Typology Lesson 3

Abel


Abel is a type of Jesus in that Jesus was rejected by his own and his blood was shed for us.  As the blood of Able spoke of his life, so the blood of Jesus speaks for us in our salvation.

 

1. Abel was a keeper of .   
(Genesis 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.)

to question 1.

2. Jesus is the good .  

(John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.)

to question 2.

3. Abel offered the  of his flock, a lamb.  

(Genesis 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:)

to question 3.

4. Jesus is the  of God.

(John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.)

to question 4.

5. Jesus offered  for us.  

(Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.)

to question 5.

6. Abel was killed by his .  

(Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.)

to question 6.

7. Jesus was rejected by his .  

(John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.)

to question 7.

8. Jesus was killed by the , his brethren.  

(John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.)

to question 8.

9. It was witnessed that Abel was .  

(Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.)

to question 9.

10. Jesus is our .  

(Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:)

to question 10.

11. God  of Abel's gifts.  

(Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.)

to question 11.

12. Jesus gave himself a ransom for all, to be  in due time.  

(1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.)

to question 12.

13. God testified of Jesus when He said, "This is my beloved , in whom I am well pleased."  

(Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.)

to question 13.

14. Abel's  crieth from the ground.  

(Genesis 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.)

to question 14.

15. Judgment came upon .  

(Genesis 4:11-13 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

12  When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.)

to question 15.

16. The  of Jesus  better things than that of Abel.  

(Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.)

to question 16.

17. Through the blood of Jesus we

A.   Are .  

(Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.)

to question 17 A.

B.    Have .  

(Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;)

to question 17 B.

C.   Have  of sins.

(Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

to question 17 C.

D.   Have .  

(Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.)

to question 17 D.

E.    Can enter into the .  

(Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,)

to question 17 E.

F.     Are .  

(Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.)

to question 17 F.

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