7 Types of Christ on Yom Kippur
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New Creation Prophecied
1When He had fulfilled the commandment, what did He say?
“Who will contend with Me? Let him oppose Me. Who has a case against Me? Let him draw near to Me. Woe to you! Because you will all become old as a garment, the moth will eat you up.”
Based on Isaiah 50:8-9
The Cornerstone
3Again the Prophet said He was placed as a strong stone for crushing,
“Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a precious stone, a precious and honorable cornerstone.”
Based on Isaiah 8:14, 28:16 NASB
4What did the Prophet say next?
“He who believes in Him will live forever.”
Based on Isaiah 28:16 LXX, 1 Peter 2:6
5Is our hope set on a stone? Absolutely not! The prophet is referring to our Lord’s flesh being His strength. For He said,
“He placed Me as a firm rock.” Based on Isaiah 50:7
7And He also said,
“The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone… This is the great and wonderful day, which the Lord made…”
Based on Psalm 118:22-24
9I am probably over-simplifying, but I want to make sure you understand and don’t reject me.
Prophecies of His Incarnation and Death
Other prophecies say,
“…A synagogue of sinners has encompassed Me; They pierced My hands and My feet.”
Based on Psalm 22:16
“They surrounded Me like bees ’round the honeycomb.” Based on Psalm 118:12
“They cast lots for My clothing.” Based on Psalm 22:18
13These prophecies show He was destined to manifest in the flesh and suffer and die.
Prophecies of Israel
About Israel, the prophets said,
“Woe unto their soul, for they have counselled evil counsel against themselves saying, Let us bind the Just One, for He is unprofitable for us.”
Isaiah 3:10 LXX
15Moses prophesied to them saying,
“Behold, these things saith the Lord God; enter into the good land which the Lord sware unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and inherit it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” Based on Exodus 33:1; Leviticus 20:24
16Wisdom says we should learn about and completely trust Him who was manifested in the flesh, namely Jesus. 17Man suffers in sin because he is from Adam, who was created out of the earth. 18Why then did God say “into the good land, a land flowing with milk and honey?” 19Blessed be our Lord, who has placed in us wisdom and understanding of His secrets. For the prophecy spoke about our Lord when He said,
“Who shall comprehend, save he that is wise and prudent and that loveth his Lord?”
Based on Hosea 14:9
The New Creation
21He has renewed us by the remission of our sins, and made us into new child-like souls, as if He was re-creating us. 22Scripture records how the Father spoke to the Son about our creation,
“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over beasts of the earth, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea… and God said ‘be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth’” Based on Genesis 1:26,28
24All this the Father spoke to His Son. Now I will show you how in these latter days He made us a new creation. 25The Lord said He would make the last like the first; and this is why the prophet said, “enter into a land flowing with milk and honey and have dominion over it.” 26The Scripture also says of the new creations,
“I will take out from these, that is to say, from those whom the Spirit of the Lord foresaw, their stony hearts, and will put into them hearts of flesh.”
Based on Ezekiel 11:19
28For He Himself was to be manifest in our flesh and dwell in us. The holy temple of the Lord is now our hearts. 29Where does the Scripture say I should appear before the Lord my God, and be glorified?
“I will confess to Thee in the Church in the midst of my brethren; and I will praise Thee in the midst of the assembly of the saints.”
Based on Psalms 22:22; 35:18; 149:1
31We then are the ones who are brought into the good land. But what does the milk and honey represent? 32A child is kept alive by honey and milk. 33So, in like manner, we are kept alive by faith in the promise and by the word, and shall rule over the earth.
Dominion in the Millennium
34For He said,
“Let them increase and rule over the fishes.”
Based on Genesis 1:28
35Do we rule over the beasts, fishes, and birds now? 36We must understand that to rule implies authority. 37We cannot give commands or have complete control over them now. 38But He tells us we will have it. 39When we become perfect, we will inherit the covenant of the Lord!
Commentary
Chapter 6 teaches that Jesus came to create a new nation of kings and priests. By building the church, He, Himself is the chief cornerstone. Israel rejected Him and had Him crucified so that everyone might be able to receive eternal life. We are now a new creation in Christ and have a godlike nature in addition to our sinful fleshly nature; and we have the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Ultimately, in the Millennium, we will have our resurrected, glorified bodies, with no pain or sin nature. Then we will be perfect, sinless, glorified, and have complete dominion as the Lord originally intended.
Paul describes Jesus as a type of Second Adam in Romans 5, so the concept is clearly biblical.
Christians are New Creations in Christ
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