all things cbl

“All Things Testify of Christ”: Scriptural Images of the Atonement
Donald W. Parry and Jay A. Parry

Word Connections, Prophecies, and Hidden Language.

All things typify Christ -> 2 nephi 11:4 “all things”

Testimony of Moses “All things have their likeness, and all things are created…all things bear record of me.” Moses 6:63

BRM, The Promised Messiah, 453.
“It is wholesome and proper to look for similitudes of Christ everywhere and to use them in keeping him and his laws uppermost in our minds”

Clusters of Concepts in the Scriptures:
- Family Relationships
- Father
- Mother
- Husband
- Son
- Brother
- Jesus at one time has referred to himself in all of these roles in relationship to us.

- Food and Drink
- Water   – Wine   – Bread   -Manna

- Animals
- Lamb and the Lion
- Serpent and the Dove (Be wise as serpents, yet harmless as doves)
- Lamb (and the Shepherd)
- Mother Hen

- Plants and Husbandry
- Vine  – Keeper of the Vineyard  – Harvester of Wheat and Tares
- Tree of Life   – Fruit

- Business and Financial
- Mediator    – Redeemer

- Buildings and Building Materials
- Stone  – Rock  – Cornerstone  – Fortress  – High Tower

- Government
- King  – Governor – Lawgiver – Judge

- Judicial System
- Judge  – Defendant (Accused)  – Advocate (Layer)

- Warfare
- Commander of the heavenly hosts (Lord of Hosts)
- Sword  – Shield  – Buckler

John 1:29 – He didnt use term of a human being. but “Lamb”.  Those that understood understood what and who the ‘Lamb’ was.  Jesus was the Lamb. He was the Lamb of God.

First specific animal named in the OT is the Serpent. 2nd animal is the ’sheep’.
In the NT the 2nd to the last animal mentioned is the ’serpent’, last is the ‘lamb’.

Account of Abraham when sacrificing Isaac — “God will provide the lamb”

Shepherds at the time of birth of Christ.. were likely Temple sheep prepared to be sacrificed in the Temple.

Ezra 4.

Lambs wool is the perfect symbol of purity.  Purity of our souls when they’ve been cleansed by Christ.

Psalm 23:1-3 – The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want…..

Isaiah 40 – gather the Lambs in his arms and carry them in his bosom.

Matt 23:37 – .. as a protective hen.

2 Cor 5:21 – For he (Heavenly Father) hath made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Jesus plays 3 different roles in the courtroom – Advocate, Judge, and Savior/Reedemer.

Jesus Christ “Suffered greater sufferings and was exposed to more powerful contradictions than any man can be” Lectures on Faith 5:2

Powerful Contradictions #1
- Mortality            - Now
condescension of God        Glorious, resurrected body
(subject to cold, sickness, etc)
Mosiah 3:7 –

#2
Mortality         NOW
Judged as evil.        ”For we all stand before the judgment seat of                 Christ” (Rom. 14:10)

#3
Mortality: Jesus was not recognized as the King of the Jews.
Second Coming: Will return as King of Kings and Lord of lords.

Isa 53:2. “He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him”

in the hebrew version.. “He has not form nor majesty; and when we shall see him, there is no appearance that we should desire him” (Isa 53:2 – hebrew translation)

#4
Mortality: Jesus permitted the wicked to smite him.
Second Coming: Jesus will smite the wicked.

#5:
Mortality: Died as a criminal
Second Coming: The only Sinless One.

#6
Mortality: placed in a borrowed tomb.
Creation: Worlds without number have I created (Moses 1:33)

#7
Mortality: Relatively obscure and inconspicuous.
Second Coming: “Every eye shall see him” Rev 1:7

#8
Mortality: While on the cross, Jesus said, “I thirst.”
Creation: Jesus’ creation includes rovers, streams, brooks, fountains, lakes.

#9
Mortality: Jesus permitted the wicked to pierce his body.
Omnipotent: Jesus is the Lord Omnipotent (Mosiah 3:5)

#10
Mortality: Jesus was crushed for our sins
Without Sin: Jesus, “who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth”

Jesus is Crushed.. Crushed for our iniquities,  Isa 53:5