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The Strongman

Everybody knows Samson...even people who don't know the Old Testament from a telephone directory have heard of the mighty strongman of the Bible, as well as his femme fatale Delilah (with a tip of the hat to Tom Jones).

Of course, there is a great deal more to the story of Samson than the pop culture images so many are familiar with (ditto for Delilah). And since other Old Testament characters with greater God-fearing moral character and more sterling reputations tend to get the lion's share of the attention and may be appropriately seen as types or foreshadowings of Christ, the following statement may come as a bit of a surprise:

The same can be said for an impulsive, hot-headed rake like Samson.

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Turning Hearts

Although the dramatic events surrounding the climax of Christ's earthly ministry—events such as the Crucifixion and the Resurrection—command the attention of believers, there are also prophetic events, albeit somewhat less dramatic ones, that pertain to the launching of Christ's ministry that certainly warrant the attention of students of Scripture.

Obviously every believer knows full well that Christ came to die on a cross and rise from the grave in order to atone for our sins and establish the means for our redemption and reconciliation to a holy God who loves us. After all, believing this in faith is what makes us "believers" in the first place. So it's appropriate that the events surrounding the grand finale of His ministry stand front and center. Those final events are why He was born into the world in a body of flesh to begin with.

But there are also things in Scripture connected to the launching of Christ's ministry that, although prophetically significant, don't get the same share of the limelight, so to speak. Although that's perfectly understandable, it's actually a bit of a shame because...

There are prophecies connected to the launching of Christ's ministry that shed light on future prophetic events.

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A Pair of Kings

I've written on more than one occasion concerning Old Testament characters whose lives serve as types or foreshadowings of Christ, but it recently hit me that I had overlooked someone. And just exactly who did I overlook? Just the one man who was without a doubt the most important foreshadowing of Christ who ever lived throughout the entire span of biblical history, that's all.

And as the title of this article suggests, that man who was easily the most important foreshadowing of the King of kings was a king himself—Israel's greatest in the opinion of any Bible scholar you care to ask, be they Jew or Gentile. And I have a sneaky feeling that most of you scriptural sleuths out there have probably already figured out who I am referring to:

King David

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