Shadows of the Christ and the New Covenant - Bible Verse Handbook

Session #2 - SHADOWS OF THE CHRIST AND THE NEW COVENANT - PART 1

I continue to be amazed at the wisdom of God in giving us types and shadows of Christ throughout the pages of the OT.

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun . (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

"Type" is some "person," or "event," or "ceremony" that is recorded to "foreshadow" some future "person," or "event," or "ceremony."

For example:

•  TYPICAL PERSONS,  like Melchizedek, Joshua etc
•  TYPICAL EVENTS , like the "Passover" etc
•  TYPICAL CEREMONIES,  like "Ceremonial Cleansing," "Feasts of Trumpets," "Year of Jubilee," etc

REVIEW:

In studying the ‘Types' the two comparative words ‘AS' and ‘SO' are often seen.

AS  in Adam all die, even  SO   in Christ shall all be made alive – 

2  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 
(1 Cor 15:22)

AS  it was in the days of Noah,  SO   it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

37  But as the days of Noah  were,  so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ( Matt 24:37)

When the "Type" and the "Antitype" (or fulfillment) have both appeared, as the "Brazen Serpent" and the "Uplifted Christ," then the Type has been fulfilled.

If the Antitype has not yet appeared then the fulfillment is future.

The "Plagues of Egypt" are a type of the Plagues of the Great Tribulation.

“The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts” (Leviticus 23:2)

These are not Israel's feasts or the Jewish people's feasts, but God's feasts. So, if you are saved by Yeshua (Jesus), you are grafted into the commonwealth of Israel -

11  Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—  12  that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.  13  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:11-13)

You are Abraham's seed as well

29  And if you  are  Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)

The Passover is the first of God's annual feast days mentioned in Scripture. It commemorates the greatest event in the people of Israel's history—their miraculous liberation from Egypt.

PASSOVER

Celebrated on the 14th day of Nisan (the first month).

On the 10th day of Nisan, the Israelites selected a male lamb without blemish

Now the  Lord  spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,  2  “This month  shall be  your beginning of months; it  shall be  the first month of the year to you.  3  Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of  his  father, a lamb for a household.  4  And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take  it  according to the number of the persons; according to each man's need you shall make your count for the lamb.  5  Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take  it  from the sheep or from the goats.  (Exod 12:1-5)

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect . (1 Peter 1: 19)

God provided the Lamb for Abraham

8  And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. (Genesis 22:8)

A shadow of the Lamb that would come

29  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 
(John 1:29)

The Israelites knew the blood of the lamb had protected them from the death of their firstborn on that first Passover night they kept in Egypt  (Exodus 12:12-13)

PASSOVER - Review
• As the Passover lamb roasted in fire, and none of its bones were broken.

8  Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread  and  with bitter  herbs  they shall eat it. 

  46  In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones. 
(Exod 12:8, 46)

• So Jesus had no bones broken

• As Passover initiated Israel's exodus from slavery in Egypt.

• So Christ's crucifixion initiated the elect's exodus from the dominion of the devil, the slavery of sin and the bondage of the world.

CHRIST: OUR “UNLEAVENED” SAVIOR

Just as this festival symbolizes both sinlessness and holiness. So Christ was sinless and perfectly holy.

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  (2 Corinthians 5:21)

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. (Hebrews 4:15 )

7 For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth .  
(1 Corinthians 5:7b-8)

FIRSTFRUITS

3. The Presenting

The chosen Barley sheaf was given to the priest who waved it before the Lord as a way of dedicating the entire harvest to Him.  

11  He shall wave the sheaf before the  Lord , to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
(Lev 23:11)

For Pentecost, the Jews would bring to the Temple the firstfruits of their wheat harvest.

17  You shall bring from your dwellings two wave  loaves  of two-tenths  of an ephah . They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven.  They are  the firstfruits to the  Lord . (Lev 23:17)

First, wheat is often a symbol for believers in Scripture

25  but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.   26  But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.   (Matt 13:25-26)

Second, recall that the Bible often uses leaven as a symbol for sin

6  Your glorying  is  not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  7  Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.  8  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened  bread  of sincerity and truth.  
(1 Cor 5:6-8)

As  Israel experienced the giving of the Law at Mt. Sinai 50 days after leaving Egypt under Passover.

So  the disciples experienced the coming of the Holy Spirit 50 days after the completion of Passover by the resurrection of Christ.

As  the Feast of Pentecost was celebrated 50 days after the waving of the sheaf of firstfruits.

So  the Holy Spirit was poured out on the 50th day after the resurrection of Christ Jesus.

As  Supernatural manifestations were on Mount Sinai - there was thunder and lightning, thick clouds, fire and smoke.

16  Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who  were  in the camp trembled.  17  And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.  18  Now Mount Sinai  was  completely in smoke, because the  Lord  descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and  the whole mountain quaked greatly.  19  And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.
(Exod 19:16-19)

1So  too in the upper room came a violent wind and tongues of fire descended onto the disciples.

  2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  3  Then there appeared to them  divided tongues, as of fire, and  one  sat upon each of them.  (Acts 2:2-3)

As  after the giving of Torah, 3000 people were slain because of idolatry.

28  So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.  (Exod 32:28)

So  after the giving of the new law of the Spirit, 3000 people were baptized and added to the Church

41  Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added  to them. (Acts 2:41)

As  at Mount Sinai, God revealed himself as awesome, almighty and unapproachable, and to see Him face to face would have meant instant death.

21  And the  Lord  said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the  Lord , and many of them perish. (Exod 19:21)

So  at Mount Zion, "the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God"

22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 
(Heb 12:22)

Finally, the Feast of Weeks - the second major harvest festival of the year - is also called the "Feast of Harvest"

16  and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in  the fruit of  your labors from the field. (Exod 23:16)

Yeshua is woven through the entire fabric of the Bible.

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. (Proverbs 25:2)

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