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AARON — <580504> Hebrews 5:4 (c) Aaron is a type of Christ in many ways. As he entered into the Holy of Holies once a year with the blood of an animal, so our Lord Jesus entered into heaven by His own blood, not just once a year, but forever. Aaron bore the names of the twelve tribes on his shoulders, so the Lord Jesus carries His people and their burdens on His shoulders. Aaron bore the breastplate of twelve stones over his heart, and our Savior bears His own children on His heart. Aaron wore a gold band on his forehead bearing the inscription "Holiness to the Lord." So our Lord Jesus was holy, pure and perfect in all His ways, words and character. Aaron pleaded with God for the people, and pleaded with the people for God. So our Lord Jesus "ever liveth to make intercession for us" and appears in God's presence for us. He also reveals God to us. Aaron was chosen by God to be the High Priest, and God chose Christ to be our High Priest. Aaron's garments were prescribed by God and were called holy garments. So the garment of our Lord Jesus is called "the robe of righteousness, the garments of salvation" ( <236110>Isaiah 61:10).
<450403> Romans 4:3 (c)He is a type of the true believer from the standpoint of "faith." He was called out of idolatry by God, and so are we. He took the path of
separation, and so should we. He obeyed God, and walked in a path of obedience, as we should do. He believed God about the "seed" (Christ), so do we. He was made righteous through believing in Christ. So are we. God revealed His secrets to Abraham, the man of faith, and so He does today to those who believe His Word. Abraham was the father of the faithful, and we too who believe God should have spiritual children who have faith as we have.
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ABEL — <010404> Genesis 4:4 (c) He is a type of the true believer in regard to salvation. He felt his guilt, he realized his insufficiency to pay the price. He obtained an innocent lamb. He offered this lamb as a sacrifice, killing it and burning it upon the altar whereby he proved his faith in the animal who died for him, and shed his blood for him. This is the path the true believer takes today. As a sinner he feels his need as Abel did. He goes to the innocent and holy Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, by faith. He kneels a suppliant for mercy at Calvary, where the blood was shed. He believes the Word of God that the "blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin" ( <620107>1 John 1:7). He trusts his soul and life to the living Lamb on the Throne of God who makes the death of Calvary and the shed blood effective for the one who believes.
Those who observed him could see nothing but physical beauty. From head to foot there was no blemish in him. With all of this, however, his heart was wicked. He hated his father David who was God's chosen king. He refused and rejected God's plan and purpose in regard to Solomon. He was fit for neither heaven nor earth, and so he died between the two of them on the tree. So is the religious hypocrite of today. He presents many aspects of beauty and characteristics of loveliness, yet his heart is not right with God.
<101502> 2 Samuel 15:2 (c) In this passage Absalom is a type of the ingratitude and infidelity of professing Christians who are not really saved. When the test came he proved to be an enemy of God's king, and of God's program. He did not take his place on God's side. He wanted to assert his own sufficiency and his own supremacy.
Sometimes it is a nation that is accursed. Sometimes it is an individual. Sometimes it is that which the world would call a "blessing" for the Lord said, "I will curse your blessings" ( <390202>Malachi 2:2). This passage may refer to the so-called "blessings'' given by great ecclesiastical leaders which frequently are cursed by God.
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<060618> Joshua 6:18 (c) In this passage all that was in the city of Jericho belonged to God. Not a bit of it was to be taken by any man. The word is used here to indicate that what is God's property becomes an accursed thing to the one who takes it unlawfully and wrongfully.
<060725> Joshua 7:25 (c) Achan may be taken in this place as a type of a trouble maker who, because of his sinful, hypocritical practices in the church, causes trouble there. Because of his actions the church is in a turmoil and even perhaps may be divided because of him. Such a person is to be expelled from the church as in 1 Corinthians 5.
<280215> Hosea 2:15 (c) The valley in this passage is described as a door of hope. When sin is judged and put away, then hope for God's blessing is revived, and joy replaces sorrow.
and continue to have her for his very own. So our Lord Jesus was sinless and perfect. He willingly and knowingly took upon Himself the form of a servant, and was made sin for us that He might forever have us with Him. (See also <540214>1 Timothy 2:14.) As by the sin of Adam all who are in Adam were made sinners, so by the obedience of Christ all who are in Christ are made righteous (
<450518>Romans 5:18).
<450519> Romans 5:19 (b) Adam was the first of the earthly family and Christ is the first of the heavenly family. Our bodies are in the likeness of Adam, and in the new creation we shall be like Christ, the last Adam.
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ADDER — <195804> Psalm 58:4 (b) This serpent is used to describe a wicked person who injures the souls and damages the lives of others by that which comes out of his mouth. That which such a person says poisons the hearts and the minds of those who hear. By this means the listeners are deceived by Satan and are led astray from God's path. False teachers who invent false religions and preach false doctrines are "adders." (See also <199113>Psalm 91:13, the open enemy and the secret foe.)
<330101> Micah 1:15 (c) In this passage the results of coming alone with God are described as being the blessings which those saints enjoy who hide in that secret place, and under the wings of the Almighty.
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<540514> 1 Timothy 5:14 (b) The adversary in this passage refers to the critics of God's people who in their opposition to Christ are quick to find fault with God's people, and to call attention to the failure of Christians.
ADVOCATE — I <430201>John 2:1 (a) This title is applied to Christ in His office of pleading for us before God. He pleads for God's people in the presence of God when Satan accuses them before God. He shows His wounded hands and feet as He defends His people before the Judge of all the earth. He shows by the wounds that He paid the debt for the believer whom He represents.
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Christ may be trusted in every situation, in every circumstance, and in any time of day or night.
<490207> Ephesians 2:7 (b) Reference is made here to the various periods of time which succeed each other in the course of history clear up into eternity. This passage refutes the doctrine of "soul sleeping" and the "annihilation" theory.
<262602> Ezekiel 26:2.)
<490202> Ephesians 2:2 (a) Here is meant the space between heaven and earth through which the prayers of God's people must pass, and through which the saints must go on their way home to God. The Spirit of God must take our prayers through the opposition of evil spirits up to the Throne of God and the Lord Jesus. Eventually the mighty power of God must take the spirits of His people through all Satanic opposition and bring them safe home to God.
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found the man to whom she was willing to give her life, and with whom she desired to live. When her lover requested her hand and heart in marriage, then the girl, if she desired to answer in the affirmative, obtained the box from its hiding place and broke it at his feet. This was her declaration that her quest for a lover was ended. I cannot vouch for the truth of this statement, but it seems to fit nicely in each passage where this box was mentioned. (See also <411403>Mark 14:3;
<420737>Luke 7:37.)
When he ceased the life of disobedience and came back to his father, then his
condition is described as being "alive." Now his life was as it once was, and as it should be.
<450611> Romans 6:11 (a) Here the word "alive" refers to the presence of the new eternal life in the soul which is given to any person when he trusts Jesus Christ. It is the presence of this new nature that enables the believer to live for God and to understand the things of God.
<461522> 1 Corinthians 15:22 (a)The resurrection is in view in this passage. All who belong to Adam are dead in trespasses and sins. When these have Christ revealed to their souls by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God they are said to be made "alive" because they belong to Christ. In the resurrection we shall have a physical body which will never die.
wonderful title of God. By this name He revealed to Abraham His power to supply every need of man, both physical and spiritual. There would be no need of any kind in any human life that could not be met completely and fully by the Eternal God who wears the Name "Almighty."
<020603> Exodus 6:3 (a) The title in this verse refers to the power of God to deliver Israel from their oppressors. He is Lord over every other lord and is able to deliver His own people from every form of oppression.
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<199101> Psalm 91:1 (a) Here this title is used to describe God's power and ability to protect and preserve His children through all the vicissitudes, troubles, sorrows and problems of life.
<470618> 2 Corinthians 6:18 (a)This title describes the God who is able to supply every temporal need of His own people who refuse the provision of this world, and refuse to accept deliverance or provision from the children of Satan. Those who sever themselves from a place of dependence from the world and reject Satan's schemes, find that God is able to furnish them with all their necessities.
<660108> Revelation 1:8 (a) In this passage the Lord Jesus is given the title because of His sovereign ability to begin everything, and to make everything, to sustain everything, and to bring everything to an end. It describes His power to judge everything and everybody. Nothing is beyond the reach of His power.
<041708> Numbers 17:8 (c) Only Aaron's rod yielded almonds. Israel was to learn from this miracle that the family of Aaron was to be the fruit-bearing family in the service of the God of Israel. The other families were to have no part in the priestly ministry. He only, as a type of Christ, was to be known as the fruit- bearing priest of God. All others would be as intruders and thereby rejected. (See also under "FLOWER" and "KNOP.")
<211205> Ecclesiastes 12:5 (b) In this place the word represents the bitterness that often comes into the experiences of the aged. The almond plant itself is bitter, but the nut is sweet. Many as they enter old age carry with them bitter memories of former injustices and feel a spirit of hatred toward others.
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that we should not be advertising our good deeds expecting that men will give us rewards. If we do tell what we do for God, then the plaudits that we receive from man is all the reward we shall have. If, however, we do these good deeds for the glory of God, then He will give us the reward in due time.
<441004> Acts 10:4 (b) In this place the word is used in regard to gifts of money given particularly for God's work and God's people. The angel carries the gift up to heaven, presents it before the Lord, and before the rest of the heavenly group so that all will know that the money placed in the collection and the money sent to missions and the money given to assist otherwise in God's work represents your interest in it.
<442417> Acts 24:17 (b) These alms refer to the sacrifices, the money, the gifts and the dues which belong to the priestly service of Israel. It may represent also those gifts which are given to preachers, missionaries and others engaged in Christian work, which is for their personal use. It may also refer to any gifts given to God's people for their relief and blessing.
ALPHA — <660108> Revelation 1:8 (a)In this passage our Lord Jesus Himself applies this name to Himself as He does also in verse 11. In <662106>Revelation
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ALTAR — Earthen <022024>Exodus 20:24 (c) This altar may represent the Cross of Calvary on which Jesus as the Lamb of God died for those who break the holy law of God. Immediately after giving the Ten Commandments, the Lord requested that this altar be built at once. He knew that His laws would be broken, He knew that men would need a sacrifice for their sins; He therefore planned that this altar should be built at once so that men could have a way of forgiveness and salvation immediately. It is called an altar of earth because it belongs strictly to this earth. God makes no provision for forgiveness and salvation after death. No sacrifice of any kind is available to the lost sinner after he dies. There is no altar in hell.
<022025> Exodus 20:25 (c) This altar is to be made of stone to indicate that it is permanent, substantial, solid and cannot be tampered with by man. No tool was to be used in the making of it. Stones are made by God. It is a picture of Calvary which was God's institution. He planned it, He designed that Jesus was to die there. It must not be tampered with by man. Its blessings are eternal. Calvary came from the heart of God through the ages of eternity.