MOSES
A
FORESHADOWING OF CHRIST
“Years passed, and the king of Egypt died.
But the Israelites continued to groan under their slavery.
They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
God heard their groaning, and
He remembered
His covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
He looked down on the people of
Israel
and knew it was time to Act.”
Exodus 2:23-25
Did you know that there are
glimpses of Jesus
throughout the Old Testament?
The Old Testament,
also known as the Law and the Prophets,
tells the story of God’s relentless,
redemptive pursuit of His people to prepare
The Way
for a Savior –
a Savior named Jesus Christ. Take the story of Moses.
If you grew up in church, then the name
Moses might ring a bell as the man
God used to save the Hebrew people from enslavement in Egypt.
But there’s so much more to the story.
In fact, the life of Moses has
many parallels to that of Christ.
- A Child of Destiny
Both
Moses and Jesus
were born during seasons of persecution.
Moses was born during Pharaoh’s decree that all
Hebrew baby boys
be thrown into the Nile in a pre-emptive attempt to
stifle the growth
of the Hebrew people
and
maintain the upper hand
(Exodus 1)
In the same way, when
King Herod
discovered that the prophesized
"King of the Jews”
had been born, he ordered the slaughter of all the
Jewish baby boys in Bethlehem
(Matthew 2).
Both acts of violence stemmed from a place of fear when the
ruler’s power felt threatened.
Yet,
God’s sovereignty prevailed,
as both
Moses and Jesus were spared.
- Freedom for the Captives
After generations in
Egypt,
God called Moses to lead the Hebrew people
out of slavery
and into the long awaited
Promised Land.
Jesus,
however, later freed
not just one people group,
but ALL mankind from their
enslavement to sin.
Through Jesus’ death
on the cross and resurrection,
EVERYONE
can now have freedom from sin and have
access to eternity’s
Promised Land in heaven.
How?
If you choose to accept it,
through
faith in Jesus Christ.
The children of Israel
had to have faith
that Moses was sent from God to
set them free.
The children of God have to have faith that
Jesus was sent from God
to set US free from slavery to sin.
We see in the life of Moses
the foreshadowing of what God would do
through the ultimate
child of destiny and Savior,
Jesus Christ.
Jesus’ life would transform
not just
the history of one nation,
but of everyone in the world
who
chooses to trust Him.
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