God's Fulfilled Promise

Types and shadows pointed to the promised Messiah. Because He came, we can trust Him to fulfill His promise to return and take us to be with Him forever!

Genesis 38; The Lion, not the tribe

Genesis 38; The Lion, not the tribe.

Gen 38:1-11 Trouble in the Tribe

Gen 38:12-19 Things Get Worse.

Gen 38:20-23 The trap is set

Gen 38:24-26 The Noose Tightens

Gen 38:27-30 Providence Revealed

Conclusion

Genesis 9:8-17 - God's Covenant

 The Noahic Covenant is the first covenant made with mankind after the destruction of the world and the emergence of the then new-world. This covenant was unconditional, in that God made promises that were not dependent on anything from mankind or creation. God spelled out who the members of this covenant were – man had no say-so in who was included. This covenant was typical of the New Covenant, which is the last covenant made with mankind after the great flood. The New Covenant is unconditional, in that God has acted to redeem people without regard to anything man may have or was capable of doing. And God chose who would benefit from this covenant – man has no say-so in who was included. Just as the judgment of the flood was a type, or shadow, pointing to the final Day of Judgment, so the covenant of that era is a type or shadow of the final covenant God would make with His creatures.

Paul as a Type

 From acts 9, we see Paul as a type for every Christian in these four ways:

a.) By nature, he was at war with God.

b.) Called by God, he was given a new nature, new affections; he could not but proclaim the Gospel.

c.) He was tested by other Christians to see if he was genuine.

d.) He was faithful to the Gospel: some hated him for it, others were drawn to Christ and built up by it.