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Pontius Pilate above instruction from GENESIS 3 was given before Eve became fruitful, before Eve was first called Eve, and before Eve became a mother. We then read in GENESIS 3:20 her name for the first time: And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. We must also make note that Eve was very fiiiitfril even though we are not told how many children she and Adam did have together. We read this in GENESIS 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male andfemale created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. With this blessing of God potentially Eve herself could have had several hundred children!!! One day we will know the answer as to how many children she did have. No wonder ...she was the mother of all living. One final thought concerning Adam and Eve, and their type in scripture. In GENESIS 5:5 we read: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:22 also informs us: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. We know that apart from translation we will all die. Adam died, and so did Eve. Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years before he died. How long did Eve live? We are not told this in scripture are we? I believe the reason we are not told this in scripture is because the Lord wants us to view Eve as a type of the Bride of Christ. The Bride of Christ has everlasting life, as do all believers. Adam had one wife. Eve. The last Adam, Jesus Christ will have one wife forever too. There is no end to everlasting life, and the Bride of Christ will be His everlasting wife. This has been an interesting collection of people Paul has named in this first epistle to Timothy that we have studied so far. Timothy was mentioned first as Paul addressed him in this letter. The next two, Hymenaeus and Alexander, were men Timothy was familiar with, who had left the truth and were teaching error making shipwreck concerning faith. Paul charged Timothy to continue in the faith, and war a good warfare having been warned of those who would oppose him, like Hymenaeus and Alexander. Adam and Eve was the next pair Paul wrote Timothy about, with the thought taking Timothy back to the beginning of how God ordained the place that the man has, the place that the woman has, and their place in relationship with Jesus Christ. Timothy was familiar with Paul's teaching found in 1 CORINTHIANS 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. So when Paul wrote Timothy about Adam and Eve, he was reminding him of the deeper truths concerning Christ and His church that Timothy was now sent to be an Apostle unto. Paul was in his own words encouraging Timothy to continue to be a good witness in the sight of God as he proceeds forward on his own race course. And his treatment of people must align with Paul's gospel message. Paul adds one more familiar name for Timothy's consideration as he closes his writing him the first epistle of Timothy. (6) Pontius Pilate The sixth, and last person mentioned by name in 1 TIMOTHY is Pontius Pilate. Let's read the context of what Paul wrote Timothy concerning Pontius Pilate. 1 TIMOTHY 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. The over all point that Paul was emphasizing to Timothy here was to always keep the gospel of Paul, which he was commanded to preach and teach, spotlessly and irreproachably until the appearing of 1344 our Lord Jesus Christ. There was no compromise found in Jesus Christ ...who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession,... and Timothy was here encouraged to follow Jesus' example. Why did Paul here bring Pontius Pilate to Timothy's attention in the first place? Pontius Pilate was to Timothy an example of Roman authority, and according to scripture the highest Roman official that Jesus ever talked to. Timothy and Paul were Church Apostle's sent to teach the gospel message unto those under Roman authority. Both Paul and Timothy by this time had been prisoners under Roman authority. But there is an authority much higher than the Roman authority that both Paul and Timothy were under, and that Higher Authority is Jesus Himself ... Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.... 1 TIMOTHY 6:15 & 16. Pontius Pilate had an elevated office as a man, but it paled in comparison to the Superiority of the Authority of Jesus Christ Himself. REVELATION 17:14 in part states this of the Lamb of God: ...for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Here in 1 TIMOTHY 6 Paul was reminding Timothy that he too was called, and chosen, and was to be of the high calling mind set to be faithful unto the ministry that he was now called unto. So we find here with the mention of Pontius Pilate that Paul was reminding Timothy of who the real Authority was; God, and His Son Jesus Christ. Nevertheless Timothy, (and us too), are instructed to also pray for those in authority. Paul wrote to Timothy: 1 TIMOTHY 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Note the purpose of praying for such men: ...that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. Let's do a little review of Pontius Pilate, who is only famous in the first place because of his dealings with Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of the province of Judaea at a time when it was administered as an annex of Syria. LUKE 3:1 & 2 explains who was who in that day: Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests... History records as governor Pontius Pilate's primary functions were military, but as the representative of the empire he was responsible for the collection of imperial taxes, and also had limited judicial functions. Other civil administration lay in the hands of local government: the municipal councils, or ethnic governments such as in the district of Judaea and Jerusalem the Sanhedrin and its president the High Priest. But the power of appointment of the High Priest resided with the Roman ambassador of Syria, or the governor of Judaea in Pilate's day. Normally, Pilate resided in Caesarea but traveled throughout the province, especially to Jerusalem, in the course of performing his duties. During the Passover Pontius Pilate, as governor would have been expected to be in Jerusalem to keep order. He would not ordinarily be visible to the throngs of worshippers because of the Jewish people's deep sensitivity to their status as a Roman province, and their fear of the Roman yoke. In his letter to Tiberius Caesar concerning the trial of Jesus, Pontius Pilate wrote: "They could never forgive me for having entered the Holy City with banners that bear the image of the Roman Emperor. And, although, in this instance, I had committed a fatal mistake, yet the sacrilege did not appear less heinous in their eyes." So we get a little glimpse of the prevailing attitudes between the Jews, and the Roman's in Jesus day. As the governor charged with keeping order in Jerusalem during such times as the Passover feast we would assume that Pontius Pilate would have a considerable number of soldiers assigned to him, but such was not necessarily the case.
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