Thursday 6 September 2012

All about Jesus


And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. – Luke 24.27

We have all seen the lists or heard the messages where people show how Jesus is in all 66 books of the Bible. I found one of these online as an example.

In Genesis –        He is the seed of woman.
In Exodus -          He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus-        He is Our High Priest.
In Numbers-        He is the Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by night.
In Deuteronomy- He is the Prophet like unto Moses.
In Joshua -           He is the Captain of our Salvation
In Judges -           He is our Judge and Law giver.
In Ruth  -              He is our Kinsman and Redeemer.
In 1 & 2 Samuel - He is our Trusted Prophet.
In 1 & 2 Kings  -   He is the Lord our King.
In 1 & 2 Chronicles -He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra -                He is our Faithful Spouse.
In Nehemiah   -     He is the Builder of broken down walls.
In Esther   -           He is our Mordecai.
In Job        -           He is our Redeemer.
In Psalms     -        He is the Lord our Shepherd.
In Proverbs        -  He is our Wisdom.
In Ecclesiasties  -   He is our Lover.
In the Song of Solomon -He is our Beloved Fair one.
In Isaiah- He is the Prince of Peace
In Jeremiah – He is the The Balm of Gilead.
In Lamentations - He is the weeping Prophet.
In Ezekiel – He is the wonderful four faced Man.
In Daniel  - He is the fourth man in the Fiery Furnace
In Hosea – He is the faithful Husband
In Joel – He is The Holy Ghost Baptizer
In Amos – He is the Burden Bearer
In Obadiah – He is Mighty to Save
In Jonah – He is our foreign Missionary
In Micah – He is the Messenger with Beautiful feet
In Nahum – He is the Avenger of Gods Elect
In Habakkuk – He is God’s Evangelist
In Zephaniah – He is Our Saviour
In Haggai – He is The Restorer of God’s Lost Heritage
In Zechariah – He is the Fountain Open in the house of David
In Malachi – He is the Son of Righteousness with Healing in His Wings.
In Matthew -He is The Messiah
In Mark – He is The Wonder Worker
In Luke – He is The Son of Man
In John- He is The Son of God (he is the Word)
In Acts – He is The Foundation of the Church
In Romans – He is our Justifier
In 1 & 2 Corinthians – He is our Sanctifier
In Galatians – He is the Redeemer from the curse of the law
In Ephesians – He is the Christ with Unsearchable Riches
In Philippians – He is The God that Supplies All of Our Needs
In Colossians – He is the Fullness of the Godhead Bodily
In 1 & 2 Thessalonians - He is Our Soon Coming King
In 1 & 2 Timothy- He is the Mediator between God in Man
In Titus – He is The Faithful Pastor
In Philemon – He is the friend that sticketh closer than a brother
In Hebrews – He is The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant
In James- He is Our Great Physician
In 1 & 2 Peter- He is The Chief Shepherd
In 1,2 & 3 John  - He is Love
In Jude- He is The Lord Coming with 10,000 of His saints
In The Revelation – He is the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords

Now, I don’t vouch for everything on that list. Some of them might be a bit of a stretch. But these lists do point out an important truth of today’s passage. Jesus is the central theme of the entire word of God.

As Jesus spoke to the two men on the road to Emmaus he ‘expounded the scriptures, starting with Moses and all the prophets and pointed out all of the things about Himself.’

The Jews had missed the full meaning of Moses and the prophets. They had seen Messiah as a great conquering hero. They did not see him as a prophet who would be crucified.

So they needed taught and Jesus did just that. He showed them how the scriptures were indeed all about Him.  Praise God that we can now look back and see Him in ‘Moses and all the prophets’ and see how God’s eternal plan all came together in Christ. 

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