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Mark Twain said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. It's certainly true of the Bible -- so much of what goes on in the New Testament is foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Jesus is the perfection of many things that were hinted at. When the Israelites were in slavery in Egypt, it was Moses who led them out of slavery through the waters of the sea. When we were in slavery to sin, it was Jesus who led us out of slavery through the waters of baptism. When the people grumbled against God and God was frustrated, Moses pleaded with God, interceding on our behalf. When we sinned against God, Jesus interceded on our behalf, taking the punishment that was rightly ours. Moses went up on Mt. Sinai to receive the law and bring it down to the people. Jesus fulfilled the Law and brought us new commandments, raising the standard of our behavior.
Jesus was the new Moses, just as prophets and kings and other leaders also pointed, in their own way, ahead to Jesus. Everything was pointing to Jesus as the fulfillment of God's work and promise, and Jesus exceeded all expectations. In the same way, things continue to point forward to Jesus' return. Our job is to look around and notice how things are pointing forward, that we may tell others around us about the God who is to come and the joy that awaits!
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