Jacobs name changed to Israel
Jacob means heel grasper or supplanter
Israel means prince of God
Genesis 32 also read 27 for background
Israel was a spiritual name symbolizing Jacobs spiritual victory over his past sin of deception. The man Jacob was now a Spiritual Israel.
Israel has 12 sons which came into Egypt - Exodus 1:1-5
They multiplied and became slaves.
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord: Israel
is My son, My firstborn let My son go - Ex 4:22, 23
A nation is now called Israel.
You have brought a vine out of Egypt - Psalm 80:8
But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
the descendants of Abraham, My friend - Isaiah 41:8
Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name -
Is 45:4; 42:1-3
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt,
I called My son - Hosea 11:1
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod
the king - Matthew 2:1
Joseph warned in a dream:
Arise, take the young child and His mother, flee to Egypt,
and stay there until I bring you word. Mt 2:13
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet (Hosea 11:1), saying Out of Egypt I called My Son. Mt
2:15
The same name is being applied to one Man, to Jesus Christ,
the Prince of God.
There are many parallels between the history of Israel
and the history of Jesus Christ.
-In Hebrew history a young
man named Joseph had dreams and went to Egypt Ge 37:5-36
-In the New Testament another
Joseph had a dream and went to Egypt Mt 2:13, 14
-God called Israel, a nation,
out of Egypt, he called that nation My son Ex 4:22
-God said, Out of Egypt I have
called My Son (Jesus) Mt 2:15
-All were baptized into Moses
in the cloud, and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food 1 Corinthians 10:2, 3
-Jesus was baptized to fulfill
all righteousness Mt 3:15
-The Israelites spent 40 years
in the wilderness Numbers 14:33; Hebrews 3:17
-Jesus was led up by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted 40 days and nights
Mt 4:1, 2
Jesus resisted all temptation by quoting Deuteronomy given
to the Israelites after their wilderness experience.
Jesus repeated the history of Israel point by point and
succeeded where they failed.
Is 42:1-3 fulfilled by Gods servant, Jesus Christ Mt 12:16-20
Israel was called a vine Psalm 80:8
Jesus declared I am the true vine John 15:1
God calls the nation Israel My son, even My firstborn
Ex 4:22
Jesus Christ the firstborn of every creature Colossians
1:15
Israel, the descendents of Abraham Is 41:8
Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made.and
to your Seed, who is Christ. - Galatians
3:16
If you are Christs, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs
according to the promise. - Ga 3:29
True Christians are now Gods spiritual Israel.
Moses took the blood, sprinkled
it on the people, and said, This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord had made with you according to all these words. - Ex 24:8
Drink from it,
all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many
for the remission of sins. - Mt 26:27-29
For they are not all Israel
who are Israel - Romans 9:6
nor are they all children
because they are the seed of Abraham - Ro 9:7
those who are the children
of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as seed - Ro 9:8
Israelites according to the
flesh - Ro 9:3
Just as Abraham believed
God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness..only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. - Ga 3:5, 7
For he is not a Jew who is
one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision
is that of the heart, in the Spirit. - Ro 2:28, 29
For we are the circumcision,
who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh - Philippians 3:3
We are now living in Spiritual
Israel What about Babylon, is it Spiritual also?
The Old Testament was physical. The New Testament is Spiritual in preparation for the coming Spiritual Kingdom
of God.
