Law or the Prophets
Jesus Christ is the Son of the Father, Son of the Word, and Son of the Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ is the Son of the Father, Son of the Word, and Son of the Holy Spirit
Previous Chapter: Ezekiel's Explanation
But Bible says that Abraham defeated the 4 kings with 318 of his servants, and Its impossible for Abraham to go with his 318 servants and defeat the Kings who defeated 11 nations altogether, but victory came because of three men(Mamre, Eshcol and Aner) who went with Abraham, and these three men are representing the Trinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - 13.Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram. 14.Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15.He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 16.So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. 17.And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. 18.Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19.And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20.And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. 21.Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.” 22.But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23.that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’, 24.except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.” - Genesis 14:13-24
The life of Judah and his daughter in law Tamar has so much messages for Christian life, but here we will see the message about of Trinity of Jesus Christ, when Judah thought Tamar is a Prostitute, he asked her for a young goat, here the young goat is representing our Lord Jesus Christ, and instead of young goat Judah gave his Signet, Cord, and the Staff which explains the Trinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - 15.When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16.He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” 17.He answered, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” And she said, “If you give me a pledge, until you send it—” 18.He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19.Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.- Genesis 38:1-19
Bible tells that the spies brought the branch with a single cluster of grapes, with pomegranates and figs, this three types of fruits are representing the Trinity of Jesus Christ (Father, Word and the Holy Spirit) - 21.So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath. 22.They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 22.And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs. 23.That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there - Numbers 13:21-24
And the same explained by Apostle John that Jesus Christ as Word(Son) with full of Grace(Father) and Truth(Holy Spirit) - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of Grace and Truth - John 1:14
That was the reason when the spies brought single cluster of grapes with pomegranates and figs, the Bible tells that they brought Word(Jesus Christ) with them - 25.At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26.And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back WORD to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27.And they told him, We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit - Numbers 13:25-27
When Moses recollected the same incident in the Book of Deuteronomy, again he mentioned that the spies brought Word(Jesus Christ) with them - 21.Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged. 22.And every one of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come. 22.The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe. 24.And they departed and went up into the mountains, and came to the Valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. 25.They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought back WORD(Jesus Christ) to us, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us - Deuteronomy 1:21-25
Hannah's Explanation
Apostle John has mentioned Son Jesus Christ as Word(Son) with full of Grace(Father) and Truth(Holy Spirit) - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of Grace and Truth - John 1:14
That means when Christ was on the Cross, Father, Word(Son) and the Holy Spirit all of them suffered for our Salvation, To explain this in better way, Hannah brought three bullocks to the Temple, and sacrificed one bullock - Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young. Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli - 1 Samuel 1:24-25
King Saul's Explanation
When Samuel prophesied to Saul, instead of Saying Son of God will meet you, he said Three men will meet you, Its basically to revel the Trinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - 1.Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage. 2.When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do about my son? 3.Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4.And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand - 1 Samuel 10:1-4
And being a king for many years and living in the palace, this night is going to be really tough for King David as he has to sleep in the desert land, so the three men appeared and brought all necessary things to comfort King David, who are these three men? They came with different identity because so many people were around King David, but they are the tree who met Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre, the Trinity God - Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds, honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness - 2 Samuel 17:27-29
It was really prophetical moment, that was the reason David had to split his military as three part, and won the Battle - And David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. Then David sent out one third of the people under the hand of Joab, one third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I also will surely go out with you myself. But the people answered, You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us now. For you are now more help to us in the city - 2 Samuel 18:1-3
When Christ was on the Cross, The God of Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) all three of them suffered for our Salvation, that's why Prophet Isaiah wrote like this - 6.On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7.And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. 8.He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 9.It will be said on that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation - Isaiah 25:6-9
Joel's Explanation
When prophet Joel prophesied about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, he emphasized the Trinity of Jesus Christ as Blood, Fire, and Vapor of Smoke - 30.And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31.The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 31.And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls - Joel 2:30-32
And Apostle Peter recalled this very prophecy in his first sermon and spoke about the Trinity of Jesus Christ - 16.But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: 17.And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18.even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19.And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20.the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21.And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved - Acts 2:16-21
Hosea's Explanation
When nation of Judah forget the God of Israel(Jesus Christ), Prophet Hosea wrote like this - 8.And she did not know that it was I who gave her the (Son of God)grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. 9.Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness. 10.Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of my hand. 11.And I will put an end to all her mirth, her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her appointed feasts. 12.And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, ‘These are my wages, which my lovers have given me.’ I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them. 13.And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord. 14.Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. 15.And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. 16.And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17.For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18.And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. 19.And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. 20.I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord - Hosea 2:8-20
Again when Hosea prophesied about the salvation of Jesus Christ, he mentioned the Trinity of Lord Jesus Christ as Grain, the Wine, and the Oil - 21.And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, 22.and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel, and I will sow her for myself in the land. 23.And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, You are my people; and he shall say, You are my God - Hosea 2:21-23
Malachi's Explanation
Old testament ends with Malachi's prophecy about Jesus Christ and John the Baptist - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction - Malachi 4:5-6
And we are so blessed, because we have heavenly interpretation for this prophecy and we can learn many wonderful things from this - 13.But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14.And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, 15.for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16.And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17.and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared - Luke 1:13-17
Here the word "Children" was interpreted as Disobedient (Sinful Man), But the plural word "Fathers" was interpreted as "Wisdom of the Just" (Jesus Christ), why Prophet Malachi used plural word "Fathers" in the prophecy? because our God is Trinity God, and we can see Father, Word and Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ.
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