30th December 2025

30th December 2025


Pray (ACts) 


Read (Romans 5v14) 


Message (Scott Woodburn) 


Before we finish our look at the book of Job it is important for us to say that Job was a type of Christ. What is a type? Types in the Old Testament give us a little glimpse of Jesus before the New Testament, they foreshadow the person and work of Christ. Perhaps the most famous type is Adam who Paul describes in this way "Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come." (Romans 5v14). Adam was the first man from whom perfect obedience was demanded and in this manner he was a type of Christ. Jesus on the other hand was the second and true Adam whose obedience was perfect and who didn't fall to sin.


There are numerous other types throughout Scripture. We are told in Hebrews 8v3 that the Old Testament priesthood served in "a copy and shadow of the heavenly things." or in other words, the Tabernacle and the Temple were a type of heaven - they gave us a glimpse of glory. When Moses struck the rock in Exodus 17 causing water to pour out, the rock was a type of Christ who gives us living water to drink (1 Corinthians 10v4). Additionally when the passover lamb was sacrificed it too was a type of Christ (1 Corinthians 5v7) who was the lamb of God who came to take away the sin of the world.


So how was Job a type of Christ? Job was the innocent man who suffered greatly, he was the one who cried out to the Lord wondering why he had been forsaken, Job was the one who overcame Satan by losing everything and he was the one who became a priest for his friends in order for them to be forgiven.


We must be clear that types are not perfect representations of Jesus. Job was righteous yet sinful and when he began to question the Lord he fell into sin from which he needed to repent. Even so, Job gives us a little glimpse of Jesus who was truly innocent and sinless yet suffered greatly, Christ was the one who called out to God "why have you forsaken me?", His victory over Satan was accomplished by the "defeat" of death and Jesus today is the great high priest who intercedes for His people.


The book of Job may not give us a comprehensive answer to the problem of suffering in this world but it does give us multiple glimpses of Jesus. Brothers and sisters, as 2025 ends I pray that you will see much of Christ in the new year. He is for you when the sun is shining and He is for you when the rainclouds gather. Behold the Lamb of God!


Happy new year.


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Q58 What is required in the fourth commandment? The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath to himself.
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