Ebed-Melech - part 3

Continued from a previous post...

Jeremiah 38:7-9 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

"Ebedmelech" - in Hebrew, this name means "servant of the King". Thus, Ebedmelech is a type of the true believers in Christ. Remember that Paul, in the New Testmant, referred to himself over and over again as a "servant" of slave of Jesus Christ. [Ron's note: is this MY conscious identity as well?]

"the Ethiopian" - even in the Old Testament, God did not restrict his salvation plan to National Israel, even though it was chiefly identified with that nation. Here Ebedmelech is an Ethiopian, yet he is saved. God's salvation goes to every nation, tongue, tribe and language today. God is not a respecter of persons. Remember the other Ethiopian eunuch of the Bible, recorded in Acts
8:26-40.