Jesus is the true and better Adam
who passed the test in the Garden, His Garden, a much tougher garden, and whose obedience is imputed to us.
Jesus is the true and better Abel
who though innocently slain has blood that cries out not for our condemnation, but for our acquittal.
Jesus is the true and better Abraham
who answered the call of God, to leave all the comfortable and familiar and go into the void, not knowing whither He went.
Jesus is the true and better Isaac
who was not just offered up by His Father on the mount, but was truly sacrificed for us all. While God said to Abraham, "Now I know you love me because you did not with hold your son, your one and only son, whom you love from me," now we, at the foot of the cross can say to God, "Now we know that you love me, because you did not with hold your Son, your only Son, whom You love, from me."
Jesus is the true and better Jacob
who wrestled and took the blow of justice we deserved so that we, like Jacob, only receive the wounds of grace, that wake us up and discipline us.
Jesus is the true and better Joseph
who is at the right hand of The King and forgives those who betrayed and sold Him and uses His power to save them.
Jesus is the true and better Moses
who stands in the gap between the people and the Lord and who mediates a New Covenant.
Jesus is the true and better rock of Moses
who struck with the rod of God's justice now gives us water in the desert.
Jesus is the true and better Job
who is the truly Innocent Sufferer who then intercedes for and saves His stupid friends.
Is that a type? See this is not a type, it's an instinct.
Jesus is the true and better David
who's victory becomes the people's victory, though they never lifted a stone to accomplish it themselves.
Jesus is the true and better Esther
who didn't just risk losing an earthly palace, but lost the ultimately heavenly one. Who didn't just risk His life, but gave His life. Who didn't just say, "If I perish, I perish," but said, "When I perish, I'll perish for them, to save My people."
Jesus is the true and better Jonah
who is cast out into the storm so that we could be brought in.
He's the real Passover Lamb.
He's the True Temple.
The True Prophet.
The True Priest.
The True King.
The True Sacrifice.
The True Lamb.
The True Light.
The True Bread.
8 years ago
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