Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things"
2Ti 2:7.

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Man's Invention vs God's Provision

How impressive; green, and lush!



Man's aprons of fig leaves
God's coats of skins

Genesis 3 KJV
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons...
21 ¶Unto Adam ALSO* and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

O the folly of man in trusting in his own aprons of fig leaves - impressive but pathetic, worse than the 3-patches bikinis, as naked as ever.

But O, the glorious and tender mercies of God in providing them coats of skins; innocent lives were taken, blood was shed to clothe them with coats of skins - foreshadowing the redemptive work by the Seed of the the woman, even the Lamb of God.

ALSO* - in addition to the glorious announcement and promise in verse 15,
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

It is grace upon grace.

The leaves two days later, in the shade only.