I’ve said over and over many times if you wanna be able to understand Scripture properly, you gotta look for the patterns embedded in it.
The Greek mind will read Scripture and ask “Why?”…
But the Hebrew mind will read Scripture and ask “Which pattern am I looking at here?”
I don’t think I can emphasize how important this is.
It’s the patterns that give us the REASON and the PURPOSE behind the events in Scripture.
Ya feel me?
Without recognizing the patterns, you’re just reading a bunch of ancient historical stories all strewn together.
To that point, consider what type of pattern Saul represented?
Unless you’re a complete Biblical ignoramus, everyone knows he was Israel’s first king and that he ended up a total failure.
Saul constantly disobeyed the Torah…
He was rejected by both God and country…
And he ended up committing suicide on the battlefield.
Here’s the thing.
Saul was not only the pattern of a failed king, he was the pattern of a failed Messiah.
And when I say “Messiah” here, I mean in the general sense of being a deliverer.
For instance, all the Judges were also considered “Messiahs” who delivered God’s people from oppression.
Now one question that arises is why did an all-knowing God establish a King He ultimately knew would fail?
That’s a good question…
And the first answer is because the people begged Him for a king patterned after the gentiles.
The second answer is that God installed Saul to prove that at the end of the day, only He Himself is able to rule over and save His people.
God didn’t appoint Saul to be Israel’s ultimate Messiah…
Nor did Saul’s failure mean he was a type of anti-Christ.
His appointment was to serve as an example of what happens when we choose a king based on our evil inclinations.
Now compare and contrast that with Yeshua…
Here’s what the prophet Isaiah had to say about him…
“He was not well-formed
or especially handsome;
we saw him, but his
appearance did not attract us.
People despised and avoided him,
a man of pains,
well acquainted with illness.
Like someone from
whom people turn their faces,
he was despised;
we did not value him.”
-Isaiah 53:2-3
So we see Yeshua is the type of king that no man would choose…
Yet God chose Him…
And we should too because he possesses the divine attributes that only a true Son of God could possess.
Ya feel me?
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature.”
-Colossians 1:15
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