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Day By Day By Grace
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Bob Hoekstra
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June 18
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<h1>More on Substance, not Shadows, under Grace</h1>
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<div class="block"><i>For the <b>law</b>, having a <b>shadow</b> of the <b>good things to come</b>…Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a <b>shadow</b> of things to come, but the <b>substance</b> is of <b>Christ</b>.</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 10, '1-1');">Hebrews 10:1</a> and <a onClick="return mV('Col', 2, '16-17');">Colossians 2:16-17</a>)</div>
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<p>Just as an approaching shadow points to the arrival of the person casting the shadow, so the <b>law</b> pointed to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus (with His abounding <b>grace</b>) is the <b>substance</b> which the <b>law</b> foreshadows. <i>"The <b>substance</b> is of <b>Christ</b>."</i> Jesus is the one who brought <i>"the <b>good things to come</b>."</i></p>
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<p>One of these <i>"<b>good things</b>"</i> that Jesus brings by His grace is the <b>full rest</b> seen in the shadow of the Sabbath. The law of God called for a day of rest every week for His people. <i>"Remember the <b>Sabbath</b> day, to keep it holy…Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the <b>Sabbath</b> of <b>rest</b>, holy to the LORD"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Exd', 20, '8-8');">Exodus 20:8</a>; <a onClick="return mV('Exd', 31, '15-15');">31:15</a>). This shadow provided regular physical rest for the Israelites. However, it pictured the substantial rest (true spiritual rest) that Jesus brings us. <i>"<b>Come to Me</b>, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you <b>rest</b>. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find <b>rest for your souls</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Mat', 11, '28-29');">Matthew 11:28-29</a>). Jesus is now the <b>daily</b> Sabbath rest for all who humbly depend upon Him. <i>"For we who have <b>believed</b> do enter that <b>rest</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 4, '3-3');">Hebrews 4:3</a>).</p>
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<p>Another of the <i>"<b>good things</b>"</i> that Jesus provides by His grace is the <b>full fellowship</b> foreshadowed in the Tabernacle of the Old Covenant. The Tabernacle reveals God's desire to dwell in the midst of men. <i>"Let them make Me a <b>sanctuary</b>, that I may <b>dwell among them</b>. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the <b>tabernacle</b>…just so you shall make it"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Exd', 25, '8-9');">Exodus 25:8-9</a>). This elaborate portable tent was to be set up right in the middle of God's people. <i>"You shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony…they shall carry the tabernacle…and <b>camp around the tabernacle</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Num', 1, '50-50');">Numbers 1:50</a>). The priests of the tribe of Levi would encircle the Tabernacle, with the other tribes of Israel encamped around them. This is a significant shadow: God dwelling at the center of His people. Yet, something far more substantial than this shadow is fulfilled in Christ. <i>"And the <b>Word</b> became flesh and <b>dwelt</b></i> [literally, "<b>tabernacled</b>"] <i><b>among us</b>, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Jhn', 1, '14-14');">John 1:14</a>). Now, this same Jesus has made the church collectively, and our lives individually, the tabernacle of His presence among men! <i>"Do you not know that you are the <b>temple</b> of God…that <b>Christ</b> may <b>dwell in your hearts</b> through faith"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('1Cr', 3, '16-16');">1 Corinthians 3:16</a> and <a onClick="return mV('Eph', 3, '17-17');">Ephesians 3:17</a>).</p>
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<div class="dbdbg_prayer">Dear Lord Jesus, I praise You for coming to dwell in my life by grace through faith. I hope in You now for the daily rest my weary soul desperately needs, Amen.</div>
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