FORESHADOW
First Word
There are stories in the Old Testament that
present a person, event, thing or type, that is
a Foreshadow
of something that is to come in the New Testament.
Type of Antichrist
- The
Antichrist
is presented in the New Testament, but there were many people that were a type
of antichrist in the Old Testament. - There
is only one Antichrist; spelled with a capital “A”; and he is Satan’s
possession. Those that foreshadow him are spelled with a little “a” and are a TYPE of antichrist.
- Cain sacrificed to God in
“deed”. Abel sacrificed to
God in “Spirit” and in deed.
God saw Cain’s spirit and rejected his offering. – Cain
consequently killed Abel. A type
of antichrist
- Nimrod built
- Pharaoh oppressed God’s
chosen people the Israelites and made them slaves and worked them
ruthlessly – His first born was killed by the plague - A type of antichrist
- Korah a priest with 250 men rose up in opposition
to Moses and Aaron’s leadership and sought to take their place. – The
earth swallowed them up – A type of antichrist.
- Balaam a “prophet” of God who was prevented from
cursing the Israelites, but for a reward led them into idolatry and
immorality – It cost him his life - A
type of antichrist.
- King
Saul took it on himself to
step into the office of the priesthood and make offerings to God; - God’s
spirit left him and he lost his kingdom. – A type of antichrist.
- Goliath, a proud and
boastful giant who defied God’s chosen people, the nation of
- Absalom sought to kill his
father King David and take his throne. – His hair got caught in an oak
tree and was killed with a javelin to the heart; His father wept - A type of antichrist
- Jeroboam concerned about his
own kingdom created a false religion to keep his people from worshiping at
the temple in
- Sennacherib speaks against the
Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah and tries to destroy
- Nebuchadnezzar makes a golden
stature and commands that when they hear the trumpet sound that everyone
must fall down and worship it. A type of antichrist
- Haman tried to exterminate
the Jews by tricking the king into signing a decree to kill those who’s
customs were different from the Kings – Haman was hanged – A type of antichrist.
- Daniel
prophesied
about the defiling of the
Gen 4:4-8 – Unrighteous
Cain killed his righteous brother Abel
4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the
firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look
with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's
go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked
his brother Abel and killed him. NIV
Gen 10:9-10 – Nimrod built
Babylon
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is
why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the
LORD."
10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon
Ex 1:8-13 – Pharaoh worked
the Israelites ruthlessly
8 Then a new king, who did not know about
Joseph, came to power in Egypt
9 "Look," he said to his people,
"the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they
will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies,
fight against us and leave the country."
11 So they put slave masters over them to
oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store
cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they
multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
13 and worked them ruthlessly. NIV
Num 16:1-32 – Korah the
priest rose up against Moses
1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, and certain Reubenites--Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and
On son of Peleth--became insolent and rose up against Moses. NIV
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the
ground under them split apart
32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed
them, with their households and all Korah's men and all their
possessions. NIV
Num 25:1-3 – Balaam taught
Balak how to trick the Israelites.
1 While Israel
2 who invited them to the sacrifices to their
gods. The people ate and bowed down before these gods.
3 So Israel
1 Sam 13:9-13 – Saul put
himself in the place of the priesthood
9 So he said, "Bring me the burnt offering
and the fellowship offerings." And Saul offered up the burnt offering.
10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel
arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
13 "You acted foolishly," Samuel said.
"You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you
had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel
1 Sam 17:22-45 – Goliath
mocked the God of Israel
22 David left his things with the keeper of supplies,
ran to the battle lines and greeted his brothers.
23 As he was talking with them, Goliath,
the Philistine champion from Gath
45 David said to the Philistine, "You come
against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the
name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel
NIV
2 Sam 15:10 – Shout Absalom is King
10 Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout
the tribes of Israel Hebron
NIV
2 Sam 18:14 – Joab killed Absalom with three javelins
14 Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like
this for you." So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them
into Absalom's heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. NIV
1 Kings 12:28 – Jeroboam created a false religion
28 After seeking advice, the king made two
golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up
to Jerusalem Egypt
2 Chron 13:20 – God struck Jeroboam down
20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the time
of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down and he died. NIV
2 Chron 32:10 – Sennacherib
lays siege to Jerusalem
10 "This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you
basing your confidence that you remain in Jerusalem
2 Chron 32:21 – God
annihilates Sennacherib’s army
21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated
all the fighting men and the leaders and officers in the camp of the
Assyrian king. NIV
Dan 3:1-6 – Nebuchadnezzar
makes an image of gold to worship
1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of
gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of
Dura in the province of Babylon
6 Whoever does not fall down and worship
will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace." NIV
Est 3:9 – Haman seeks to
destroy the Jews
9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to
destroy them, and I will put ten thousand talents of silver into the royal
treasury for the men who carry out this business." NIV
Est 9:25 – Haman and his sons were hanged
25 But when the plot came to the king's attention,
he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against
the Jews should come back onto his own head, and that he and his sons should
be hanged on the gallows. NIV
Dan 11:31 – Prophecy - Antichrist setting an image in the temple
31 "His armed forces will rise up to
desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they
will set up the abomination that causes desolation. NIV
Type of Christ
- Joseph the first son of Abraham and Sarah was
the “favorite son” and was resented by his brothers and what happened to
him has all the earmarks of that of Jesus
Christ.
- A) He was hated
without a cause – B) Ridiculed
by his brothers C) who plotted
against him. - D) They stripped
him of his robe and E) sold
and betrayed him for silver.
F) Joseph was lied
about by Potiphar’s wife and was G)
placed in captivity with H)
two guilty men and in the end I)
He was not recognized by his own. – He was a type of Christ - NYOBS 22.23 Potiphar’s wife
Gen 37:4 – Joseph was the first
son of Abraham and Sarah
4 When his brothers saw that their father loved
him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word
to him. NIV
Luke 3:22 – God’s only Son
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son;
in thee I am well pleased. KJV
Gen 37:8 – Joseph’s
brothers hated him without cause
8 And they hated him all the more because
of his dream and what he had said. NIV
John 15:25 – Christ was hated without cause
25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: `They
hated me without reason.' NIV
Gen 37:19 – He was
ridiculed and mocked by his brothers
19 "Here comes that dreamer!" they said
to each other. NIV
Luke 22:63 – Christ was
ridiculed and mocked
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Gen 37:20 – He was plotted
against
20 "Come now, let's kill him and throw him
into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him.
Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." NIV
John 11:53 – Christ was plotted against
53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together
for to put him to death. KJV
Gen 37:23 – The stripped
him of his robe
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped
him of his robe--the richly ornamented robe he was wearing- NIV
John 19:23 – Christ
stripped of his robe
23 When the soldiers
crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, NIV
Gen 37:28 – Betrayed him
for silver coins
28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his
brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of
silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. NIV
Matt 26:15 – Betrayed for
silver coins
15 and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand
him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.
NIV
Gen 39:14 – He was lied
about by Potiphar’s wife
14 she
called her household servants. "Look," she said to them, "this
Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep
with me, but I screamed. NIV
Matt 26:61 – Christ was
lied about
61 and declared,
"This fellow said, `I am able to destroy the temple of God
Gen 40:1-3 – Joseph placed
with two accused criminals
1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of
the king of Egypt Egypt
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials,
the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
3 and put them in custody in the house of the
captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was
confined. NIV
Luke 23:32 – Christ placed with two criminals
32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led
out with him to be executed. NIV
Gen 42:8 – His own did not
recognize him
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did
not recognize him. NIV
John 1:10- Christ was not
recognized.
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through
him, the world did not recognize him. NIV
More
There is a bunch more Types of Christ – Adam; headship creation
– Noah; saving lives – Abraham; fatherhood – Moses; prophetical – Joshua; victorious life. – David;
king – Solomon; wisdom – Elijah; his forerunner – Elisha; miracles – Jonah; resurrection.- Jeremiah; sorrows – Ezekiel; parables
Types of the Rapture
- The
Rapture
occurs just before the tribulation period and will lift up and save
the saints. – The believers are not appointed to suffer the wrath of God,
but will be rescued by Jesus Christ Himself. - Also God Himself promised
to keep us from that hour of testing. - The following are examples
of how God extracts his saints before destruction. NYOBS 01.23 The Rapture – NYOBS 17.10 Noah’s Ark
- Noah’s
Ark
lifted up and saved mankind and the animals from total destruction.
– God left the door open for a week after Noah had entered. - This was a foreshadow of the Rapture.
- The
Red sea
parted and let the Israelites pass through then destruction fell on the
Egyptians who were perusing them, and they all died – A foreshadow of the Rapture
1 Thess 5:9 – The saints
are not appointed to suffer wrath
9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath
but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. NIV
1 Thess 1:10 – Jesus will rescue us from the coming wrath
10 Wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised
from the dead-Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. NIV
1 Thess 4:16-17 – The Lord
himself will come for us
16 For the Lord himself will come down from
heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left
will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. NIV
10 Since you have kept my command to endure
patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to
come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. NIV
Gen 7:13 -14 – The Ark
13 On that very day Noah and his sons,
Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three
sons, entered the ark.
14 They had with them every wild animal
according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every
creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every
bird according to its kind, everything with wings. NIV
Ex 14:21 -22 – The waters divided and Israel
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and
turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
22 and the Israelites went through the sea
on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. NIV
Ex 14:27 – The waters went
back killing the Egyptians
27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and
at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing
toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. NIV
Gen 19:15 – Angels took lot and his family up into the mountains
15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot , saying, "Hurry!
Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept
away when the city is punished." NIV
Type Events of feasts
- The
feasts
were a foreshadow of events that were to come at set appointed times.
- Feast
of Passover –
Death passes over us because of Christ’s death on the cross –
- Feast
of the First Fruits – Christ’ Resurrection
is the first of the first fruits of Saints.
- Feast
of Pentecost;
- Feast
of Trumpets
– The trumpet call at the Rapture
of the Saints; Christ’s second coming.
- Feast
of the Day of Atonement – The Tribulations;
the beginning of atonement.
- Feast
of Tabernacles –
Christ’s Millennium
reign in His Tabernacle.
Lev 23:4 – There are appointed times for the feast
4 "These are the
LORD's appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their
appointed times: NIV
Ex 12:7-8 – The blood of
the Passover lamb saved them
7 Then they are to take some of the blood
and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat
the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the
fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. NIV
1 Cor 5:7 – Christ the Passover lamb - Calvary
7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without
yeast-as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been
sacrificed.
NIV
Lev 23:10 Bring the first fruits of the land to sacrifice
10 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them:
`When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring
to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest NIV
1 Cor 15:22 -23 – Christ;
first of the first fruits.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made
alive.
23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the first fruits;
then, when he comes, those who belong to him. NIV
Lev 23:16 – New grain offering - Feast of Pentecost
16 Count off fifty days up
to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new
grain to the LORD NIV
Acts 2:1-4 – Pentecost- coming of the Holy Spirit
1 When the day of
Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. .
4 All of them were filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit
enabled.
Lev 23:24 – Feast of Trumpets
24 `On the first day of the seventh month you are
to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet
blasts. NIV
1 Thess 4:16 – The trumpet call at the Rapture
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a
loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. NIV
Lev 23:26 -27 – Feast of the Day of Atonement
26 The LORD said to Moses,
27 The tenth day of this seventh month is the
Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and
present an offering made to the LORD by fire NIV
Rev 6:1 – Tribulations
begin – Atonement begins
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals.
NIV
Lev 23:34 – Feast of Tabernacles
34 "Say to the Israelites: `On the fifteenth
day of the seventh month the LORD's Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it
lasts for seven days. NIV
Rev 20:6– Christ reigns
in-Tabernacle 1000 years
6 Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first
resurrection. They will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with
him for a thousand years.
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
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