Types of Prophecy and Prophecy in
Type - THE SECRET DESTINY OF AMERICA - Directed Energy Weapon Genocide - Hungary
Preparing to Prosecute NAZI Soros Foundation - Trumps Bold New Proposals for
2024 - ZERO HEDGE - THE AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
March 9th 2023
CDC: 535,000 Young Americans Dead
From Vax! Secret Government Report Confirms Mass Die Off! – WAM - Thursday,
March 9, 2023 15:02 - Josh Sigurdson reports on the secret CDC report which
confirms that indeed, 535,000 American children and young adults have died from
the vaccines. Using basic graphs, it’s easy to see the difference between the
unvaccinated, the once vaccinated, the twice vaccinated and the three times
vaccinated. The excess deaths among the twice and three times vaccinated are
through the roof and impossible to cover up. The so-called covid numbers among
those groups are clearly manipulated at the same time which is apparent in
graphing as there are “zero” covid deaths among the twice vaccinated but a
large amount among the once vaccinated, then suddenly an enormous amount among
the three times vaccinated. https://beforeitsnews.com/health/2023/03/cdc-535000-young-americans-dead-from-vax-secret-government-report-confirms-mass-die-off-wam-3049470.html
Judy Byington - SG Anon ~ Situation
Update 03-09-23 ~ Trump Return - Restored Republic Via a GCR -Thursday, March
9, 2023 14:48 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/judy-byington-sg-anon-situation-update-03-09-23-trump-return-restored-republic-via-a-gcr-3657060.html
Mel K & Maria Zeee: The Weaponization
of the WHO (Video) - Thursday, March 9, 2023 14:25 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/mel-k-maria-zeee-the-weaponization-of-the-who-video-3789753.html
LIEUTENANT COLONEL OLIVER NORTH: WITH
DR. HORN’S “THE SECRET DESTINY OF AMERICA” RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, WILL
AMERICANS CHOOSE FREEDOM OR TOTALITARIANISM? September 27, 2022 - We now know
the Aug. 8, 2022, raid on former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago
was authorized by a federal judge at the request of U.S. Attorney General
Merrick Garland. We also know more than 40 federal prosecutors, FBI agents and
“others” participated in what Garland called a “search” of the former
president’s home to prevent the destruction of evidence in criminal activity.
No former president of the United States has ever been subjected to such
indignity. This is the kind of abuse associated with totalitarian states like
Russia, Communist China and dictatorships in banana republics. We have now
learned in the hours leading up to, during and since the Mar-a-Lago raid,
dozens of elected state and federal Republican legislators have been accosted
by federal law officers bearing warrants, demanding they surrender their
cellphones and computers. Members of the media are demanding, inter alia,
affidavits behind these search warrants. It’s a pointless inquiry. The answers
– if ever provided – will be full of lies. The truth is simple: The far left is
desperate to preserve their power and are willing to weaponize every federal
agency… https://www.skywatchtv.com/?s=The+Secret+Destiny+of+America
Directed Energy Weapon Genocide -
DARPA Plasma Weapons of Mass Destruction. This is HOW They Melt Cars in the CA
Firestorms. CA Firestorms Started By Satellite DEWs - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
16:11 - DARPA plasmic weapons of mass destruction. Humanity and nature under
attack by the devious 1% richest. They can activate volcanic eruptions, cause
wildfires, create seismic activity and other disasters. They want us all to
live in fear and chaos constantly. Losing our land, property, lives. Their
agenda has been this for centuries. Determined in their secret blood cuIts.
Destruction of humanity and its enslavement to them, taking our land and
property, lives and livelihoods. Pure evil as usual. Wake up and fight. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/03/directed-energy-weapon-genocide-darpa-plasma-weapons-of-mass-destruction-this-is-how-they-melt-cars-in-the-ca-firestorms-ca-firestorms-started-by-satellite-dews-3789705.html
ATLAS SHRUGS BREAKING: Hungary
Preparing To Prosecute Nazi Collaborator George Soros For NAZI War Crimes And
Murders - Wednesday, March 8, 2023 16:09 - By: Baxter Dmitry, News Punch, March
8, 2023: Charges for aiding and abetting the murder of thousands of Hungarians
during the Nazi occupation of Hungary during World War II are being prepared by
Hungarian prosecutors against 92-year-old Hungarian-American businessman George
Soros. According to a source at the prosecutor’s office in Budapest, Hungary,
Soros is expected to be charged with “knowingly and willfully” aiding and
abetting the murder of Jewish Hungarians in Budapest from September 1942 to
January 1943. – https://gellerreport.com/2023/03/breaking-hungary-preparing-to-prosecute-nazi-collaborator-george-soros-for-nazi-war-crimes-and-murders.html/?lctg=87791646
BLP: After Public Pressure, Ron
DeSantis Flips and Removes Florida From ‘ERIC’ Voter Roll Manipulation System -
By Shane Trejo - Mar 7, 2023 - Following a public pressure campaign, Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis has flip-flopped and removed his state from the far-left
Soros-funded Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). “As Secretary
of State, I have an obligation to protect the personal information of Florida’s
citizens, which the ERIC agreement requires us to share,” said Florida
secretary of state Cord Byrd in a press release on Monday. “Florida has tried
to back reforms to increase protections, but these protections were refused.
Therefore, we have lost confidence in ERIC.” https://bigleaguepolitics.com/after-public-pressure-florida-governor-ron-desantis-flips-and-removes-florida-from-eric-voter-roll-manipulation-system/
ATLAS SHRUGS - Newly Released
Surveillance Footage: Capitol Police Ignored Abandoned, No Communication,
DELIBERATELY Left Unprepared - By Pamela Geller - on March 8, 2023 – (Comment:
This was a setup from the very beginning. I watched, as millions from home did,
exactly what happened. The left wing black masked agitators were bused in,
fought their way through to the Capitol building steps, rushed the doors and
ran wild inside the Capitol building. If they were not communists then why the
masks? It was a Pelosi setup from the beginning.) The Democrat party wanted a
bloody day to extinguish any dissent or opposition to their election coup and imprison
dissidents and patriots who tried to stop their White House revolution. https://gellerreport.com/2023/03/newly-released-surveillance-footage-capitol-police-ignored-abandoned-no-communication-deliberately-left-unprepared.html/?lctg=87791646
ATLAS SHRUGS WOW!: Trumps Bold New
Proposals for 2024: 10 New Freedom Cities, Baby Bonuses, Flying Cars - By
Pamela Geller - on March 8, 2023 - Trump is evoking the great America of the
19th and 20th centuries. This is the stuff of great nations. President Donald
Trump pitches a plan to build ten new cities in the United States called
“freedom cities,” “baby bonuses” to incentive more childbirths, a
beautification campaign, and more in a quality of life improvement effort. https://gellerreport.com/2023/03/wow-trumps-bold-new-proposals-for-2024-10-new-freedom-cities-baby-bonuses-flying-cars.html/?lctg=87791646
NEWSMAX: McConnell Hospitalized After
Fall - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been hospitalized
after tripping at a hotel in Washington on Wednesday, his spokesperson said in
a statement. "This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel
during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is
receiving treatment," his spokesperson said. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mcconnell-hospitalized-fall/2023/03/09/id/1111643/?ns_mail_uid=77ebc9ee-b724-4da9-b15a-0bb9085e042f&ns_mail_job=DM445351_03092023&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0101017iai53
HOPE GIRL: Quantum Chemical Warfare
Hope and Tivon on SGT Report - Thursday, March 9, 2023 6:11 - In this
presentation we are attempting to explain the mechanics of the Beast System,
and how through recent COVID agenda tactics and now chemical warfare, their
plans of implementing a 4th industrial revolution with mass migration,
transhumanism and depopulation are underway. To understand what makes the
“internet of things” operate, we must first understand its quantum
underpinnings. The technology being used today is much more advanced than they
disclose. The goal of this presentation (and all of our others) is to equip you
with knowledge and understanding of how the weapons that are being used against
you work. Hopefully this will help you
to better protect yourself and your families for the days that are ahead. This presentation has been shadow banned on
Rumble. We can only conclude it is because of the nature of the content we
covered. Watch the video here on Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/bmwbixuqilLD/
TUCKER CARLSON on J6 happenings and
what these liars are now saying – march 8th 2023 - http://mechonomic.blogspot.com/2023/03/tucker-carlson-here-is-truth.html
ATLAS SHRUGS: Afghanistan
Congressional Hearing: Biden’s Withdrawal a ‘CATASTROPHE”, Marine Breaks Down
In Tears, Higher Ups Ignored His Warnings Before Kabul Airport Bombing - Thursday,
March 9, 2023 9:17 - “Our military members and veterans deserve our best
because that is what we give to America. The withdrawal [from Afghanistan] was
a catastrophe in my opinion. And there was an inexcusable lack of accountability
and negligence…” Biden should have been impeached on this alone. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/afghanistan-congressional-hearing-bidens-withdrawal-a-catastrophe-marine-breaks-down-in-tears-higher-ups-ignored-his-warnings-before-kabul-airport-bombing-3657019.html
GLOBAL RESEARCH: Lula Is Meddling in
Nicaragua at Biden’s Behest – March 9th 2023 - The US’ Hybrid War On
Nicaragua -- The US’ Hybrid War on Nicaragua that began in 2018 as punishment
for President Daniel Ortega’s efforts to strengthen his Central American
state’s sovereignty is entering a new phase after Brazilian President Lula da
Silva just decided to participate in this regime change campaign. That newly
re-elected and now three-time leader authorized his Ambassador to the UN Tovar
da Silva Nunes to condemn Nicaragua before that global body and offer to host those
of its people who’ve been stripped of their citizenship. Anadolu Agency
reported that the Brazilian envoy told the international community the
following: “The Brazilian government follows events in Nicaragua with utmost
attention and is concerned with the reports of serious human rights violations
and restrictions on democratic space in that country, in particular summary
executions, arbitrary detentions and torture of political dissidents. (Comment:
Lula is the illegal President of Brazil who did the same as Biden did to get
elected, a coup de tat. The same thing happened in Venezuela as the country has
collapsed under the communists. This is why Trump & the military Alliance
along with Russia have moved to rid the world of communism.) https://www.globalresearch.ca/lula-meddling-nicaragua-biden-behest/5811399
THE AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS: MARCH 07,
2023 – By CHRISTOPHER KIRKMAN - A Pentagon study revealed that 77 percent of
young Americans do not qualify for military service without a waiver due to
being overweight, drug use, or mental or physical problems. “When considering
youth disqualified for one reason alone, the most prevalent disqualification
rates are overweight (11 percent), drug and alcohol abuse (8 percent), and
medical/physical health (7 percent),” the Pentagon’s 2020 Qualified Military
Available Study of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 read. https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/77-of-young-americans-too-fat-mentally-ill-on-drugs-and-more-to-join-military-pentagon-study-finds/
THE AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS: March 9th
2023 - After viewing recently released security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021
storming of the Capitol, billionaire CEO Elon Musk accused the Democrat-run
House Jan. 6 committee of “misleading” the public on what occurred during the
so-called “insurrection.” “Besides misleading the public, they withheld
evidence for partisan political reasons that sent people to prison for far more
serious crimes than they committed,” Musk tweeted. “That is deeply wrong,
legally and morally.” https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/03/elon-musk-reacts-to-new-jan-6th-videos-deeply-wrong-legally-and-morally-misleading-people/
ZERO HEDGE: Another Atmospheric River
To Pound Central California - BY TYLER DURDEN - WEDNESDAY, MAR 08, 2023 - 06:20
PM - California has suffered from a devastating drought that caused widespread
problems for many years. Climate alarmists (such as Greta Thunberg) screamed at
the top of their lungs that the world would end... However, following a few
short months of a conveyor belt of atmospheric rivers, extreme to severe
drought conditions have dramatically eased. The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports a new atmospheric river is
approaching the Central Coast of California, which is likely to result in rain,
wind, and thunderstorms towards the end of the week. https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/another-atmospheric-river-pound-central-california
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: Sen. Tom Cotton
slams Democrats’ attacks against Netanyahu - Arkansas senator denounces Democratic
Party's extreme accusations against PM Netanyahu which he shows have been going
on for 25 years. By Israel National News - Mar 8, 2023, 7:03 PM - Arkansas
Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday blasted the Democrats for their
attacks against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Noting that “there is one
foreign leader for whom the Democratic Party seems to reserve special scorn.
Cotton also blasted President Joe Biden … “Were the Democrats talking about
Vladimir Putin? Or Xi Jinping? Or perhaps Ayatollah Khamenei? No, they were
referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister and
one of America’s best friends,” “Once again, these Democrats have proven their
tendency to coddle our enemies and condemn our friends,” “They’re working right
now to undermine Bibi and his government.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368445
DEFENDER: Top Scientists Find
‘Substantial Scientific Evidence’ RF Radiation Causes Cancer - Based on the results of their landmark review
of the latest science, four of the world’s top experts in environmental health
called for prevention and precaution when it comes to public exposure to
radiofrequency radiation. - By Suzanne
Burdick, Ph.D. - Four of the world’s top experts in environmental health are
calling for prevention and precaution when it comes to public exposure to
radiofrequency (RF) radiation. The scientists — including the former director
of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) — last month published a preprint
review of the most recent studies on the effects of electromagnetic radiation
(EMR) and RF radiation on different life forms and humans, and the
epidemiological evidence for cancer due to RF radiation from cellphone use. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/radiofrequency-rf-radiation-cancer/
X22 Report - We Can Win Against The
[WEF] AI, The People Have All The Power! - Justus Eapen - Must Video - Thursday,
March 9, 2023 11:20 - Justus works for Truth Social as a programmer, you can
follow him on Rumble and Truth Social. Justus begins the conversation
explaining what he does at Truth Social and where Truth is going next. Justus
explains that the people can override AI and take control of the conversation.
The people have the power in the US. The constitution was written to give the
power to the people not the government, in the end the people will rise up and
take down the [DS]. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/x22-report-we-can-win-against-the-wef-ai-the-people-have-all-the-power-justus-eapen-must-video-3657038.html
SG Anon, Juan O Savin & Derek
Johnson Situation Update 3.09.23: Where Is This All Going?! - Must Video - Thursday,
March 9, 2023 11:56 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/03/sg-anon-juan-o-savin-derek-johnson-situation-update-3-09-23-where-is-this-all-going-must-video-3657043.html
CIA Child Torture Mind Control
Program Still Going Strong
Thursday, March 9, 2023 9:27 – By Judy
Byington of Restored Republic - “I’m a survivor of tax-funded torture,
enslavement, human trafficking and mind control, including sexual abuse,” said
a woman from California in a 2013 petition titled Request for a Congressional
investigation, CIA mind-control of children. Petition · Request Congressional
Investigation: CIA Mind-control of Children · Change.org “Two additional
members of my immediate family are in recovery for these crimes including one
who is still a minor. These programs must be stopped, corruption routed out of
our government and nation, and the truth be revealed.” https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/03/cia-child-torture-mind-control-program-still-going-strong-3285339.html
Russia Launches Largest Bombing &
Missile Attack on Ukraine Since the Start of the Conflict Last Year (Videos) - Thursday,
March 9, 2023 14:18 - #Breaking -Widespread #Russian missile attacks &
explosions were reported across #Ukraine early today - Explosions reported in
southern city of Odesa & northeastern city of Kharkiv - Most hits on energy
infrastructure - https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/03/russia-launches-largest-bombing-missile-attack-on-ukraine-since-the-start-of-the-conflict-last-year-videos-2477598.html
Types of Prophecy and Prophecy in
Type
By Dr. David R. Reagan
Published on: June 7, 2014
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
March 9th 2023
Hebrews 1:1 says that God spoke through
the prophets “in many portions and in many ways.” Have you ever stopped to
think about the variety of people and ways which God used?
Writing Prophets
Of course, the method that
immediately comes to mind is the written form. The prophets who wrote their
messages are the ones we know best – people like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
Daniel, and the so-called “Minor Prophets” like Habakkuk and Zephaniah. In
theNew Testament the writing prophets include Paul, Peter, and John.
But to lump all these writing
prophets together into one broad category is misleading, for there is a great
variety of people and styles among them.
As to people, the variety is
astounding. The prophets range from uneducated farmers like Amos to
sophisticated poets like Isaiah, from cowards like Jonah to men of great
courage like Daniel, from the little known like Joel to the famous like King
David.
There is an equal variety in the
styles of writing. Some, like Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, and the New Testament
prophets, primarily used a prose style. Others, like David, Isaiah, Joel, and
Micah, expressed their ideas in poetic form. And then there are the preachers
whose books are mainly collections of sermons – prophets like Jeremiah, Amos,
and Zechariah.
Most were given direct revelations –
“Thus says the Lord.” Others received their insight through dreams and visions.
Some, like Hosea and Jonah, mainly recorded their experiences.
Speaking Prophets
Some of the most important prophets
wrote nothing at all, at least nothing that has been preserved. We know about
them because others wrote about their revelations, pronouncements, and
exploits. Elijah and his successor, Elisha, fall into this category, as does
Samuel.
So does the greatest prophet who ever
lived – the Prophet foretold by Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-18). I’m speaking, of
course, of Jesus Christ (Matthew 21:11). The only writings of Jesus that we
have are His seven letters to the seven churches of Asia, recorded by John in
Revelation 2 & 3. The bulk of Jesus’ prophecies, like His Olivet Discourse
(Matthew 24, Mark 13, & Luke 21), were written by His disciples. Jesus was
an oral prophet.
Most of the oral prophets are not
well known. Only a few are mentioned in the New Testament like the four
daughters of Philip (Acts 21:9) and Agabus, the prophet who counseled Paul
(Acts 21:10).
But the Old Testament is full of oral
prophets. There is Nathan, who confronted David (2 Samuel 12); Micaiah, who saw
the Lord sitting on His throne (1 Kings 22); Ahijah, who condemned Jeroboam
(1Kings 14); Hananiah, the false prophet who spoke against Jeremiah (Jeremiah
28); and there are many nameless prophets like the “man of God from Judah” who
prophesied the birth of Josiah (1 Kings 13).
Acting Prophets
My favorites are the prophets who
were called upon by God to act out prophecies. Some were writing prophets; some
were oral. The point is that God would tell them from time to time to stop
writing or speaking and start acting.
God often used drama to get people’s
attention. For example, He told Isaiah to go barefoot and naked for three years
(Isaiah 20:2). Yes, Isaiah was the original streaker! He used an unconventional
method to get people’s attention. The message was graphic and clear: repent or
be stripped naked like Isaiah.
Jeremiah was told to wear a yoke on
his neck to emphasize God’s message that King Zedekiah should submit to
Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 27).
Ezekiel was called on to act many
times. On one occasion the Lord told him to pack all his bags and carry them
around Jerusalem in the sight of the people as a sign that if they did not
repent, God would send them into exile (Ezekiel 12).
Another time God told Ezekiel to lie
down on the ground on his left side for 390 days, one day for each year of the
iniquity of Israel. When he finished that ordeal, God told him to turn over and
lie on his right side for 40 days, for the 40 years of Judah’s iniquity
(Ezekiel 4:4-8).
The Lord even ordered Ezekiel to play
in a sand pile! God told him to label a brick, “Jerusalem,” and to build dirt
ramps around the brick to illustrate the coming siege of the city, if the
people did not repent (Ezekiel 4:1-3).
Ezekiel’s hardest acting assignment
came when the Lord revealed that his wife would soon die. The Lord ordered him
not to mourn or weep for her. He was to continue with his activities as if
nothing had happened. When the people came to him and asked why he was not
mourning, the Lord told him to say that if they did not repent, they would be
overcome by a conqueror so rapidly that they would not have time to mourn or
weep.
The Prophetic Oscar
The greatest actor of all, the one
who will undoubtedly win the prophetic oscar for best performance, was the
prophet Hosea.
God told him to find a prostitute and
marry her. It must have been one of the hardest things God ever asked a
righteous man to do. Hosea obeyed, and God told him to preach the message of
his action.
The message was that Israel was like
that prostitute when God selected them as His Chosen People. They were not
selected for their beauty or wisdom or righteousness. They had no merit. They
were selected by grace.
This was an insulting message for the
Jews. They did not understand what being “Chosen” meant. They thought they were
better than other peoples, and in their spiritual arrogance, they refuse to
listen to God’s prophets who were calling for repentance.
When Hosea returned home from his
preaching tour, he discovered that his wife had succumbed to her old passions.
She had left the dignity and honor of his home and had returned to the streets,
selling herself to the highest bidder. Hosea’s heart was broken. God told him
to preach the message of her action. The message was, that like Hosea’s wife,
Israel had been unfaithful to God, chasing after foreign gods. And like Hosea,
God’s heart was broken.
When Hosea returned home, God spoke
to him again and asked him to do something incredible. God told him to swallow
all his pride and go to the city square and bid for his wife when she offered
herself for sale. He was instructed to pay all he had, if necessary, to redeem
her from harlotry.
She didn’t deserve it. She had not
repented. But Hosea obeyed. He paid the price, and she was redeemed.
Thus, God used an acting prophet to
act out the story of what He would do for us at the Cross when He paid the
price of His Son to redeem us from our unfaithfulness.
Symbolic Prophecy
A fourth type of prophecy is symbolic
prophecy, or what is often referred to as “prophecy in type.”
An understanding of prophetic types
is essential to an understanding of the Old Testament. Jesus can be found on
almost every page of the Old Testament, if you know how to look for Him. He is
there symbolically in types.
Looking for Jesus and finding Him in
these types causes the Old Testament to come alive. I’m convinced that this the
kind of special teaching that Jesus gave His disciples during the 40 days
between His resurrection and His ascension (Luke 24:45).
There are three kinds of prophetic
types: 1) individual lives; 2) historical events; and 3) inanimate objects.
Persons
Almost every major person in the Old
Testament is a type of Christ in the sense that some events in their lives were
prophetic of things that would happen to Jesus.
Take Joseph for example. He was
rejected by his brethren. He was left for dead but was “resurrected” from the
pit into which he had been cast. He took a Gentile bride and then redeemed his
brethren from their famine.
Likewise, Jesus was rejected by his
brethren (the Jews), experienced death and resurrection, is now taking a
Gentile Bride (the Church), and will soon return to save a remnant of His
brethren from their spiritual famine.
Events
Prophecies about Jesus are also
symbolized in major historical events.
Take the seven feasts of Israel for
an example. Jesus was crucified on the feast of Passover. He became our
“unleavened bread” as His body rested in the ground on that feast day. He arose
from the dead on the feast of First Fruits. And the Church was established on
the feast of Pentecost.
The three unfulfilled feasts
(Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles) must, in like manner, point to events
that are yet to occur most likely, the Rapture, the Second Coming, and the
Millennial Reign of Jesus.
The history of the Jewish nation is
the story of Jesus in prophetic type. The Children of Israel were born in
Canaan, descended into Egypt, came through the Red Sea (the Baptism of Moses),
endured testing in the wilderness, and then entered the Promised Land.
Likewise, Jesus was born in Canaan,
descended in to Egypt, emerged publicly at His< baptism, endured the
wilderness temptations, and led the way to Heaven.
Things
Even inanimate objects like the
Tabernacle and the robe of the High Priest are prophetic types pointing to
Jesus.
Consider the Ark of the Covenant.
Everything about it was symbolic of the Messiah. It was made of wood,
indicating the Messiah would be human. It was overlaid with gold, signifying
the Messiah would be divine. It contained three objects – the tablets of stone,
a pot of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded. The tablets signified that the
Messiah would have the law of God in His heart. The manna meant the Messiah
would be the Bread of Life. The rod with blooms was a prophecy that the Messiah
would arise from the dead.
The lid of the Ark was called the
Mercy Seat. It had a golden angel at each end. The angels faced each other and
their wings hovered over the lid. Once a year the High Priest sprinkled blood
on the Mercy Seat and communed with the Shekinah glory of God which hovered above
the angels.
The Mercy Seat pointed to the fact
that through the work of the Messiah the mercy of God would cover the Law. The
blood foreshadowed the fact that the Messiah would have to shed His own blood
to atone for our sins.
Jesus fulfilled every prophetic type
of the Ark. He was God in the flesh (John 10:30). He had the Law in His heart
(Matthew 5:17). He declared Himself to be the “Bread of Life” (John 6). He shed
His blood on the Cross and was resurrected in power, atoning for our sins and
covering the Law with Grace (Romans 3:21-26).
Mary saw the fulfillment of the Ark
when she went to the tomb and discovered the body of Jesus missing. In John
20:11-12 its says she looked into the tomb and “beheld two angels in white
sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been
lying.” Do you understand what she saw? She saw the “mercy seat” where the
blood had been spilled, with an angel at each end exactly like the Mercy Seat
that covered the Ark!
As you can see, prophetic types bring
the Old Testament alive and give us deep insights into New Testament events.
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