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NASB | Exodus 23:25 "But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 23:25 "You shall serve [only] the LORD your God, and He shall bless your bread and water. I will also remove sickness from among you. |
Bible Question:
Lissa, Are you asking if the 1. promise of "I will remove sickness from your midst" 2. all the promises of Exodus 23 3. or all the promises made before entry into the Promised Land ... is for believer's today |
Bible Answer: Greetings Searcher56, I'm asking if the promises of the OT, can be taken for believers today, in the sense that Jesus fulfilled the promises of the OT...And the OT promises were seen as a foreshadow to the actual promise of the Messiah who would in turn fulfill all the OT 'references.' Heb. 1:1-3 "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high..." I would also site Heb. 4 and Jesus last utterance on the Cross "...It is finished..." Jn. 19:30 I had stated that I had not read the entire thread, but I see the OT's promises being fulfilled in the life, ministry, death, and (Praise the LORD!) resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Thereby making the promises of the OT not necc. "physically or tangibly" (such as land or victorious battles), but "spiritually" (such as seeing the land of Egypt as the place of bondage we were in before we were saved by the Lord or the victorious battles that we when over sin in our life under guidance and help of the Holy Spirit) promises that we can see in the foreshadow and light of what Jesus did on Calvary for us and the power of the Holy Spirit indweeling us as believers. Hope that sums it up with clarity...If it doesn't though, please reply or if you have another view on this I would also be willing to listen! hidden in Christ, Lissa |