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LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 16
CLOSING OF JOHN'S GOSPEL
Now there are seven statements that Jesus made from the Cross. Especially as He groups these things in sevens, which, of course, is God's perfect number.
In the last lesson we listed the seven "I Am's" in the Old Testament and the seven "I AM's" in the Book of John. Jehovah is the "I AM" in all of Scripture. We pick that up in Exodus Chapter 3 at the burning bush, when Moses said, "When I go to the children of Israel and tell them God has sent me, what shall I tell them is your name?" God said, "You go tell the children of Israel that "I AM" has sent you." Then in John's Gospel that Jesus referred to Himself as the "I AM" from the Old Testament economy. Consequently, in John's Gospel we have the seven "I AM's." 1. I AM the Bread of life. 8. I AM the bright and morning Star. Now let's take a look at the seven statements that Jesus said while hanging on the Cross. Let's turn to Luke Chapter 23. Remember what John says:
John 21:24,25
A men." Luke 23:34
Israel could have known because the Old Testament was full of it. But Israel did not know, and so Jesus here is referring primarily to the Jew. The second statement is made here in this same chapter. One of the thieves on the cross has recognized Who Jesus was.
Luke 23:43
"And Jesus said unto him, `Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.'"
And in the Old Testament economy people who died as believers did not go up to Heaven, but rather down into Paradise. Jesus made that so very plain. Now for the third one we have to go back to John's Gospel in Chapter 19:26-27. But let's start with verse 25.
John 19:25-27
"Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved (that was John), he saith unto his mother, `Woman, behold thy son!' Remember, "woman" in this economy in which Jesus is speaking, was a word of endearment. Matthew 27:45,46
It was God speaking to God.'" Always remember that The Christ of the Cross was the same God Who created everything in Genesis Chapter 1. I'm afraid too many believers are not even aware of Who Jesus really is. Many folk cannot comprehend that Jesus wasn't just a prophet, and priest, but the eternal Creator God, and He never stopped being God. He was God in the womb. He was God in the manger. He was God in those growing up years, and God in His earthy ministry. I have quite a few Orthodox Jews who watch the program and they just can't comprehend that Christ was the God of the Old Testament. You can't understand it. Well, they are calling you a liar. Well, that's what we do to God. Anytime a man says, "I can't believe what this Book says." Then that person is calling God a liar. So that is why God tells us in Hebrews 11:6, "Without faith it is impossible to please him,..." We have to believe what He has said, or we cannot please God. We have to take God at His Word, and I mean the whole Word. You can't pick and choose. Let's look at that passage in Isaiah Chapter 9 verse 6. This is Old Testament. The pronoun here is the Nation of Israel. Isaiah 9:6,7
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given (flash ahead to John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son..." How did God give His Son? There will be a King of Kings and Lord of Lords Who will not only rule Israel but the whole world. It's going to be perfect): and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." See how this verse ties them together.
I've presented in other lessons, how when you come into the Book of Matthew, Jesus is presented as the King. Because Luke presents Jesus as the Son of Man. So, consequently, He is tied to Adam the first man. And then Paul refers to Christ as the Second Adam. John 14:8,9
"Philip saith unto him, `Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.' Jesus saith unto him, `Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? The only difference is Christ is God the Father in human flesh and appearance. Getting back to the seven statements Jesus made from the Cross.
John 19:28
"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst.'" John 19:30
Luke 23:46
"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, `Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.'"
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