PT-2 "The Teaching of the Old Testament"

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/28/2020 12:41 PM

 

My Worship Time                                          Focus:  PT-3 “The Teaching of the Old Testament”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  OT verses

 

            Message of the verses:  I will not post any verses here as we will look at different verses in this SD.

 

            We have been talking about the fall in our last SD and one of the most tragic consequences of that battle is the propensity to divorce.  There was a perfect plan for marriage that is seen in the Garden of Eden where God preformed the first marriage ceremony and since the fall when divorce happens it is like having someone cut off a leg or an arm.  Believe me, I do know what that feels like.

 

            At this point I wish to quote from a booklet that I have in my bookcase, something that up until several weeks ago forgot about it being there.  I am not sure of the date of this booklet, as there is no date in it, but the cost of it was 10 cents, so I have to believe it is very old.  The name of the booklet is “The Battle of the Ages,” and since we are looking at this era I thought it would be good for us to look at some things that are found in it.

 

THE BATTLE OF THE AGES

Rev. John Linton, B. A.

EVANGELICAL PUBLISHERS

858 College St., Toronto 4, Canada

 

15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel’ (Gen. 3:15).

 

            “The battle of the ages is the stupendous conflict waged between God and Satan from the moment when sin began.  It is an age-long conflict because the battle has been going on from the distant past, when sin first reared its ugly head in God’s universe.  The battle of sin is older than the history of man.  Man was not the author of sin.  Man was the channel by which sin entered into this present world, but sin was a black fact in the dateless past, long before the creation of man.

 

            “God’s agent for the defeat of sin is Jesus Christ.  He has been appointed Commander-in-chief of the heavenly armies that are set for the downfall of Satan and the ultimate over-throw of sin.  From before the foundation of the world it was planned in the counsels of the Godhead that Jesus Christ would be manifested to destroy the works of the devil.

 

            “There are three aspect of this conflict:  the destruction of Satan himself; the redemption of man from sin; the restoration of righteousness to the earth.  In the Old Testament there are three towering Messianic prophecies embracing these three aspects of His Saviourhood. In Gen. 3:15 Jesus Christ is set forth as the Seed of the Woman.  To the Serpent God said  “I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel’  In Gen. 12:3 Jesus Christ is presented as the Seed of Abraham.  To Abraham God said, ‘In thee (that is in his seed) shall all families of the earth be blessed.’  In II Samuel 7:12-13, we read of Jesus Christ as the Seed of David.  To David the King God said, ‘I will set up thy seed after thee…and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.’  As the Seed of the Woman he is to be at enmity with the serpent—that is Christ the Warrior.  This antagonism shall result in the destruction of Satan.  As the Seed of Abraham he is to be the Redeemer.  In Adam all families of the earth were cursed.  The seed of Abraham by his death and resurrection (typified in Isaac sacrificed by his father and raised from the dead) shall remove the curse and in Him as Redeemer shall all families of the earth be blessed.  As the Seed of David Jesus Christ is set forth as a King.  He is to institute a reign of righteousness upon earth, He will reign forever.  The opening chapter of the New Testament presents Christ in this threefold way:  ‘The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham,’ and in verse 18:  The Seed of the Woman.  We shall consider the first of these three Messianic prophecies in this address and trace the history of the Warrior Christ in his conflict with Satan in this battle of the ages.  There are four outstanding conflicts prior to the Resurrection of Christ and we shall deal with these four pre-resurrection battles.”

 

            I think that it is best that I quote from this little booklet at the end of each SD until we get through with it.  The reason that I wanted to look at this now is because we are in a battle, a battle that Christ has won, but nevertheless we are in a battle because of sin, and a part of that battle is having two saved or not saved sinful people live together in marriage and not desiring to have a divorce.

 

8/28/2020 1:14 PM