Category: Models

Ancient Jewish Marriage Fulfilled

  • Shiddukhin (engagement)
    • Arranged by the father; Covenant established – 1 Cor 11:25
  • Ketubah (Betrothal, the agreement)
    • Payment of the purchase price – 1 Cor 6:19-20
    • Bride set apart (sanctified) – Eph 5:25-27; 1 Cor 1:2; 6:11; Heb 10:10; 13:12
    • Reminded of the Covenant – 1 Cor 11:25-26
  • Bridegroom departs to Father’s House
    • Prepares room addition – Jn 14:2, 3
    • Bride prepares for his imminent return to be “snatched” in the night – Mar 13:34, 35
    • Escort to accompany Him upon His return to gather His Bride – 1 Thes 4:16-17; Rev 19:14
  • Suprise gathering
    • Huppah (wedding ceremony) – Rev 19:7
  • Seven day Marriage supper – Rev 19:9

Paul, the apostle (though not 1 of the 12), typed as the Church

The 12 apostles represent the 12 tribes

Paul, a Jew with Gentile citizenship, was one man who represented the one body in Christ (the Church)

Jesus kept the message of Grace, delivered by Paul, separate from the message of the kingdom (offering Christ to the Jews) which was delivered by the 12 apostles

The kingdom message had been (temporarily)  replaced by the mystery of the Church

The kingdom message will resume when the Body is complete

 

Christ, the Church, and Israel Typed in Ruth

The Book of Ruth:

Naomi – Israel

Ruth – The Church

Boaz – Jesus Christ

unnamed servant (v.v. 2:5-6) – the Holy Spirit

Nearer Kinsman – the Law

 

Boaz and Naomi never meet

Naomi learns of Boaz through Ruth

Ruth learns of Boaz’s ways through Naomi

An unnamed servant introduces Ruth to Boaz

Boaz had to wait for Ruth to make the 1st move

Naomi had to be exiled from her land to bring Ruth to Boaz

Boaz, not Ruth, confronts the Nearer Kinsman

Ruth does not replace Naomi

The Law had to step aside opening the way for the redemption.

What the Law couldn’t do Grace could.

Ruth is read at Pentecost

Animal Sacrifice

Animal sacrifices were instituted as early as Genesis 3:21

Up to the time of Leviticus burnt offerings, which were totally consumed nothing but ashes left, were made by the faithful who wanted to approach God.

The act of making offerings was awful, horrific, and shocking just as sin is, and meant to reveal and remind us of how God feels about sin.

Animals used in the burnt offering had to be male, without blemish, and not carnivores (cattle or sheep) to typify Jesus.

Burnt offerings point to God’s satisfaction with Jesus Christ’s willingness to die to purchase us from sin.

God abhors sin, and provides the remedy.

 

The Great Tribulation

Daniel 3:

Daniel = the Church (not there)

Nebuchadnezzar = the Anti-Christ

Firey furnace turned up 7 times = 7 years of the 70th week of Daniel

Firey furnace = The Great Tribulation

Hananiah, Mishael, & Azariah = the Remnant, Israel

Hananiah, Mishael, & Azariah in the firey furnace = Tribulation saints preserved through the judgement