SUB-PART 2 AFTER BREAK FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. The issue started before the break was, "What is the prophetic typological significance of the fact that in II Kings 5:10, 'Elisha' told Naaman the Syrian, 'Go & wash in Jordan seven times, & thy flesh shall come again to thee, & thou shalt be clean'?" The summary given in 12b-2 is, "in terms of an application of the Isaiah 11:2 7fold gifts of the Spirit as derivatively found among Christians in harmony with 'the 7 Spirits of God' in Rev. 4:5 & 5:6; 1stly, 'Christ was baptized as an example that his followers were to emulate with the later institution of the sacrament of Christian Baptism;' 2ndly, with respect to the fact that Naaman in II Kings 5:10 & 14 had to wash '7 times'…points to the fact that the Matt. 3:16 resting of the Spirit on Christ in fulfillment of Isa. 11:2 was part of the 7fold gifts of the Spirit, in connection with the fact that baptism by water symbolizes & points to, but is not the same thing as, spiritual baptism, which is why it was important that Naaman go into the Jordan River; & 3rdly, the fact that Christ's baptism was deemed an appropriate time for God the Father to refer to God the Son, saying in Matt. 3:17, "This is my belovèd Son …;" though in the profundity of Scripture containing multiple layers of meaning, includes, although is not exhausted by the fact, that a different type of sonship is found in the Christian believer who receives the Spirit of God, & who as a son of God shall inherit eternal life." While NT "gives a fresh translation," "comparison of Isaiah 11:4 in the Greek Septuagint with II Thess. 2:8," is "sufficiently similar…to highlight…II Thess 2:8 is quoting…Isa. 11:4." |
