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Copyright by R.E.Harlow 1967
PICTURES QF CHRIST by W. A. Deans
Used by permission from; Everyday Publications Inc. 421 Nugget
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Unit 2 Scarborough,
Ont., Canada M1S 4L8 Copyright c 1976 by Everyday Publications
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CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Adam, a Picture of Christ
2. Blood Was Shed in the Garden of Eden
3. Abel's Lamb
4. Noah's Ark
5. Melchizedek
6. Isaac and the Lamb
7. Joseph
8. The Passover Lamb
9. Manna, the Bread from Heaven
10. Water from the Rock
11. The Bronze Snake
12. The Tabernacle
13. One Door
14. The Bronze Altar
15. The Bronze Basin
16. The Gold Lampstand
17. The Table for the Bread
18. The Altar of Incense
19. The Veil, the Ark, and the Mercy Seat
20. The High Priest, and the Clothes of the Priests
21. David and Christ
22. Still More Pictures
INTRODUCTION
The Bible is God's message to men. Its 66
books
are divided into two main parts, the Old
Testament and the New Testament. Each part of the Bible helps us
to understand the other part.
The Old Testament was written many years ago,
before the Lord Jesus Christ was born, but it
is valuable to us today because the Holy Spirit led holy men of
God to write the things God
wanted men to know.
Parts of the Old Testament tell what would happen
later, but some of these prophecies have
not yet been fulfilled. Some of the writers of the Old Testament
prophesied about Christ.
There are many wonderful pictures of Christ in
the Old Testament even though it was written
before He was born. These pictures make us think of His life, His
death, His resurrection, the
work He is doing at the present time, and the glory that will be
His in the future. We can see
these pictures in the lives of people who lived in Old Testament
times and in the things which
happened to the people of Israel. Also the furniture in the
Tabernacle
teaches us wonderful
lessons about the beauties of Christ and about His perfect work.
Some of the events which happened long ago are
very clearly pictures of Christ. Then there
are other pictures of our Lord which are not as clear. They are
like the shadow of a man which
can be seen before the man himself appears. These things are
pictures
of Christ, but only in part
and not very plainly.
We must read the New Testament if we want to
understand these things. In it we will find
verses which explain very clearly the meaning of these pictures.
We shall therefore look for
pictures of Christ in the Old Testament and then go to the New
Testament
to understand their
meaning.
We shall use the whole Bible as we read do these
lessons, in order to learn about our Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ. Ask God to reveal Christ to you in these
pictures. You will be surprised
and filled with wonder as you see how the Old Testament and the
New Testament together
reveal to us the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ and His wonderful
works.
The following verses show that it was God who
gave us the Holy Scriptures through the
apostles. They also show that the Old Testament prophets prophesied
about the Lord Jesus
Christ. Be sure to read these verses: 2 Timothy 3.16; 2 Peter
1.20,21;
John 8.56; 5.39,46;
Hebrews 10.7; Matthew 22.45.
LESSON 1 PICTURES OF CHRIST
ADAM, A PICTURE OF CHRIST
READ: Genesis 1.26-28; 2.7,8,15
We read about Adam in the Old Testament, but
the
New Testament tells us that Adam was a
picture of Christ, Romans 5.14. He was like Christ in some things
but he was also very different
from Christ.
First read Genesis 1.26-28; 2.7,8,15. In these
verses we see that Adam was the first man. God
formed him from the dust of the ground, breathed into him the breath
of life, and Adam became
a living being.
Now read 1 Corinthians 15.45. This verse also
tells us that Adam was created a living being,
the first man. He is the head of the first creation.
This same verse calls Christ the last Adam, and
verse 47 of the same chapter calls Him the
second Man. He is the Head of the new creation.
The first man (Adam) was made of earth. The last
Adam is the life-giving Spirit and came
from heaven, 1 Corinthians 15.47,48.
We see therefore that Adam resembles Christ,
but that he is also different from Christ. Adam
was made in the image of God, Genesis 1.26. Christ is the exact
likeness of the invisible God, 2
Corinthians 4.4; Colossians 1.15; He is God in human form, 1 Timothy
3.16.
Adam is called the first Adam. Christ is the
last Adam. We were born into this world with a
human body and a nature like that of the first Adam, but we will
wear the likeness of the last
Adam if we are born through the Spirit, by believing in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now we wear the
likeness of the man made of earth, but in Christ we shall wear the
likeness of the Man from
heaven, 1 Corinthians 15.45-49. Read also 1 John 3.2; Philippians
3.20,21.
The Lord Jesus said to Nicodemus that no
one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born
again, John 3.3. He also said that flesh gives birth to flesh and
Spirit gives birth to spirit, and that
we should not be surprised to hear that we must be born again, John
3.6,7.
In Adam we inherit the judgment of death,
but those who believe in Christ inherit eternal life.
Now let us read Romans 5.15-19. In these
verses we see five things. We receive the
following:
1. Through one man
(Adam)
SIN and DEATH, v.15
Through one Man
(Christ)
GRACE and a FREE GIFT
2. Through one man
(Adam)
JUDGMENT (guilty), v.16
Through one Man
(Christ)
UNDESERVED GIFT (not guilty)
3. Through one man
(Adam)
DEATH, verse 17.
Through one Man
(Christ)
LIFE
4. By the one sin of one man (Adam)
all were
condemned
verse 18
By the one righteous act of one Man (Christ)
all receive righteousness and life
5. Because one man (Adam)
disobeyed many were made sinners verse 19 Because of the obedience of
one
Man
(Christ)
many will be put right with God
ADAM RECEIVED A BRIDE
We will now go on to show in what ways Adam was
like Christ. God gave Adam a wife; and
God gave Christ the Church to be His bride.
Adam was alone in the garden of Eden. There were
birds and animals there, but there was no
one to help Adam.
God said it was not good for a man to be alone,
so He made Adam sleep and removed a bone
from his side. From this bone He made a wife for Adam and gave her
to him. Read Genesis
2.20-22. Adam called his wife woman because she was made of his
bone and flesh, Genesis
2.23.
Much the same happened with regard to the Church,
the Bride of Christ. Christ got His Bride
through deep sleep, that is, through death. God gave Him the Church
to be His Bride because He
suffered and died for sinners.
In John 12.24 we read that a seed is a picture
of Christ's death. A seed remains alone if it stays
outside of the ground. It dies when it is put into the ground, but
it produces a harvest of many
seeds through dying. This is a picture of the death and resurrection
of Christ which produced the
Church.
The Church is the Body of Christ - His bones,
His hands. Christ is our Head and we are part or
members of His body, Ephesians 1.22,23; 1 Corinthians 12.27. Christ
loved the Church and gave
His life for it, Ephesians 5.23-27. So the Church is the Bride of
Christ, made up of people whom
the Father gave to Him, John 17.24.
ADAM RULED OVER ALL LIVING CREATURES
God told Adam and his wife to rule over all
living
creatures, Genesis 1.26-28.
Christ has been given all authority, Matthew
28.18. He will rule as King of kings. His enemies
will become the footstool under His feet. Read Revelation 11.15;
Psalm 72.8; Zechariah 9.10;
Psalm 110.1.
Christ will have authority over the whole earth
and will rule it with an iron rod. His Bride, the
Church, will rule with Him, Revelation 2.26,27; 3.21; 20.6. Every
creature will be subject to
Him, Hebrews 2.6-8. Every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord
for the glory of God the
Father, Philippians 2.9-11.
Adam's rule in the garden of Eden is a picture
of the rule of Christ over the whole world.
TEST 1 PICTURES
Place a T (True) or F (False) for your answer at the beginning or end of the question;
1. The Old Testament helps us to understand the new.
2. Christ is called the second Adam
3. Sin came into the world when Cain killed Abel
4. In the future all born again believers will be like Christ
5. Nicodemus was a good man, and didn't need to be born again.
Fill in the missing word:
6. God gave Christ the church as His _______
7. God put Adam into a ____ _____ and from his rib He made Eve
8. Adam was to have _________ over the whole earth
9. The enemies of Christ, God will make them the ______under His feet.
10: The Church will _______with Christ in a kingdom to come
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