Trying to argue that Jesus is the only way to God by referencing Scripture to someone who doesn't believe in the Bible is useless. In fact using Scripture in any way to someone who doesn't accept it as the Word of God is completely pointless. So, what do we do?
We convince them that the Bible is the infallible Word of our eternal God.
Leviticus 23 is a great place to do that.
I love end time theology (mostly because I want to borrow money for a pool and if Jesus is coming back soon, we have to hurry to build the pool, but we won't have to pay on the loan for very long! J/K :-) But I have run across a few Christians who think that focusing on the prophecies is a waste of time. "It's going to happen whether I figure it out or not. And it's too confusing, anyway." Yet the Bible is filled with prophecy, not just Revelation, but all throughout Scripture. Why? Why would God take up precious space in the words that have survived thousands of years if not for us to study them?
I believe prophecy exists in Scripture to provide irrefutable proof that God is who He says He is and that His Word can be trusted.
Although Leviticus 23 doesn't seem to specifically deal with end time events, it so beautifully and concretely propecies not only the first coming of Christ, but His second coming as well. We learn of the seven feasts God instituted for the Jews to observe. It is fascinating to see how each feast represents a picture of Jesus and how Jesus so accurately fulfilled the first four and will fulfill the remaining three upon His return.
The first four feasts are as follows:
Passover - Jesus is our passover lamb, crucified at the exact moment the passover lamb was being sacrificed in the temple.
Unleavened bread - broken and hidden for three days, just like Jesus' body.
Firstfruits - Jesus is the first fruit of the resurrection, the first and so far only person raised from the dead and given a new body.
Pentecost (Feast of weeks) - celebrates the giving of the law, 3000 slain for worshipping the golden calf, talmudic tradition says the law was proclaimed in every known language. Jesus fulfilled the law, 3000 saved on the day of Pentecost, every language was being spoken by the disciples.
There are so many more uncanny details that tie the Old Testament event with Christ's first coming. This extremely accurate portrayal of Jesus in the first four feasts begs the question of the other three. We can only assume He will fulfill them as well at his second coming. I'll have to cover those in my next post. But these first four can be used to show the amazing accuracy of Scripture.
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Michelle, now you are really getting interesting ! It is so hard for me to understand that people don't believe the Bible when 98% of what the Bible for told has already come true. Also the bible code stuff they discovered a few years back. It is amazing to me that you can out the Bible in the computer, run it backwards, and even get more of the same truths. Like the predictions that a Christ would come way back in Genesis...Uncle Kent
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