“JESUS
CHRIST - A MAN APPROVED OF GOD (Acts 2:22)”
Miracle #18-
(Matt
9:27-30,31)
A
five verse miracle of Israel’s history
Here
is Israel’s PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE all laid
out … that
of their being found helpless, following Christ,
then finding
salvation.
1.
In
the PAST as a nation in the desert:
found
helpless
… as blind in nativity (Ezekiel 16:4-5)
following
Christ (LORD)
… as the cloud by day and the pillar
of fire by night (Exodus 13:21)
finding
salvation
… as in Christ’s house of Canaan (Deuteronomy 27:3)
2.
In
the PRESENT with these two men:
found
helpless
… as two blind men (Matthew 9:27)
following
Christ …
as they followed him (Matthew 9:27)
finding
salvation
… as in Christ’s house (Matthew 9:28; Matthew 9:30)
3.
In
the FUTURE as a nation in the tribulation:
found
helpless
… as blind in the tribulation (Revelation 6:15;18:18)
following
Christ …
as the 144,000 (Revelation 14:3)
finding
salvation
… as in Christ’s house in heaven (Hebrews 9:24)
OTHER
LEARNINGS:
1.
Just as the number ‘two’
in the Bible has significance regarding salvation …for example … two
birds were needed for salvation (Leviticus 14:49); two
leaders
in Moses and Joshua were needed for salvation into the promised land of
Canaan
(Joshua 11:15); one God with two persons God the Father
and God
the Son (2 Peter 1:17), these two men represent similar numerology.
2.
ACCORDING TO THEIR FAITH (Matthew
9:29)
As
Christ had not died, it could not be according
to Christ’s faith, by which we are saved today (Galatians 2:16)
3.
SEE THAT NO MAN KNOW IT
(Matthew 29:30)
For
two reasons:
(a)
Lest Christ
attract a circus of unbelievers as in the case of Jairus’ daughter …
thereby
being unable to work miracles because of their unbelief … and indeed …
Christ not
wanting to (Mark 5:40; Matthew 13:58; Matthew 10:14).
(b)
Christ
always acted in accordance with his Father’s will (John 5:30) … such
that,
before he could go to the cross, Christ would fulfil the whole of
the law
in the Father’s time … not his own time (Matthew 5:17) … to be
made perfect
(Hebrews 5:9) for the salvation of the whole world (Romans 5:8;
John
3:16).
Harley
Hitchcock
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