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Jesus in Every Book in the Bible, Part IX - Dr. Stephen W. Christian

Dr. Stephen W. Christian, Senior Pastor and Bishop, shares the the ninth installment of the message, “Jesus in Every Book of the Bible” on Sunday, March 15, 2009.

John 5:39 (New Living Translation)
You search the Scriptures because you believe they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

Luke 24:44 (New Living Translation)
Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me by Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must all come true.”

Many the things that we see in the Old Testament are shadows of Jesus Christ cast by the Light of God. The sacrifices of the OT are not the real sacrifices but they all point to Jesus, who is the central figure of the Bible. In the book of Leviticus, we see several types and shadows. Jesus is typified by the offerings, their sacrifices and in the duties of the high prieist

In Leviticus 16, we see Jesus typified in the scape goat, also a shadow of Jesus Christ. In verses 7-10:
7. Then he must bring the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
8. He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be sacrificed to the LORD and which one will be the scapegoat.
9. The goat chosen to be sacrificed to the LORD will be presented by Aaron as a sin offering.
10. The goat chosen to be the scapegoat will be presented to the LORD alive. When it is sent away into the wilderness, it will make atonement for the people.

This a picture of the lord Jesus Christ. Which goat? Both! The sacrifice who died for our sins and the scape goat set free to take away the sins of the people.

Jesus is also typified in the Jewish Feasts, these feasts of the Lord are shadows of Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 23:1-4 (New Living Translation)
1. The LORD said to Moses,
2. “Give the Israelites instructions regarding the LORD’s appointed festivals, the days when all of you will be summoned to worship me.
3. You may work for six days each week, but on the seventh day all work must come to a complete stop. It is the LORD’s Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day to assemble for worship. It must be observed wherever you live
4. In addition to the Sabbath, the LORD has established festivals, the holy occasions to be observed at the proper time each year.

The seven Jewish Feasts
These first four feasts have been fulfilled by Jesus and occur in the Spring.

• Passover
• Unleavened Bread
• First Fruits
• Pentecost (or Weeks)

These remaining three feasts occur during 15 day period in the Fall. These have not been fulfilled by Jesus

• Trumpets
• The Day of Atonement
• Tabernacle

The blessed hope of evey believer is that these three fall feasts will be fulfilled literally by Jesus Christ. The first four were fulfilled on the exact day that the Jews observed these feasts. For instance on the day that the Jews observed the passover was the day that Jesus was crucified. The Passover represents the day that the death angel killed all of the first born of the houses that did not have the blood of the lamb on their door posts. The children of Israel followed this command of God and their first born where passed over by the death angel. God commanded the children of Israel to make this a perpetual holy day.

The first four feasts were accomplished at the first coming of Jesus, the second three feasts will be accomplished at His second coming.

1 Peter 1:18 (New Living Translation)
18. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.
19. He paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread represents Jesus Christ removing the leaven (sin) from our lump. Unleavened bread represents the sinless and pure life that can only be accomplished in Christ.

The Feast of First Fruits
Points to the Messiah’s resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (New Living Translation)
20. But the fact is that Christ has been raised from the dead. He has become the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again.
21. So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, Adam, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man, Christ
22. Everyone dies because all of us are related to Adam, the first man. But all who are related to Christ, the other man, will be given new life.
23. But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised first; then when Christ comes back, all his people will be raised.

The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
Occurs 50 days after unleavened bread, represents the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the Church.

Acts 2:1-2,4,41 (New Living Translation)
1. On the day of Pentecost, seven weeks after Jesus’ resurrection, the believers were meeting together in one place.
2. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them, and it filled the house where they were meeting.
4. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.
41. Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church—about three thousand in all.

The Feast of Trumpets
Announces the return of Jesus Christ and was signaled by the blowing of the Shofar. It is a call to repentance and a gather of the elect. For the Jews it was a preparing for the National Day of Atonement

Matthew 24:30 (New Living Translation)
30. And then at last, the sign of the coming of the Son of Man will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the nations of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

The Day of Atonement (Yum Kippur)
For us, it is speaking of Jesus’ coming and is the final judgment day. It is a reference to Christ as a judge and his atonement.

1 Timothy 4:1 (New Living Translation)
1. And so I solemnly urge you before God and before Christ Jesus—who will someday judge the living and the dead when he appears to set up his Kingdom:

1 John 2:2 (New Living Translation)
2. He is the sacrifice for our sins. He takes away not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

The Feast of Tabernacles
It is the harvest celebration in the wilderness
For us, it represents the millennial kingdom and our eternity with God

Rev 21:3-4 (New Living Translation)
I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.
4. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever.”

Should Christians celebrate these feasts? New Testament Christians are not required to celebrate these feast but have the liberty to celebrate them if they so choose.

Romans 10:4 (New Living Translation)
4. For Christ has accomplished the whole purpose of the law. All who believe in him are made right with God.

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