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Samson        Jesus is what  Samson  in Judges was not; w hat was lacking in Samson was found perfected in Christ.          Samson  fought the Lord's enemies single-handed without an army to aid him.          Just like Christ, Samson stretched out his arms and died to defeat the enemies of God. Samson  sacrificed himself bringing down the pillars on the enemy, leaving the temple in ruins.           Jesus is the true and better Samson because he yielded his life to crush his enemies and save God's people not as an atonement for his mistakes, but for the sins of others.           Samson  gave his life and saved his people by destroying his enemies;  Jesus  gave his life and saved his people by saving his enemies and making them a part of his people.           Jesus sacrificed himself, bringing ...

How 2 Chronicles 29 is the key to understanding Ezekiel 40-48: A Challenge to Dispensational Theology One of the most controversial passages in scripture is Ezekiel 40-48. These passages talk about an unknown prince that makes a sacrifice for Israel in a new temple. From my previous posts, I explained that Jesus is this new Temple as well as the Prince performing the sacrificial rights during this new Temple Dedication. In order to understand Ezekiel 45-46 and how I came to this conclusion, we need to look at 2 Chronicles 29 (specifically 29:20-36). 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah . And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it...

Parables NT Parable OT Connection Themes The Good Samaritan Exodus 2, 2 Chronicles 28:5-15, Ezekiel 16 The Rich Fool/The Richman & Lazarus 1 Samuel   25; Ezekiel 32:16-32 The Ten Virgins 1 Samuel   25:39-44 The Faithful Friend/The Unjust Judge 1 Samuel 20 & 21 The Dragnet Ezekiel 47:6-12 The Wedding Feast/ The Great Banquet Zephaniah 1:7-8, 2 Kings 10:22-23, Ezekiel 17:24 The Lost Sheep /The Lost Coin Psalm 23,Ezekiel 34, Psalm 100:3, Isaiah 40:11, Psalm 28:9, Jeremiah 31:10 The Sheep and Goats Ezekiel 34:20-24 The Prodigal Son Hosea 11/ Esau & Jacob The Sower Isaiah 5:1-7, Isaiah 28:23-29, Psalm 65:9-13 The Vineyard Isaiah 5:1-7, Ezekiel 46:16-18,   Jeremiah 26:7-11;Jeremiah 38:1-28, 2 Chronicles 24:21 The Laborers in the Vineyard Isaiah 5:1-7,1 Kings 17:7-16, 2 Kings 4:1-7/ Const...

Jesus is the Prince of Ezekiel 40-48 Ezekiel 34:10-31 10 Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. 11 “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness . 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture , and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their g...