The Christ from Before Creation
“For by Him all things were created that
are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and
for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him
all things consist. And He is the head of the
body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in
all things He may have the preeminence.” – Colossians 1:16-18
Foreshadowings of Christ wasn’t something I
was taught when I was saved, or even any time soon after. In fact, it was many years after that I
discovered that the Bible is full of these events and things, and maybe that’s
why they fascinate me. A foreshadowing
of Christ is something God has given to point us to Christ BEFORE He was born
as man. It’s to show us that God always
had a plan to redeem us from our sin, and that plan was Christ. It’s to reveal Christ to us as the Son of God
from before creation.
There are several foreshadowings that
are in the Bible. To just mention a few:
·
The Passover Lamb, spotless
and without blemish, killed as a sacrifice for sin
·
Melchizedek, the priest
that had not mother or father and no beginning or end of day
·
The Manna given in the
wilderness, which was “bread of life”
·
Hosea 6, where Israel
says that God will “On the third day” raise them up from their sin to live in
His sight.
The second foreshadowing I find amazing is
something you may have seen from the teachings of Louis Giglio. It’s in our bodies, at the very core of each cell. It’s the “glue” that holds you together. It’s called Laminin and it is shaped like a
cross. In every cell of your body there’s
a reminder that Christ would be sacrificed for our sins.
Colossians 1:16-18 says “For by Him all
things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things
were created through Him and for Him. And He is BEFORE all things, and in Him ALL
THINGS CONSIST. And He is the head of the body, the
church, WHO IS THE BEGINNING, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things
He may have the preeminence.” His
authority over us and all creation is found in creation itself in so many foreshadowings.
Revelation 13:8 calls Jesus “THE LAMB SLAIN
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”
Before you were born, before your first ancestral family member was born,
God had already planned Jesus as the Lamb to be sacrificed for your sins. Before the first sin was committed, God knew
you would need a Savior, and He planned for it.
He didn’t plan for it just to cover you with righteousness, but out of
love, so that you would never be separated from Him because of your sins. In all of these little ways, from sea shells
to cells in our body even, God has shown His love for you.
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