Question 19: How can we know this?

 

Question 19: How can we know this?

Answer: The Scriptures tell me. God revealed the gospel in the Garden of Eden, then proclaimed it through the holy patriarchs and prophets, symbolically demonstrated it through the ceremonies of the law and sacrifices, and finally fulfilled it through his beloved Son.

The Bible reveals various revelations about Jesus Christ. The first revelation is about garments of skin. Genesis 3:21 states, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them."

The Hebrew word for leather garment is kotnot, meaning "clothing" (kotnot) of leather ('or). The word 'or' in Leviticus 1:6 refers to a piece of flesh. The garment corresponds to the skin of a burnt offering. Leviticus 1:6 says, "He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces." The word 'or' in 'leather garment' (flesh and leather) means to avoid nakedness.

Nakedness is the flesh, and it is also where the spirit is imprisoned. The imprisonment of the spirit refers to the spirits of the angels who sinned in the kingdom of God being imprisoned. All who are cast into the world are spiritually naked. All humans, inherited from the first man, Adam, are like this. Therefore, to avoid their nakedness, they are clothed.

The flesh believers received from the first man, Adam, contains traces of God's promise of salvation (the offspring of the woman), but people fail to realize it. God is still sending a message of salvation to all people in this world.

In the word "leather garments" (koternot כָּתְנֹ֥ות), the garments are long. They refer to the linen robes worn by priests. In the New Testament, they are called the garments of Christ. The word "leather" (or עֹ֖ור) means to be stripped naked. Jesus Christ is depicted as being stripped naked. It symbolizes the garments of Christ that are clothed through His death. The one who makes and clothes garments is Elohim.

Leather comes from animals. It is used for tents. The covering for the tent is called Ori. Leather is made with the premise of death. Someone dies. Therefore, leather clothing symbolizes the Passover lamb. Jesus is the shepherd of the sheep. Jeremiah 50:6 says, "My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, they have turned them back on the mountains; they have wandered from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place."

Genesis 3:21 says, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." This means that the woman, wearing a garment of skin (Christ's garment), becomes Eve and gains life. Thus, she becomes the mother of a living being who gives birth to life. Galatians 3:27 says, "For all of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ."

 

The second revelation is in Genesis 3:15, where God speaks of a covenant regarding the woman's offspring: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." The serpent symbolizes Satan. The woman's offspring are those who possess the promised seed (Christ), while the serpent's offspring are those who do not possess the promised seed.

God made a promise to the spirits he sends to this earth. While all spirits are born into this world with flesh from the first man, Adam, the offspring of the woman will escape the power of Satan and find salvation through the last Adam. A fierce spiritual war will rage between the offspring of the woman and the offspring of the serpent. The offspring of the woman are those who possess the seed of promise. They come to this world to fulfill their own righteousness, only to realize its impossibility and await the coming of Christ. However, the offspring of the serpent are those who continue to strive for their own righteousness on this earth. They are said to cause the offspring of the woman to stumble.

The way the serpent's offspring causes the woman's offspring to stumble is by distorting the Bible or using worldly things. Therefore, those living in the world, deceived by the serpent, will be unable to recognize who the serpent's offspring is. To realize that you are being deceived by the serpent, you must confirm your own abiding in Christ. Those who are in Christ have renounced their own righteousness. If you think and act as if you can do anything, you are outside of Christ.

And the revelation of the Bible continued through the prophets. Micah 5:2 prophesied that the Son would be born in Bethlehem. Isaiah 7:14 also speaks of a virgin birth. Psalm 22 also prophesied to David that he would suffer on the cross. Psalm 16 also speaks of Jesus' resurrection.

Genesis 14:18 says, "Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of the Most High God." Hebrews 7 says that this Melchizedek is Jesus, meaning that Abraham met Jesus. Abraham gave a tenth to King Melchizedek.

In Genesis 16:7-10, the Angel of the Lord refers to Jehovah. This is because in "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too numerous to count," "I" refers to Jehovah. In Genesis 16:13, "Hagar called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'Behold, I have seen a God who sees me.'" This is because the name refers to Jehovah God. Genesis 18 also depicts Jehovah God conversing with Abraham.

John also said that Jesus existed in the Old Testament era. John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Word became flesh, Jesus Christ.

John the Baptist says the same thing. In John 1:15, it says, "John bore witness about him. He cried out, 'This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he was before me.'" (He was before). Hebrews 11:24-26 says that Moses met Christ.

After his resurrection, in Luke 24:27, while Jesus was walking along the road and talking with two of his disciples, “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”

He is referring to Jesus Christ. And he is saying the same thing in chapter 24, verse 44, on the shore of the Sea of ​​Galilee: "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." This means that the one called "I" is Jesus Christ. In short, it means that Jehovah God of the Old Testament era revealed Jesus Christ.

In John 5:39, Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify about me.” This means that the Old Testament is talking about Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 34:16 reads, "Seek now in the Book of the LORD and read. Not one of these will be missing, not one will lack its mate, for the mouth of the LORD has commanded it, and his Spirit has gathered them together." The Book of the LORD refers to the Old Testament. If you read the entire Bible, you will see that Jehovah God is Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is difficult to understand this fact by reading only parts of the Bible.