I know all truths are important, but this is a truth that really stays front and center with me. After many years of studying and buying books on the physical finds of biblical historic proofs in the form of relics and archaelogical digs, I now have come to the point that I realize that whether anything in the OT actually happened in the flesh or not is irrevelant to me.
It all happened for my admonition.
For me to see the spiritual significance and realizing in my being that I am being called by God and given a rare ability to see what is unseen. To realize this bible or scriptures are given to us to deceive the world in its carnality and to bring to truth those who are given spiritual eyes and ears to see the Words that Daniel could not see. To be able to compare spiritual with spiritual. To understand that "the Words that Christ is speaking to us are spirit and life" When we know that they are spirit then and only then can we have life.
Now I see that I am Adam, Eve, Abram, Abraham, Issac, Ishmael, Jacob, Essau, Joseph, Joseph's brothers, Moses, Aaron, Korah, King Saul, David, Judas, Peter, John the Baptist, etc. All the way to Jesus, realizing that it is Christ in me that is the hope of glory.
Jesus is the first fruit of all who are called, chosen, and faithful, and I know that I cannot be faithful unless I can wear that coat of many colors which is being able to realize that I am seeking that mark set before me which is the anointing of Christ in me. As long as I continue to study that physical Jesus that walked the earth 2000 years ago, I will always keep Christ separate from me. I will have the idol in my mind of a physical man whether he is handsome or ugly it is an idol of the heart that must go before I can attain to the truth of Christ in me not out there.
God is working his plan to work out the exact way he desires for it to work out, but the little twists and turns of the journey are all for your sakes. For my sake. Personally. When you realize that He is speaking directly to you. Showing you who you are and what you must go through to graduate first in this age. Just like Robert De Niro in Taxi when he says "Are you talking to me?" The answer is yes. He is talking to you about you.
Be encouraged. It is all about you and it is all working to your good.
CIY