Msg #1516 The Book of Books
What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
The Book of Books is the greatest English literature ever written and banished from our government schools. Great literature contains a prologue and an epilogue. God’s prologue is called the Pentateuch, and God’s epilogue is called the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The theme of the whole Bible is Jesus Christ the righteous. The Old Testament is his ‘Preparation’, the four Gospels are his ‘Manifestation’, the Acts of the Apostles his ‘Propagation’, the twenty-one Epistles his ‘Explanation’, and the Revelation is his ‘Culmination’. God’s prologue is a most enlightening study. Genesis is man’s creation in the image of God, and his fall from that position. It emphasizes man’s depravity and oncoming perpetual punishment. But Noah found grace, Abram a calling, and Israel made his way into Egypt for 400 years. Exodus is redemption, tabernacling with God, and the law of God (given in 1492). Leviticus depicts the absolute righteousness of God and Numbers the deplorable failures of man to follow God. In Deuteronomy Moses, the great prophet, steps back and looks at the big picture to conclude that mankind needs the Great Prophet, Everlasting Priest, and Eternal King. In good literature everything in the body is introduced in the prologue and summarized in the epilogue. What a genuine theme! The preparation for the Messiah is made up of history, poetry and prophecy which declares “Thus saith the LORD.” But God’s word to Moses is pretty emphatic, “The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken… And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him” (Deut18:15,19). It is a limited offer: Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
An Essay for week #16 Apr 19, 15
Msg in audio at www.GSBaptistChurch.com/audio/gs150419.mp3
Tablet or phone at http://www.gsbaptistchurch.com/ppulpit/biblesays15.pdf
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