Post by Lee on Jun 8, 2014 4:36:46 GMT
(Segments taken from 1955 Berean)
Othniel means "the power, force, or might of God." In the antitype, the overcoming of sin and possession of power to open the seals of the book, or the purpose of God, was by the Power of the Almighty manifested in Jesus Christ....
He was from the tribe of Judah from which our Lord sprang, again placing him as a fitting type...
He would be under 20 years of age when Israel turned back at Kadesh-Barnea because of the evil report of the spies. He would stand with his relative Caleb, much older, against the anger of a frustrated mob. He too, with Caleb, would endure the 40 years in patience and trust. As such he became a symbol of all those who would live godly....
The reward to the victor in the conquest of Kirjath-Sepher was to be Caleb's daughter, Achsah, for wife. Our minds are conveyed to the relationship existent between Christ and the faithful. He is the bridegroom; they are the bride. They become his after the successful probationary career. Othniel and Christ are type and antitype of the successful conflict against the city of sin...
The name Achsah means "an ornament," particularly around the feet—the basic idea being a binding around the feet—an anklet.
We think of that beautiful picture of Mary anointing the feet of Jesus with the precious ointment, and wiping them with the hair of her head. It is recorded that— "The house was filled with the odor of the ointment (John 12:3). Certainly Mary's humble attitude made her a beautiful ornament around the Master's feet.....
As Achsah came unto Othniel the savior, she requested that he ask of her father a field. She asked her bridegroom to intercede on her behalf for a blessing from her father. Again, we see the association of Jesus as the might of God, now at God's right hand pleading the cause of his brethren and sisters....
Achsah typified in her estate the children of God beseeching Him to look upon their affliction and trouble, to suit a blessing unto their needs. They are as though dwelling in the wilderness, which was typified by the forty years wandering of Israel from Egypt to Canaan. Without this period of trial and preparation the elect of God are not refined and prepared to meet the bridegroom when he comes.
The petition "Give me also springs of water" (Josh. 15:19) on the part of the bride Achsah was for a blessing of water, the lifegiving
fluid so necessary for existence in dry parched lands. For spiritual existence also the water of life is absolutely necessary.
Springs or fountains are a type of permanent spiritual blessings, that source of strength which never runs dry. They speak to us of
God's unchangeable Word and the resultant blessings to those who draw water therefrom. "Give me this water, that I thirst not,"
—said the Samaritan woman to Jesus.
We see then the marriage of Jesus with the bride — typified by Othniel and Achsah, by the opening up of the scroll in its entirety in the overcoming of the city Kirjath-Sepher and the changing of its name to Debir. There is a beautiful figure in the name Debir. It is from the
root dabar, the Hebrew word for "word"—corresponding with logos in the Greek— the word—the Purpose.
In its form Debir it means the "oracle" or "place of speaking." It is the word translated "oracle" as applied to the Most Holy Place — the dwelling place of the Ark and the Cherubim where the glory of God rested—
"Within the oracle (debir) he made 2 cherubim" (1 Kgs. 6:23).
Having therefore this "boldness"—this fearless loving confidence in God's glorious promises, let us draw near unto Him—unto His Debir—His Holy Place—the place of His Word—with full assurance of faith, to close association with God and His Son Jesus Christ. —F.H.
1955 Berean
Othniel means "the power, force, or might of God." In the antitype, the overcoming of sin and possession of power to open the seals of the book, or the purpose of God, was by the Power of the Almighty manifested in Jesus Christ....
He was from the tribe of Judah from which our Lord sprang, again placing him as a fitting type...
He would be under 20 years of age when Israel turned back at Kadesh-Barnea because of the evil report of the spies. He would stand with his relative Caleb, much older, against the anger of a frustrated mob. He too, with Caleb, would endure the 40 years in patience and trust. As such he became a symbol of all those who would live godly....
The reward to the victor in the conquest of Kirjath-Sepher was to be Caleb's daughter, Achsah, for wife. Our minds are conveyed to the relationship existent between Christ and the faithful. He is the bridegroom; they are the bride. They become his after the successful probationary career. Othniel and Christ are type and antitype of the successful conflict against the city of sin...
The name Achsah means "an ornament," particularly around the feet—the basic idea being a binding around the feet—an anklet.
We think of that beautiful picture of Mary anointing the feet of Jesus with the precious ointment, and wiping them with the hair of her head. It is recorded that— "The house was filled with the odor of the ointment (John 12:3). Certainly Mary's humble attitude made her a beautiful ornament around the Master's feet.....
As Achsah came unto Othniel the savior, she requested that he ask of her father a field. She asked her bridegroom to intercede on her behalf for a blessing from her father. Again, we see the association of Jesus as the might of God, now at God's right hand pleading the cause of his brethren and sisters....
Achsah typified in her estate the children of God beseeching Him to look upon their affliction and trouble, to suit a blessing unto their needs. They are as though dwelling in the wilderness, which was typified by the forty years wandering of Israel from Egypt to Canaan. Without this period of trial and preparation the elect of God are not refined and prepared to meet the bridegroom when he comes.
The petition "Give me also springs of water" (Josh. 15:19) on the part of the bride Achsah was for a blessing of water, the lifegiving
fluid so necessary for existence in dry parched lands. For spiritual existence also the water of life is absolutely necessary.
Springs or fountains are a type of permanent spiritual blessings, that source of strength which never runs dry. They speak to us of
God's unchangeable Word and the resultant blessings to those who draw water therefrom. "Give me this water, that I thirst not,"
—said the Samaritan woman to Jesus.
We see then the marriage of Jesus with the bride — typified by Othniel and Achsah, by the opening up of the scroll in its entirety in the overcoming of the city Kirjath-Sepher and the changing of its name to Debir. There is a beautiful figure in the name Debir. It is from the
root dabar, the Hebrew word for "word"—corresponding with logos in the Greek— the word—the Purpose.
In its form Debir it means the "oracle" or "place of speaking." It is the word translated "oracle" as applied to the Most Holy Place — the dwelling place of the Ark and the Cherubim where the glory of God rested—
"Within the oracle (debir) he made 2 cherubim" (1 Kgs. 6:23).
Having therefore this "boldness"—this fearless loving confidence in God's glorious promises, let us draw near unto Him—unto His Debir—His Holy Place—the place of His Word—with full assurance of faith, to close association with God and His Son Jesus Christ. —F.H.
1955 Berean