- Day of the Lord
- After the Great Tribulation with the world totally devastated the return of Christ to set up His Kingdom on earth
- 1st mention Joel 1:15
- Day of Man
- The times of the gentiles starting with the image of man in Daniel 2 and ending with the Great Tribulation
- Day of Christ
- Climax at the Harpazo
- Day of God
- Climax at the end of the Millennium
Month: March 2015
Models of Israel using the Tree
- Olive Tree = Israel’s Genealogy
- valuable oil
- Fig Tree = Political Israel (cursed)
- sweet fruit
- Vine = Spiritual Israel
- wine
- Bramble = Satan’s Empire
- no fruit
- only good as fuel for the fire
First Resurrection
Modeled in the harvest
Firstfruits – offered as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God:
- Jesus – 1 Corinthians 15:20
General Harvest – one pass for gathering the crop:
- The dead in Christ – 1 Thessalonians 4:16
- The alive in Christ – 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Gleaning – crop not picked up in the general harvest:
- Tribulation Martyrs and Saints – Revelation 20:4
- OT Saints – Daniel 12:2
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