Jesus, From the Beginning.

1Co 10:1  Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 

1Co 10:2  And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 

1Co 10:3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 

1Co 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 

The spiritual Rock FOLLOWED the people Moses led out of Egypt. Our SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST followed the people through the parted sea and into the wilderness. Jesus followed them forty years as they wandered. People want to leave Christ OUT of the Old Testament, but they can't!  Jesus was there at the very beginning.

Col 1:13  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 

Col 1:14  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 

Col 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 

Col 1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 

So why do people take Jesus out of the Old Testament as if He didn't exist until the New Testament and His birth into humanity?  Jesus was there with the Heavenly Father all through the Old Testament, He wasn't hid in some heavenly room while the Father did all the work. He was right by His side! He knew everything being done, there wasn't a single thing at all whatsoever that Jesus didn't know. So, when we separate Jesus from the Old Testament happenings, we are doing Him and ourselves a grave disservice. Jesus took on flesh and eventually began His ministry. Jesus revealed in the flesh the LOVE that He and His Father forever had from the beginning. Jesus didn't condemn His Father's ways. Throughout all time Jesus and the Father's love was present. In what we perceive as horrific acts, the purpose was through love. We have NO way of knowing WHO will be in eternity. Of the thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands slain of women, children and men- we don't know who of them all would be with Christ in eternity when our Savior returns and that last trump is sounded and the dead in Christ rise.  Just because they were allowed to die for purposes beyond our full comprehension, doesn't mean they weren't God's. We are all allowed to die, every human being who has ever died, was allowed that death by God and our Savior, Jesus Christ. This life is a very temporary life.  And whether we are allowed one minute of life before death, or hundred years of life it is still temporary, and only God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, know who will live again in eternity.

Our Savior has been since always, just as the Father and the Holy Spirit. 

More tomorrow on this, all by the grace of our LORD, now and forever!