Comparing Jacob And Jesus In The Bible

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Throughout the Bible the writers have connected many stories together in the Old Testament to the New Testament, but most often they make a spiritual connection to Jesus Christ. They usually compare Jesus to someone who is from the House of Israel or an animal that is worthy to them. In the Bible there are many different links towards Jesus Christ, but the most popular are one the writers compare Him to Joseph, son of Jacob, the passover lamb, manna, and the heavenly Father. Many times in the Bible Jesus is compared to someone in the House of Israel, but he is compared most to Joseph, son of Jacob. One way Joseph and Jesus are the same is how they are both hated without a cause, and Jesus is hated by the high priests and Joseph by …show more content…

This is elucidated in Genesis 37:4 when it says, “When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his brothers, they hated him so much that they could not say a kind word to him”, and this corresponds to Mark 15:10 saying, “For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over.” These verses show that both men are tormented and are guilty, and they both receive this criticism throughout their whole life. This is only one parallel between the two, but some others are thow they are both loved by their father, stripped of their clothing, and dreamers. Another parallel between Jesus is the Passover lamb by how their bones were both never broken, The passover lamb is the sacrifice God asked for when the plague of the firstborn was being struck down, and the lamb had to have no broken bones. This is paralleled to Jesus’ crucifixion because when prisoners were crucified the soldiers had to break their bones to kill them faster, but Jesus did not have any since he was already dead. This is shown in Exodus 12:46 when it says, “You shall not break any of its bones”, and connects to John 19:36 saying, “Not a

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