Pregnancy of Time...
Your people Israel” (Luke 2:30-32).
TYPES OF CHRIST
Here are a few people who symbolised Christ.
Adam: was the first created man in bodily form.
Scripture describes him as a living soul i.e. Adam
lived in a body powered by a soul. In similar fashion
Jesus would be the first created man of a different
kind. Scripture describes Him as a life giving
Spirit i.e. Jesus would be the first human that was
born of God. Death overpowered living souls but
could NOT overpower the life-giving Spirit. Adam
succumbed to death but Jesus, the Last Adam,
conquered death (1 Cor 15:22, 47-49).
Moses: “For the law was given through Moses,
but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ”
(John 1:17). The standard that God would use to
govern His people under the Old Covenant was
made known through Moses. In like manner, the
standards by which God would govern His New
Covenant people was made known through Jesus
Christ. Before Christ one sin was all it took to be
condemned to death as happened to Adam. That
has not changed but what is different is that God’s
grace is revealed through Jesus. So now, when we
sin, death can be averted if we look to Jesus who
was the sacrifice for our sins. Wow!
Under Moses one could obey laws without a
genuine heart. When Jesus came He reminded us
that His Father required obedience from the heart
and not through gritted teeth. “But the hour is
coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth…” (John 4:23).
Under Christ ritualistic worship is no more accepted
as it was under Moses but now we have help. The
love of God is poured into our hearts by the Spirit
and if we have and practice this love we fulfil the
laws. Worship must be honest and heartfelt for this
is the kind of worship that God accepts.
Conclusion
The long awaited Messiah has come. His name is Jesus and it would do us well to
understand Him, His person, His purpose and His promises. Things have changed
with Jesus’ coming and woe to those who have not caught on. “Truly, these times
of ignorance [Old Testament times] God overlooked, but now commands all men
everywhere to repent…” (Acts 17:30). Time is again in an advanced state of pregnancy
with Jesus, but this time with His second coming. Be on the watch for time will soon
give birth. p
* My words in parenthesis [ ].
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