Matt 13:51-52
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
(KJV)
Our Lord Jesus was actually pointing to how to be instructed unto the kingdom of heaven within His Word per that example.
The "treasure" is His Word, Holy Writ. But whats that "new and old" idea?
It's both the New and Old Testaments of His Word.
The idea of a "scribe" per that usage is as a "householder" able to teach His Word.
And the "householder" idea our Lord Jesus used in Matt.21 and 24 is about those made ruler over His household, as stewards until His time of return like the Matt.24:42-51.
Matt 24:45-46
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
(KJV)
I can't stress enough, that both Old Testament and New Testament study is required to be found at Christ's return as one of those good householders He has entrusted as His servants.
The reason is because not every prophecy Christ and His Apostles pulled from the OT prophets was fulfilled in their days. There still are many passages in the OT prophets for our days leading up to Christ's literal return to this earth. Just reading Zechariah 14 of Christ's literal return to this earth is one such example. I've covered that whole Zech.14 chapter in Bible study sessions where no Christian brother present had ever read it.
Why hadn't they read it? Mostly because it had never been covered in detail by their Church. It's because of a tradition of men that wants us to believe the Old Testament Books are all past history since Christ's first coming to die on the cross. "We don't live in the Old Testament anymore," some of them would say.
Sorry, but not everything God gave His OT prophets to write was history. Genesis 49 is specifically a prophecy for the last days given to the 12 tribes of Israel. Isaiah has much to do with Salvation in final in Christ's future Kingdom on earth, as does Ezekiel. So if even Genesis still has prophecy for the end times, how many other Old Testament Books still have prophecy meant for our days leading up to Christ's return? Just about all of them still do.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
(KJV)
Our Lord Jesus was actually pointing to how to be instructed unto the kingdom of heaven within His Word per that example.
The "treasure" is His Word, Holy Writ. But whats that "new and old" idea?
It's both the New and Old Testaments of His Word.
The idea of a "scribe" per that usage is as a "householder" able to teach His Word.
And the "householder" idea our Lord Jesus used in Matt.21 and 24 is about those made ruler over His household, as stewards until His time of return like the Matt.24:42-51.
Matt 24:45-46
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
(KJV)
I can't stress enough, that both Old Testament and New Testament study is required to be found at Christ's return as one of those good householders He has entrusted as His servants.
The reason is because not every prophecy Christ and His Apostles pulled from the OT prophets was fulfilled in their days. There still are many passages in the OT prophets for our days leading up to Christ's literal return to this earth. Just reading Zechariah 14 of Christ's literal return to this earth is one such example. I've covered that whole Zech.14 chapter in Bible study sessions where no Christian brother present had ever read it.
Why hadn't they read it? Mostly because it had never been covered in detail by their Church. It's because of a tradition of men that wants us to believe the Old Testament Books are all past history since Christ's first coming to die on the cross. "We don't live in the Old Testament anymore," some of them would say.
Sorry, but not everything God gave His OT prophets to write was history. Genesis 49 is specifically a prophecy for the last days given to the 12 tribes of Israel. Isaiah has much to do with Salvation in final in Christ's future Kingdom on earth, as does Ezekiel. So if even Genesis still has prophecy for the end times, how many other Old Testament Books still have prophecy meant for our days leading up to Christ's return? Just about all of them still do.
