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The sacrificial offering of our Lord is foreshadowed
in a multitude of ways in both the Old and New
Testaments. Like the five offerings, these five
stand out predominately like a lamp sending a five
fold beam of light on a dark and foreboding night.
Against the dark hopelessness of human weakness, sin
and guilt, the five fold beams of light and hope
are:
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The Death of our Lord |
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2) |
The Cross of our Lord |
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3) |
The Tree of our Lord |
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4) |
The Body of our Lord |
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5) |
The Blood of our Lord |
The following table gives an understanding thought
from each of these. The concepts are not
meant to be:
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1) |
A mere series of data, but a springboard for
meditation and expansion. |
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2) |
A mere intellectual data to be studied as to
the reason “why, when or where” of the
truths, but for the meditation on the
perfections of the Lord as to when, why and
where He said them, and the preciseness of
the Holy Spirit when these terms are used. |
The following are as a divine series of tree trunks
with various branches and truths associated with
each “trunk”. They are only the ones directly
related to the Lord and His cross, not as in Matt.
16:24.
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Trunk Word |
Branches |
No. of Occurrences |
References |
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The Death |
Of His Son
Of His Cross
Of the Testator
Of His death |
1
1
1
3 |
Rom. 5:10
Phil. 2:8
Heb. 9:16
Jn. 11:13; Rom. 6:3, 6; Phil. 3:10
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The Cross
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Of Christ
Of Jesus
Of our Lord Jesus Christ
The Cross
His Cross |
3
1
1
12
5 |
1 Cor. 1:17; Gal. 6:12; Phil. 3:18
Jn. 19:25
Gal. 6:14
Matt. 27:40, 42; Mk. 15:30, 32; Lk.
23:26; Jn.19:19, 25, 31; 1 Cor. 1:18;
Gal. 5:11; Eph. 2:16; Phil. 2:8; 3:18;
Heb. 12:2
Matt. 27:32; Mk. 15:21; Jn. 19:17; Col.
1:20; 2:14.
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The Tree |
Took Him down from the tree
Bare our sins in His own
body on the tree
A tree |
1
1
3 |
Acts 13:29
1 Pet. 2:24
Acts 5:30; 10:39; Gal. 3:13
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The Body
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The Body
His Body
Body of Christ
Lord’s Body
His own body
Body of Jesus Christ
Body of the Lord Jesus
The Body of His flesh |
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1 |
Matt. 27:58, 59; Mk. 15:43, 45; Lk.
23:52; Jn. 19:38, 40; 20:12
Lk. 23:55; 24:23; Jn. 2:21
Rom. 7:4
1 Cor. 11:29
1 Pet. 2:24
Heb. 10:10
Lk. 24:3
Col. 1:22
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The Blood |
Of the Lord
Of this just Person
Sprinkling of the Blood of
Jesus Christ
Of Jesus
Of Christ
Precious Blood
His Blood
Of Jesus Christ His Son
His own Blood
Of His cross
Of the Lamb
Of the everlasting covenant
Of sprinkling
Of the covenant |
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1 |
1 Cor. 11:27
Matt. 27:24
1 Pet. 1:2
Heb. 10:19
1 Cor. 10:16; Eph. 2:13; Heb. 9:14
1 Pet. 1:19
Matt. 27:25; Jn. 6:53
1 Jn. 1:7
Acts 20:28; Heb. 9:12
Col. 1:20
Rev. 7:14; 12:11
Heb. 13:20
Heb. 12:24
Heb. 10:29 |
Additional Notes On The Above
It is an acknowledged fact that the work of our Lord
is too big for any single biblical picture prophecy.
Furthermore, its truths are too vast for any
combined descriptive wording in any language, or
indeed, for all languages of every nation in every
clime of every age. The following is a listing of
the pictures of the sufferings of Christ for sin,
that I am aware of, in the scriptures.
The expression: “the body of His flesh” also occurs
in Eph. 5:30, but it seems to me that it is an
indicator of the singularity of the union between
Christ and the Church.
These titles and references do not indicate that
these are the only ones, however, these are all the
ones I have been shown.
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Truth |
Prefix |
Concept |
Reference |
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The Death of Our Lord |
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a)
It is the measurement of His love
and obedience
b)
It is the only way to true
service
c)
It is the epitome of the devotion
of the Lord in self humiliation
d)
It was the pathway to glory
e)
It is set in contrast to His
glory
f)
It is the sentence of God in
death to the old man in us
g)
It utterly condemns anyone who
presents another way for salvation
h)
It alone has the unifying power
to make Jew and Gentile one
i)
It is the degree of the world’s
hatred of the Son of God |
Heb. 12:1-2
Matt. 10:38
Phil. 2:7-8; 1 Cor. 13:4
Heb. 2:7-9
Acts 2:23-24
Rom. 6:5-7
Gal. 2:20
Eph. 2:16
Jn. 15:18, 24, 25; Isa. 49:7 |
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Pictures of His Death |
a)
Ram skins Dyed Red
b)
Badger skin
c)
Goats’ hair
d)
Corn of Wheat
e)
The rent Veil
f)
The Brazen Serpent
g)
The Smitten Rock
h)
The tree that was cast into the
waters
i)
The Mercy seat
j)
Adam’s sleep
k)
The broken Bread
l)
The poured out drink-offering
m)
The wafer
n)
The worm
o)
The she goat
p)
Sacrifice |
Ex. 25:5
Ex. 25:5
Ex. 26:7
Jn. 12:24
Matt. 27:51; Heb.10:20
Num. 21:9; Jn. 3:14
Ex. 17:6
Ex. 15:25
Ex. 25:17
Gen. 2:21
1 Cor. 10:16
Gen. 35:14
Lev. 2:5-6
Psa. 22:6
Gen. 15:9
Eph. 5:2 |
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Descriptive Clauses |
a)
Fire into my bones
b)
Forsaken
c)
The Owl of the desert
d)
The Pelican of the desert
e)
The Sparrow alone |
Lam. 1:13
Psa. 22:1
Psa. 102:6
Psa. 102:6
Psa. 102:7 |
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Persons |
a)
Abel
b)
Isaac
c)
Jonah
d)
Joseph
e)
Boaz |
Gen. 4:8
Gen. 22:2, 6, 9
Jon. 2:1-6
Gen. chs. 37-41
Ruth ch. 3 |
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Truth |
Concept |
Reference |
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The Cross of Our Lord |
a) There can be no service to the Lord
without it
b)
It is set in contrast to the glory of
the Lord in Heaven
c) It is God’s sentence of the old man
in us
d) It is God’s sentence of all that is
carnal in the church
e) It was the verdict of the religious
leaders of Jerusalem
f) It is the foundation of the place He
occupies, which man coveted
g) It is the only method for
justification
h) It is the foundation for uniting Jew
and Gentile
i) The measurement of the devotion of
Christ to God
j) It is the criteria for measuring
that which God puts on that which He
reconciles
k) It is the foundation for the removal
of the handwriting which was against us
l) It was the ultimate of endurance and
shame
m) It declares the value of the world’s
population on the work of Christ.
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Matt. 26:24; Mk. 8:34
Acts 2:23-24
Rom. 6:5-7
1 Cor. 1:1-15
Matt. 23:34
Acts 4:10-12
Gal. 3:1
Eph. 2:16
Phil. 2:8
Col. 1:20
Col. 2:14
Heb. 12:2
Rev. 11:8 |
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The Significance of The Cross of The
Lord For God |
a)
The cross is the supreme evidence
of the love of God for the world and the
love of Christ for God,
i)
But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
b)
The cross is the greatest
evidence of the righteousness of God.
i)
At the cross, the Judge of this
world did not spare His only Son
ii)
It was made clear that God’s
patience in time past was not a
tempering of His holiness
when He did not judge sin immediately.
iii)
All the patience of God in the
past, at present, and in the future; was
made possible because of the cross.
iv)
All forgiveness, past, present,
and future, is made to be given
righteously because of the cross.
c)
The cross is the marvellous
increase of the riches of God.
i)
“And they sung a new song,
saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for
thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us
to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and
nation”
ii)
“But ye [are] a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should shew forth the praises of him
who hath called you out of darkness into
his marvellous light”
iii)
“Who gave himself for us, that he
might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works.”
iv)
The church and every redeemed
individual is for the praise of His
glory. The church is displaying the
manifold wisdom of God.
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Rom. 5:8
Rom. 8:32
Rom. 3:25
Rom. 3:25
Rom. 3:26
Rev. 5:9
1 Pet. 2:9
Titus 2:14
Eph. 3:10-11 |
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The Significance of The Cross of The
Lord For Christ
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a)
It is the highest acknowledgement
of the authority of God
i)
“And being found in fashion as a
man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death
of the cross.”
ii)
“For as by one man's disobedience
many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made
righteous.”
b) It is the highest perfection of
faith in God.
i)
“Who in the days of his flesh,
when he had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and
tears unto him that was able to save him
from death, and was heard in that he
feared; Though he were a Son, yet
learned he obedience by the things which
he suffered; And being made perfect, he
became the author of eternal salvation
unto all them that obey him”
c)
It is the highest fragrance of
that which is a good pleasure to God
i)
“And walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us, and hath given himself
for us an offering and a sacrifice to
God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
d)
It is the ground for the eternal
continuance of the love of God for the
son.
i)
“Therefore doth my Father love
me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.”
e)
It is the foundation for the
possession of the church.
i)
Only by passing through death
could the corn of wheat become the
Leader of salvation.
ii)
It is the basis for the joy that
lay before Him
f)
It is the basis for His
glorification:
i)
“For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brethren.”
ii)
“And hath put all things under
his feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church”
g)
It is the greatest demonstration
of the love of the Son for us.
i)
“I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me.”
h)
Satan's apparently greatest
victory became his greatest defeat. |
Phil. 2:8
Rom. 5:19
Heb. 5:7-9
Eph. 5:2
Jn. 10:17
Heb. 2:10
Heb. 12:2
Rom. 8:29
Eph. 1:22
Gal. 2:20
Heb. 2:14 |
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The Significance of
The Cross of The Lord For The Believer |
1)
“For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brethren.”
2)
“And hath put all things under
his feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church”
3)
It is the basis for this
justification, the putting of his past
in order legally.
4)
For God to pronounce us justified
then of necessity He must:
a)
Know the full measure of all my
sins.
b)
Know the full intensity of my
sinfulness.
c)
Provide a salvation that is able
to satisfy the rights of justice
d)
Therefore a sacrifice on which
all my sins are dealt with,
e)
A sacrifice who is all
gloriously morally sufficient in every
point where I am deficient.
f)
Since sin came by One act so
salvation must be by one act.
g)
Since sin is the separation of
man from the fellowship of God so
salvation must be by a man who is
separated from God.
h)
Since sin brought man into
spiritual death the way of salvation is
by the one who knows spiritual death.
i)
Since man was under the power of
the evil one the salvation must be
provided by one who is not under His
power. Thus the death of Christ becomes
the means of the death of death. cp
Brazen serpent (Num 21:6-8 ) and
Goliath's sword (1 Sam. 17:51)
5)
The Cross of Christ is the point
in which we glory
a)
It is to the unsaved a rock of
offence but to the saved a rock of
salvation.
b)
The Christ of the cross is:
i)
For the falling and rising of
many
ii)
To the one a savour of death and
to the other a savour of life
iii)
To the Jews a stumbling block and
to the Greeks foolishness but to the
saved it is the power, and the wisdom of
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Rom. 8:29
Eph. 1:22
Rom. 5:9
Rom. 5:6-21
Lk. 2:34
2 Cor. 2:15-16
1 Cor. 1:23;1 Cor. 1:24 |
Note
a)
It is not that Christ being deity was enriched
personally. There can be no increase of the deity
and glory of His Godhood than He had prior to the
incarnation. However, as the Redeemer, He has a
name and an exaltation that He did not have before.
(Phil 2:9-20)
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Truth |
Concept |
Reference |
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The Tree of our Lord |
a)
The curse on one who hung on a
tree
b)
On it the Lord bore our sins |
Gal. 3:13
1 Pet. 2:24 |
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Truth |
Concept |
Reference |
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The Body of our Lord |
a)
In it He bore the penalty for our
sins
b)
For a memorial token
c)
Dead to the law by the Body of
Christ
d)
The bread is the communion of the
Body of Christ
e)
Eating unworthily makes one
guilty of the body of the Lord
f)
Reconciliation through His body
g)
By it we will be presented
perfect
h)
Sanctified by His body |
1 Pet. 2:24
Matt. 26:26
Rom. 7:4
1 Cor. 10:16
1 Cor. 11:27
Eph. 2:16
Col. 1:22
Heb. 10:10 |
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Truth |
Prefix |
Concept |
Reference |
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The Blood of our Lord |
By it: |
a)
The believer is linked to the
covenant
b)
There is the knowledge of eternal
life
c)
Propitiation for humanity
d)
Justification is secured
e)
There is freedom from guilt
f)
The redeemed are brought near to
God
g)
There is redemption and
forgiveness of sins
h)
There is forever the witness on
earth of the death of the Lord and
mans hatred
i)
There is the impetus and the
overcoming of life itself by being a
martyr for the Lord |
Heb. 10:15-18
Jn. 6:32-69
Rom. 3:23; 1 Jn. 2:2
Rom. 5:9
Eph. 1:7
Eph. 2:13
Col. 1:14
1 Jn. 5:8
Rev. 12:11 |
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It is: |
a)
The proof of the death of the
Lord
b)
The purchasing price of the flock
c)
The center of the unity for
saints on the earth
d)
There is deliverance from the
kingdom of Satan
e)
We have grounds for securing our
audience before God
f)
We have our perfecting before God
g)
The theme of Heaven’s praise
h)
The assurance of better things to
come
i)
The foundation for our
sanctification
j)
The evidence for providing the
fulfilling of our election
k)
The cost of our redemption
l)
The process by which we can be
clean
m)
Secures our victory over Satan |
Jn. 19:33
Acts 20:28
1 Cor. 10:16
Col. 1:20
Heb. 9:7-12; 10:19
Heb. 13:20-21
Rev. 5:5-14
Heb. 12:24-25
Heb. 13:12
1 Pet. 1:2
1 Pet. 1:18-21
1 Jn. 1:7
Rev. 12:10-11 |
May
God grant us good understanding as He, by His Holy
Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Copyright © 2011 by Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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