2019-09-30 “Moses…a servant…a testimony”

Hebrews 3:4  “And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after6  But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

The Lord reached down and particularly called “Moses” into His service.  Through “Moses”, the Lord delivered the Children of Israel from Egypt, guided and sustained them in the wilderness, gave them manna from Heaven, gave them drink from the Rock, and gave them the Law Service.  All these things, including “Moses” himself, pointed to the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ the Son of God!  The Lord plainly declared that “the scriptures … testify of me” (John 5:39), and “the scriptures” include the account of Moses’ life and his service.  “Moses” specifically pointed to the Lord when he told Israel, “The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;” (Deuteronomy 18:15).  The Lord admonished the people who professed to believe the Old Testament but didn’t believe Him: “For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.” (John 5:46).  The Lord manifested His great power, authority, and glory through His servant, “Moses”.  When Jesus Christ arrived in this world, He did even greater things than “Moses” and He fulfilled every prophetic type and prophecy that pointed to Him.  “Moses” gave Israel the sacrificial Law Service which ordered and disciplined their service to the Lord, but the Law Service never took away anybody’s sin.  But, when the Lord came, He perfectly and completely satisfied the prophecy of the sacrificial Law Service when He submitted Himself to be Crucified and gave His Precious Life to Eternally Pay Our Sin Debt!  So accurate where those prophecies concerning Jesus Christ that students of the Old Testament knew when and where He would be born, what He would do, and that He would finally be “cut off” [Crucified] (Isaiah 53:8) to pay our sin debt.  So now, by the grace and mercy of our Lord, we can joyfully “walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6-7)!