John 5:46-47
“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
How did Moses write about Jesus?
Foreshadowing and Types:
- The Passover Lamb (Exodus 12)
- The Bronze Serpent (Numbers 21)
- The Rock in the Wilderness (Exodus 17)
- The Manna (Exodus 16)
Direct Prophecies:
- The Seed of the Woman (Genesis 3:15)
- The Star and Scepter of Jacob (Numbers 24:17)
- The Prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-19)
Deuteronomy 18:15-19
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.’”
Key Points in Deuteronomy 18:15-19:
- The Promise (v. 15)
- The Authority (v. 18)
- The Warning (v. 19)
Parallels Between Moses and Jesus:
- Deliverers
- Lawgivers
- Mediators
Fulfillment in the New Testament:
- The Voice from Heaven (Matthew 17:5)
- Peter’s Sermon (Acts 3:22-23)
- Stephen’s Defense (Acts 7:37)
Hebrews 1:1-4
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”
Hebrews 5:9
“And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him”
