Episodes
Thursday May 18, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 21: Life of Joseph {Forgetting and Fruitful Years} - Part V
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
This is one lesson you do not want to miss! Joseph, in immense emotion, revealed himself to his brothers, and it is one of the most precious, kleenex-on-hand episodes in Scripture! Not only is there the beautiful scene of Joseph's Christlike forgiveness of the very brothers who threw him in a pit after stripping him of his robe and selling him for pieces of silver (sound familiar), but there is the heart wrenching, tearful reuinion with his younger brother Benjamin and the even more emotional scene when he is reunited with his father Jacob (Israel), who thought his dearly beloved son was long dead!
This lesson includes the amazing death-bed prophecies Jacob proclaimed to his 12 sons, the most critical of which is the prophecy to Judah, for it concerned the coming Messiah, called "Shiloh" ("He to Whom the scepter belongs").
Find out five ways in which Judah served as a type of Christ, and 9 more ways (a total of 82) Joseph was an extraordinary propetic-type of the Lord Jesus.
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
One day, in the divinely planned parallel to the marvelous true story of Joseph's emotional reunion with his brothers, there will be another scene like it - except infinitely more wonderful and emotional. That coming scene will involve the Fulfiller of all Joseph typified, the spiritual Saviour of Israel and the world, the Source of the True Bread of Life; the One Who went the great distance to call His wandering brothers back to the Father! Although despised, envied, mocked, sold for mere pieces of silver, stripped of His robe, and thrown into a pit of death by His own, the Lord Jesus (like Joseph) will reveal His identity at His Second Coming. At last, Israel will repent, bow before Him, and there will be reconciliation and forgiveness between Christ and His brethren, the Jews!
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
The life of Joseph expands over 14 chapters of the first book of Scripture, which means God must have serious reasons for devoting so much space and detail to one man's life. He does, and one reason is to highlight divine providence, which is abundantly manifested in Joseph's life, from beginning to end. Another purpose is God's use of Joseph as a prophetic type of the Lord Jesus and His two advents. Joseph's early years of "toil and affliction" picture the sufferings and rejection of Christ at His First Coming. Joseph's later years of "forgetting and fruitfulness" (which we begin to look at in this lesson) picture the exaltation and glory of Christ at His Second Coming.
One thing we learn from Joseph (among so many) is that a key word for a believer in the midst of suffering is not escape, but endurance! Timing is in the hands of Almighty God! It was the Lord Who predetermined and orchestrated both the day Joseph's brothers cast him in a pit and the day the butler finally remembered him, and he went straight from the prison to the palace!
Remember, joy cometh in the morning!
Thursday May 11, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 18: Life of Joseph {Toil and Affliction Years} - Part II
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
This is the account of Joseph's years in Potiphar's house and, then, because of a false accusation by the flirtatious Mrs. Potiphar, his years in prison (and his acquaintance with a butler and baker). For no fault of his own, Joseph lost everything he worked so hard to gain all those years by his conscientious stewardship, dedicated service, and loyalty to his boss, Potiphar. Yet, we never hear a word of complaint from his lips. The same is true of his time in prison, as well as his extended time in prison because the butler's apathy to remember him!
Unknown to Joseph, God's providential hand was working everything together for good for Joseph. He was developing and maturing him for the very important task ahead when he would serve as the highest official in the land of Egypt under Pharaoh. In that royal position, Joseph would be used of God to save his family and Egypt (picture of the world) from perishing by providing them with "the Bread of Life"! Thirteen more (out of 82) ways Joseph pictured Jesus are presented!
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 17: The Life of Joseph {Toil and Affliction Years} - Part I
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Joseph is the first God-chosen deliverer of His people (also Moses, Joshua, some judges and prophets) to serve as a prophetic type of the Great Deliverer, Jesus Christ. Joseph's life pattern was that of Christ's: rejection before reigning; suffering before splendor; gloom before glory; humiliation before honor; the lowest pit before the highest pinnacle! This is the first of 5 lessons on Joseph's dramatic life in which we discuss 82 ways He pictured Jesus! Joseph just may become one of your favorite Bible characters after you hear these messages (if he isn't already)!
For one of the greatest Bible examples on FORGIVENESS (other than Christ), you must look closely at the life of the amazing Joseph.
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 16: Jacob’s Surrender {Christ, Conflict, and Clinging}
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
This lesson is about Jacob's wrestling match with the preincarnate Christ at the Jabbok River. From the womb, Jacob had wrestled with those around him. He grabbed Esau's heel as they were emerging from their mother's womb; he grabbed both the firstborn birthright and firstborn blessing (though he was the second-born), even deceiving his father to gain the blessing. After a two-decade struggle with his conniving Uncle Laban, Jacob still tended to rely more on "self" than on the Lord. What he had really been doing, all along, was wrestling his own sin nature! However, he met his match when Jesus became his wrestling Opponent. The match was initiated by the Lord. Why? To bring Jacob to the end of his self-reliance (something we all struggle with). Jacob needed to surrender! When he did, his walk with God and others was never the same again (he limped), as he went from being Jacob the deceiver to Israel, the prince of God!
Monday May 08, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 15: Jacob Gets Old Laban’s Goat
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
The humerous subtitle for this lesson is "Jacob Gets Old Laban's Goat," and when you read the end of Genesid 30, you will understan. Jacob finally out-maneuvered his Uncle Laban, who had certainly tricked and deceived his double son-in-law (yes, I said that right) on numerous, far more serious matters (i.e. switching brides on him; wageless service for 14 years). This lesson is about both the "wrestling match" between Jacob and Laban and the "wrestling match" between two sisters, Leah and Rachel (whose on-going competition for Jacob's attention finally ended on a good note).
A very interesting truth to discover in this lesson is how the burdens, strivings, jealousies, desires, joys, and praises of Jacob's wives and concubines . . . expressed in the names they gave their sons . . . "spell out" (in their Hebrew meanings) a prophetic message concerning God's plan of salvation through His Redeemer, Christ! ONLY the all-knowing, all-powerful, infinitely wise Eternal God could reveal such a profound message 2,000 years before the Gospel was accomplished by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus! Absolutely amazing.
Sunday May 07, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 14: The Ladder Lord {Jacob’s Dream}
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
Although Jacob did not understand the full significance of his "Ladder Dream," he knew the main message: there is divine provision for access to Heaven! The prophetic picture of Jacob's ladder dream is that there is a way (just one ladder) to Heaven. It is so interesting to find that the Identity of Jacob's Ladder was "unveiled" centuries later by none other than the incarnate Ladder-Lord Himself. In fact, it was one of the first Old Testament types of Himself He revealed in earthly ministry! And guess what? He revealed it to a descendant of Jacob in whom there was no deceptive nature ("guile")! His name? Nathanael. Everything in Scripture is inter-connected.
Saturday May 06, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 13: The First Shall Be Last
Saturday May 06, 2023
Saturday May 06, 2023
The struggle between the twin sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob, continues to this day with their descendents! It is fascinating to find how history helps us understand the present! There are a number of critical lessons to be learned through this long ago account of sibling rivalry.
One thing to note is that the Lord called the babies in Rebekah's womb "people" and knew about their character traits!
Friday May 05, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 12: The Divine Matchmaker {Great Love Story}
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
This lesson centers on the account of a father (Abraham) giving his trusted servant (Eliezer, whose name means "God's Helper" or "Comforter") the critical mission of finding a bride (Rebekah) for his son (Isaac)! This love story of a marriage made in Heaven is beautiful, but it is "deeper and wider" than just the surface level account of how Isaac met Rebekah! In fact, that love story is so typologically and theologically deep, it takes the 27 books of the New Testament to map it all out! You will not be disappointed if you take the time to hear this account in light of all its significance concerning God the Father sending the Holy Spirit to call out a Bride (the Church) for His Son.
Thursday May 04, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 11: Amazing! The Gospel at Moriah
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
Abraham's almost sacrifice of Isaac in the land of Moriah (which means "Clear Vision") is the "mountain peak" of prophetic person-types of the redemptive work (the actual Sacrifice) of God's only begotten Son, which also occurred in the land of Moriah! If you want to be genuinely confident about the Truth of Scripture, listen to this study on "The Gospel of Moriah," and think about the amazing prophetic truth spoken by Abraham when asked by Isaac, "... where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" He said, "My SON, God will provide HIMSELF a Lamb" (Genesis 22:8)! If you like Old Testament typology - WHICH YOU SHOULD and WHICH YOU SHOULD TEACH TO OTHERS - you will love this study!
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 10: Laughter At Last!
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
The title for this lesson comes from the Hebrew meaning of the name Isaac - "laughter". It was a time of laughter when the "miracle boy" was conceived in the womb of a barren and post-menopausal woman. His birth foreshadowed the even greater miracle conception of Christ (born of a virgin). In this presentation, we discuss the life-transforming experience of Hagar (Egyptian handmaid of Sarah) when she met the pre-incarnate Christ at a wilderness well. We also discuss the contextual circumstances of God's first use of His name, "El Shaddai". Then, there is the young lad, Ishmael (son of Abraham's relationship with Hagar), who mocked and persecuted his younger half-brother Isaac. What happened with him? Why are Ishmael's descendents not included in the Abrahamic Covenant? What does this mean about the land of Israel today and to whom it rightfully belongs (per God's decree)?
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 9: Ten-King War and Mysterious Melchizedek
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
This lesson concerns the first written account of war in NOT JUST the Bible, but in all ancient literature! Interestingly, this first recorded war in history involved an attack on five kings of the Dead Sea area of ancient Canaan (Israel) by a coalition of four kings from territories that, to this day, remain hostile to Israel! The invading kings were led by a man from Elam (part of modern-day Iraq). He was called the "Ravager of the West". 85-year old Abraham was the hero of this story! (This war prophetically pictures mankind's last war called "The Battle of Armeggedon," which will be an all-out attack to annihilate Israel by another "Ravager" (the Antichrist).
In Genesis 14, a tenth, very mysterious king suddenly appeared on the scene! His name, Melchizedek means "King of Righteousness". He was a Priest of the Most High God, and King of Salem or "King of Peace"!! He is definitely a prophetic type of the Lord Jesus (and some even think he was the preincarnate Christ - an interesting debate discussed in this lesson). Our Great High Priest Christ, Who is also the King of Righteousness and the King of Peace, will likewise appear out of seemingly no where at His Second Coming to save Abraham's descendants (through Isaac) from extinction! There is SO MUCH TYPOLOGY in this lesson!
Monday May 01, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 8: Abram and the Critical Covenant
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
It would be difficult to imagine the resurrected Lord not mentioning Abraham or the covenant God made with him in His "Unrecorded Emmaus Road Sermon". He very likely taught His two despondent disciples how the promises, blessings, and fulfillment of that covenant center on Himself (although His identity was not yet revealed to the two). The Lord's initial call to Abram of Ur of the Chaldees (a Gentile!) was analogous in importance to the divine summons to Moses at the burning bush and to Saul on the Damascus Road. It was a call of grace for the entire world, for the message of salvation is at the heart of that unconditional covenant, and the world's Saviour (and written Word of God) was to come from Abraham's loins!
For a solid understanding of the Abrahamic Covenant, this is a "must listen" message.
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 7: A Tyrant and A Tower
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
Babel was the first "global" attempt to elevate man to God's level by way of the religion of self-effort. It was the first experiment of man to have a world government and a one-world religion. Disobeying God's way of salvation, which was to believe on His Promised Saviour, the Seed of the woman of Genesis 3:15, the Tyrant Nimrod (a picture type of the future Antichrist) introduced the world to Cain's alternate "works' approach" to Heaven and even replaced God as the Object of worship and Source of salvation. Babel was only the beginning of things men would try to do in their effort to replace God. All false religions and cults find their origin in Babel, which is MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT of the end-times.
Where did the nations and languages of this world originate? Although profoundly ridiculed by Bible critics for centuries, the truth of "The Table of Nations" in Genesis chapter 10 (the 70 nation groups which resulted from the divine dispersion of families from Babel) has been abundantly supported by findings in anthropology, archeology, and linguistic studies on the origins of languages. You can trust Scripture 100%. Good TRUE history lesson all young people should be taught! They would have a much better understanding of life if they knew the early chapters of Genesis. Amen.
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 6: Christ-Centered ARKiology
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Learn truths about the Noahic Flood and the Ark you likely never knew before! Not only do we mention 15 ways Noah served as a prophetic type of Christ, but we include 16 ways the Ark was a also a picture of Him!
Did you know the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat on the very day Christ, centuries later, would resurrect from "the waters of death"? Did you know the Gospel message is hidden in the Hebrew meaning of the first 10 men of Christ's lineage (Adam to Noah)?
Don't miss the boat! Hear this message and tell others to listen to Christ-centered ARKiology!
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Why did God accept Abel's sacrifice and not Cain's? This lesson explains, and it is vital to understand the answer! Cain's problem is the problem of religious people all over the world who attempt to approach God "the way of Cain" (Jude 11), which is by their own works (fruit). What made Abel's offering "a more excellent sacrifice"? It pointed to Christ.
Isn't it interesting that Cain, who was too "dignified" to offer a blood sacrifice, quickly and angrily shed the blood of his own brother? Cain's life should be a strong lesson about the danger in trusting human "reason" rather than divine revelation; of continuing in human willfulness opposed to divine will; of human pride versus Christlike humility; of sinking to hatred rather than rising to love; of presenting fleshly excuses instead of seeking divine grace. Wrong choices end in human loneliness instead of enjoying divine fellowship. To be without God is the worst thing in this life, but it is worse in the life to come.
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 4: The Gospel Seed {First Proclamation of Christ’s Birth!}
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
God's first proclamation of the Gospel message is recorded in Genesis 3:15, called by theologians, "The Protoevangelium". It is a foundational matter to understand this amazing prophecy about a coming Saviour Who would defeat Satan. That Promised Victor would be born of a woman's "Seed," and since women do not have "seed," this was a long ago "clue" as to Christ's virgin conception!
The two despondent Emmaus Road disciples were upset because the One in Whom they had placed their faith and hope was gone. He had been horrifically crucified. Their despair was their own fault for not having correctly understood "The Gospel Seed" message of Genesis 3:15. They should have known the Messiah/Saviour would indeed first suffer Satan's crushing, but not permanently fatal, blow before coming into His glory!
This is a critical message for Christians and for non-Christians! Everything in Scripture stems from and circles back to the divine declaration of Genesis 3:15.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 3: Christ in Adam
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Have you ever thought about the fact that although God created man sinless and innocent, he was not righteous? That may sound strange, but think it through. Righteousness is innocence maintained in the presence of temptation! Adam failed to maintain his innocence in the face of indirect temptation (he was not directly tempted by Satan; Eve was Adam's temptation - Eve herself, not the fruit in her hand). The Last Adam, the Lord Jesus, fully resisted all Satan's direct temptations. totally maintaining His sinlessness, even in a human body. He proved His eternal, divine righteousness, as well. Although that is a major difference between the two Adams, this lesson also presents some interesting ways in which Adam was a "type" of Christ. There are many fascinating comparisons between the Edenic Tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the Calvary "Tree" (the cross) presented in this lesson, as well.
This is a deep study, presented in clear, understandable terms. It is foundational for a proper understanding of why God allowed evil into His perfect creation. Knowing beginnings is vital to understand the present and to prepare rightly for the future.
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 2: Christ in Creation
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
"WOW!" is what the response has repeatedly been to those who listen to this very first lesson on finding Christ in the Old Testament, beginning with the Creation account! Learn about the abundant "tri-une" evidence of the Tri-une Godhead throughout His creation! Enlighten yourself about fascinating subjects the majority of Christians have never heard about: the Jewish Targums, the "Memra," and the hidden "aleph's" and "tav's" in the Scripture! Evidence to refute evolution? This is it.
YOU NEED TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE SAVIOUR!
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Christ in Genesis Lesson 1: Christology and the Emmaus Road Sermon
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
This is the introductory lesson for an in-depth study of Old Testament Christology (finding Christ in the Old Testament). The "springboard" for this study comes from the Lord's unrecorded teaching in "The Emmaus Road Sermon". To two disheartened disciples, returning from Jerusalem to their former, pre-Jesus lives, the "incognito" resurrected Lord cheered them up to the point of "spiritual heartburn" (Luke 24:32) by teaching why "the Christ" HAD to suffer (and die) before entering into His glory. ". . . Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself" (24:26, 27).
This is a superb one-hour "lesson" emphasizing the truth that Scripture is a divinely-inspired cohesive whole, with Christ and His redemptive work on the cross its central theme. The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed; the New Testament is the Old revealed. Amen. Learn about TYPOLOGY in this and the lessons to follow in this spiritual heartburn study, "CHRIST in GENESIS".
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Christ in Exodus: Jet Tour of Genesis
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
In preparing for our study of "Christ in Exodus," we present a jet tour through the Book of Genesis. Hold onto your hat!