Christ Is Reality, Not the Shadow – Colossians 2 Teaching (DCLC – July ’86, Part 1)

And now then, wait a minute. How long has He known that? How long has he known that? Forever. He’s used to knowing real drink, real food, real life, real power, real light. He comes to earth, what’s He going to talk about? Same thing. He’s going to talk about that which He is used to. We’re going to talk about what we’re used to, and it’s going to go. But we ought to listen to Him instead of ourselves. And as He stands there, He’s not only remembering that water and life and power and light and drink are in Him in eternity, but He remembers when those very elements in some way touched this realm and this universe before He got here. There were times when these realities, for a brief moment, touched this earth. And there were times when these glorious things that were real, that were in God, that were God, that are God, were symbolized on this earth before He got here.

Now, I’m going to tell you a couple of other things that are in Him. You know what’s in Him? If you’re a Jew, Saturday is in Him. And if you’re a Christian, Sunday is in Him. Did you know long before Saturday got invented for the Jews, Saturday existed forever in God, just recently came to earth about the time of Moses, just recently visited earth symbolically. Rest is in Him. Rest. There is real rest. Rest is reality. What is rest? Tell me what rest is. Say it, brother. Jesus Christ is rest. The Father is rest.

Now then, we’ve got a festival. We’ve got a Sabbath day. You know what else was in God for all eternity, and He knew it, and He was it? Did you know that in God was a moon? Did you know that? A moon. Did you know that there is an eternal moon? You didn’t know that? Yes. There’s a moon in God. There’s a moon in the eternal Son. That moon has been there for all ages, worlds without end. And when He created this universe, He said, “I think I’ll symbolize that.” So, He created all the earth and said, “I’m going to symbolize that which is eternal in Me.” And He put a moon out there. And He put it there for several reasons, and one of them is to reflect the glory of the Son. And another one is to let people know what the seasons are. And when you do certain things in certain seasons.

You don’t believe there was a moon in God? Well then, listen to this. Therefore, let no one act as your judge according to food or drink or in respect to festivals or new moons or Sabbath days, things which are a shadow of what is to come, but the reality is Christ. The reality is Christ. Jerry, come here. It’s about 9:00 at night. What’s that up there in the sky? Big round thing.

Audience: It’s a shadow of real things. It’s a shadow of the real thing.

Praise the Lord. What is that thing?

Audience: We call it the moon.

You call it the moon. What is it?

Audience: Big rock.

All right then, brother. Can you tell me if it is a shadow, what is the reality?

Audience: Jesus Christ.

Amen. Praise the Lord. Now, if someone walks up to you tomorrow and says, “What’s the moon?” What are you going to tell them?