Hebrews 11 is a Hall of Typology! How to find Jesus in the OT pt 11

okay alright so we're gonna do something very special tonight you guys know Hebrews eleven has the Hall of faith right where it discusses all these Old Testament figures in how they had this great lives of faith or at least great moments of faith trusting in God but I think that it is also a Hall of types or typology of foreshadowing Jesus we already have established this typology is a very biblical thing and according to Jesus typology is gonna be throughout the entire Bible numerous passages and a bunch of different examples we've already given throughout this series we've dealt with things like the bronze serpent how the bronze serpent represented Jesus well we've dealt with Moses how Moses represented Christ in so many ways and even themes throughout the Old Testament like out of Egypt how people keep coming out of Egypt into Egypt out of Egypt and this ends up being something Jesus does and even a theme like that represents Jesus so let me tell you what what made me first think of Hebrews 11 this is this is for me a fairly new understanding of Hebrews 11 it doesn't change the meaning of the text rather it's a theme I see running through the text but well maybe think of this as previously I told you guys when we talked about Genesis 22 which was the passage where Abraham is offering Isaac and how this is like so clearly a picture of Jesus in the location and all everything about it right and I said this passage is nowhere in the New Testament and I chose my words carefully I said it is nowhere clearly identified as a type of Christ well I was the word clearly on purpose because there is this one passage in Hebrews Hebrews 11 verse 17 where it says by faith Abraham when he was tested offered up Isaac and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son of whom it was said through Isaac shall your offspring be named he considered that God was able and this is a crazy part even to raise him from the dead from which figuratively speaking he did receive him back now this takes a very Jesus centric concept God raising the son from the dead in it and it connects it to the story of Abraham but it doesn't clearly say it's a type it's just kind of like well that's interesting does this is this an Old Testament example of Jesus well not entirely clear but it seems there's something really there and when you read the book of Hebrews you find that the entire book of Hebrews is full of typology angels and high priests and priests Melchizedek right we talked about motifs that came from the book of Hebrews we have Moses being a type clearly identified in other parts of the book of Hebrews we even have the law being a count sort of a counter type of Christ so there's just all this stuff and my thought was if one of the examples in Hebrews 11 is a type I wonder if others are as well and as I started to read Hebrews 11 fresh and just said let me just read it and ask are other examples here also types of Christ and that led to today's Bible study so there's at least 16 of them in in Hebrews 11 and we're gonna start plowing through them tonight we probably will have to do this in two Sundays to get this whole study done but we'll see how far we get tonight I'm not gonna do an hour and a half to plow through all right now and some of you are happy and some are sad hearing that and me too so I submit this for your consideration something to think about how Hebrews 11 is possibly quite probably a hall of types not just a hall of faith so Hebrews 11:1 it says now faith is the assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen for by it the people of old received their commendation meaning that these ancient examples what what was great about them was their faith right verse 3 by faith we understand that the universe and this is the first by faith phrase is gonna say by faith this by faith that by faith this person by faith that event here says the first time verse 3 by faith we understand that the universe was created by the Word of God so that it so that what was what is seen was not made out of things that are visible this is the concept we say creation the fancy term creation ex nihilo or creation out of nothing when people like to be you know smart they use Latin ex nihilo so the idea though here is out of nothing the universe was made out of simply nothing God simply spoke it into existence it's simply by his word we read about this in Genesis 1 right and God said let there be light and gods and there's a bunch of and God said over and over again in Genesis 1 God says it and suddenly it exists suddenly it is suddenly that's the way things are in Psalm 33 6 we have this kind of interpreted as well Psalm 33 6 is by the word of the Lord the heavens were made and by the breath of his mouth all their hosts now this is poetic language here but but God in other words simply spoke everything into existence he commanded it and it was and this has got to be the most raw form of power that you can just declare something and there it is I can't think of a stronger way to demonstrate God's raw power and simply creating just by speaking it into existence but how is this related to Christ well many of you you already know right I mean the word right so John 1 it says in the beginning in verse 1 of John 1 in the beginning was the word and the Word was God and the word but to me the Word was with God in the Word was God he was in the beginning with God and then adds this phrase verse 3 all things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made if it exists it was made through Jesus ever so say if it was made it was made through Jesus the only thing that's not made is God so Jesus says God the Word was God but he's related and of course John in writing John 1 he knows the story of Genesis he knows that God spoke the universe into existence and he says yes God spoke the universe and Jesus is the word he spoke the word Jesus is not just this the same and in his function in what he does as the father here right the father creates all things and he creates all things through the son he's the one who it's being done through he's the agent now this is actually really consistent several places in the New Testament give Jesus not only credit for creating all things clearly indicating his God but they give him credit of being the one through whom it was created specifically through first Corinthians 8:6 is another verse like this it says yet for us there is one God the Father from whom are all things and for whom we exist and one Lord Jesus Christ through whom are all things and through whom we exist and notice the parallel between God the Father and then Jesus Christ so God the Father it says from whom everything exists from him and for him then of Jesus everything exists through him and excuse me through whom are all things and through whom we exist I think maybe there's a correlation between not only all creation but being in Christ as well maybe there's a good concert there as well but Jesus is the agent by which all things are created and he himself is uncreated colossians 1:16 is this for by him all things were created in heaven and on earth visible and invisible whether Thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him now earlier it said in first Corinthians we read that all things were made for the father now it's all things are made for the son well if the word is God and is with God then that makes sense for both or him is for him he's God you know but this this concept of created through him then in Hebrews Hebrews 1:2 it also says the same thing Hebrews 1:2 says but in these last days he has spoken to us remember the word he spoken into existence by his son whom he appointed the heir of all things through whom also he created the world this is a really consistent multi-book concept from Genesis all the way through the New Testament and then we read this in Hebrews 11:3 our first example of Christ same book that just said all things were made through Jesus it says by faith we understand the universe was created by the Word of God the first type is much probably stronger than a type right it's saying the universe was created ultimately by Jesus right he created all things so that's the first example I hope you see that connection verse 4 of Hebrews 11 we get the second example by faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain through which he was commended as righteous God commending him by accepting his gifts and through his faith though he died he still speaks so he's communicating to us through his faith now this is very interesting um Abel is the first historical character Hebrews 11 brings up it'll bring up a lot of historical characters Old Testament individuals Abel's the first one and Abel again if you look at the it's chronological so far right we were in Genesis 1 as we read the first example now we're here in Genesis 4 as we read the second example so Genesis 4 verse 2 we read about the birth of Abel it says and again she she bore his brother Abel now Abel was a keeper of sheep and Cain a worker of the ground in the course of time came brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions and the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering God approves of Abel's offering but for Cain and his offering he had no regard so Cain was very angry and his face fell his face fell off that's clearly not idiomatic for him being angry and his his smile got turned upside down right he became a frown his face fell that's the idea why the long face we say well I say that nobody else says that anymore so these these connect able to Jesus how like how do I say this connection in Hebrews 11 here about Abel references Jesus well let me see this in two other places the New Testament connects Jesus and Abel already we already know Abel's somehow represents Christ and one of those is Matthew 23 35 we've read this before Jesus is speaking to Jerusalem and he says that on you Jerusalem may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteous abel to the blood of zechariah the son of berechiah whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar and that the rejection of Jesus the ultimate Messenger of God was like rejecting every godly person ever because he's the culmination he's that he's the ultimate example of God reaching out to mankind God's sending someone in this case he speaks to us but I God Himself comes and speaks to us that's the first one then in Hebrews 12 24 there's another place where it connects Abel and Jesus this is an to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel and so here Jesus enable are grabbed and compared in this other verse pardon me and this is kind of a the concept here Abel offers an acceptable sacrifice Cain does not I'm able then is killed by his brother Cain Cain rises up and as you keep reading Genesis 4 he rises up and kills his brother and Jesus is his blood his blood comes to the ground and then Cain is is not able to draw from the ground any more there's some kind of universality in the way it affects Cain the blood of Abel and the blood of Jesus is the reverse of that right it is it is a protection it is a forgiveness it is Grace it speaks a better word than the blood of Abel there's more though I think so now I just established that Cain and Abel and Jesus are connected in other places in the scripture but what about this Hebrews 11 passage it says specifically Abel he brought a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain that's that's the concept he had a more acceptable sacrifice and that is a theme in the book of Hebrews as you read the whole book of Hebrews that Jesus's sacrifice is better than all of the previous sacrifices right the blood of bulls and goats could never really get a get rid of sin but Jesus one time he he dies and pays for our sin that they they kept redoing the sacrifices Jesus one sacrifice they were always standing in the temple it never sat down Jesus he sacrifices and sits down because his job is done like that it's everything it's all in Hebrews it's always Jesus is a better sacrifice Jesus is a better priest Jesus is better than the Angels he's better better better here he's better than what happened with Cain and Abel sacrifice was better than Cain's while Jesus is better than Abel's it's just interesting to think that Cain's and Abel sacrifices predate the law I mean hey they predate Abraham let alone Moses I mean this is like we're talking ancient times what's happening here unlike them Abel's offering was the first offering in the Bible and it's like the offering that Jesus gave because he offers a sheep and the Sheep is probably the most tip illogical animal that the animal that connects most of all the sacrificial animals to Jesus is the Sheep the Passover lamb the Sheep this this concept of a spotless one who comes and who is who's basically just all you are is for an offering that's like how you exist in what you're for so I think that's interesting this offering comes before the law and it's the most tip illogical in my opinion of the sacrifices but Abel also Abel is a shepherd yeah Abel's a shepherd he's martyred and he offers an acceptable sacrifice these are like the things we know about him he's a shepherd who's martyred and who offers the acceptable sacrifice I think that sounds like Jesus he's the Good Shepherd he was the ultimate martyr and he was the final ultimate acceptable sacrifice to make us acceptable to God verse 5 Hebrews 11 verse 5 by faith Enoch Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death and he was not found because God had not God had taken him now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God so now we get to this character Enoch who working we're continuing to go chronologically right now now we're in Genesis 5 if you're reading through Genesis in Genesis 5 we read about Enoch he was the seventh generation from Adam we know hardly anything about this guy what little we know is that he didn't die he just wasn't he just was not where is he God took him that's what we know so let me read to Genesis 5:21 it says when Enoch had lived 65 years he fathered Methuselah Enoch walked with God after he'd father Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years then verse 24 this is the this is the rest of the info you know about this guy Enoch walked with God and was not for God took him there are tons of ancient Jewish traditions and speculations about Enoch tons they're like maybe he's this maybe he did that know we have all these stories about what he did but what would literally know about him is he walked with God and then he simply wasn't around because God took him I would say Jesus did this as well he is he is amongst a few in the Bible who were taken who were simply taken by God in Luke 24 50 and 51 we read about this it says and he led them out as far as Bethany and lifting up his hands he blessed them while he blessed them he parted from them and was carried up into heaven that was the last time the disciples saw Jesus on the earth so after his death and resurrection for forty days and nights he he then goes around and he's sharing with people he's doing different things and then his ascension happens he goes to the Mount of Olives and he's just taken up into heaven acts 1:9 gives us a little bit more info it says and when he said these things as they were looking on he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight a cloud takes him out of their sight so he keep the last thing they saw as he went up into a cloud now does that mean that heaven is in that cloud no I mean obviously God is doing this to demonstrate to us truths about Jesus he wants the visual of you seeing Christ go up so that you will realize Christ is what accepted he's glorified he's exalted right he was brought low and now he's lifted up now he's exalted he's accepted by the cloud in fact the Jewish mind would realize that in the Old Testament the Son of Man who's identified as the Messiah comes riding on the clouds and that was a really important phrase for lots of reasons I don't have time to get into tonight but really neat phrases coming on the clouds are riding on the clouds this concept of this exalted one because every Jewish person knows God rides on the clouds it is God who rides on the clouds but there's this Daniel passage in Daniel I think is Daniel 7 where it says it's the Son of Man is riding on the clouds and they tell that I polls after Jesus has taken up he goes just like you saw and go that's how it's gonna look when he comes back is he riding on the class so ha ha so a couple of things to consider Enoch he was not found the text says he was not found how does that represent Jesus well John 732 it says then the Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him about Jesus and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him Jesus then said I will be with you a little longer and then I'm going to him who sent me he's talking about his ascension he says you will seek me and you will not find me for where I am you cannot come so Jesus he he went up and he was not found I think that connects has kind of neat also it says the Enoch pleased God he pleased God and him being taken up is really like an affirmation I mean yeah you please God guys like here come here obviously you pleased God and this is the case for Jesus that it was the the visible representation of Christ being received being yes you are approved you are affirmed you know as the exalted one all right Hebrews 11:6 it says without faith it is impossible to please him for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him of course the truth is in like in verse 6 here it's it's not just blind faith that you have to have you have to have faith in Jesus like ultimately the faith that we have is in Christ you draw near through faith in Jesus Christ that of course represents him in a sense that right there because Jesus is the one that brings you in but just on a side note here since verse 6 isn't so much tip illogical as I just announce a pastoral moment right this is this is kind of important that what our faith is is I don't just have faith in the ideas of Christianity right I believe the ideas or the truths of Christianity are true but my faith my trust is in him my trust is personally in God through Jesus Christ I'm trusting him not just ideas not just concepts I mean I believe all the theology of Christian but my trust I can't so much trust theology as I can trust a person and I trust him and so I just want to encourage us that we've got to trust him we do have to believe correct theology because the only believing lies about God I mean how can i really trust him if I have a bunch of lies in my head about him but ultimately it says he's a rewarder of those who seek him it's deeply personal it's deeply individually personal this walk with God and that's my favorite part of it verse seven Hebrews 11:7 it says by faith Noah now I bring up Noah being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith and you see we're still going chronologically through Genesis now we're in the flood and so Noah how is Noah related to Christ how is Noah a type of Christ well perhaps he is but I don't think that's where I'm gonna go with it I think the ark is a type of Christ by faith Noah being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen in reverent fear constructed an ark and I think the ark the ark er key is a type of Christ specifically notice what the ark did it says he constructed an ark for the saving of his household the ark would save them Jesus ultimately saves us can I compare Jesus to an inanimate object you mean like a bronze serpent or a rock that was struck yes yes I can if I got strong biblical reasons to do this actually what was that manna from heaven perhaps yes yeah absolutely we can we and we ought to the ark if you read the story of the flood it it's the Ark that takes the flood for the people in it they survived the flood because the ark can withstand it it can get rained on it can get flooded and they can come out alive it takes the judgment for them then they're safely taken through because the ark is able to overcome in a sense the judgment Christ overcomes the judgment he goes into death he conquers it and I get in Christ and in Christ read Ephesians will one two three four five and six and you'll see that in Christ I'm in him that then I am delivered from judgment and from the wrath of God because he's able to withstand and overcome it I think it's a beautiful picture of Christ right with the flood certainly equals judgment and death if you read the passage then we have this in a second Peter 3:6 it says in that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged that means flooded with water and perished the description in 2nd Peter of the flood it describes the world that then existed and it says that it died that the flood caused it to perish now there's a debate on did that does that word world mean the people God so loved the world as the people isn't mean the world the people or the world like the entire planet that's not the focus of this particular studies I'll just others throw it out there you can debate it amongst yourselves but death ultimately comes to all and but only in Jesus can we make it through from one world to the next in fact that's what happened the the vision that we're getting it in the flood story is that one world dies and another one comes and the only way to get through is through the ark you see this world is passing away and the only way to make it through is Jesus Christ I don't think I'm making this up I think God made this up and he put it in the text and he wants us to discover these things first Peter also goes on to relate this whole Ark situation to the concept of baptism so let me read to you this in 1st Peter 3:20 and 21 this is because they formerly did not obey when God's patience waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared in which a few that as eight persons were brought safely through water baptism which corresponds to this now saves you not as a removal of dirt from the body so we're not talking about get water baptized to be saved no no but as an appeal of to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus this specifically compares the flood and getting delivered through the flood to being identified in Christ in his death and resurrection and so every time I baptized people I mentioned how this symbolizes dying with Christ and being raised with Christ and here it's a flood you're going through your own personal flood in Baptism and that's the idea so Romans 6:3 supports this it says do you not know that all of us who've been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father we too might walk in newness of life Jesus dies and comes out alive and all after dues be identified with him in that the ark goes through the flood you just have to be in the ark to be saved Jesus in the Ark Jesus in the Ark is interesting concept in Romans 8:1 it says this there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus I mean positionally in Christ Jesus in the ark there was condemnation for everyone who is outside the ark and there was salvation for everyone who was in the ark but as we read the story and you you come to this one verse Genesis 716 that jumps out to you see if you can find out what jumps out to you in this verse it's it says this and those that entered male and female of all flesh went in as God commanded him and the Lord shut him in and we have this moment when they all get in the ark and it's like well who's gonna seal the opening now because the ark had an opening in its side and they all went in and something had to seal and close this thing up and the Lord shut it and sealed it up and now no one can get in knowing no one's getting out and then the flood came and then the flood came now here's what's interesting Jesus had an opening in his side as well in particular it's I mean he had you know there's the nails in his hands and feet then there's the opening in his side now as I understand it until that door was closed you could get in the Ark and be saved but once that door was sealed at now that's it judgments coming it's too late Jesus after his death and resurrection he had an opening in his side that was not sealed as he comes to Thomas and he goes Thomas go ahead put your hand in my side and I am NOT saying this is guaranteed but I really wonder if this is meant to somehow represent the fact that salvation is still open you can still be in Christ even right now today it's the day of grace it's the day of being accepted of being entering into Christ and being saved by him and then the sealing comes from God he seals you and and in being in Christ you are sealed by the Holy Spirit Ephesians 1:13 in him you also when you heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation and believed him were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit and there's the sealing in him that comes from the Holy Spirit so I think that's kind of interesting it also says in Hebrews 11:7 that through doing all these things Noah condemned of the world isn't that interesting the Ark is like a dividing point and it's like either you get in and you're saved or you don't and you're condemned and it actually brings greater condemnation on you he condemned the world well Jesus it's kind of the same way in John 12:31 it says now is the judgment of the world now will the ruler of this world be cast out Jesus in John 12 he's talking about his crucifixion and he goes I'm gonna die this is gonna be it's gonna be the salvation for those who trust me but it's condemnation for the for the world for those who don't in John 3:18 and 19 we all know John 3:16 some people have never read the rest of the chapter I think would be very wise to look at the whole thing it says whoever believes in Him is not condemned but whoever does not believe is condemned already because he's not believed in the name of the only Son of God and this is the judgment that light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil so it's an increased condemnation for rejecting Jesus but a total salvation for accepting Jesus it's like you're either saved by Jesus or finally condemned by Jesus but currently the arc is opened at the moment at this moment the arc is open and the condemnation is not coming down praise God yet so you guys like in this Hebrews 11 pretty neat stuff there's more so Hebrews 11 verse 8 by faith Abraham now let's talk about Abraham continuing chronologically Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance and he went out not knowing where he was going by faith he went to live in the land of promise as in a foreign land living in tents with Isaac and Jacob heirs with him of the same promise let's read a little bit of Genesis here because we're gonna read about when God first calls Abraham I think is just interesting in Genesis 12 he says now the Lord said to Abraham go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to a land that I will show you and I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great so that you will be a blessing I will bless those who bless you and him who dishonored you I will curse and I knew all the families of the earth shall be blessed now this very promise it's very calling to Abram is so messianic right because ultimately Abraham's whole blessing cursing promise it's all about Jesus that's the ultimate thing that Israel is bringing forth was the Messiah so this his calling to go into a land was about bringing out the Messiah in the first place it was about Jesus Christ the blessing and cursing this sort of dividing line that Abraham is he's like you're gonna be you're gonna be the decision how they treat you is how I treat them and this is of course Jesus this is this is Christ how you treat Jesus is how God treats you ultimately right Jesus when he tells his parable of or his story rather but how the Son of Man will come and there'll be some who who were like Lord didn't we do all these things in your name and he goes yeah but how you treated the least of these my brethren that's how you treated me it's ultimately all about him those who were like when did we ever see you and he goes not how you treated them as how you treated me it's ultimately how you treat Christ this very promise totally about Jesus in Abraham in Genesis 12 Abraham is called specifically to leave his land and his father's house how do you think that represents Jesus you know he leaves heaven he comes up from his father John John 16 28 he says I came from the Father and have come into the world and now I'm leaving the world and going to the Father John 17:5 and now father glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed so Abram leaves father and land to go out so that what so that he might become a people so that he might bless this distant offspring these other people he goes out away from his father it's really interesting that Abram dies in faith so that his offspring can be blessed Jesus he dies to bring us the blessing what he did was he just kept giving things up so that he could then bring them to us and that's kind of what Abram goes through as well then in John 1:14 we have another connection to Abram because it's interesting as you read the story of Abraham you get this phrase he pitched his tent or he set up his tent and he was he always dwelt in tents in fact Hebrews talked about it says he would welt in tents with with his sons with Isaac and Jacob 'if he dwells in tents that's kind of what he does it's his theme but this is what Jesus did in John 1:14 we have this interesting phrase and the word became flesh and dwelt amongst us this is literally the word that means tabernacled or to live in a tent to set up a tent that's like what the greek word means and i think it was chosen purposely purposefully and i think he may relate also to the to the actual Tabernacle in the wilderness where God tabernacled amongst them that's a different study spoiler alert look we'll do the we'll do the whole tabernacle stuff at some point I'm excited to do that so Abraham dwelt in tents Jesus of course he came in a tent in that human form that temporary dwelling to come into a land that was in a sense not his own right to to bless us so Abraham in Jesus they left the land they left their father they dwelt in tents and they died for their seed to inherit a promise except what Jesus did was in every way better than what abran did and we see the escalation of it and that's that's the theme in typology is escalation verse 10 there's more about him it says for he was looking forward to the city that has foundations whose designer and builder is God looking forward to a city Abraham looked to not just the land but to the thing God was doing through all of this this ultimate city that's going to be made by God that he would be part of I mean what we read about in the New Testament is this is the New Jerusalem ultimately and the New Jerusalem is read about in Revelations like the culmination is so much in the scriptures but it's where God and man dwell together eternally fully with no separation and it's on the new earth this and it comes down from heaven out of God they're out of heaven from God I should say and it comes down to earth this new city Jerusalem God and man together it says the designer and builder is God in verse 10 of the new city that Abram was looking for the designer and builder is God now earlier in Hebrews it's it talks about how Jesus is the builder and Moses was part of the house you remember this from last time we talked about Moses to this little recap Hebrews three see if we can catch the theme designer builder and how it relates to Jesus he was three verse 3 for Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself for every house is built by someone but the builder of all things is God there's a deity of Christ burst if I've ever seen one right Jesus is the Builder of the house and the Builder of all things God okay Hebrews 12:2 it says that Jesus this is just after Hebrews 11 right says Jesus is the founder and perfecter of our faith or the author and finisher of our faith this this designer and builder ultimately the escalation of it right Abraham's really just looking forward to what God's going to do he's just a picture God's the painter alright verse 11 Hebrews 11:11 by faith Sara herself and we're talking about Sara she received power to conceive even when she was past the age since she considered him faithful who had promised now God had promised Abram and Sarah that they would have a child then to be of their own she would actually bear a child but she was like way too old for it she passed that season of life she was not able to have a kid and she trusted God I mean at one point she laughed and then I think God corrected her and that laughter because there's a laughter of unbelief the mocking laughter then there's a laughter of joy of like oh god you're doing this like that's a different kind of laughter right so she names him Isaac the good kind of laughter I think and and so she received that rebuke she trusted God but I asked how could Sarah be a type of Christ well I don't think she in all totality is I think her pregnancy is it seemed AraC ulis birth there's a promise child of Abraham that comes miraculously born Jesus of course is born of a virgin it's a miraculous birth and that's a theme we see here in the first son of Abraham the first son of the promise is born miraculously and so Christ's similarly to that verse 12 therefore from one man Abram or Abraham depending on where you are in Genesis and him as good as dead were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore so the numbers of the children of Abraham here are highlighted and how does this relate to Christ I think it's a message of the many many people who will come to Christ can you believe how many people have been saved now from nations around the world through generations and generations like it's gonna be a crowded City well hopefully not too crowded I really don't like I don't want to be like Disneyland it should be better even better than Disney Disney World okay it's just good but so I just see the connection of Abraham you'll have many many many many many offspring this is tip illogical of Christ and the many many many who will be saved in him and we're children of Abraham by faith the scripture says so this what I'm saying here is I'm not making this up like this is the typology we see throughout the scripture this is just it just marries it together you know there's there's text that to say we're children of Abraham by faith and so yeah pretty cool stuff verse 13 as I'm studying this in Hebrews 11 I was like is it really this consistent are there really TIPA logical elements throughout the whole thing and I think that there are or at least nearly we'll see you decide you tell me what you think verse 13 these all died in faith now it's kind of an inclusive statement about all the people we talked about so far they all died in faith not having received the things promised but having seen them and greeted them from afar and having acknowledged that there were strangers and exiles on the earth in other words they're living in a in a place that's not their own like Abraham Isaac Jacob like they don't really inherit the land they just inhabit the land waiting for it to become in the future God's promise fulfilled so that they'll receive it we read about these people they're all waiting on some future greatness and we're seeing that the future looking faith of the Old Testament Saints is representing the fact that there was something greater coming which ultimately is Jesus and what were they there were strangers and exiles on the earth so what was this great thing that they saw from afar off well they were all promises of God you'll inherit the land you'll have great numbers of children I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you and in you all the nations of the earth will be blessed all these promises they'll relate to Jesus they all directly end up relating to Christ so you could say they're trusting in Christ by believing in promises that relate to Christ I mean how much about Abraham did about Jesus did Abraham know he knew that in him all the nations would be blessed and he knew that there be an inherit since the land and he knew some of these things but it wasn't the full story but that was the true Jesus so neat stuff to think about so that's what they kind of saw from afar off they greeted Christ so to speak the arc of nella the sacrifice of Abel they all relate to Jesus these Old Testament Saints have trusting in things that are ultimately types of Christ and they all died in faith and so it's not just that they died but they died thinking of some future hope that would happen after they died we see this neighbor hams traveling and Isaac and Jacob blessing their sons we'll get to that in a minute how they bless their sons about some great future blessing that will come upon them so they're all trusting in some great good thing coming after they die and of course that represents Jesus it says in Hebrews 12 - looking to Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross he endured the cross because of what some great hope of some wonderful future that would happen after he died so these relates to Jesus strangers and exiles on the earth they were it says as I speak like Yoda all of a sudden for no reason in John 18:36 jesus answered it says my kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world My servants would have been fighting that I may not be delivered over to the Jews but my kingdom is not from this world so Jesus living in this world as though he doesn't belong as though he's a stranger and so they lived like strangers and exiles and so Christ all right Hebrews 11 14 see how fools do a little bit more we'll finish this up next next week Hebrews 11 14 for people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland if they'd been thinking of that land from which they've gone out they would have had opportunity to return they could have you know Abram could have gone right back to where he'd gone he'd come from but as it is they desire a better country that is a heavenly one therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for he has prepared for them a city so that again this concept of a city so I think we should actually read revelation 21 were talks about this this future City of God that is referring to so their desire though in the scheme of God's like tapestry it was kind of for something temporary I need an ark to get through the flood I need a land I need a child but all of them ultimately pointed towards Jesus Christ and so that's where their ultimate hope is in verse 16 it says it's a better country specifically a heavenly one and it's a city and I I can't help but connect that to Revelation 21 because it's better it's a city and it's heavenly I don't know how many heavenly cities you know the only one I know is the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 it says in Revelation 21:1 then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and the sea was no more and I saw the holy city New Jerusalem but it doesn't stay up there right he sees it and it's coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband probably because it's where the bride goes where the bride we lived there and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying behold the dwelling place of God is with man this is the ultimate culmination of God being United to man he will dwell with them and they will be his people and God Himself will be with them as their God he will wipe away every tear from their eyes I can't help it as a positive point out I think wiping away the tears is not just a physical act the idea is this whatever's causing you to cry God can he's like taking away the need for the tears because of the joy of the presence of God and His goodness and his comfort and His glory that it's like I all the sorrows I've had and all the grief I've had I no longer even have a reason to cry God you have truly comforted me in the fullest sense he wipes away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more neither shall they shall there be mourning or crying or pain any more for the former things have passed away and he who was seated on the throne said behold I am making all things new also he said write this down for these words are trustworthy and true it's things that we can put our hope and rely upon that's the ultimate thing they're looking for so here in the typology of Hebrews 11 which i think is pretty strong it's suggesting that these Old Testament Saints who were looking forward to a greater hope we're also hoping in the ultimate revelation of heaven the ultimate recreation of heaven and earth which is like an earthly heavenly unity that happens so pretty nice stuff alright let's let's do 417 here and make sure that we can get as far as I want to get okay verse 17 this is by faith Abraham when he was tested offered up Isaac and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son of whom it was said through Isaac shall your offspring be named the irony there is God's like your descendants will all come through Isaac and then in Genesis 22 and you've got to read this fresh if you don't have it fresh in your mind in Genesis 22 God tells him take your son Isaac your only son and go and offer him to me not just kill him for no reason but as an offering like a sacrifice to me and he takes his son he travels out he takes Isaac Isaac carries the wood upon his back he goes and he is ready then laying down the altar and Abraham's gonna slay him and he's about to do it and in his head he's like God told me this kid will produce all my grandkids and I'm but God told me to slay him he's that not an act of faith and before you're like that's horrific like God stops him I've heard people recount the story and not talk about how God stops him and how that was playing the whole time he's painting a picture of Jesus through this experience and got but Abraham's faith is strong look how strong this guy's faith is and and that's the whole point of it through Isaac your offspring shall be named in verse 18 is to highlight the contradiction of ominous Liam and he's supposed to have my grandkids so then it goes on and he interprets for us verse 19 here's the divinely inspired explanation of this event he considered that God was able to even raise him from the dead from which figuratively figuratively speaking he did receive him back and so here he he gets him back and he goes hey Abraham just thought God can raise him up Isaac's gonna have my grandkids and I'm supposed to kill him Dodd's gonna have to raise him back up now you might be like but he was wrong I'll be like but he was right about Jesus and that's what the whole picture is about I love Genesis 22 here's the story of Abraham a father offering his son specifically it says his only begotten or his son his only son whom he loves in fact it's the first time the word love is used in the bible is genesis 22:2 where God says take your son your only son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there was a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you and it wasn't really his only son was it he had another son Ishmael and gods like gods your only son because it's painting a picture of Jesus who is the only son whom you love because the love of the father to the son the son was born of miraculous meat means as we talked about how Sarah received power by faith to have this miraculous birth so Jesus was born of miraculous means his virgin birth he was the son of the promise Isaac was the son of God's promise to Abram but it was a bigger promise than just Isaac it was about a later descendant Jesus is the ultimate son of the promise the father carries the fire up the mountain and the knife bringing the judgment or the or the death the son carries the wood up of the hill the son carries the wood the fires holding the judgment this to me looks like the crucifixion it was a three-day journey from the time he left his house and so for three days in the head of Abraham it was like his son was dead he's committed I'm gonna I'm gonna lose my son Lord I'm trusting you I'm gonna lose my son and for three days Christ was dead till he raised and the son submitted most people think that Isaac was at a place where he was old enough and his dad was certainly old enough where he could overpower dad at this point right like Isaac would win the arm wrestling contest between these two and he allows this stuff to take place to the son it's implied is it into a place of submission allowing the stuff to happen he never fights a rim our Abraham he never forces him Abraham never forces him to do anything it seems like he goes willingly the whole way in John 10 17 Jesus said this for this reason the Father loves me because I lay down my life that I may take it up again no one takes it from me but I lay it down of my own accord I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again this charge I've received from my father all Isaac how was the father telling him Isaac this is what we're gonna do doesn't say God spoke to him he just trusted his dad and his dad trusted God I think this is neat but there's more in Genesis 22 the place where Abraham goes as Mount Moriah which is Jerusalem so here he goes to the God makes him travel for three days to get to the place where Jesus will be crucified to paint this picture the future location instead of Isaac a ram takes his place of course because God's not into human sacrifice and he's just drawing a picture for us the RAM takes his place the irony is that Jesus Altima is the sacrifice for Isaac and for all of us do you get the connection I'm offering I'm gonna offer Isaac on Mount Moriah in the fashion and in the picture and in the way Jesus will be offered and Jesus comes through Isaac I think that's pretty cool God's kind of clever if you hadn't noticed Abraham figures there's got to be a resurrection right he just trusts right as he as he in fact there's it's implied even in Genesis 22 it says then Abraham said to his young men as they got to the mountain he's a stay here with the donkey to them and the boy and I both of us will go over there and worship and come again to you he says that the boys coming back to again he believes he's got to have him back from the dead as the idea and Christ of course the whole plan all along was for the resurrection to take place also in Genesis 22 it's better Abraham says that it's prophetic but but as I read this to you ask yourself what is what's what's prophetic about it what is it this prophetic it says in genesis 22:8 Abraham said God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering my son so the both of them went together that was when Isaac's like what's where's the offering he was God will provide then then after the RAM shows up and takes the place of Isaac then in Genesis 22 14 after the whole events over Abraham called the name of that place the Lord will provide future tense as it is said to this day that's when Moses is riding it 600 plus years later he goes as it is said to this day on the Mount of the Lord it shall be future tents provided on the Mount of the Lord where Mount Moriah it shall be provided well what's the it well the only thing we can compare that it to is the thing that Abraham just did with his son something like this God will provide that gives me goosebumps the Word of God is so amazing that the real issue is us not noticing it you know man he says it's prophetic it says it says some future event like this will happen right here and it'll be God providing and is not Jesus the greatest example of God providing in John 1:29 when John lays eyes on Jesus John the Baptist he lays on eyes on Jesus I'm sorry his name more appropriately John the Southern Baptist I'm deserting so I see him Toby because I know one person out there is like well it's just a joke John 1:29 he says the next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and what does he say he says behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world the offering animal here he is he's the ultimate lamb he's the fulfillment of all that stuff and that's about as much as we have time for tonight so we're gonna pick up in verse 20 and we're gonna look at the rest of Hebrews 11 as it relates to being typology of Jesus next week and I encourage you to read ahead and just give it some thought how could this represent Christ my goal and I hope I'm being faithful here is to not fabricate but to simply observe what God has placed in the text and how he has really saturated Scripture with Jesus let's pray father we thank you for your word it is exciting and it's such a blessing to our hearts just to sit and see the beauty and majesty of Christ throughout the scripture as we pray that we would not only get this passage but that we would just have eyes to see all the glory of Christ that you've placed throughout the Word of God and that we would just grow in our understanding of Jesus grow in our trust in you we'd be people like these examples here we'd be people of faith people who trust you not our circumstances we trust you not how we feel about things who we trust you because you are worthy of our faith in Jesus name we pray amen [Music] you

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Published: Mon Sep 17 2018