Day three of creation is a prophecy of Jesus Christ. How? Watch this: day three represents a hope of resurrection.
Seeds were created on the third day; seeds are in a fruit that hangs on a tree. Seeds die and are buried in the dirt; seeds are resurrected, or raised to life, when they sprout through the ground. Jesus said that unless a seed dies and is buried in the ground, it remains only a single seed.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Jesus was that Eternal Seed that hung on a tree, and even though the thorns tried to choke out the seed, that seed was then buried in the ground and raised to life on the third day. Now that seed is reproducing itself after its own image and likeness.
[Music] Significant in the Bible are seven days of creation, seven branches on the menorah, seven feasts of the Lord, seven days to load the ark, seven colors in the rainbow of promise, seven years for Leah, seven years for Rachel, seven years of plenty and famine, seven blood sprinkles for forgiveness, seven days of unleavened bread, seven sabbaths from first fruits to Pentecost, seven years until all debt is forgiven, seven years, seven times until the Year of Jubilee, seven pillars of wisdom in Proverbs, seven demons in Mary Magdalene, seventy times seven, seven churches in Revelation, seven seals on the scroll, seven bowls of wrath, and seven spirits of God. Esau represents our beast nature, our flesh, and Jacob represents the spirit. Why?
Esau was described as a hairy man of the fields. Now, what else is hairy and lives in the fields? A beast.
The mark of the beast is correlated with a beastly nature. Esau gave in to his beastly, fleshly nature by giving up his birthright for a single meal, just like Adam and Eve gave in to their desires, giving up their birthright for a single meal. Jacob, on the other hand, desired the things of the spirit.
The Messiah eventually came through the one who sought the spirit. God was constantly on his lips; he pursued the birthright and went after the double blessing. But Esau despised his blessing and birthright.
And before we label Jacob a liar, let's remember that Esau gave Jacob his birthright fair and square before he even received the blessing from his father: "Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated. " God loves those who seek after the things of the spirit, like Jacob. Part 2: Esau represents the beast nature, and Jacob represents the spirit.
Esau had spent the day roaming the fields in order to satisfy his flesh, and it left him tired and hungry. Because when we seek after only the things of the flesh, it leaves us empty and worn out. Jacob, however, had an abundance of food and was ready to give him at a moment's notice.
Life in the spirit is abundance. Esau was older; Jacob was younger. Esau represents our old nature; Jacob represents our new nature.
The blessing was given to the one who sought the spirit because God can't bless the flesh (see Romans 8). The Messiah eventually came through the one who sought the spirit: "Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated. " God loves those who seek after the things of the spirit, like Jacob.
Esau represents our beastly nature; the mark of the beast is correlated with a beastly nature, and it's that beastly nature that we're commanded to overcome. Jesus finished it; now we have to walk in it. We've all got a part to play in this.
[Music] The menorah and the Tabernacle, as God instructed, is one piece of gold beaten and formed into seven branches—one gold with seven different expressions. God is one spirit with seven different expressions. The seven spirits of God in Revelation 3, the seven spirits burning before the throne in Revelation, are the same seven spirits mentioned in Isaiah 11.
The menorah fire was fueled by olive oil. Olives are crushed to produce the oil. In Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus was crushed to the point of sweating blood.
The menorah has an appearance of a tree; it has leaves, buds, and blossoms. The priests would eat the bread right next to the tree menorah inside the Tabernacle. It has long been held as a symbol of the Tree of Life.
In the Garden of Eden, mankind was no longer allowed to eat from that tree, but God was providing a way back to himself: Health, the true Tree of Life to eat from. Covenants are personal partnerships with God, meaning you have a part to play. If you draw near to God, then He'll draw near to you.
If you have faith as a mustard seed, then nothing will be impossible for you. If you live according to the flesh, then you will die. If anyone wants to be my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
If you continue in my word, then you are truly my disciples. If my people will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
But if you do not forgive others their sins, then the Father will not forgive your sins. You shall seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. If by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, then you will live.
If you love Jesus, then hit subscribe. God is all about transformation—from chaos to order, from darkness to light. Watch this: Darkness was over the surface of the deep.
Then God said, "Let there be light. " Evening and then morning. Noah sent first to the raven and then the dove.
The plague of darkness was on Egypt, but Israel was covered in light. The birth of a child is from a dark place into the light. The first Adam brought darkness and sin; the second Adam brought light and peace.
In the domain of darkness, Jesus is the light of the world. Before creation, darkness covered everything, but the New Jerusalem has no need for the sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of the Lord gives its light, and its lamp is the Lamb of God. [Foreign Music] The mark of the beast in the Book of Revelation is not the first time we've seen markings on the hand and forehead.
In Ezekiel 9, there's a vision from God saying to put a mark on the hand and forehead of those who lament over the detestable things done in Jerusalem. If you didn't have the mark, you were slaughtered, so it was good to have the mark. In Deuteronomy 6, God says to tie the commandments on your hand and to bind them on your forehead; that was good too.
But in Revelation, the second beast causes people to take the mark of the beast on their hands and forehead. But what no one talks about is immediately after that passage, God talks about the 144,000 who did not defile themselves, who followed the Lamb of God, and His name and His Father's name were written on their foreheads. So the question is: who controls your thoughts and your actions, your beast nature or the Spirit of God?
In Genesis 1, there was evening and then there was morning: the first day; evening and then morning: the second day; evening and then morning: the third day through the sixth day. It seems as if God is saying our day starts in the evening and then ends after the morning. In that case, we rest for our work instead of from our work.
What do Jesus, the Israelites in the Tabernacle, all have in common? Blood, water, fire, bread, and prayer—coincidence or design? There's no way Samson had big muscles!
Why would Delilah keep asking him, "What's the secret of your strength? " if he had these big, rippling biceps? No, this was another picture metaphor God was using to say the Spirit of the Lord is your strength.
Think the story of Jonah and the whale is a fairy tale? Then how do you explain this: "I was on my third dive and almost got to the bottom, and I just got hit by just a freight train out of nowhere—just go boom! And then everything went dark, and I'm like, 'What the—what?
Where am I? What happened? Did I get eaten by a shark?
' No, I can't feel any cuts, and instantly I knew it was a whale. ” Another man, Raynor Schiff, who has also been swallowed by a whale, verified that it is indeed possible. I believe it fully; it is possible.
Why? Because Raynor Schiff had an almost identical experience back two years ago and has the photos to prove it. It's funny how all these seemingly impossible events in the Bible keep getting proven right.
The first Passover, when Israel was in Egypt, the blood on the doorpost represents a woman's birth canal. How? Watch this: Exodus 4:22, "Israel is my firstborn.
Out of Egypt, I have called my son. " A woman's birth canal is a portal, just as a door is a portal, bringing someone from one place to another. God uses picture metaphors all throughout the Old Testament, and this is no different.
God delivered Israel from Egypt as a midwife delivers a baby from its mother. When we celebrate Passover, we're celebrating God's nation's actual birthday. Only now, we do it in remembrance of Christ's death day, because His death makes it possible for us to be born again.
In Exodus 12, God said, "Now this is the beginning of your year," basically, "this is your birthday. " Like any newborn baby, Israel cried and screamed for its most immediate basic needs: food and water. And God provided both while they were in the desert because that's what a father does for his newborn child.
And slowly but surely, that infant is taught to walk on the path of life. In Genesis 3, we see Satan as a small serpent in the Garden of Eden, but in Revelation 12, we see Satan described as this huge seven-headed dragon. So how did Satan grow to be this massive?
Now, I'm not saying this is the case, but could it be that Satan, the father of lies, has been spewing these lies since the beginning of history? And as humanity believes the lies and acts according to the lies, Satan has grown from a wee little snake to a giant seven-headed dragon. 1 John 5 says that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
Satan tempted Jesus Himself with all the kingdoms of the world, which wouldn't be a temptation if Satan didn't actually have power over all those kingdoms. Not that Satan can get any more power in himself, but maybe mankind, created in God's image, has given him more power over themselves by believing the lies and acting according to those lies instead of following after the truth. What would you do if you had one day to live?
I would probably get all my close friends and my family together, go on a hike, get to a waterfall, play some volleyball and basketball, eat some brownies and ice cream and pizza, and say my farewells while looking at old family photos. But what did Jesus do on His last day during the Passover dinner, knowing that He was. .
. About to be crucified in a matter of hours, Jesus humbled Himself by taking off His outer clothes and taking on the task of the lowliest servant by washing His disciples' feet. I'd beaten brownies; Jesus is washing feet.
That's the servant King we're all looking for. Joseph could have been thinking, "Where were You, Father, when I was in the pit? " Here's a man, Pharaoh, who took me out of the pit.
"Where were You, Father, when I was stripped of my clothes? " Here's a man, Pharaoh, who gave me new clothes. Father, You rebuked me for my dream, but here's a man, Pharaoh, who wants to hear me interpret his dream.
There's a crucial fact that we know, but Joseph doesn't, and that fact is what the brothers did after they sold Joseph into slavery. What they did is they took a goat, slaughtered it, smeared its blood on Joseph's coat to give back to their father, and said, "We found this; examine it to see if it's your son's coat. " Joseph doesn't know that that happened; he couldn't have known.
So, Joseph, not knowing about the bloody coat, how can that change our view of the story of Joseph? All Joseph knew was that when he obeyed his father, then his brothers ran to him, plotted to kill him, captured him, threw him into a pit, and sold him into slavery. Joseph doesn't know that his father was not a part of the plan to have him captured.
Joseph doesn't know that his brothers tricked their father into thinking he was dead. Joseph doesn't know why his father never came looking for him; there was never any search party sent for him. All Joseph knew was that his father publicly rebuked him to his face about his second dream.
All Joseph knew was that his family was beyond angry and hated him; they were jealous of him. All Joseph knew was that his father had just sent him to the dangerous city of Shechem, a city of bloodshed where his brothers had just slaughtered every male. Does Joseph think he's been disowned by his family, no longer wanted by his father?
Jacob, his family, threw him into the pit, but Pharaoh's household pulls him out of the pit. His father rebuked him for his last dream, but Pharaoh wants to hear Joseph's interpretation of his dream. His family tore his clothes from his back, but Pharaoh gives him new clothes.
His family pushes him down, but Pharaoh sets him on high as second in command. Pharaoh gives Joseph a wife; Pharaoh gives Joseph a new name—everything a father is responsible for. And once you begin to understand this tension in Joseph's mind between Pharaoh, who positions himself to be a father figure, and Jacob, who is his natural father, then we begin to understand the story.