"Old Testament Appearances of Jesus Christ" Baptist Preaching KJV

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First John chapter 5 verse that .
I want to point out is in verse number seven there the famous verse that says for there are three that bear record in heaven the father the word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one and what I want to preach about tonight is the subject of Old Testament appearances of christ i want to show you some things in the Old Testament about Jesus Christ physically bodily appearing even in those days before we get into that I wanted to read first John 57 just because it's important to understand the truth of the Trinity in order to understand these passages in the Old Testament where Jesus Christ appeared in bodily form even before Bethlehem's manger now the doctrine of the Trinity is under attack and it's under attack from two different sides on one hand it's under attack from those who do not believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ and they would say that Jesus Christ is the son of God but they say but he is not God himself he's a created being or something of that nature the Jehovah's Witnesses believe something along those lines the Mormons believe something along those lines and I'm not going to preach on the deity of Christ but there are so many scriptures that tell us for example Hebrews 18 unto the son he say it the throne O God is for ever and ever.
A scepter of righteousness the scepter of thy kingdom Jesus himself said why call us tell me good.
There's none good but one that is God and if jesus christ is good which of course we know he is that means he's also God the Bible says without controversy great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the flesh as speaking of Jesus Christ in 2nd timothy three sixteen so over and over again we see all these references to Jesus being God but the doctor the Trinity is under attack also from another angle of what's called the jesus only movement and these are people who don't believe in the trinity instead they believed that basically Jesus is the father they are one in the same now in a sense they are one because the Bible says right here these three are 10 on the surface when you first hear it it doesn't sound wrong to you you you hear it oh yeah of course jesus is god no big deal but when you go a little deeper with that doctrine it actually does not jive with scripture when they have this teaching where they say there is no Trinity ok and we'll get into that a little bit later in the sermon to but you say well the word Trinity is not in the Bible well the Trinity is right here in this verse because it says these three are one and that's all the word Trinity is is just the tri meaning three that prefix and then the unity meaning one trinity is just a short and brief three-in-one but if we wanted to we could go around saying well I believe in the doctrine of three and one these three are one but just saying I believe in the these three are one doesn't roll off the tongue as well as Trinity so there's nothing wrong with the word Trinity to express exactly what this verse is expressing now those who are in the jesus only movement will take exception to the term you know God in three persons and they'll try to make it all about that term three-person three persons and this is just because a lot of people just copy and paste statement of faiths for the last several hundred years you know they're still stuck on like the 1689 Baptist confession or sign up but there's a lot of copying and pasting going on with statements of faith and a lot of people aren't even reading these things are things up so you hear a lot of these things that I wouldn't use the term persons just because it's not a biblical term so that becomes a strawman of OS three different people this person's means people ok but again instead of getting into those kind of silly semantics if we want to just have a biblical view of what the Trinity is it that these three are one.
There is only one God according to the Bible but that God is also 3 the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three case closed that's what the Bible teaches now to say that there is absolutely no difference between the father and the son is false because there is a difference there's the father and then there's the Sun now they're both god there's only one guy.
Hey why don't understand it well it doesn't matter whether you understand it what the Bible says there are probably a lot of things you don't understand about the Bible and things I don't understand about the Bible but if you look at us as human beings we are a similar creature because we are body soul and spirit and in fact body soul and spirit can be separated because the Bible says the body without the Spirit is dead so when I give up the ghost as the Bible says or die my spirit will leave my body and the spirit will go into the Lord and the body will remain and if someone walked up to that dead body and identified it and said that is steven anderson that would be accurate if they walked up to me in heaven and said you're Steven Anderson that would also be accurate even though we're in two different places and even though we're the same guy Steven Anderson because there's the body the soul and the spirit at this point United at some point in the future separated unless i'm alive and remain unto the coming of our Lord with some praying for but it's i'm going to be one of the ones that survives if it happens our lifetime you know i'm praying for so that should help you understand the Trinity hopefully but people who attacked the Trinity you know that they're teaching false doctrine because the Trinity is the biblical view of who god is so let's go to some of these old testament appearances and I'm not going to be conclusive tonight or say hey we're turning to every old testament appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ that's not the point of the sermon the point of the sermon is to teach you the doctrine here so flip back first of all the most obvious one that there is which is Daniel 325 this is the most obvious one that we just instantly pop into your mind because of the fact that it literally mentions the Son of God pretty hard to escape this one isn't it.
It's has in Daniel 324 the Nebuchadnezzar the king was a star need and rose up in haste and spake and said unto his counselors did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire they answered and said unto the King true ok he answered and said low IC for men.
Loose walking in the midst of the fire and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the son of god so in the fiery furnace with Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.
Nebuchadnezzar looks at it today we only through and three guys there are four men and the fight and he said the form of the fourth is like the son of god now you say well that's just never can either just that but here's the thing about it there was somebody in that fire wasn't there and why would God have recorded those words it would be misleading to record those words of Nebuchadnezzar if it had nothing to do with what was actually going on in that fire is very significant when he says the form of the fourth is like the Son of God read it for me from the the non inspired version you know and you say why you always pulling out the NIV because of the fact that i want to continually remind you how much perversion and corruption exists in these modern versions eat this needs to be hard upon because of the fact that sometimes if we don't take heed unto the things we've learned we could let them slip listen to the Daniel 325 you look down at the King James Version he's going to read from the non inspired version he said look I see four men walking around the fire unbound and unharmed and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.
Did you hear that looks like a sign of the Gods not the Son of God but a son of the god so now it's just some pagan utterance out of the mouths of Nebuchadnezzar instead of being this amazing Old Testament appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ go back to Genesis chapter 18 let's look at something a little more concrete Genesis chapter 18 I I don't have any doubt in my mind even for one split-second that and a little 325 Nebuchadnezzar was right and that Jesus Christ was the 4th man in the fire with Shadrach Meshach and Abednego but back in Genesis 18 we have a very interesting appearance of our lord jesus christ in bodily form before Abraham look at verse 1 of Genesis 18 and the Lord appeared.
Done to him in the plains of mammary and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day now let me point out to you the word Lord there in all capital letters the Lord this is Jehovah God himself and the Bible says the lord appeared at Abraham and it says in verse 2 he lifts up his I this is abraham and looked and lo three men stood by him and when he saw them he ran to meet them from the tent door and bowed himself toward the ground so remember this is the Lord appearing on the Abraham and these three men show up and he runs out to meet them verse 3 and said my lord if now i have found favor in thy sight pass not away i pray thee from my servant little water i pray you be fetched and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree and I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort your hearts after that you shall pass on for therefore are you come to your servant and they said so do is that was said and Abraham hastened into the tent under sarah and said make ready quickly three measures of fine meal need it and make cakes upon the heart and a brand into the herd and fetched a calf tender and good and gave it unto a young man and he hasted to dress it man you want to talk about fresh food.
I mean they're killing the animal right then and there before it's served those were the days and he took butter and milk and the calf which he addressed and set it before them and he stood by them under the tree and they did eat so is this just a spirit or an apparition this is somebody's there in bodily form because they are eating the food that he is prepared it says in verse number nine and they said unto Him where is Sarah thy wife and he said behold in the tent and he said I will certainly return to the according to the time of life and low Sarah thy wife shall the Son and Sarah heard in the tent door which was behind him now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken and age and it seems to be with sarah after the manner of women there for Sarah laughed within herself saying after I am waxed old so I have pleasure my lord being old also by the way her lord this is referred to as her husband and the Bible tells the New Testament that's the same way that women should think there Ben according to first Peter chapter 3 and that's a whole other sermon of itself that should be pretty heated another time.
It says it you know is anything too hard for the Lord at the time appointed i will return under the a quarter of the time of life and Sarah shall have a son did you notice that the beginning of verse 13 and the Lord you see that the lord said unto Abraham wherefore did Sarah lap so who's talking to him he's three men are there she laps and the Lord says to Abraham why did she laugh and she says all I didn't laugh and he's like yeah you left and it's a you know I laughs not but in verse 16 it says and the men rose up from thence and look towards Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way and the Lord said so I hide from Abraham that thing which I do he's obviously speaking to the other two men the Lord speaks the other two men and says so I hide from Abraham that thing which i do seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him for I know him that he will command his children and his household after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he had spoken of him and the Lord said because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great because their sin is very Grievous i will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not i will know and the men turn their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the Lord so notice three men showed up and have talked and eaten with Abraham the Lord is the one who's doing the talking then it says the man go their way and head off toward Sodom and he remains yet before the Lord so he's still in front of one person the Lord how many guys just left.
Ok go to chapter 19 verse 1 just a few verses later when we get to chapter 19 verse 1 it says and there came to.
Ain gels to Sodom and even and lots at in the gate of Sodom and lots seeing them rose up to meet the many bowed himself with his face toward the ground so it becomes extremely obvious here who those two men that were with the Lord work to angels because two men walk away and then a few verses that was up to men you say well it has two angels right but the two angels are referred to by the sodomites is what bring out the men which came energy because these guys to the outward appearance just look like normal men so when Abraham look TC three men walking toward him two of those men walk away those two men walk into Sodom we know that they're angels that were with the Lord.
So this proves as we see this that the Lord was literally in bodily form talking with Abraham he had a couple of angels with them that are sent down to Sodom but he was bodily physically they're talking with Abram and think about this.
It couldn't have been God the Father it could not have been God the Father and I'll prove that to you go to John chapter 1 we're going to look at a few scriptures on this we're gonna go to john 1 and then next we're gonna go to Exodus 33 if you want to get your finger in both places this we you say well that's not Jesus that's not the son of god that's not Christ that is you know God the Father perhaps well let's look at it in John chapter 1 verse 1 it says in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God you say well how can the word be with God and begot at the same time well there's your three and one in this sense of the three was with God and in the sense of the one he was got it says the same was in the beginning with God all things were made by him talking about the word or Jesus Christ and without him was not anything made that was made of course first 14 and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth but look at verse 18 here's the key no man.
Have seen God at any time the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father he had declared.
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This son who yes he is God but he's not God the Father nobody has seen God the Father is what this is teaching only the Sun is what they've seen so could this statement really be made if God the Father locked up Dave Graham no way would make any sense go to Exodus 33 where I had to turn verse 18 it says and he said I beseech the show me thy glory this is moses talking and he said make off my good next pass before thee and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before the and will be gracious to my will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy verse 20 of chapter 33 and he said thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live and the Lord said Behold there's a place by me and thou shall stand upon a rock and it shall come to pass while My glory passes by that i will put the inec lift of the rock and we'll cover the with my hand while I pass by and I will take away my hand and thou shalt see my back parts but my face shall not be seen this would make no sense if God the Father had appeared unto Abraham in Genesis 18 it had to be the Sun go to first Corinthians 15 and revelation who actually just go to first Corinthians 15 all read for you from revelation 22 I just want to prove this further that seeing god's face and living is not something that mortal man can do you should know man see my face and live he said he also talked about the fact that no man has seen God anytime now revelation 22 3 it says there shall be no more curse but the throne of god and the lamb shall be in it and his servants shall serve Him and they shall see his face and his name shall be in there for it so in revelation 22.
Como limpiar which is in the new heaven and the new earth God makes this statement they shall see his face and his name shall be in there for it.
Why is that significant I mean we were.
Jesus Christ face the moment that were you know caught up with the clouds with him we're going to see him at that point we're going to follow the lamb whithersoever ego it we're gonna be ruling and reigning with Christ for a thousand years so why would be significant in the in the new heaven and new earth to see his face because it's talking about seeing God the father's face at that time look at first current its head is in verse number 22 for as an Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive but every man in his own order Christ the firstfruits app her cry.
Ice it is coming then cometh the end so this is the order of the Resurrection the firstfruits of the resurrection was Jesus Christ he was the first fruits of the resurrection is the first head after work for they that are Christ's at his coming that's the resurrection at the rapture the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air so shall we ever be with the Lord.
That's what that's referring to that's the first resurrection so there's the firstfruits of Jesus one guy then there's the first resurrection and by the way if you read revelation 20 it's clear who's included in that first resurrection people who did not worship the Beast neither is image neither received his mark and therefore in their hands and he said this is the first resurrection and then it says the rest of the Dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished okay let's look at that resurrection first Corinthians 15 it says then come at the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the father when he shall put down all rule and all authority and power for he must reign meaning Jesus must reign until you put all enemies under his feet the last enemy that's it debt so what we see here is that after Jesus has rained and after the final victory over death then the kingdom will be delivered up from Jesus to the Father it says and there will be a resurrection at that time that's the second resurrection because members said the rest of the Dead lived not again until the thousand years are finished so when the thousand years are finished the rest of the Dead live again that's not the unsaved the unsaved will never live again.
The Bible says I saw the dead small and great stand before God notice they're not living again are they know they're the dead standing before God and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books know the rest the dead who live again are people who got saved after the rapture or were born after the rapture they didn't go up in the first resurrection they're gonna go up in the second resurrection after the Millennium the rest of the dead from there on out now talks about you know blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord from henceforth talking about the fact that you know they're going to be more to die but why are we in this passage and by the way there are seven raptures as these pre trippers will try to tell you three Raptors have this is the.
Action this is the order Jesus Christ first resurrection at christ's coming.
Did you notice and afterward they that are Christ's at his coming then the end which is after the Millennium those are the only resurrections that the Bible records here talking about a resurrection unto immortality yeah there were people in the Bible came back to life Lazar is it but died again you know the is talking about being resurrected on to immortality Jesus was the first one so what we see here in verse 28 is key and when all things shall be subdued under him unto him then shall the Sun Also beast himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God maybe all-in-all now does that jive with this Jesus only movement teaching that there's no distinction between the father and the son if there is no three that are one if there is no Trinity if there's no distinction between the Sun and the father then how can jesus deliver up the kingdom under the father and then he himself beasts subject up under the father there is a distinction and this does not take away from the deity of Jesus Christ whatsoever because in the beginning was the word the Word was with God the Word was God no question about the deity of Christ the Word was God Jesus got but there is a distinction between the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost just like there is a distinction between body soul and spirit that's what the Bible teaches.
So in this passage the the jesus only doctrine is laid to rest and it shall not be resurrected ever again but go back to Genesis at this chapter 14 if you would Genesis chapter 14 so all that was to say this when did the Bible say that the kingdom will be delivered from Jesus under the father after the Millennium and when do we look upon the face of god and the father after the Millennium see how it's all consistent all fits together perfectly.
That proves that in Genesis 18 we had a box early appearance of the Lord and since we know it wasn't the father we know it wasn't the Holy Spirit because he ate and drank it was none other than the second of the Godhead the Son of God the Word of God that appeared unto him it was Jesus it was an old testament of Jesus and by the way tell that to these bunch of sodomites that tell you oh jesus never content jesus never condemned being a homo if you heard that one well what did jesus say and look this whole sermon is so important to help us understand the deity of Christ because if Jesus is appearing in the Old Testament and he's making statements this should get us off this weird doctrine that says only the red letters matter have you heard this and Catholics will do this to you you'll that's what would cap like and you say turn to Romans oh I don't care what Paul wrote what did jesus say that's what the Catholics will say tell me what Jesus said and then you'll try to tell the God hating communist liberals you know.
Hey what did the Bible say about home well yeah what did jesus say about it.
Jesus is the word and anything in the Old Testament is also the mind of Christ not just what we see in the red letters the whole thing should be in red letters i'm gonna come out of the red letter addition the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and red is just the whole thing just already why not it's the truth and i'm not against red letter bible they are handy to find stuff i'm not against I'm just saying don't let those red letters go to your head and take them too seriously.
So what we see here is Jesus Christ was the original person in the Bible who condemned homosexuality body with the first one to really he said we're going to go down to destroy it.
That was Jesus so again these people are out to lunch that say well Jesus wouldn't condemn it he already did.
He's the one who sent them to go destroy Sodom he sent them but anyway if you understand the deity of Christ and if you understand the fact that Christ appeared in the Old Testament you understand that the god of the Old Testament the same as the god of the New Testament and then the whole Bible becomes your authority not just part of the Bible the whole Bible I believe the whole Bible I believe the Old Testament I believe all of it it's all God's Word it's all it's all Jesus the Word made flesh.
His name is Jesus but look at Genesis 14 here's another Old Testament appearance of Jesus says in Genesis 14 18 and Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine and he was the priest of the Most High God and the blessed him and said blessed be Abram of the Most High God possessor of heaven and earth and blessed be the most high god which had delivered enemies into my hand and he gave him tides of all and the king and Abram.
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Take the goods to myself and Abram said to the king of Sodom I've lift up my hand unto the Lord the Most High God the possessor of heaven and earth that i will not take from a thread even to a shoe latchet taken.
You think that does the unless thou should say I've made Abram rich and on and on.
Go to Hebrews chapter number 7 you say well pastor Anderson on what authority are you saying that Melchizedek is an old testament . of Jesus Christ I mean that's milk is a day that's not Jesus but.
But what does the Bible say in Hebrews chapter 7 verse 1 first of all in Genesis 14 it called Melchizedek the priest of the Most High God and the king of salem salem would later be known as giroux sale am alright and so he's called the king of Salem and he's the priest of the Most High God course we know that Jesus Christ is our high priest after the order of Melchizedek but you say well but it's not the same person.
Here's why I believe it is because in Hebrews chapter 7 verse 1 it says for this milk is a deck king of Salem priest of the Most High God who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him to mall so Abraham gave a tenth part of all first being my interpretation king of righteousness and after that also king of Salem witch is king of peace notice we're on the same sentence.
Verse 3 without father without mother without dissent having neither big inning of days nor end-of-life but made like unto the Son of God abideth a priest continually how could that statement be made about Melchizedek if he was not an old testament appearance of our lord jesus christ how could you say he's without father without mother he's without dissent how would that make any sense about any human being and what Desmond okay that can present you know mention just without father without mother without a set having neither beginning of days who does this sound like no beginning of days know it and but made like into a son of god abideth a priest continually saying he's still the priest today whoever milk is it kids let's keep reading now consider how great this man was i don't even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the Spoils and barely-there of the sons of Levi received the office of the priesthood have a command take tides of the people according to law that is of their brother and they come out of the loins of Abraham but he was descent is not counted from them talking my milk is deck.
Received tides of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises and with that all contradiction the less is blessed.
For here men that died received tides but there he received at them of whom it is witnessed that he live it where is it witness that he liveth well it's witness that Christ liveth the Son of God liveth there are witnesses to that and it says and as I may so say Levi also who receive it tides paid tides and Abraham free was father when milk his attack madam now some people might disagree and say well i don't think that Melchizedek was literally Jesus Christ and that's ok if you disagree with that one it's not okay if you disagree with Genesis 18 because that was crystal clear.
Alright but this one some people could legitimately say hey I don't think it's the same person but I strongly believe that from study in this paper has a unique Hebrew seven because who else would have no beginning of days be greater than Abraham and so on and so forth everything that it states here and the fact that he seems to still be receiving tysons still it is a priest continually forever and so forth so that's why i believe that that is an instance of Christ so go if you would to Genesis 32 so the first mention that we talked about was we talked about Daniel 325 there's no doubt about that being a reference to Jesus because it says the Son of God Genesis 18 leaves absolutely.
And he appeared before Abraham the Lord in bodily form Genesis 14 i believe is clearly an old testament appearance of Christ some people could debate that and in Genesis 32 we have another one that is debatable in people's minds but again i am fully convinced that this was an old testament appearance of Jesus Christ but it says in Genesis 32 verse 24 and and Jake it was left alone and their wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day so at this point we just know it was a man and when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with them and he said let me go for the day break it and he said I will not let thee go except thou blessed me and he said unto him what is thy name and he said Jacob and he said I name shall be called no more Jacob but Israel for as a prince has that power with God and with man has prevailed and Jacob asked him and said tell me I pray thee thy name and he said wherefore is it without us asking my name and he blessed them there and Jacob called the name of the place penny l4 i have seen God face to face and my life is preserved so again some people would interpret some people would say energy.
Is wrong here but in order to fully understand this let's go to Hosea 12 because you've often heard of this story referred to as Jacob wrestling the angel haven't you.
Now did it say angel in Genesis 32 know but where that comes from is when this is referenced in Hosea 12 the word angel is used look at hosea chapter 12 verse 2 it says the lord hath also a controversy with judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways according to his doings Willie recompense him he took his brother by the heel in the womb and by his strength he had power with God.
Yeah he had power over the angel and prevailed he wept and made supplication unto him he found him in Bethel and there he spake with us now that they're he spake with us reminds me of other times in the Bible when God refers to himself as US for example when he says let us in Genesis 1 let us make man in our image after our likeness Genesis 3 the man has become like unto us Genesis 11 let us go down and confound their language and so on and so forth here it talks about him wrestling the angel and in the context of that it says there he spake with us as the Lord's being this ossia chapter 12 verse for Hosea 12-4 so again this one some people would say hey it was just an angel of the Lord Jacob believe that it was God himself and again this passage could lead you to believe that as well but you say wait a minute pastor Anderson if it says it's an angel case closed.
Can't be Jesus but here's the thing about it i'm going to show you now a couple of appearances of the Lord Jesus in the Old Testament where he is called the angel of the Lord and i'm gonna show you why I believe these are references to an old testament appearance of Christ go to Joshua chapter 5 Joshua chapter 5 mm actually I'm sorry he's not referred to as an angel on this one but he is in the next one okay but let.
Let's make a stop in Joshua five on our way to judges six to be efficient about your page turning ok so let's go to Joshua chapter 5 verse 13 watch this appearance of Jesus in the Old Testament it says it came to pass first 13 of Joshua five and it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lifted up his eye.
Is it looked and behold there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand and Joshua went unto him and said to him.
Art out for us or for our adversaries and he said nay now I love that answer because that wasn't one of the choices he says you know and you got to put yourself in Joshua shoes Joshua is about to start invading the promised land this is the first battle Jericho it's the first city in a long campaign of you know about seven years of conquering the promised land and he comes up and he's been planning everything and they're getting it and he sees a man coming toward him with a sword drawn one guy sword drawn and so Joshua wants to figure out is this guy an enemy is this guy so he says are you us are you for our enemies and he just says no I'm not for you your for me is basically what he tells him i'm not on your side you're on my side because he says this.
No but as the captain of the host of the Lord am I now come he said no I'm actually in charge.
I'm the leader I'm the captain and of course this is emphasizing the fact that when the children of Israel conquered the promised land was through the power of the Lord he brought them in to the promised land and by the way it says in Acts seventeen brought them in with Jesus into the Promised Land go to access 47 mean that acts chapter number 7 and it essential.
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Think how Joshua is a picture of jesus also just symbolically because of the fact that though the Old Testament named Joshua is the new testament name Jesus is the same name but look at Acts chapter 7 when it talks about them going into the Promised Land and I didn't have this in my notes somebody help me out what verse it's in I'm just looking for right now let's see there's Moses gonna be surely thereafter.
Here we go verse 45 it says which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles whom God raised out before the face of our fathers under the days of David so it talks about them going to the promises they did it with Jesus now there's kind of a double meaning there because when you see the word Jesus there the the name Joshua is also brought into the New Testament as Jesus in Hebrews 4 because all Old Testament names go through a little bit of a transformation or most of them do when they come into the Greek right because for example the Old Testament Elijah becomes what in the New Testament Elias alyssia s'alright.
Hosea becomes 0 z Noah becomes noe and on and on we could go with all the differences in names as they're brought into the New Testament you know Bo as becomes bow laws slight difference there so it's kind of a double meaning here because it says they went in with Jesus you can interpret that as talked about Moses now we're talking about Joshua or you could interpret it as they went in with Jesus because Jesus was the captain of the Lord's host but if you're reading the NID they'll just they'll just figure it out for you because they just change it to Joshua that way you don't have to think too hard or anything so move it you know you can just be a beautiful and read the NIV but anyway so back in Joshua five you say well how do you know it was Jesus well look at it in Joshua five there it says name is the captain of the and Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did worship and said unto Him what said my lord unto his servant and the captain the Lord toast said don't worship me i'm not god is that what he said no.
Those have said that haven't they where they say don't worship me but he didn't he we accepted the worship and look what his answer is when he says what says my Lord and His servant and the captain of the Lord Howe said unto joshua loose tie shoe from off thy foot for the place whereon thou standest is holy and Joshua did so look that's just like when Moses is before the Lord at the burning bush and the shoes come off when he's before the capital Lords hose he worships him and the shoes come up.
Look Jesus is even called the captain of our salvation in the book of Hebrews that God made the captain of our salvation perfect through sufferings so Jesus is known as the captain of salvation here he's the captain of the Lord's host he's the Lord of Hosts go to judges chapter 6 these are really interesting aren't they.
It's really a fascinating study in the Old Testament and it helps drive in the teaching of the deity of Christ it helps drive in that the the doctrine of the Trinity it helps really strengthen our understanding that all of god's word is associated with Jesus and that Jesus is the theme of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation mostly figuratively in the Old Testament but here are some places where he literally shows up bodily judges 6 verse 11 it says there came an angel of the Lord now at this point we don't know that this is jesus it just says an angel of the Lord and sat under an oak which was an offer and don't pronounce that Oprah alright.
Offres that pertain it to joash de by is right and his son Gideon thrash tweet by the winepress to hide it from the Midianites you know he's probably get in trouble for tax evasion but anyway verse 12 and the angel of the Lord appeared unto him and said unto Him the Lord is with thee thou mighty man of Valor so the angel Lord says the Lord is with the mighty man of Valor keep reading and Gideon said unto Him O my lord if the Lord be with us why then is all this befallen us and we're be all his mirror goals which our fathers told us saying didn't out the Lord bring us up from Egypt but now the LORD hath forsaken s and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites and the Lord look upon him and said go in this time aight and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites have not i sent thee who looked upon him and said go in this i might first 14 the Lord look upon him verse 15 he sent him oh my lord wherewith shall i save Israel and notice by the way the difference between the Lord in all caps and the lowercase Lord lowercase Lord is just Lord as in boss Sir the upper case is a name the Lord and it says he said to him oh my lord wherewith shall i save Israel build my family is poor and nasty and I'm the least in my father's house and the Lord said him surely i will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man and he sending him if now i have found grace in my sight then show me a sign that talks with me and let's first take a time jump down to verse 22 and when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord Gideon said alas oh Lord God for because I've seen an angel the Lord face-to-face so he's scared that he saw an angel of the Lord but the Bible the narration told us that it was the Lord who looked upon him and talk to them saying go in this time aight so just to summarize the ones that we looked at tonight because we only looked at six there there are other places that we could turn but these are I feel the key six or that the six that stand out the most.
We saw the fiery furnace which I say there's no debate unless you're reading one of these goofed up versions no debate on Daniel 325 Genesis 18 absolutely no debate case closed it.
There's no doubt then there was Genesis 14 which some people could take exception with Melchizedek I say it was it was definitely Jesus but some people could have doubts about that one and I can see where they're coming from Jacob wrestling with the man until the break of day yeah you know i would put that in the one where there's a you know there could be some doubt in people's mind on that one and then you know the appearance under joshua no debate put off your shoes from off your feet he's the captain the Lord's hose he's worshipping Him and so on and so forth and then they get the Gideon story I think it's crystal clear but again some people might not agree so look we looked at six tonight but really three of them there's no way around it so the doctrine is there because we even if only one of these was for sure you'd have to acknowledge the doctrine of jesus appearing in the Old Testament and you have to acknowledge the doctrine of Jesus being the Lord Jehovah the deity of Christ so even if you throw out half of them that you might be shaken and again let me make my position clear i believe all six of these are a clear reference to an old testament appearance of Christ but even if you were to be really skeptical and throw out the three that you doubt you still have those three that you can't escape and and by the way when Jesus appeared unto jacob and wrestled with him that is the first MMA fight in the history of mankind.
It's funny I actually literally put picked up a book I picked up a book about MMA fighting which stands for mixed martial arts I picked up a book one time about mixed martial arts and I've turned as i said the history of MMA and it literally said this is a secular world the book it said the first MMA fight recorded in history was jacob and jacob and this is there you wrestling with the man and they literally said because it said he tapped out you know because there's no there's no holds barred.
There's no time it no rounds and eventually he says I'm not going to let you go until you bless me you know pretty much you have to say uncle you have to tap out so again just wanted to point out that a doctor . about the first MMA fight in the history of mankind.
You know God did all the cool stuff first you know we think we come out there's nothing new Under the side but anyway i hope that this helps sure you up on some important doctrine and as you're reading your old testament going forward especially the book of Genesis you notice that you know half the servant was in Genesis that as you read your old testament you'll be looking out for this doctrine and really this removes all doubt that anybody could have about the Trinity or the deity of Christ it's so clear once you let these old testament appearances really sink in let's fire the board prep father we thank you so much Lord for the Bible it's it's such an amazing book and and now we never cease to be amazed and to learn new things Lord and and thank you so much for giving us the entire Bible in our language we know there are some people in this world that do not have the luxury of the full Bible translated perfectly accurately into their language so that they can read it.


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