Jesus is the New and Better…
9 lessons on Old Testament characters who are like Jesus, just not as good. They’re like shadows or pictures of who God will be when he comes to earth and we can learn a lot about how God works through their stories.
ADAM
[Genesis 2&3] Adam disobeyed God and let sin and death into the world. What’sJesus going to do in response to that?
Noah
[Genesis 6-9] God reboots the world, and chooses a man like Jesus to rescue others.
Abraham
[Genesis 15-22] The obedient man, the son who’s willing to die, the lamb who dies to save another. And all a picture of Jesus.
Joseph
[Genesis 37-50]The much loved son. The suffering servant. The innocent punished. The right-hand man. But are we talking about Joseph or Jesus?
Moses
[Exodus 8-11, 14] Every rescue tells us something about the good news of Jesus’ rescue.
Joshua
[Joshua 1-7] Is Joshua a type of Jesus? Spoiler alert: they’ve even got the same name!
Boaz
[Ruth 1-4] Ruth needs someone to rescue her and especially to pay the cost for her and Naomi’s lives. Boaz steps in, but he’s just a shadow of the real redeemer.
David
[1 Samuel 16&17, 2 Samuel] A shepherd, a hero, a king, a man after God’s heart. Sound like anyone you know?
Daniel
[Daniel 6] They led very different lives and at very different times and places, but I think Daniel is probably the most like Jesus.