church called im$ "4hy holy servant %esus" (#cts *+.$ ;92 ;+8;)/ We areimmediately reminded of the title "'ervant of Dahweh" in @saiah (*+82 *>+H-.2 ,+8;2 ,;+88)/ %esus is the'ufferin 'ervant of Dahweh/ @saiah ,;+88 is fulfilled in the death of %esus on the Cross bearin our sinsand ini=uities/

#s a result of the anuish of is soul$e will see it andbe satisfied21y is knowlede the ihteous One$My 'ervant$ will Austify the many$#s e will bear their ini=uities/

#dam pluned the whole human race into sin/ We are all uilty of failin to be what Bod wants us to be/We fall short of brinin lory to Bod/ owever$ the perfect 'ervant of Dahweh suffered and died bearinour ini=uities on the cross/ e is the ihteous One of @saiah fifty-three/ 4he O0 saw the anuish of issoul and was satisfied/ 4herefore$ we believin sinners are "Austified as a ift by is race throuh theredemption which is in Christ %esus2 whom Bod displayed publicly as a propitiation in is blood throuhfaith/ This wasto demonstrate is rihteousness$ because in the forbearance of Bod e passed over the sins

previously committed2 for the demonstration$I say,of is rihteousness at the present time$ so that ewould be Aust and the Austifier of the one who has faith in %esus" (omans ;+*-H)/ 4he O0 Bodapplied the substitutionary death of %esus to believin sinners and declared us Austified by faith/ 4he'ufferin 'ervant of Bod accomplished our salvation/ e has declared us riht with Bod/

%esus said that if we are to enter into the kindom of Bod we must humble ourselves and become likehelpless children/ We enter BodJs kindom by faith/ We come to im helpless$ unable to save ourselves$totally dependent on the mercy and race of Bod/ 4he ihteous 'ervant declares the unrihteous sinnerAust in Bod2 88+*2 8+8H$ ;$ E2 8;+;8-;2 8*+8;2 8,+E2 8H+8*2 8.+8$ *-,$ 89)/ %esus is e&alted and lorified by Bod the :ather because e humbled imself by becomin aservant and died for the unodly (#cts +;;2 Phil/ +>2 eb/ 8+;-*$ E)/

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spiritually/ "4he O0 your Bod heals/" 4he word means "to mend$" like the mendin of a torn arment/@t has the idea of repairin as bein reconstructed and to cure as a diseased person is restored to health/"4he O0 is the physician/"

We all come to life with a need of healin/ Our waters become bitter as all/ "Where will you be stricken

aain$2syou continue inyourrebellion 4he whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint/ :rom the soleof the foot even to the head there is nothin sound in it$ o nlybruises$ welts and raw wounds$ not pressed outor bandaed$ nor softened with oil" (@saiah 8+,$ H)/

@s there one who can brin healin to our broken lives ave we learned how to make the bitter waters inour lives sweet What chanes the bitter e&periences of your life in to the sweet frarance of life

#t the beinnin of is ministry %esus opened the scroll to @saiah H8 and read imself into ismessianic office/ e read aloud in the synaoue at 3a5areth$ "4he 'pirit of the ord is upon Me$ 1ecausee anointed Me to preach the ospel to the poor/ e has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives$ #ndrecovery of siht to the blind$ 4o set free those who are oppressed$ 4o proclaim the favorable year of theord" (uke *+8EI8>)/

What did %esus do for over three years 4he disciples of %ohn the 1apti5er asked that =uestion/ 4heyreported back to %ohn$ "theblind receive siht and thelame walk$ thelepers are cleansed and thedeaf hear$thedead are raised up$ and thepoor have the ospel preached to them" (Matthew 88+,)/ 4he Bospel writerMatthew said$ "%esus was oin throuhout all Balilee$ teachin in their synaoues and proclaimin theospel of the kindom$ and healin every kind of disease and every kind of sickness amon the people/ 4henews about im spread throuhout all 'yria2 and they brouht to im all who were ill$ those sufferin withvarious diseases and pains$ demoniacs$ epileptics$ paralytics2 and e healed them" (*+;I*)/

%esus treated all men as spiritual in essence/ One day some men tore a roof up where %esus was teachinin the room below$ and let their friend down on a pallet attached to ropes/ %esus saw their faith and said to

the paralytic$ "My son$ your sins are foriven" (Mark +,)/ 4he Pharisees hopped on it and said$ "Who canforive sins but Bod alone" (v/ .)/ 4hey were correct! "4he 'on of Man has authority on earth to forivesins" (v/ 89)/ %esus saw men as sinners in need of spiritual healin/ #s the Bod of race e reaches down tous and brins us to the tree of healin/ e knows the human heart Aust as e knows us individually/ edeals with us as spiritual in essence$ and e has never met a hopeless case/

%esus is both the tree and the waters/ "e (Christ) bore our sins in is body on the cross$ so that wemiht die to sin and live to rihteousness2 for by is wounds you were healed" (8 Peter +*)/ %esus alonebrins spiritual healin to our broken lives/ 4he tree of the cross is the only balm that can sooth our brokenhearts and cleanse us from our sins/ 4he cross of Christ sweetens the Marah


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shall never thirst2 but the water that @ will ive him will become in him a well of water sprinin up toeternal life" (vv/ 8;I8*)/

4he O0 who heals in the Old 4estament is %esus$ the reat Physician in the 3ew/

When we et to heaven there will be no more cryin there/ "e will wipe away every tear from theireyes2 and there will no loner be anydeath2 there will no loner be anymournin$ or cryin$ or pain2 thefirst thins have passed away/ / / 4hen e said to me$ K@t is done/ @ am the #lpha and the Omea$ thebeinnin and the end/ @ will ive to the one who thirsts from the sprin of the water of life without costJ"(evelation 8+*$ H)/ Come to im and drink of the sweet waters of eternal life while there is still time/ 4helast invitation in the 1ible closes with these words+ "4he 'pirit and the bride say$ KCome/J #nd let the onewho hears say$ KCome/J #nd let the one who is thirsty come2 let the one who wishes take the water of lifewithout cost" (+8.)/ Will you not come and drink from is fountain


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%esus tells us about bread that ives life/ @t is not the commodity$ but a Person who ives life that beinsthe moment someone believes on him and it satisfies throuhout eternity/ 4he life e ives is eternalbecause e is eternal/ 4he person who believes on %esus receives eternal life/ e is the iver of life for allwho will believe on im/ %ust as the Dahweh provided manna in the wilderness of 'in$ %esus is theheavenly provider of the bread of heaven that issues in eternal life/ # person who eats is bread will never

die/

%esus answered and said to them$ "4his is the work of Bod$ that you believe in im whome has sent/" 'o they said to im$ "What then do Dou do for a sin$ so that we may see$ andbelieve Dou What work do Dou perform Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness2 as itis written$ Ke ave them bread out of heaven to eat/J " %esus then said to them$ "4ruly$truly$ @ say to you$ it is not Moses who has iven you the bread out of heaven$ but it is My:ather who ives you the true bread out of heaven/ :or the bread of Bod is that which comesdown out of heaven$ and ives life to the world/" 4hen they said to im$ "ord$ always iveus this bread/" %esus said to them$ "@ am the bread of life2 he who comes to Me will nothuner$ and he who believes in Me will never thirst/ 1ut @ said to you that you have seenMe$ and yet do not believe" (%ohn H+>I;H)/

%esus used a fiure of speech that means to believe on im/ We must appropriate the bread e ives/ Wedo so by faith in im/ %esus is not referrin to the ord)/ is death ives life to all who believe on im/ 4he only possible meanin is thespiritual appropriation of %esus Christ by faith/ "4ruly$ truly$ @ say to you$ he who believes has eternal life"(v/ *.)/ ead Balatians +8H$ 9 for Paul


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as we abide in im/ e alone ives us race and strenth for each day/ Could it be that we are nowenAoyin the heavenly food that we shall partake of in Christ for all eternity


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to the body of Christ from the moment we were bapti5ed by the 'pirit/ We were placed in the body ofChrist$ and now our bodies belon to Christ by the fillin or control of the 'pirit/

4he evidence of the 'piritJs baptism at conversion is the inner witness of the 'pirit (omans E+8*I8H)/#ll of the believers in the Corinthian church had been bapti5ed by the 'pirit$ but not all of them spoke in

tonues or performed miraculous sins (8 Cor/ 8+;9)/ 4he evidences of the 'piritJs fillin are power forwitnessin (#cts 8+E2 7ph/ ,+8>ff) and Christ-likeness (Balatians ,+IH)/

1ecause of the ift of the 'pirit$ which is received at conversion$ we are all members of the body ofChrist/ We have received the spiritual water that flows from the ock/ et us constantly draw from thatspiritual life e ives/


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Etells us now that we have come to Christ all believers share in the priesthood of the believer/ 4hepriesthood belons to all with Christ the ih Priest/ #ll believers are priests and all priests need tofunction in is kindom/

4he Covenant with @srael and the aw were ratified with a sacrifice (7&/ *+;$ .-E)/ arious sacrificesare introduced to the new nation in 7&odus and eviticus/ Bod came and met with is people on the Mercy'eat over the #rk of the Covenant (7&/ ,+8.$ 8-2 H+;*)/ 'in was removed by means of the propitiatorysacrifice on the lid or coverin of the #rk/ 4he blood of the sin offerin was sprinkled and atonement wasmade on the lid or coverin of the Mercy 'eat/ %ustice and mercy met there/ @t was the Old 4estamentthrone of race/

#ll of these various sacrifices and blood rituals were prophetic types or prefiurements of the reat

sacrifice Christ would later make when e offered up imself for the sins of is people/ 7very sacrificeanticipated the true and perfect sacrifice that Christ would offer/ 4hese were shadows of the comin perfectsacrifice for sin in is death/ 4herefore$ Christ is the end of the sacrifices in the Old 4estament/ 4heomans in #/ 0/ .9 destroyed the 4emple and there were no more sacrifices for sin by the %ewish people/

4he 1ible is imperatively clear in its messae in both the Old and 3ew 4estaments that "without thesheddin of blood there is no remission of sins" (ebrews >+)/ "4he waes of sin is deathN" (omansH+;a)/ 'omeone has to pay the debt for the penalty of sin/ Who will pay it 4his "sheddin of blood" is the


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payment of the prescribed death penalty/ Without it$ there is no coverin for our sins/ 4herefore$ "N thefree ift of Bod is eternal life in Christ %esus our ord" (H+;b)/

#ll of these sacrifices in the Old 4estament were sins and a token pointin to the real atonement whichwas to come later/ 7very Old 4estament saint ained entrance into heaven on credit/

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E)/ 4he4abernacle symboli5ed the dwellin place of Bod in the midst of is people/ "4here @ will meet with you2and from above the mercy seat$ from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony$ @will speak to you about all that @ will ive you in commandment for the sons of @srael" (v/ ,)/

4he 4abernacle moved about the wilderness with the people/ Dahweh became a pilrim with is pilrimpeople/ e occupied a tent with tent dwellers/ 4he tent of meetin symboli5ed Bod in the midst of ispeople dwellin amon them leadin$ uidin$ providin and protectin/ Moses tells us "the cloud coveredthe tent of meetin$ and the lory of the ord filled the tabernacle/ Moses was not able to enter the tent ofmeetin because the cloud had settled on it$ and the lory of the ord filled the tabernacle" (7&/ *9+;*-;,)/

4his 4abernacle in the wilderness was a copy of the real one in heaven/ "4herefore it was necessary forthe copies of the thins in the heavens to be cleansed with these$ but the heavenly thins themselves withbetter sacrifices than these/ :or Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands$ a merecopy of the trueone$ but into heaven itself$ now to appear in the presence of Bod for us2 nor was it that e would offerimself often$ as the hih priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own"(ebrews >+;-,)/

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4he 4emple was rebuilt under Lerubbabel (75ra ;+82 H+8,$ 8H)/ @t seems that Bod did not dwell inerod)/

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you have from Bod$ and that you are not your own :or you have been bouht with a price+ thereforelorify Bod in your body/"

#ll of these earthly tabernacles and temples were short lived in time/ #ll were destroyed/ 7ven these oldfrail bodies will turn to dust one day/ owever$ there is an eternal 4emple$ that shall not be corrupted by

death/ @t is eternal$ "a house not made with hands$ eternal in the heavens" ( Corinthians ,+8)/

4he death and resurrection of %esus Christ sets us free from the power of sin and death/ 4he onlycondition for us to have that eternal dwellin place for im is to believe on Christ as our 'avior/

We are part of somethin even reater in Bod- tells usBod is buildin is 4emple and it involves you$ me$ and every believer down throuh the history of thechurch/ "'o then you are no loner straners and aliens$ but you are fellow citi5ens with the saints$ and areof BodJs household$ havin been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets$ Christ %esus imselfbein the cornerstone$ in whom the whole buildin$ bein fitted toether$ is rowin into a holy temple inthe ord$ in whom you also are bein built toether into a dwellin of Bod in the 'pirit/" 4he 3ew4estament church is a livin$ rowin oranism and new believers are included in Bod


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E$ *92 H+;92 .+E2 3umbers E+*2 #cts .+**2 ebrews E+8-,2 >+88-8)/

3othin was left to chance in somethin as serious as a holy and rihteous Bod meetin with sinful man/4his was serious business/ 4he 4abernacle symboli5ed the only way in which a uilty sinner couldapproach Bod/

Bod revealed the way of approach for man in the books of 7&odus and eviticus/ Man can come to Bod

only throuh the sheddin of blood/ We have observed incipient teachin on this subAect in Benesis ;+82*+*2 E+9-82 8,+8ff$ and clearly in +Eff/

4he clear teachin in the 4abernacle symbolism is the atonement for the uilty sinner on the Mercy 'eat/Bod declared is holiness and revealed the purpose of redemption/ e declared how e could be a AustBod and at the same time Austify the uilty sinner (omans ;+H-;9)/

4he 4abernacle vividly pictured the place of sacrifice in the flowin and sprinklin of the blood and thecomin of the perfect amb of Bod that would take away the sin of the world/ @nwardly it symboli5ed theplace where Bod met with sinful man on the Mercy 'eat/

4he 4abernacle was composed of two rooms separated by a thick veil or woven curtain/ 4he first roomwas entered from the outside and was called the oly Place/ 4he second room was entered throuh theoly Place and was called the Most oly Place or oly of olies/ 4here was only one piece of furniture inthe oly of olies and it was the #rk of the Covenant with the Mercy 'eat on top of it/

4he #rk of the Covenant was a chest about ; inches wide$ ;> inches lon$ and ; inches hih$ made ofwood and covered inside and out on all sides with old/ @nside this chest was a olden Aar containinmanna$ the two tablets of the aw and #aron


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come$He enteredthrouh the reater and more perfect tabernacle$ not made with hands$ that is to say$ notof this creation2 and not throuh the blood of oats and calves$ but throuh is own blood$ e entered theholy place once for all$ havin obtained eternal redemption" (ebrews >+88-8)/

%esus Christ is our propitiatory sacrifice/ e is the only means of turnin away the rihteous wrath of

Bod toward the offendin sinner/ 4he paan idea of propitiation is not found in the 3ew 4estament conceptof propitiation/ Man in his sinful nature can not chane the disposition of a holy and rihteous Bod/ 'infulman can not brin a holy Bod into a favorable attitude/ Bod is propitiated by is own provision made inthe vicarious$ substitutionary e&piatory sacrifice of is 'on$ %esus Christ at Calvary/ Man sinned andbrouht upon himself the wrath of Bod/ %esus annuls the power of sin to separate Bod and man/ %esusChrist is our coverin for sin/ is one sacrifice embodies all of the symbolic sacrifices in the teachins ofthe 4abernacle/

"@n this is love$ not that we loved Bod$ but that e loved us and sent is 'on to bethe propitiation forour sins" (8 %ohn *+89)/

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that @ am in the :ather$ and the :ather is in Me 4he words that @ say to you @ do not speakon My own initiative$ but the :ather abidin in Me does is works/ 1elieve Me that @ am inthe :ather and the :ather is in Me2 otherwise believe because of the works themselves (%ohn8*+>-88)/

With outstretched arms$ e invites us to come and Aoin im in the oly of olies in the eternal heavenly'anctuary/ Will you Aoin me there


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%esus is our all-sufficient 'avior/ e ave is all upon the altar of sacrifice for you and me/ e held backnothin/ 4he fires of the holy wrath of Bod burned aainst Christ as our substitute for sin/ 4he 0ivinewrath was bein wrouht out aainst im/ e was receivin the Audment of sin$ not for is own sins$ butours/

Christ became our representative for sin and died in our place/ "e Bod the :ather made im Christthe 'on who knew no sin to besin on our behalf$ so that we miht become the rihteousness of Bod inim" ( Corinthians ,+8)/ When %esus died on the cross$ all of our sins were imputed to im/ Our sinswere chared to is account/ Christ had no personal e&perience with sin/ @t is Aust like the %ewish worshiperwho placed his hands on the head of the animal and confessed his sins/ Bod treated Christ as thouh ehad actually committed those sins/ e didn+8*)/


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@f the @sraelite reAected the sacrifice at the bra5en altar he shut himself off from the mercy and race ofBod and suffered his own death for sin/ Whoever reAects %esus Christ as the perfect sacrifice for his sins isforever cut off from Bod and suffers eternal punishment for his own sins/ owever$ every sinner who callsupon the name of the ord will be saved/

"e imself bore our sins in is body on the cross$ so that we miht die to sin and live to rihteousness2for by is wounds you were healed" (8 Peter +*)/


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!e,iticus 1:1-19

The %hole Burnt O$$ering

:ive principal sacrifices and offerins were essential to the 4abernacle and 4emple worship/

4he tribe of evi was set apart as priests and officers of the state/ 4hose who were not descendents of#aron assisted the priests$ uarded the 4abernacle$ and moved it about the wilderness/ 4here were choirs inFin 0avid


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1y this will we have been sanctified throuh the offerin of the body of %esus Christ oncefor all/ 7very priest stands daily ministerin and offerin time after time the same sacrifices$which can never take away sins2 but e$ havin offered one sacrifice for sins for all time$ satdown at the riht hand of Bod" (ebrews 89+89-8)/

4his was a once-for-all sacrifice$ never to be repeated like the animal sacrifices that could only point toand teach about the comin of the perfect sacrifice for sin/ 4hey couldn+.)/

Christ did not offer is perfect sacrifice in the 4emple made with hands$ "but throuh is own blood$e entered the holy place once for all$ havin obtained eternal redemption/ / / / ow much more will theblood of Christ$ who throuh the eternal 'pirit offered imself without blemish to Bod$ cleanse yourconscience from dead works to serve the livin Bod" (>+8$ 8*)/

4here was no reservation on the part of Christ/ 4here was complete yieldedness to the will of the :atheron our behalf/ #s the writer of ebrews makes very clear$ is perfect sacrifice makes it possible for thebeliever to consecrate himself as a livin sacrifice to Bod/ We now belon to im/ e purchased us/ ":oryou have been bouht with a price+ therefore lorify Bod in your body" (8 Corinthians H+9)/ We nowbecome livin sacrifices/ 1ecause of Christ


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4he desire of the believer in Christ is$ "3ot my will$ but thy will be done/" Bod


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!e,iticus 2:1-10

The Grain O$$ering

4he rain offerin (minhah) consisted of fine flower$ baked oods$ or rain from the ear (eviticus +*$,$ .$ 8*)/ 4his offerin was also called meal$ meat$ food and thanksivin offerin/

4he fine flower was mi&ed with oil and incense (v/ 8)/ 1ecause the only difference between the dailymeal and the offerin was the addition of the incense$ the rain offerin was a constant reminder to thepeople of @srael that Bod ave them their food and they in turn owed im their lives/ 4heir economy andlivelihood depended upon the ariculture/ 4he paan Canaanites worshiped 1aal who was the od offertility in ariculture and life/ 4hey thouht he determined the rains and the drouht and fertility/owever$ Dahweh reminded is people that e was soverein over the environment/ # handful of the fineflower and oil was burned on the altar/ @t was sweet frarance to Dahweh/ 4his was the worshipers way of

sayin "thank you" for all the provisions of life/ 4he rest of the rain offerin was iven to the priest for hisfood/ 4his was part of Bod


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4he rain offerin is a beautiful picture of the believer in Christ who has appropriated the burnt offerinof Christ by faith/ 4he person who has been Austified by faith in Christ is filled with eternal praise to im/We receive our spiritual nourishment$ our daily bread from Christ/ @t is a privilee to offer back to im aportion of what e has so raciously iven to us/

4he apostle Paul reminded the believers at Philippi that their faithful ministry was an offerin to Bod/ elooked on their ift to him as a spiritual sacrifice that they laid on the altar to the lory of Bod/ Paul wrotein is thank you letter to them for their missionary support these words of encouraement/ "@ have receivedeverythin in full and have an abundance2 @ am amply supplied$ havin received from 7paphroditus whatyou have sent$ a frarant aroma$ an acceptable sacrifice$ well-pleasin to Bod/ #nd my Bod will supply allyour needs accordin to is riches in lory in Christ %esus/ 3ow to our Bod and :ather be the lory foreverand ever/ #men" (Philippians *+8E-9)/ What a privilee to be involved in somethin that will still beworthwhile a million years from now! @n service$ we offer back up to him a small ift that says "thank you/" 7ven e provides that which we offer back up to im/ 4hat


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!e,iticus 3:1-19

)eace O$$erings

4he Peace Offerin or&ebachis also called the "fellowship offerin/" @t is literally a "sacrifice ofhappiness/"

@t consisted of an o&$ lamb or oat$ male or female/ 4he priest sprinkled the blood on the altar$ while theliver$ kidneys and fat were burned on the altar/ Bod claimed the richest part of the animal/ 4he priest wasiven the breast and riht thih/ 4he worshiper was to eat what remained/ @t is the only sacrifice$ which theworshiper shared by eatin a portion of the sacrifice (.+8,)/

4he peace offerin was symbolic of the peace that already e&isted between the worshiper and Dahwehbecause of the atonement/ 4herefore$ it was time to celebrate/ @t was never offered to obtain peace$ but as a

celebration of its e&istence/ @t is a picture of the fellowship between Bod and the believin sinner based onthe blood sacrifices/ 4his offerin pictures the blessins and powers which salvation has secured in thedeath of Christ/ @t is a thanksivin praise offerin/

Christ is our peace/ "3ow in Christ %esus you who formerly were far off have been brouht near by theblood of Christ/ :or e imself is our peace$ who made bothgroups intoone and broke down the barrierof the dividin wall" (7phesians +8;-8*)/ 'in has separated man from a thrice holy Bod$ and only thesacrifice of Christ on the cross can reconcile us to Bod/ @t takes Christ


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"4herefore if anyone is in Christ$ he isa new creature2 the old thins passed away2 behold$ new thinshave come/ 3ow all thesethins are from Bod$ who reconciled us to imself throuh Christ and ave usthe ministry of reconciliation$ namely$ that Bod was in Christ reconcilin the world to imself$ notcountin their trespasses aainst them$ and e has committed to us the word of reconciliation" (Corinthians ,+8.-8>)/ Bod removed our enmity and chaned our hearts/ Bod took the initiative to reconcile

us to imself/ Bod did not need to be reconciled/ e is not the problem/ We sinners have the problem$ andBod reached down throuh is son %esus Christ to brin us to imself/ e did this by turnin away isown holy wrath toward sin and makin it possible for us to come into is presence by means of the bloodof %esus/

4he apostle %ohn opened his first epistle tellin us$ "what we have seen and heard we proclaim to youalso$ so that you too may have fellowship with us2 and indeed our fellowship is with the :ather$ and withis 'on %esus Christ / / / / if we walk in the iht as e imself is in the iht$ we have fellowship withone another$ and the blood of %esus is 'on cleanses us from all sin" (8 %ohn 8+;$ .)/ #/ 4/ obertsonobserved$

Walkin in the liht with Bod makes possible fellowship with one another and is made

possible also by the blood of %esus (real blood and no mere phantom$ atonin blood of thesinless 'on of Bod for our sins)/ %ohn is not ashamed to use this word/ @t is not the mere"e&ample" of %esus that "cleanses" us from sin/ @t does cleanse the conscience and life andnothin else does (eb/ >+8;2 4it/ +8*) (/ord 0ictures$ 8 %ohn 8+.)/

"4herefore$ havin been Austified by faith$ we have peace with Bod throuh our ord %esus Christ"(omans ,+8)/ @s this not what the writer of ebrews has in mind as he concludes his book with thesewords "4hrouh im then$ let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to Bod$ that is$ the fruit of lipsthat ive thanks to is name" (ebrews 8;+8,)/

4he person who has been Austified by faith in %esus Christ breaks forth spontaneously in praise to Bod/

We enAoy fellowship and peace with Bod and our fellowman because of the peace that has been establishedthrouh the perfect sacrifice of Christ on our behalf/ 4hese peace offerins were always preceded by thedaily burnt offerin in the 4abernacle and 4emple worship/ 4herefore$ it was a thanksivin offerin forsalvation completed/ @t was a time of Aoyful celebration and thanksivin for Bod


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!e,iticus ':1-5:13& !e,iticus 5:1'-0:9

#in Guilt O$$erings

4he 'in Offerin (chatta4ah) (eviticus *+8-,+8;) was a compulsory offerin for the coverin of sin/ @tcould be an o&$ ram$ kid$ doves$ or pieon or even fine flour dependin on the nature of the case/ 4hisofferin covered sins committed out of weakness or waywardness$ unintentionally/ @t did not cover sins ofpresumption in defiance of Bod$ or open sins of rebellion/ @t did not deal with sins in eneral$ but particularsins/

3umbers 8,+;9-;8 reminds us that there was no propitiation for the defiant person/ 4he idea is that ofshakin the fist raised up aainst Bod/ ihhanded sins were not covered$ and only the Audment of Bodcould be e&pected for such acts/

4he worshiper brouht his animal to the 4abernacle$ and in the presence of the priest$ he placed hishands on the head of the victim thus identifyin himself with his sacrifice/ 4he animal was slain and theblood was sprinkled either on the horns of the reat altar or in the oly Place toward the veil/ 4he fire onthe bra5en altar consumed the fat/ @n some instances$ the flesh was iven to the priests/ 6nconsumed partswere burned outside the camp/

4he Built Offerin (asam) was similar to the sin offerin/ 4he procedure and purpose was much thesame$ however the uilt offerin was a special kind of sin offerin/ 4he life of the sufferin victim wasaccepted as a substitute for the life and uilt of the offender/ @t would appear that the common threadrunnin throuh the uilt offerin was an offense that caused loss to either Bod or man/ 4he animal madee&piation before Bod for the individual/ estitution was in addition to the sacrifice of the animal/ 3ot onlydid the offerer have to make restitution$ but he had to pay a penalty e=ual to a fifth part of the value/ 4heworshiper made a personal confession of specific sin that he had committed (,+,)/ 4his knowlede brouhtabout a deep sense of uilt and humiliation/ 1ecause of his personal knowlede of sin he must obtainforiveness and make restitution/

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cross and died for us/ %esus Christ "committed no sin$ nor was any deceit found in is mouth2 and whilebein reviled$ e did not revile in return2 while sufferin$ e uttered no threats$ but kept entrustinHimselfto im who Audes rihteously2 and e imself bore our sins in is body on the cross$ so that we mihtdie to sin and live to rihteousness2 for by is wounds you were healed" (8 Peter +-*)/ e was thesinless amb of Bod bearin the sins of others/ "e imself bore our sins in is body on the cross$ so that

we miht die to sin and live to rihteousness/" Peter tells us the same thin Paul was teachin/

@n fact$ the ebrew prophet @saiah preached the same prophetic messae in @saiah ,;+*-H$ 89/

'urely our riefs e imself bore$#nd our sorrows e carried2Det we ourselves esteemed im stricken$'mitten of Bod$ and afflicted/

1ut e was pierced throuh for our transressions$e was crushed for our ini=uities24he chastenin for our well-beinfellupon im$

#nd by is scourin we are healed/

#ll of us like sheep have one astray$7ach of us has turned to his own way21ut the ord has caused the ini=uity of us all4o fall on im/

1ut the ord was pleased4o crush im$ puttinHimto rief2@f e would render imself asa uilt offerin$e will seeHisoffsprin$

e will prolonHisdays$#nd the ood pleasure of the ord will prosper in is hand/

"Dou know that e appeared in order to take away sins2 and in im there is no sin" (8 %ohn ;+,)/ 4hetotally pure sinless amb of Bod$ %esus Christ$ came and died as our sin offerin/ Christ covers all our sins/7very sin we have committed or ever shall commit is under is blood/ is sacrifice on the cross for oursins is all-sufficient/ ":or Christ also died for sins once for all$ theAust for theunAust$ so that e mihtbrin us to Bod$ havin been put to death in the flesh$ but made alive in the spirit" (8 Peter ;+8E)/ 7very sinmust be covered in order for us to stand before a holy Bod/ 'ins of open rebellion as well as unintentionalweakness of the flesh must be atoned for because Bod is holy/ "My little children$ @ am writin these thinsto you so that you may not sin/ #nd if anyone sins$ we have an #dvocate with the :ather$ %esus Christ the

rihteous2 and e imself is the propitiation for our sins2 and not for ours only$ but also for those ofthewhole world" (8 %ohn +8-)/

4he death of %esus is a satisfactory substitutionary sacrifice to provide foriveness of all our sins/

owever$ the appropriation of is death is not universal and not automatic/ @t is the responsibility ofevery individual to put his faith and trust in %esus Christ to save him/ Bod has done everythin e canpossibly do in order to save you/ Christ went to the cross and died for your sins/ 4he oly 'pirit is tuin


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in your heart$ perhaps causin a terrible uneasiness as you read this/ e is preparin your heart and mind toreceive Christ as your 'avior/ 4ake a few moments riht now$ turn from your sins and unbelief$ and believeon %esus Christ as your 'avior/ Confess to im that you need is provision on the cross$ that %esus died foryou and trust in is death and resurrection to save you riht now/ Bo ahead$ take a few moments now$ andthank the O0 Bod for the perfect sin offerin of %esus Christ imself on your behalf/ #sk %esus Christ

to be your 'avior/

":or by race you have been saved throuh faith2 and that not of yourselves$ it isthe ift of Bod2 not as aresult of works$ so that no one may boast" (7phesians +E->)/

Lacchaeus (uke 8>+8-89) was a rich man who came to %esus and not only believed on Christ$ but alsomade restitution for his deliberate sinful acts/ e stood up and did somethin which the rich youn rulerrefused to do in uke 8E+/ Lacchaeus from his own personal volition chose to ive half of what he ownedto the poor$ and repay fourfold all that he had wroned/ ere was the evidence that Christ had chaned hislife/ 4he restitution is always based upon the substitutionary sacrifice for the sinner/ #tonement came first$then the restitution/ #ll of the offerins bein with the vicarious sacrifice/ # substitute died in the place ofanother/ 1ecause of the atonin sacrifice restitution could then be offered$ Aust as the peace offerin

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@e*res -1

The a o$ "tonement

What is the most important day of the year @t has been called$ "4he 'abbath of 'abbaths/"

4he ebrew annual fast day was the 0ay of #tonement (om Kippur)/ @t came on the 89thof 4isri$rouhly around our October/ On this most solemn day the people confessed their sins/ #fter prescribedceremonies with offerins$ the hih priest only on this day of the year entered the oly of olies tosprinkle blood on the Mercy 'eat on the #rk of the Covenant/ @t was a day of humiliation and awfulreminder of the holiness of Bod and sinfulness of man/ 4he veil in the oly of olies separated the two/4he people fasted from the evenin on the >thto the evenin on the 89th/ 4his helped to insure a proper heartattitude of penitence and faith/

4his was the most important day on the ebrew calendar because of the sinificance of this fast/ 1y aspecial sacrifice$ the sins of a whole year were covered/ #tonement was made for all the sins of the entirenation (vv/ 8H$ 8$ ;9$ ;;)$ and the sanctuary (vv/ 8H-8>$ ;;)/ 4he hih priest made an offerin first forhimself and the priests< (v/ ;)$ and then two oats as a sin offerin were sacrificed for the people (vv/ ,-89)/#aron washed and put his reular hih priest clothin on and offered his own and the people+88-8$ *-H2 89+8)/

On this special day two oats were selected and lots were cast to determine which one was to be slain asa sacrifice and which one would be the scapeoat (vv/ .-89)/

4he hih priest took the blood of the slain oat (vv/ 8,-8>) into the oly of olies and sprinkled it onthe Mercy 'eat/ @t symboli5ed a perfect acceptance with Bod throuh the sprinkled blood/ e thensprinkled blood seven times before the #rk of the Covenant/ 4his sinified a perfect standin before Bod

by means of the shed blood/

4he slain oat (v/ E$ 8,-8>) is a beautiful type of Christ+E2 8 Pet/ +*2 %n/8+>/ 4he blood of %esus cleanses us of every sin (8 %ohn 8+.2 eb/ >+8*2 .+,)/


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%esus not only paid our sin debt by dyin on the cross for us$ but e also carried our sins far away/ 4helive oat on Dom Fippur was the oat of removal$ symboli5in the removal of @srael


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Moreover$ because of the supreme importance of Christ+8$ E2 89+89)/ 4he word for redemption inthe 3ew 4estament is the idea of a release on receipt of the ransom payment/ 4he death of Christ hasliberated us by the payment of a ransom/ 4hus$ e has redeemed us from the penalty of sin/ e purchasedus while we were in sin+88-2 8;+92 89+*$ 8>-9)/

4he Old 4estament saints came every year to this most solemn day and in the back of their minds wasthe =

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