Jul 15 2008
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A very significant event transpired during that first Easter Sunday afternoon following the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Luke records this for us:
“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore furlongs … And it came to pass, that, while they communed [together] and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them … And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24: 13, 15, 27).
Just what “things” did the Savior report? It would have no doubt included the following:
● The offering up of Isaac (Gen. 22:1, 2, 10)
“By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son], Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure” (Heb. 11:17-19).
● The Passover Lamb
In Exod. 12, a lamb was taken and killed, then its blood was sprinkled upon the door post. That blood then saved the life of the oldest child in that household. The New Testament says that Christ has become our Passover (1 Cor. 5:7).
● The giving of manna (Exod. 16:14, 15)
Jesus would later say:
“I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:48-51).
● The smitten Rock (Exod. 17: 5, 6)
Moses recorded this event:
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel” (Exod. 17: 5, 6).
Paul explained its significance—
“And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Cor. 10:4).
● The brazen serpent (Num. 21:5-9)
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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” (John 3:14-16).
Well, all these things happened to them in the past. So how do they apply to us at the present hour? In a word, Everything! Note the following admonitions:
“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Cor. 10:11).
“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it … Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:1, 16).
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