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The Book of Proverbs and Its New Covenant-Centered Outline Book of Proverbs Old Covenant Meaning New Covenant Foreshadowing Proverbs 1-24 Instruction to the King’s Son The Church are the Sons and Daughters of Christ Proverbs 25-29 Instruction to the King’s Servants The Church are the Servants of Christ Proverbs 30 Prophecy- The Coming of the Son of God The Church awaits Christ’s coming***KJV Proverbs 31 (1-9) Prophecy- King Lemuel as a Godly King The Son of God’s Standards as King and His Godly Millenial Reign Proverbs 31(10-31) Prophecy-King Lemuel looking for a Godly Wife. The Son of God creating the Perfect Wife fit for a King. ***This concept can be found by translating the names Agur, Ithiel and Ucal. Agur means “The Gatherer of Wisdom”, Ithiel means “The Arrival of The Sign/Words of God”, Jakeh means “O

        Noah as the New Adam of Creation- Noah's Ark as the Temple of God and other New Covenant Connections       Adam is the first man of Creation           Noah is the New Adam of the New Creation           Adam performed a sacrifice in the Fallen Creation           Noah performed a sacrifice in the Fallen New Creation           Both Adam and Noah are the High Priests for their respective families           Both Adam and Noah are called the Lord of the Whole Earth-Dominion Mandate           Both Adam and Noah brought sin into their environments through eating and drinking respectively.           Both Adam and Noah shared the shame/curse of their sin.           Both Adam and Noah saw their nakedness and the covering of God’s grace.         Both Adam and Noah are instructed what to eat and what not to eat. Additional Notes Noah’s name means rest (Creation’s 7th day). He is the Rest of the New Creation and a foreshadowing of Christ’s rest

This Twisted Generation is 1st Century Israel Deuteronomy 32:5 5They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation . Deuteronomy 32:20 he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation , children in whom is no faithfulness. NOTE: This title specifically refers to National Israel, not Gentile nations. ********************************************************************************* Matthew 1:17 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations , and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations , and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations . NOTE: According to Matthew 1, we see that 14 generations passed from the Babylonian captivity until the time of Jesus’ ministry. When we notice that Babylon took Judah into captivity in 586 BC,   we can calculate t

The Samaritan Woman The Whore of Babylon John 4:7, 17 A woman from Samaria came to draw water . Jesus said to her, “ Give me a drink .   The woman answered him, “ I have no husband .” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘ I have no husband’; Revelation 17:1, 18:7 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters , Revelation 18:7   As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow , and mourning I shall never see.’ John 4:18, 40 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband . What you have said is true.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he (JESUS) stayed there two days. Revelation 17:10   they are also seven kings

Jacob & Esau and the Connection to the Prodigal Son      In both stories, there are three major characters: a Father and his two sons.           In both stories, the inheritance/blessing plays a big role.           In both stories, the younger son uses dishonorable methods in order to take advantage of the Father.           In both stories, the younger son is estranged from both the Father and the older brother.           In both stories, the younger son goes to a far country.           In both stories, the older son remains at home.                     In both stories, the younger son becomes a herder in the far country.           In both stories, the younger son decides to return home, but is afraid of how he will be received by   his family.           In both stories, the younger son is broken by his sin.           In both stories, God blesses the younger son as a wrestling angel and a welcoming Father           In both stories, the younger son receives the thr

Jesus as the True King Lemuel and the Proverbs 31 Woman as the True Bride Church In its proper context, Proverbs 31 is talking about King Lemuel (Name meaning=Devoted to God, Code for King Solomon) abstaining from the pleasures/ temptations of riches, women, and wine. His mother (Bathsheba) is encouraging him to live faithfully according to Deuteronomy 17:14-20. The next few verses talks about the King’s perfect Bride. This is a shadow that points to Jesus and his Bride, The Church. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 14 “When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘ I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me ,’ 15 you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose . One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in