Monday, April 5, 2010

Jesus, All over the old testament


It still gets to me when people say"The Old Testament of the Bible doesn't apply to our life as a Christian". The Bible ''the whole Bible'' was written to show God, God's people, and the history of God's promises to all people. Jesus is all over the old testament. Again and again God made His promise of a Messiah. But I want to just bring one or two passages to your attention today. Take a look in 2ND Samuel, Chapter 7, and verses 17-19. Nathan the prophet had a message from God to David about the building of the temple.
2Sam. 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
God is not going to let David build His temple, but God tells David through his seed that there will come a man that will build an ever lasting temple.
2Sam. 7:18
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
David, realizing that the Messiah is meant, David ask the question that most shows his understanding of just how small mankind is compares to God, "Who am I". I think that when we consider just how awesome God is, We too ask that question many times.
Now, David remembering the words written in Scripture in Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Ask the question in the following verse' Is this the matter of man. In other words, is the the matter of Adam? Is this the second Adam that will bruise the serpents head. 2Sam. 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
Nathan must have said much more to David in these prophesies. In fact David seems to have been permitted to have more than just a glimpse into the future. As he writes so many, many Psalms of Jesus. especially the ones of the Crucifixion. In Psalm, 22, for one, David writes the exact words that Christ Jesus would say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? You really need to read the whole Psalm. It, 's David's words explaining what he was allowed to see in the future. There are many Psalms David wrote about Christ Jesus' life and His death on the Cross.
So back again to Genesis. This is Easter Monday, and I want to remind all, that the old serpents head was bruised. The first Adam failed. He sinned, and by that we are all born in sin. But the second Adam, Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, lived a life of righteousness. He won the battle over sin while alive, and He defeated it as He looked upon us as He hung on the cross and gave Himself, the perfect sacrifice, pure and holy. And as He arose from that death, He stepped on that serpents head and bruised him. That serpent has no control over us, over our lives, nor over our deaths, nor over our eternity. Jesus is our way back to the Heavenly Father. And all you have to do is except Him as our Lord and Savior. It seems so easy doesn't it? Jesus said in Matthew, 11: 30 My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. And dear one, it's so very true. Please think about it, and come to know Jesus, He's waiting.

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