Greetings in Jesus' name. I am sending these for your interest. God bless, John. Moses was a premiere prophet as a prototype of Christ. It was in his rejection, and in his strengths, that Moses was a prototype of the Messiah to come. Moses himself spoke of this. I will not attempt to play out all the ways in which Moses is a prototype of Jesus. But I will outline some of the parallels between our Lord and Moses: Went up on a mountain and gave the Law (Exodus 19ff.; Matthew 5:1ff.) Inaugurated a covenant (Exodus 24:8; 34:27; 1 Kings 8:9; Luke 22:20) Spoke for God, truths that were communicated to them face to face (Exodus 33:11; John 8:38; 17:5). Brought about an exodus (Exodus 13ff.; Luke 9:31; see also Revelation 15:1-5) Came out of Egypt (Exodus 13:3; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15) Gave bread in the wilderness (Exodus 16; John 6:32) Means of salvation elevated on a pole (Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14) Performed signs and wonders which didn't produce repentance (Exodus 7:3; 10:1ff.; John 20:31) Tested in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:2; Matthew 4:1-2) Opposed and resisted by the Jews (Exodus 15:24; 16:2; 17:3; Numbers 20:24; 21:5; John 1:12) Rejected his leadership, chose a pagan instead (Numbers 14:1-4; John 19:15) Tried to stone him (Exodus 17:4; John 10:31) Rejected by the Jewish council (Psalm 106:43; John 11:47-53) Jews would not believe in spite of all the signs performed (Numbers 14:10; John 12:37) Mediated a covenant between God and men (Deuteronomy 5:5, 22-27; Exodus 32; Galatians 3:19-26; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 8:6; 9:15; 12:24) Spared from death by a cruel king as a child (Exodus 1-2; Matthew 2) Included Gentiles, much to the distress of the Jews (Numbers 12:1ff.; Luke 4) Meekness (Numbers 12:3; Matthew 11:29) Was Samson a type of Christ? We believe that to some extent all the judges were types of Christ, generally for the reason, that the whole history of Israel was in a proper sense symbolical. The people were brought into existence in a special manner, to serve the purpose of prefiguring Christ in many ways. There can be no doubt at all from the testimony of the New Testament, that the spirit of the Old Testament was a foreshadowing of Christ (John 5:39, 46; Luke 24:27). The smitten Rock is expressly said to mean Christ (1 Cor. 10:4). The lifting up of the serpent on the pole, is also expressly mentioned as an emblem of Christ being lifted up on the cross (John 3:14, 15). Christ also intimates that He is the true bread which came down from heaven, of which the manna of old was but an emblem. Much of the language which David applies to himself in the Psalms, is applied by the inspired men of the New Testament to Christ. We hold then that the whole history is full of the shadow of Christ, as our Saviour. The very name of judge is in the original, a saviour. Samson is supposed to have been typical of Christ in such respects as these 1. The birth of both was miraculous. Jesus was born of a virgin, Samson of a barren woman. 2. Both were specially given to act the part of Saviours. 3. Both were consecrated to their work by the Divine Spirit. 4. All their work was done through the influence of that Spirit 5. The great need of the age in which each appeared was penitence 6. Both did their work alone, without an army, and even without arms. 7. It was God's gracious thought to raise up such a Deliverer in either case. 8. Each appeared at first as a little child. 9. Each in death slew more than in their life. 10. Each had an encounter with a lion, at the beginning of their course. 11. Each was received with indifference by his own people. 12. Each was betrayed by his own people into the hands of enemies. 13. Each was faithful to the interests of his own people. 14. Each submitted to be bound without a murmur. 15. Each came a Light into the world, to reveal character. 16. The men of Judah preferred to continue under the Philistine yoke, rather than follow Samson to liberty. So the Jews cried aloud, We have no king but Caesar. 17. Both were uniformly successful in every combat they had with their enemies, though they fought all alone. 18. Both endured much mockery from the world, while fulfilling their commission received from heaven. 19. Each proved himself able to destroy the gates of the enemy. 20. From first to last each stood faithful to his God amid surrounding treason. _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
