between Joseph and Benjamin and Jesus and John? If you can will you relate Scripture telling about it?
2006-10-25 08:07:59 · 7 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus wanted John to remain with him just like Joseph wanted his brothers to bring him Benjamin before they left again. Can you supply Scripture?
2006-10-25 08:24:56 · update #1
You ask good questions. :)
2006-10-25 08:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was certainly a special relationship between Jesus and the younger John, the disciple that Jesus loved, and in many respect one could say that John was Jesus' younger brother. Joseph in the OT was a type of Christ, being sold into slavery, and later saving his family from starvation. Clearly, there is a link between Joseph and Christ, as there is between Moses and Christ, Isaac and Christ, Jonah and Christ, and many others. However, the link between Benjamin and John the Revelator is harder to find. There is not much information about Benjamin in the Bible. He did not have visions like John. He did not witness or partake of the sufferings of Joseph the way John did of the surrerings of Christ. He was not a student or disciple of Joseph the way John was of Christ. There is little to suggest any other relationship between Joseph and Benjamin other than a loving sibling relationship from two boys born of the same mother, a mother that the father loved best.
There is a far better coorelation between Jacob and his twelves sons, and Christ and His twelve disciples. Jesus was the new testament Israel. Both He and OT Israel were called out of Egypt. Both were called the son of God. Both were tested 40 days in the wilderness. Jesus was faithful. 10 of the 12 spies were unfaithful. Jesus overcame in the desert the exact temptations that OT Israel failed. New Testament Israel is the church. If you be Christ, you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. All promises to OT Israel have been transferred to the church, a combination of physical Jews and Gentiles, called spiritual Israel.
2006-10-25 08:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by 19jay63 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explaning it would be okay but one needs to understand the deep things of "god in relations of the new testament and the old testament. Then one can clearly see the relationship between the pair you mentioned above.
2006-10-25 08:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have it backwards. The New Testament was written to correspond to everything in the Old Testament, not the other way around.
2006-10-25 08:10:12 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NT borrowed heavily from the Bible (OT): Simple...
2006-10-25 11:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe your assumption is wrong. Just what do you mean, exactly?
2006-10-25 08:11:14 · answer #6 · answered by hillbilly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-10-25 08:09:46 · answer #7 · answered by Gwen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋