Topic: Old Testament figures

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What were the 'lying vanities' Jonah spoke of in the belly of the whale?

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There he is now, backslid, stormy sea, hands tied behind him, belly of a whale. Every time that fish eats it goes to the bottom of the sea and or the…A goldfish, when you feed him, he’ll go down and throw his little swimmers out and rest at the bottom of the water, the bowl. He’s found his prey and...

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Why did Elijah pray to die after bringing fire down from heaven?

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And I thought of Elijah, who went out there and set by the brook Cherith, and was fed by the ravens. And he closed the heavens that it wouldn’t rain. Then he opened up the heavens and brought down water, brought fire out of heaven the same day, and then when the inspiration left him (by the threat o...

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What does Boaz redeeming Naomi and gaining Ruth show about Christ?

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He’s our Kinsman Redeemer. Isn’t that right? God was manifested in the flesh to take our place, to be a Kinsman to us. As in the Book of Ruth, and Exodus, and so forth, how it preaches, teaches there of how that we become kinsmen to God, and God came down and dwelt in His Son, Christ Jesus, became K...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith while James says he was justified by works?

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Now, if Abraham says, “I got faith in God,” but was afraid to offer his son Isaac, then his faith was no good. Paul justified Abraham by faith, Paul was talking about what God seen in Abraham; but James justified him by works, James was talking about what men seen in Abraham. See? God sees your fait...

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Why did a Pharaoh rise up who did not know Joseph?

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Now, notice. When the time came for Noah to go into the ark, the doors closed; but they would not close until that time came. It came time, one time, for the children of Israel to be delivered from—from the Egyptian bondage. And when the time of the promise drew nigh, there raised up a Pharaoh who d...

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Why do we now speak to the Rock instead of smiting it?

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And the rod that Moses had in his hand, it was not the rod of Moses, it was the rod of God: God’s judgment rod. Moses held it out over Egypt and flies came up. He held it out and fleas came up. Wherever he dumped this rod, it was a judgment rod. It brought judgment upon a disobedient people. And the...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith when James says he was justified by works?

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Now, the first thing…It looks like Paul was speaking in Romans the 4th chapter, justifying Abraham by faith; and James is justifying him by works. But it does not contradict. Paul was speaking of what God saw in Abraham, and James was speaking what man saw in Abraham. Paul was speaking of what God s...

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Why was Moses told to speak to the rock instead of striking it a second time?

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Now, remember, Divine gifts can easily get a person into trouble. That God, if He finds someone that He figures that He can entrust a Divine gift with, we should reverence with all of our hearts… Now, you remember, how many believes Moses was a Divine gifted prophet of God? He was. Everyone believes...

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Did Elisha curse the children who mocked him by the Holy Spirit or out of anger?

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You remember Elisha? Young fellow went baldheaded, was young, when he was young man. Some little children begin to holler, said, “Old bald-head, old bald-head, why didn’t you go up with Elijah?” Remember that? That angered prophet now, turned around angry, and cursed those children in the Name of th...

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Why did Abraham leave Ur of the Chaldees?

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Now, those outside, can you hear all right out there, outside? Well, I’m sorry you have to set there in that sun. It’s awful bad, but we just haven’t, look like, the room right here. Now, every one of us are minded at—at this time when anyone goes to talking about a home, it—it reminds us of—of some...

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What does the account of Jannes and Jambres withstanding Moses show about true and false signs?

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Moses, upon his signs…He went and performed them one time before Israel, and they went a forty year journey following him. Is that right? Yes, sir. Performed it one time…Healed his hand of leprosy, made stick—cane he had, walking stick become a serpent, and back to a stick. They believed. And when t...

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Who performed the miracles when Moses delivered Israel?

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This Word that we have just read, was God sending Moses. Moses was born an odd, peculiar birth. It was just time for the prophetic wheel of God, to cause then it to move up and to have something to come to pass that He’d promised Abraham to take His people out, and He did. God always moves just in t...

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Who performed the miracles in Moses' ministry?

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And we, without a leader, are helpless. And Christ is our Leader. And God was Moses’ Leader, though He sent a—an Angel to lead him. “I send My Angel before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I have promised.” The Angel was to be his leader. The Angel performed the mir...

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How could Moses smite the rock the second time if it was against God's will?

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[Blank spot on tape—Ed.]…?…house is given for the glory of God. Now, as I say, this being our last night together maybe for some time, you heard me make this statement, that from anything…I see nothing left that I did not do if he stayed there, unless I knew that the person was going to die, I would...

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What does it foreshadow that Joshua, not Moses, took the people across Jordan?

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You notice one more thing before I close this series of this. Now, before…Now…[Blank spot on tape—Ed.] shadows and types here has come on up to this hour. If that was shadow and type, then the rest of it must come to pass. Now, so that you’ll get this…And I want you ministers especially to get this....

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How is Joseph a type of Christ?

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Notice. They’re going down in there, how perfect it was with the Scriptures. How Joseph, the younger son, rejected of his brethren: Christ, rejected of His brethren. He wore a coat of seven colors, Joseph. And the seven colors, of course, represented seven colors in the rainbow, which was a covenant...

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How does Balaam's story show the difference between God's perfect will and His permissive will?

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Notice. Then when he said that, said he could only speak what God put in his mouth. And God told him to send them back. And he…Notice. Then Balaam, like a lot of hireling prophets now, for usury, for money, he come back again and asked him the second time. And he went to God again. Now look. There i...

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What did Balaam fail to see when he judged the people by their sins?

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And Balaam looked upon that people, and he thought, “Looky here…” Now, listen. He thought, surely, that a holy moral God would have to curse a people like that, that done such things as that. But when looking upon them, he looked; he said, “Now, looky. They’ve done this; they’ve done that. Surely, t...

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Why did God send His Angel through Moses instead of having the Angel come alone?

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Now, notice. Then at the time of the promise drew nigh, there raised up a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, and they put burdens upon the people. And the people were so burdened that they could not make the—the bricks and things that they were supposed to. And then, would you think that God would pla...

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Why did the people fail to recognize Moses as the deliverer God sent them?

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That’s true. Was it God or Moses that delivered the people? It was God in Moses. See? They cried for the deliverer. And when God sent the deliverer to them, they failed to see it, because it was by a man, but it wasn’t the man, it was God in the man. [Blank spot on tape—Ed.]