Types of Christ
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Intro
Hey everyone and welcome back to another Thursday Gathering. If you’re new around here, my name is Cody and I serve as the worship and college pastor here at Coram Deo. Before we get any further into tonight, I just want to let you know that if you need anything or have any questions, feel free to find me sometime throughout the night or find someone wearing a nametag and they would be glad to help you.
If you’re not new around here, you’ll know that we are in the middle of our series on King David and last week, we covered the most famous story there is with David…that is David and Goliath.
And this week, I want to pick up where we left off…not in the same passage, or even the passage immediatley after…what I mean is that I want to pick up from the last thought of last weeks message…and that was my little rant if you remember…and it was all about how it’s okay to want to be like David. How it’s okay to see the things he is doing, and to want to be in his place…fighting for God’s glory.
And last week, one of the last things I said was…it’s okay to want to be like David, because the aspects we should desire to have of him are the same aspects that were true of Christ…because Christ saw the real battle…Christ received criticism…Christ was zealous for God’s glory.
That’s sort of where I ended last week…and that’s where I want to continue. I want to continue talking about how we read the OT…and specifically one of the ways that we should be reading the OT. In fact, I want tonight to be an opportunity for you to grow in your ability to read and treasure the OT.
So let’s start with the principle, the concept of what will help you read the OT better. Have any of you ever heard of the term “Types of Christ”?
That’s actual the title of tonight’s message.
Types of Christ
By definition, here’s what a type is…or the definition of typology.
A literary hermeneutical device in which a person, event, or institution in the Old Testament is understood to correspond with a person, event, or institution in the New Testament.
So that’s a type…so a type of Christ would mean it’s something that corresponds to Christ.
And actually, Jesus himself talked about types of Christ.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
This…this right here is how we can read the OT. We can read it…seeing the events, and persons, and institutions and asking ourselves how it corresponds, points to, or reminds us of Christ.
And like I said, I want to help you be able to do just that, so here’s what we are gonna do.
I chose a passage that is right in line with our series. Perfect in the timeline. It’s a pretty standard passage, not a famous one…not one you’ve probably read a ton…and, it’s not a passage that types of Christ would be immediately apparent…but they are there, trust me.
I want to give you a chance to find them first...
David gathered the lowly to himself. (v. 1-2)
28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
David’s enemy utilized things of the world. (v. 6-10)
18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
David’s people served and followed the true king. (v.6-17)
David’s people died for their allegiance. (v. 19-23)
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
David offered safety. (v.23)
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.