There are many things in the Bible that foretell something in the future. Not really prophetic, but a kind of "type". I am going to bring some things to your attention in this lesson that you might not be aware of or have never seen the connection from one event that shadows a future event.
Noah's Ark - Jesus Christ
When the fallen angels came to earth and genetically altered men and women to be able to bring forth hybrid children half angel and half human that became giants, and brought a deep evil on the world that God decided to destroy. But Noah and his generations were perfect and God put his Grace upon Noah to save mankind and the land animals.
God promised in Gn 3:15 that He would send the Seed of the woman to save men from their sin and destroy the head of Satan. This was the first prophecy of the Messiah, Jesus, written in the Bible.
God told Noah the exact dimensions and construction of the Ark, and to pitch it inside and out , Gn 6:14-2. This was done with asphalt tar, and the word in Hebrew is kaphar, which also means atonement.
We all know that the atoning Blood of Jesus forgave us from sin and put us in right standing with God 2 Cor 5:21. The pitch in and out on the Ark kept Noah and those in the Ark dry and totally protected from the destructive storm outside.
The only door into the Ark was in the side. God said to Noah, come into the Ark, Gn 7:1. So God was in the Ark, and when all of Noah's family and the animals were inside, the LORD shut the door, Gn 7:16.
Jesus' side was pierced by a Roman soldier, to make sure He was dead, for the order had been given to break the legs of the 3 men crucified to hasten death. Jesus was dead already so His legs were not broken, fulfilling the prophecy that no bones of the lamb would be broken. When the soldier pierced His side, out came blood and water. Jesus said, I AM the door.., in Jn 10:9 and the way to the Father. The Blood and Water coming out of His side were showing Salvation life and the Holy Ghost that Jesus would send.
Noah made the first laws at God's command which lasted until God came down on Sinai and gave the commandments personally, Gn 8-9.
Jesus came to fulfill all the law, and in Him we are seen as forgiven and in right standing with God, 2 Cor 5:21.
Interesting enough is that according to Jewish writings, the dove that Noah released that never came back went to Heaven, and would return when Messiah came. When John Baptized Jesus in the Jordan River, a dove came from Heaven and lighted on Jesus filling Him with the Holy Ghost. This is also the moment when Jesus became the last and forever Melchizedek Priest, King, and Prophet, Ps 110:4.
Ancient Evil and
Wickedness delivered to Shinar – Babylon is a result of Satan’s rebellion
In Zec 5 we see that evil was delivered to Shinar by 2 stork women, these are not Angels.
Zechariah sees the origin of wickedness that started from Shinar, or ancient Babylon. From whence came Nimrod, the tower of Babel, worship of the stars, astrology, and other things that have penetrated cultures world wide.
5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with me went forth,
and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that
goeth forth.
6 And I said, What is it? And he said,
This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is
their resemblance through all the earth.
7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of
lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he
cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the
mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and,
behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for
they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between
the earth and the heaven.
10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me,
Whither do these bear the ephah?
11 And he said unto me, To
build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set
there upon her own base.
Chitim who was a son of Javan, son of Japath, son of Noah was the foundation of Rome. Much of the Babylonian culture was taken there.
In Dn 2 we see that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon has a dream of a great statue that is interpreted by God through Daniel to represent all the world empires that will be: Head of gold is Babylon, chest and arms of silver is Medio Persia, belly and thighs of brass is Greece, legs of iron is Rome, feet and toes of Iron and Clay which are struck by the Rock cleft without hands which fills the earth..jpg)
Zec 5:1 ¶ Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and
looked, and behold a flying roll.
2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I
answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and
the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse
that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth
shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that
sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4 I will bring it forth,
saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and
into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in
the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the
stones thereof.
This scroll of law against stealing and swearing falsely by God is going over all the world. With Dn 2 and the Dead Sea Scrolls testament of Noah, and Gad the prophet all leads to the last empire being Rome and Islam as far as the iron/clay. This will be the religion of the anti-Christ, a mix that is unstable. The Rock that collapses the statue by hitting the feet of iron/clay then expanding to fill the earth, is Jesus at His return and sets up His Kingdom.
Notice that all of the world empires are still existing in a lesser mode, except for the last one to join, Rome and Islam.
Pope Francis as the Pope brought Christianity, Islam, and Judaism together and built the "Abrahamic Family House" or "World Church" where there is a Christian Church, Synagogue, and Mosque all together on one site in Abu Dubai. The final world empire will have a combination of the 3 great religions in an attempt to have one man, the anti-Christ, as the ruler.
Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac - Jesus Christ
Abraham was the 10th grandson of Noah, and because of the long life of the patriarchs, Noah was still alive at the time of Abram/Abraham..png)
Father God had made Covenant with the earth through 5 men who were Priests, Kings, and Prophet of the Melchizedek order: Adam, Cainan, Enoch, Methuselah, and Noah, (see my teaching on The Covenants of God). Noah in his testament passed the order to his son, Shem. Noah told Shem that he would see one of his descendants that would execute judgement on Shinar (Nimrod) and that he would be the one to pass the order to. Of course, the omniscient God knew that would be Abraham.
Abram gave Melchizedek tithes of all the recovered goods, but would not take any for himself. He told the king of Sodom that God was the one who gave him wealth, Gn 14.
Abram prepared 3 large animals each 3 years old at God's instruction, plus a turtle dove and young pigeon. The heifer, goat, and ram Abram divided in half, but not the birds. At evening, Abram went into a trance and saw a smoking furnace (Father) and a burning lamp (Son), pass between the pieces. Abram listened to God tell of the future of his seed and how the Promised Messiah was coming through him.
The Covenant is a Blood Covenant, of which the promises made must be kept. If one breaks the Covenant the penalty is death. Being as how God Himself as the Father and Son passed through the pieces, if they broke the Covenant, everything in the universe would disappear at God's death. The large animals was 3 X 3, a Trinity in a Trinity. The birds were a symbol of the future atonement sacrifice given in the Temple for baby Jesus by Mary and Joseph.
Gn 22:1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that
God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here
I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye
here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again
to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the
fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide
himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told
him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took
the knife to slay his son.
11 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto him out
of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,
seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the
stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place
Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it
shall be seen.
15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham
out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the
LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the
sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of
his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
God told Abraham to take his only son whom thou lovest. That was the first time that love is mentioned in the Bible. God gave us Jesus, His only Son, whom He loves, to die for our sins and total Salvation. Abraham told Isaac that God Himself would provide a lamb.
Jewish tradition is that the horns of the ram become the first Shofars.
Isaac
and Rebekah – Christ and Church
Sarah died after the Isaac sacrifice affair, and Abraham sent Isaac to spend time with Shem and his grandson Eber to learn about God, recorded in Jasher 24. Abraham passes the Order of Melchezidek to Isaac. Meanwhile Abraham sent his servant back to his family in Haran to find a wife for Isaac there. This is recorded in the Bible in Gn 24. This is a type of God sending the Holy Ghost to find a bride for His Son, Jesus. Lets go into it and see how it connects.
The servant of Abraham is not named because he is a type of the Holy Ghost and Abraham is a type of God in Gn 24, in vs 1-9 Abraham who is old, has the servant to swear by the Covenant (hand under Abraham's thigh (circumcision) to not get a Canaanite woman but one of Seth's linage and Abraham's home. God draws those to Himself that are destined to born again of Jesus to gain eternal life, Jn 6:44
`As the servant approaches the place where Nahor dwells in Mesopotamia, he prays that God would honor his master and send a woman to the well outside the city who would water him and his camels and be the one God had picked. It happened just like that and Rebekah came and did all that the servant had prayed for, vs 10-33. The servant gave her gifts of a gold ear/nose ring and gold bracelets. Rebekah was drawn to the servant as we are drawn to God by the Holy Ghost. There are many gifts of the Holy Ghost as described in 1 Cor 12. The gold earing is a type of hearing God's Word and having understanding (rhema), and the gold bracelets are a type of the works of God done by our hands.
Laban who is Rebekah's brother was the grandson of Nahor, when he came to the well he brought the servant, his camels and men to his house and fed them all. The servant told him that he was from his master, Abraham, who was a very rich man and the brother of Nahor. He told him the story of how he met Rebekah and how his prayer had been answered for a wife for Isaac.
The family said they could not go against God, and called Rebekah to ask if she would go with this man to be Isaac's wife. She said yes and was happy to go. She was young and beautiful so her and her nurse went with the servant and his men, vs 34-61. They told here to go and be the mother of millions and that her seed posses the gate of her enemies.
Isaac was in the field when he saw the camels approaching and when Rebekah saw him she fell off of her camel, and Isaac took Rebekah as his bride, vs 61-67.
When we see Jesus our Lord, I am sure that we will have the same reaction. He will take us unto himself and we will have the wedding supper of the Lamb with our Lord and be with Him forever Rev 19:9.
The Song of Solomon is another scripture about the love of King Solomon for the Shulimite woman and her love for him; that is a type of the love of Jesus for the Church and the love of the Church for Jesus. Each admires the other for their beauty and comliness. How beautiful is our Lord in all ways. The wonderful thing is when Jesus is inside of us, God sees us, and loves us as He does Jesus.
Jacob's Ladder - Angels Ascending and Descending on Jesus
Jacob, son of Isaac, after receiving the blessing of his Father departed for Haran to flee from his twin brother Esau who was angry with him for supplanting the birthright that by right was Esau's. Rebekah knew this would happen because God told her while Jacob and Esau were in her womb, Gn 25:23. On the way there he stopped to rest at a certain peaceful place and dreamed.
Gn 28:10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went
toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and
tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of
that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to
sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on
the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God
ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and
said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the
land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the
earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the
north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of
the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will
keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again
into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which
I have spoken to thee of.
16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he
said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is
this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is
the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and
took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for
a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel:
but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father’s house in
peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I
have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt
give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Bethel has been a Holy Place since that time about 3700 years ago. God was affirming that Jacob was going to be the 9th Melchizedek Priest, King, and Prophet. After 20 years with Laban he left with all his 12 sons, 1 daughter, four wives, and most of Laban's livestock. After a wrestling match with Jesus all night, God changed his name to Israel (Prince of God). When he blessed his 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel, Jacob broke up the Order by giving the Priesthood to Levi, The Kingship to Judah, and the Prophetship to Joseph. This remained that way until Jesus was baptized by John (the leader of the School of Prophets) and became the last and eternal Melchizedek Priest, King, an Prophet.
When Jesus first met Nathaniel, this transpired:
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
No doubt there was a portal open from Heaven to earth at Bethel (House of God) that Jacob saw.
Jesus fulfilled over 300 Old Testament Prophecies in His short 33 years of being God in the flesh on the earth. What He told Nathaniel was true as written in the New Testament Gospels.
When baptized by John, the Spirit directed Jesus to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil for 40 days. He fasted all that time. Jesus overcame the temptations and the devil left. Then the angels came and ministered to Him.
Mt 4: 11 Then the devil leaveth
him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Mk 1:12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into
the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the
wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the
angels ministered unto him.
When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemene, which is a place of the pressing out of olive oil, He was very distrought over knowing that he would bear the sins, sickness, and poverty of the world the next day. Jesus was so troubled He sweated blood. The LORD sent an Angel to strengthen Him, Lk 22:43.
Jesus apparantly could open a portal from Heaven wherever He was. He told His disciples that He could call to the Father and receive 12 legions of warrior Angels. But, Jesus submitted to the will of His Father and said, "Not My will, but Thine be done."
Jesus knew where another portal was on Mt. Hermon. He took His 3 faithful apostles up there and revealed to them His Glory before the world was.
Mt 17: 1
¶ And after six days Jesus taketh Peter,
James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses
and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus,
Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
John affirms this in his Gospel, and how it affected him with what he witnessed.
John 1:14 And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Babel – Pentecost
When Noah's grandson through Ham, Nimrod, became the King of Babylon, he was bent on evil and followed the dark side of the devil. Genesis says he was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Nimrod hunted men to turn their souls away from the One True God. He knew of the flood and built a huge tower not only as a sign of his power, but a way to escape another flood.
Gn 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty
one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before
the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the
LORD.
Gn 11:1 ¶ And the whole earth was of one language, and
of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from
the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us
make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime
had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city
and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 ¶ And the LORD came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is
one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing
will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound
their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of
it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all
the earth.
God had told the people through Noah to go populate the earth. Nimrod disobeyed and now was forced to go out and not stay in one metropolis that entertained evil.
The Bible tells us that the earth was divided in the days of Peleg the 4th generation from Shem. I think that was when God moved the land into 7 continents with 7 seas, Gn 10:25.
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One language, one thought, one mind, were a threat to God's intent.
Now lets look at what Jesus gave us at Pentecost.
Act 2:1 ¶ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues
like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 ¶ And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude
came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in
his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying
one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue,
wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the
parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we
do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
When Jesus promised He would send the Holy Ghost on the Church, He came on the day of Pentecost which was 50 days from the resurrection and 10 days from the ascension. This day is marked in the heavens in Aquarius where the water of life, the Holy Ghost, is poured out on the fish Pices Australus (fish being the Church). Now God gave 120 people of Christ a heavenly language which when they spoke out all the people of the world there heard the wonderful works of God in their own language.
Law – Grace
When Moses was picked by God to deliver Israel from Egypt, after all the miracles and signs, they were at Mt. Sinai in Arabia. God's intent was to make them a Kingdom of Priests and dwell with His people. Similar to the Covenant cut with Abraham. But, the offer was rejected.
Ex 19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD
called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house
of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice
indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me
above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests,
and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called for the elders of
the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD
commanded him.
8 And all the people
answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And
Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
This was a rather arrogant statement by the Elders, they were dependent on themselves and not on God.
God's response was kind of , So you can do what I say, here is 613 commands, see if you can keep them. He gave them warning to prepare them.
9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto
thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and
believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the
people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their
clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the
third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people
round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up
into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall
be surely put to death:
13 There shall not an hand
touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be
beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall
come up to the mount.
There had been no deaths recorded to Israel from the exodus from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, now God thunders the 10 Commands and terrifies the people with lightnings and smoke. Where they say to Moses, don't ever let God speak to us like that! You hear Him and tell us.
This was he first Pentecost when God spoke the 10 commandments in power and the light of God came into words, Jn 1.
God calls Moses up on the Mount and gives him the rest of the laws over a 40 day period. Also instructions on building the tabernacle. In which time Israel builds and altar for a golden calf, has drinking, and worship to the calf, orgies and breaks several of the Commandments, which they had said "what ever God says we will do". The Law cannot be kept without dependence on God. Even Abraham believed God, and that was counted to him a righteousness. This is a form of Grace, and what God had in mind.
In Ex 32, Moses was told by God what was happening and went down and saw the idolatry, adultry, and orgies of naked people going on. Moses was upset and broke the tablets with the 10 Commandments, burned the golden calf and ground it up and put on the water and made the people drink it.
God was so angry, He told Moses to back away and He would destroy these stiffnecked people and start over with Moses. Moses interceeded for the people and told the LORD not to do this thing, but remember His Promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and God repented from what He thought to do. In other words, changed His mind and listened to Moses His faithful Prophet.
Moses saw the naked people and idolatry still going on throughout the camp, he knew it had to stop. He called and said, Whoever is on the LORD's side come to me! All of the Levites came. Moses told them to put on thier swords and go and kill everyone that was continuing in this orgy worship, regardless if they were friends or family. 3000 men were killed to stop this idolatry.
Moses then went before the LORD to make an atonement for the great sin of the people. He asked the LORD to forgive them, or blot him out of God's book. God answered that who has sinned against Me will I blot out of My book.will send My Angel with thee lest I fall upon the people, and God plagued them because of the calf that Aaron had made for them to worship.
Golden Calf Altar
Petroglyphs in the rocks of the Golden Calf Altar
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the
land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them
not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my
laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a
God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know
me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13 In that he saith, A new covenant,
he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
Phil 2:6 Who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth;
11 And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
Jesus was God in the flesh and came to show the world what God was and is and will be. He taught and healed and influenced the whole world. He was killed by the Romans who were influenced by Judahism who were afraid that Jesus would take away their power over the people, for Jesus was in the Order of Melchizedek, which is much higer than that of Levi, and the Pharisees knew this. But Jesus rose from the dead 3 days later and was seen by hundreds of people alive, to prove He was truly God.
The Grace of God is summed up in this:
2Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are
become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead,
be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
God in him.
As said, God has not forgotten Israel, He will save them all. He has brought them back to be a nation again after 2500 years of exile, and now they are very strong, while but a few. Praise God He has let us be grafted into the olive tree and become adopted as Children of God because of Christ in us, Gal 4:5, Eph 1:5, Rm 11:17-24.
Cities of Refuge
for Manslayers – Jesus our High Priest Frees Us
The Law was harsh for murder in the days of the Theocracy. Capitol punishment of death was the punishment prescribed as per the Noahide law and the Mosaic law number 6. But, according to the Mercy of God, there were to be set 6 cities of refuge for one who accidentally killed a person, a manslayer. Our laws today reflect back on the Bible laws as far as degrees of murder and manslaughter.
1 Pet 5:8 ¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in
the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren
that are in the world.
The roar of Satan is weak when you are a Christian, for Jesus pulled his teeth at the cross.
Jesus is our High Priest according to the permanent and eternal Order of Melchizedek. He came and died for us as the Lamb of God, and has been resurrected and lives forever. He established the New Covenant where animal sacrifices are no longer necessary. His Sacrifice is the supreme and last one.
Heb 4: 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest,
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Heb2:14 ¶ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that
through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the
devil;
15 And deliver them who
through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
11 I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Jn 3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can
these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a
master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that
we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye
believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but
he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the
light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
Truly, looking to Jesus is the answer to whatever problem you are or will face.
There is on Mt. Nebo in Jordan, where Moses died, a scuplture of the serpent on a pole.
Our medical symbols reflect this serpent on a pole.
Tabernacle
Furniture = Messiah Jesus
God described in detail to Moses at Mt. Sinai how to construct the Tabernacle. Each part was representative of the Messiah, Jesus. Each piece of furniture also represented Jesus.
Colors used in Tabernacle represent:
Blue- Sky or Heaven, Divinity, Gospel of John/God.
Scarlet- Blood of sacrifice, cleansing, Gospel of Mark/Servant.
Purple- Royality, Jesus is King, Gospel of Matthew/King.
White- Purity as Imanuel God in man, Gospel of Luke/Son of Man.
The perimiter of the Tabernacle was white linen set on poles in sockets of silver (redemption).
The door or entrance was all the colors, Jesus said I am the Door no one comes to the Father except through Me.
Entering into the courtyard the first thing is the brazen Altar. Sacrifice was made here of the animals brought. Brass is a symbol of judgment.
Jesus' Sacrifice was made at the cross.
The 7 branch Menorah, one piece of beaten gold weighing 100 pounds, with 7 oil lamps. representing the 7 first words of the Bible, Jesus the Light of the world, 7 Spirits of God.
The Table of Shewbread, wooden table overlaid with gold and a gold crown around the permiter with the bread for the Priests on it. Represents Jesus as the Bread of Life.
Altar of Inscence, a small gold altar to burn incence with a gold crown covering a wooden cabinent, It represents the prayers of the Saints before God, with crown being Divinity and the prayers of Jesus for His Church.
Then 4 gold covered pillars holding the Veil with enbroidered Cherubim that covered the Holy of Holies. The 4 pillars represent the 4 Gospels, and the Word being spread to the 4 corners of the world. The Cherubim are the Angels around the Throne of God (Seraphim). The walls of the Holy Place were gold covered boards. The ceiling was the first cover o linen embroidered with Cherubims. The floor was the desert ground.
Then behind the Veil was the Holy of Holies containing the Ark of the Covenant, God's throne on earth, the most representative of Jesus of all the furniture. A wood box, representing humanity, all covered inside and out with gold, representing Divinity, and the lid to the box was solid gold called the Mercy Seat with a gold wreath around the edges, and 2 Cherubims on either side with wings stretched towered each other.
Man's Idea of the Ark
This is a model of the Ark that Ron Wyatt saw when he found the Ark of the Covenant. He is the only man that has seen this since the days of Solomon as far as I know.
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Inside the Ark was Aaron's rod that budded, a golden bowl of manna, and the 10 commandments.
The Cheubims were the eyes of God looking down on man's sin represented by the items in the Ark. Once a year, the High Priest after purifing himself went before the Ark and with his finger sprinkled blood of a sacrifice on the ground and on the mercy seat. The blood covered the sin of man and the Angels could not see through it, and Jesus' Blood was the covering for our sins, for under that covering we are seen as righteous, 2 Cor 5:21.
Ruth and the
Kinsman Redeemer – Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer
Ru 1: 1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the days when the
judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of
Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and
his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was
Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon
and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of
Moab, and continued there.
Times must have been tough for Elimelech (My God is King) and Naomi (My Delight) named their sons Mahlon (Sick) and Chilion (Pining). Plus Moab was a heathen country.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she
was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they
dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them;
and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6 ¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that
she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of
Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 Wherefore she went forth
out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they
went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
Naomi told her daughters-in-laws to go back to Moab, for she had no more sons in her womb and had nothing to give them. Orpha (gazelle) went back, but Ruth (friendship) clung to Naomi.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or
to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and
where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy
God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I
die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if
ought but death part thee and me.
Ruth saw something special in Naomi and the LORD. She knew that here destiny lied with here. So they traveled on to Bethlehem.
19 ¶ So they two went until they came to Bethlehem.
And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was
moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi,
call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me
home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath
testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and
Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the
country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ru 2: 1 ¶ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a
mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me
now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I
shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came,
and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part
of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of
Elimelech.
Now when Boaz (fleetness) saw Ruth he enquired of his repears who she was and got the story of her background. She aske Boaz if it would be alright if she gleaned in his field. Boaz was happy and told her:
12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full
reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come
to trust.
13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy
sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken
friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat
beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat,
and was sufficed, and left.
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
reproach her not:
16 And let fall also some of the handfuls
of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and
rebuke her not.
17 ¶ So she gleaned in the field until even, and
beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up, and went into the
city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth,
and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where
hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did
take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had
wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law,
Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the
living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin
unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me
also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my
harvest.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It
is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee
not in any other field.
Now Ruth was attractive inside and out and did so receive favor from Boaz for her actions with Naomi
Ru 3: 1 ¶ Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My
daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred,
with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the
threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and
put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not
thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou
shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his
feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her,
All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man
was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 And he said, Who art thou? And she
answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over
thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the
LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end
than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor
or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to
thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou
art a virtuous woman.
12 And now it is true that I am thy near
kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the
morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well;
let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to
thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth:
lie down until the morning.
14 ¶ And she lay at his feet until the morning: and
she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known
that a woman came into the floor.
15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast
upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures
of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
16 And when she came to her mother in law, she
said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had
done to her.
17 And she said, These six measures of
barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit
still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will
not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
Ru 4: 1 ¶ Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him
down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he
said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat
down.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city,
and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is
come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was
our brother Elimelech’s:
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it
before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem
it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell
me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee;
and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field
of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the
wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 And the kinsman said, I
cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem
thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
So Boaz as the second kinsman redeemer, buys Naomi's land and pledges to raise children for Malcon, Ruth's dead husband and the confirmation of the transaction was to remove the sandal of the near kinsman. That was done with witnesses at the gate and Ruth and Boaz were married.
13 ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and
when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be
the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name
may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy
life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth
thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her
bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her
neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they
called his name Obed (serving): he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
So here is the connections of this story to Jesus. Ruth, as a gentile by her love and faith was allowed into the Christ line which went on to Mary, the mother of Jesus, Lk 3.
God as an alien to the earth had to become a flesh and blood man, which He did through Mary and the Holy Ghost. The legal right for God to do that came from the Abraham Covenant. It could not come down from Joseph, who being a good father to Jesus and descended from David and the line of Kings, but that line had been cursed by God by Jeremiah (22:30) for transgressions. Mary is descended from David by Nathan, who was not in the Kingly line.
Jesus is our nearkinsman, being man and God. He can legally give us the Kingdom that was determined for man, but stolen. He was crucified outside the gate. He is our bridegroom. He will take us to Himself as His bride. The book of Ruth is a legal document about our Salvation.
The closer kinsman that rejected the marriage of Ruth, represents Israel and the Levite Priests that rejected Jesus as the Messiah. So, Christianity was brought to being in part by gentiles, like Rahab, and Ruth, for their faith in the LORD and were grafted into the fig tree (Israel), Rm 11:17-24. We as gentile Christians are grafted into the seed of Abraham by faith in Jesus the Christ, Jesus said "I have others that are not of this fold." All Israel will come back, as written "All Israel will be saved", when they will all say of Jesus, "Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the LORD." Messianic Jews are growing exponentially in these last days.
David Danced
before the Ark – John Baptist before Mary
The Ark of the Covenant is a very special representation of Jesus and God's throne on the earth. Rev tells us that there is a Heavenly Ark. Made at Mt. Sinai, it was with Israel through the wilderness for 40 years, then Joshua took it to Shiloh where it stayed for 369 years. In 1 Sm it was captured by the Philistines for 7 months, then to Kirath-Jearim for over 20 years. Early in David's reign, he knew the closest thing to God was the Ark and went to move it to Jerusalem with 30,000 chosen of Israel, and pomp and music. However he tried to move it on an ox cart an when the oxen stumbled, Uzzah tried to steady it and was killed. David said, "How shall the Ark of the LORD come to me?"
After 3 months, David went again, taking Levites to carry the Ark as God had originally directed with Priests and covered and brought it to Jerusalem, 2 Sm 6.
12 ¶ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD
hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him,
because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the
house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13 And it was so, that when they that bare
the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14 And David danced before the LORD with all his
might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought
up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city
of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping
and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
17 And they brought in the
ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that
David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings
before the LORD.
18 And as soon as David had made an end of
offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD of hosts.
19 And he dealt among all
the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the
women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh,
and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
David wanted to build a House for the LORD, but the LORD told him through Nathan the Prophet that his son would build the house (Temple). David saved up a massive supply of gold, silver, brass, and materials to give to his son, Solomon for building the Temple.
In 1 Crn 16, 23, 25 we see that David set up elaborate 24 hrs a day worship at the Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle he set up. There were hundreds of musicians, Levites praising and worshiping God, and all giving thanks to the LORD. This was over the period of David's reign.
1 Sm 6:20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
21 And David said unto Michal, It was
before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to
appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I
play before the LORD.
22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and
will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken
of, of them shall I be had in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the
daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
David's love for God and His Messiah, a presence in the Ark, was great. As a King and sometimes Prophet he had a very close communion with the LORD and realized the importance of worship.
So, how does this connect with the New Testament? Let us see.
In Lk 1 we see a Priest named Zecharias of the line of Abijah (My Father is the LORD) and his wife, Elizabeth of the daughters of Aaron they were old and childless.
6 And they were both righteous before God,
walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth
was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed
the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the priest’s
office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of the people were
praying without at the time of incense.
11 And there appeared unto
him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was
troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not,
Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a
son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many
shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled
with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he
turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him
in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby
shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am
Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and
to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able
to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou
believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and
marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto
them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he
beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
23 And it came to pass,
that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to
his own house.
24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth
conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt
with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach
among men.
26 ¶ And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was
sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled
at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:
for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son
of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father
David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for
ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this
be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow
thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath
also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who
was called barren.
37 For with God nothing
shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold
the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel
departed from her.
39 ¶ And Mary arose in those days, and went into
the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and
saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth
heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was
filled with the Holy Ghost:
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb.
43 And whence is
this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy
salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed is
she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were
told her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great
things; and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their
seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in
remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our
fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Just as David, a faithful servant of the LORD, danced before the Ark of the Covenant in honor and worship of the Messiah, so John the Baptist leaped for joy and was filled with the Holy Spirit before the living Ark of the Covenant, Mary, carrying the actual Son of God.
Donkey – Of the
World, beast of burden Service
The lowly donkey of the world has had many mentions in scripture and the history of the Bible.
Abraham loads a donkey with wood and supplies to go to Mt. Moriah for the sacrifice of Isaac.
Balaam rides a donkey to meet with Balak. The donkey sees an Angel and saves Balaam's life. When he beats the donkey, the LORD opens his mouth and the donkey talks to him.
The donkey carries Mary, heavy with baby Jesus from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
The donkey carries Mary and the baby Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod.
A donkey colt that had never been ridden is Jesus' mount on Palm Sunday as he rides into Jerusalem as was prophesied.
Jesus is above the world. He left the mark of His cross on the back of the donkey.
Cross – Garden
Atonement
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Jesus was crucified for redemption of sin and hanged on a tree, then buried in a garden tomb; begins and ends here.
Gethsemane was a garden filled with olive trees, a time of pressing, where Jesus sweated Blood in anguish.
What did he believe? Well going back to 19 we see that Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus begged the body of Jesus from Pilate and cleaned Him up and brought 100 lbs of myrrh and aloe dipped linen strips in it and wrapped the body in them.
Mary
then came back to the tomb and looked inside. She saw 2 Angels on either side
of the linen clothes and napkin (burial shroud). This is a picture of the Ark
of the Covenant in Jesus Resurrection. There is a heavenly Ark of the Covenant,
but the symbol is significant here.
Mary then sees a man she thinks is the gardener, John is the only gospel that mentions this. She asks what has happened to Jesus’ body. Jesus then calls her by name and she knows Him. Everything began in a garden. Everything ends and a New beginning in a garden.
In
Lv 16 we see that the High Priest takes off all of his outer garments and wears
only his linen turban, cloak, breeches, and girdle before the Ark of the Covenant.
When he is finished with the blood of the sacrifice, he leaves the clothes there
16:23. Jesus left all the linen clothes there
in the tomb, mentioned in Jn 20:6-7.
According
to Ron Wyatt, who found many outstanding Bible artifacts, He was able to see the
Ark of the Covenant, which had Blood on the West side, left side, of the Mercy Seat.
This was Jesus’ Blood that ran down the cross hole through a crack in the solid
rock to a cave that contained a sarcophagus rock box with the Ark inside. The earthquake
at the time of Jesus death cracked the rock, the sarcophagus, allowing Jesus’ Blood
from His side to drip on the Ark. The High Priest of Aaron’s Order always put drop
of bull and goat blood on the Eastward side, right.
This
blood was tested in a Jerusalem, found to be alive when put in a growth medium,
and 24 chromosomes, 23 from Mary, One from God, a Y to determine Jesus’ sex. The
blood type is AB, the same as on the shroud.
