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Mirroring the Deliverers: Discovering Jesus in the Story of Moses and the Path to Liberation
Embark on a profound journey with me, Evan Evans, as we uncover timeless truths of redemption and liberation through the remarkable lives of Moses and Jesus Christ. Have you ever wondered how these two pivotal figures mirror each other in their roles as deliverers? This episode promises to illuminate the divine blueprint that links the miraculous birth, leadership, and mission of Moses with the life of Jesus. We will explore the Israelites' path from bondage to liberation, drawing potent metaphors from Moses' encounters, such as the burning bush, to reveal Jesus' incarnation and active presence in our lives. As we confront our feelings of inadequacy, Moses' story reassures us of God's unwavering promise to be with us always.
Our exploration continues as we discover the profound connections between Old Testament symbols within the Tabernacle and the life and work of Jesus. With elements like the lampstand and the Ark of the Covenant prefiguring Christ's purity and sacrifice, we highlight Moses' intercessory role and how it foreshadows Jesus' fulfillment of the law. This episode also delves into the Israelites' wilderness challenges and parallels them with our spiritual journeys, affirming Jesus as our eternal guide. Finally, we invite you to express your faith through fashion with God Chaser Apparel, where your passion for God can be worn proudly while nurturing a deeper relationship with Christ. Join us as we set the stage for next week's exploration of Jesus in the story of Joshua and the conquest.
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Welcome to the God Chaser podcast, where we pursue the heart of God and explore the depths of His wisdom. I'm your host, Evan Evans. Hey, family, Evan Evans here. You know, sometimes the greatest stories of freedom aren't locked in ancient history. They're playing out in your life right now and today. On the God Chaser podcast, I'm taking you on a journey that's going to change how you see your own story forever. We're diving deep into the life of Moses and let me tell you what we're about to uncover is absolutely mind-blowing. From a tiny baby in a basket to the mighty deliverer of God's people, every step of Moses' journey paints an incredible portrait of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I can't wait to show you how God weaved his master plan of redemption through every detail From that mysterious burning bush that showed us what it means for God to dwell with man to the Passover lamb that pointed God to dwell with man To the Passover lamb that pointed straight to Christ's sacrifice. We're going to see how the Red Sea crossing wasn't just about Israel's freedom. It's a powerful picture of your own liberation through Christ.
Speaker 1:Listen, some of you are feeling trapped in your own Egypt right now. Maybe others are wandering through what feels like a wilderness season, and I know some of you are standing at your Jordan River wondering if you'll ever step into what God has promised you. This message is for you because here's the beautiful truth we're uncovering today. Jesus isn't just waiting at the end of your journey. He's your deliverer, walking with you through every single step. He's your Moses, your Passover lamb, your living water in the desert, and today we're going to see him in ways you've never seen him before. Before we dive in, I want to thank all our monthly supporters who make this ministry possible. Now, family, get ready, because we're about to see how your story of redemption was written into the greatest exodus of all time.
Speaker 2:Welcome to the God Chaser podcast, the ultimate destination for those yearning to cultivate a passionate, intimate relationship with God. Join your host, Evan Evans, as he explores the depths of scripture, shares inspiring testimonies and provides practical guidance to help you become a true God chaser, Discover the transformative power of pursuing God's presence and be inspired to reignite your spiritual journey. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts and get ready to embark on an adventure that will change your life forever. Welcome to the God Chaser Podcast. Let the chase begin. Welcome back to the God Chaser podcast. Let the chase begin.
Speaker 1:Welcome back to the God Chaser podcast. I'm your host, evan Evans. Last week we saw how Joseph's life painted a stunning portrait of Jesus Christ. Today we're diving into an even more elaborate picture of our Savior the story of Moses and the Exodus picture of our Savior, the story of Moses and the Exodus. What we're about to uncover isn't just ancient history, it's a divine blueprint of redemption.
Speaker 1:Let's start in Exodus, chapter 1, where we find God's people in bondage. Now, some of you understand bondage all too well. Maybe it's not physical chains, but you're bound by addiction, trapped in toxic relationships or enslaved to past trauma. The Israelites' cry under Egyptian slavery echoes our own desperate need for deliverance. But watch how God responds. Exodus, chapter 2, verses 23 to 24, tells us the Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant. Just as God prepared a deliverer for Israel, he had already planned our ultimate deliverer.
Speaker 1:But notice the parallels in how both Moses and Jesus enter the story. Both are born under death decrees Moses, when Pharaoh ordered all Hebrew boys killed. Jesus when Herod commanded the slaughter of Bethlehem's infants. Both were divinely protected in their infancy. Exodus, chapter 2, verses 1 to 10, shows us Moses' mother placing him in a basket on the Nile. That word basket in Hebrew is tebah, the same word used for Noah's ark. Both were instruments of salvation through water. But here's the deeper meaning Just as Moses would deliver Israel through water the Red Sea Jesus delivers us through the waters of baptism.
Speaker 1:Some of you might feel like Moses' mother right now, forced to take desperate measures, placing your hopes in what seems like a fragile vessel. Maybe you're watching your children navigate dangerous waters and all you can do is trust God's protection. Remember the same God who guided that basket guides your life. Let's look at Moses' journey to becoming a deliverer. Exodus, chapter 2, verses 11 to 15, shows us his first attempt to help his people. Seeing an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he intervenes but ends up fleeing to the wilderness. Some of you know what it's like to try solving things in your own strength, only to find yourself in a spiritual wilderness. This is where we see a profound truth about God's preparation process. Moses spent 40 years in Midian. What looked like wasted time was actually divine training.
Speaker 1:Hebrews, chapter 11, verses 24 to 26, tells us Moses chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. Just as Jesus would leave heaven's glory to identify with humanity, moses left his palace position to identify with his people. Then comes that pivotal moment at the burning bush Exodus, chapter 3, verses 1 to 4. Moses sees a bush burning but not consumed. Here's where it gets deep. In this bush, we see a picture of Christ's incarnation, the fire of divine presence dwelling in earthly substance, yet not destroying it. Just as Jesus would be God in human flesh, not consuming his humanity but displaying his glory through it.
Speaker 1:Listen to Moses' response in Exodus 3, verse 11. Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh? Some of you are wrestling with that same question right now. Who am I to lead, to speak, to serve? You feel inadequate, unqualified, broken. But God's answer to Moses is his answer to you, exodus, chapter 3, verse 12, I will be with you. This mirrors what Jesus would promise in Matthew, chapter 28, verse 20. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. It's never about our adequacy, it's about his presence. But there's something even more remarkable here when Moses asks God's name, he receives that profound revelation I am who I am. Exodus, chapter 3, verse 14.
Speaker 1:Fast forward to the New Testament and we hear Jesus declaring before Abraham was I am. John, chapter 8, verse 58. The same divine presence in that burning bush would one day walk in human flesh. Now we come to the confrontation with Pharaoh and the plagues. But let's see this through the lens of Christ. Each plague wasn't just a display of power. It was a direct challenge to Egypt's false gods, just as Christ's ministry would challenge every false system that holds people in bondage.
Speaker 1:But it's the Passover that gives us one of Scripture's clearest pictures of Jesus. Exodus 12, 5-7 specifies a lamb without defect. Its blood applied to the doorposts. The Apostle Paul would later write in 1 Corinthians 5-7, for Christ, our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. Think about the details. The lamb had to be perfect, pointing to Christ's sinlessness. It was chosen on the tenth day and kept until the fourteenth, just as Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and was crucified on Passover. Not a bone was to be broken, fulfilled when the soldiers didn't break Jesus' legs on the cross. John, chapter 19, verses 33 to 36.
Speaker 1:For those of you fighting for freedom from sin's bondage, understand this. Just as no amount of good works could save Israel that night, only the blood of the Lamb, so nothing but the blood of Christ can set you free Some of you have been trying to earn. The Exodus itself paints an incredible picture of salvation. Exodus, chapter 14, shows Israel caught between an army and an ocean. Some of you feel trapped right now between your past and what seems like an impossible future. But watch this. Just as Moses told Israel in Exodus, chapter 14, verse 13,. Exodus, chapter 14, verse 13. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today, jesus offers deliverance when we trust him.
Speaker 1:The Red Sea crossing powerfully pictures baptism. First Corinthians, chapter 10, verses 1 to 2, tells us our ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. Just as Israel went through the water to break free from Egypt, we go through baptism to break free from sin's dominion. But here's what's amazing the same water that delivered Israel destroyed Pharaoh's army. Peter tells us in 1 Peter, chapter 3, verses 20 to 21, that baptism now saves us. The waters of judgment become waters of salvation through Christ.
Speaker 1:Let's follow Israel into the wilderness, because this is where many of you are living right now, somewhere between deliverance and destiny. Three days into their journey, they face their first crisis no water. Then they find bitter water at Marah. Exodus, chapter 15, verses 23 to 25, shows us Moses throwing a piece of wood into the bitter waters to make them sweet. Don't miss this beautiful picture. The wood pointing to the cross of Christ transforms bitterness into blessing. Some of you are drinking bitter waters right now Disappointment, resentment, unforgiveness but the cross of Christ can transform your bitterness into blessing, your pain into purpose.
Speaker 1:Then comes the manna. Exodus, chapter 16, verse 4. I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Jesus would later declare in John, chapter 6, verse 51. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Every morning, israel had to gather fresh manna, just as we need fresh encounters with Christ daily. Yesterday's manna won't feed today's hunger. Some of you are trying to live on past experiences with God, but he wants to feed you fresh every morning. Look at the rules about manna. Had to be gathered early. Seeking Christ first Couldn't be stored. Daily dependence Double portion before Sabbath God's provision for rest Kept in the ark as a memorial. Christ preserved in Scripture. Then we come to Exodus, chapter 17,.
Speaker 1:Water from the rock Paul reveals in 1 Corinthians, chapter 10, verse 4, that rock was Christ. Moses strikes the rock, just as Christ would be struck for us. But notice something crucial In Numbers, chapter 20, when God tells Moses to speak to the rock, he strikes it instead and is barred from entering the promised land. Why? Because Christ was to be struck only once. Hebrews, chapter 10, verse 10. Some of you are still beating yourself up over sin, still trying to earn forgiveness through penance, but Christ was struck once for all. The living water flows freely. Now we need only speak to him in faith. The giving of the law at Sinai shows us another facet of Christ. Moses goes up the mountain into God's presence, just as Jesus would ascend to the Father. Moses' face shone with reflected glory Exodus, chapter 34, verses 29 to 35. But 2 Corinthians, chapter 3, tells us we now behold Christ's glory directly being transformed into his image.
Speaker 1:Now let's step into one of scripture's most detailed pictures of Jesus. Scripture's most detailed pictures of Jesus the tabernacle. Exodus, chapter 25 through 40, gives us intricate details that might seem tedious until we see Christ in every element. John, chapter 1, verse 14, tells us the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. That's the literal translation. Jesus is God's ultimate dwelling place with humanity. Look at the entrance to the tabernacle courtyard One door, just as Jesus would say in John, chapter 10, verse 9, I am the door. The bronze altar for sacrifice points to the cross. The bronze laver for washing pictures our cleansing through Christ's word.
Speaker 1:Some of you are trying to approach God through multiple paths, but there's only one way through Christ. The lampstand inside the holy place had to be pure gold, beaten into shape, picturing Christ, pure and perfect, yet bruised for us. The bread of presence. Jesus, the bread of life. The altar of incense, his continuous intercession for us. Every detail speaks of Jesus, but it's the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies that gives us the most profound picture. Inside were the tablets of law, were the tablets of law? Christ fulfilled the law. A pot of manna, christ, the living bread. Aaron's budded rod. Christ's resurrection power. The mercy seat above the ark sprinkled with blood, where God met with man. This pictures Christ as our mercy seat, our place of meeting with God, as our mercy seat, our place of meeting with God. Romans, chapter 3, verse 25, actually calls Jesus our propitiation, the same word used for mercy seat in the Greek Old Testament.
Speaker 1:Now watch Moses' intercessory role After the golden calf incident. Exodus, chapter 32, verse 32 shows Moses pleading please forgive their sin, but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written. This previews Christ's intercessory work. Hebrews, chapter 7, verse 25 tells us he always lives to intercede for us. Some of you feel like you've created your own golden calf moment, a massive failure that surely disqualifies you. But just as Moses stood in the gap for Israel, jesus stands in the gap for you. Your advocate never stops pleading your case. Look at Moses' relationship with God in Exodus, chapter 33, verse 11. The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. This intimacy previewed what Christ would make available to all believers the veil that Moses wore. It was torn when Christ died, giving us all direct access to God.
Speaker 1:Let's look at something profound in Moses' final days that points directly to Christ. In Deuteronomy, chapter 18, verses 15 and 18, moses prophesies the Lord, your God, will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. Peter in Acts, chapter 3, verses 22 to 23, directly applies this to Jesus. Think about the parallels. Both delivered their people from bondage, both performed miraculous signs, both fasted 40 days, both fed multitudes in the wilderness, both mediated a covenant in blood. Both spoke God's words directly. But Jesus is greater than Moses. Hebrews, chapter 3, verses 3 to 6, tells us Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. Moses was faithful as a servant in God's house, but Christ is faithful as the son over God's house.
Speaker 1:This speaks to where many of you are right now. You might feel like the Israelites caught between Egypt and the promised land. Maybe you're free from your old life but haven't yet stepped into all God has for you. You're struggling with wilderness mentality, complaining, fear, unbelief. Remember the same God who parted the Red Sea goes before you. Or perhaps you identify with Moses, feeling inadequate for your calling, facing opposition from those you're trying to help, weary from carrying others' burdens. Look to Jesus, who carried the ultimate burden of our sin to the cross.
Speaker 1:The wilderness generation fell short because, as Hebrews, chapter 4, verse 2, tells us, the message they heard was of no value to them because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. Some of you are in danger of the same error hearing about Christ but not mixing what you hear with faith. But here's our hope we have a greater mediator than Moses. Hebrews, chapter 8, verse 6, declares but in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one. Since the new covenant is established on better promises, moses could only point to the promised land. Jesus becomes our promised land. Moses could only provide temporary deliverance. Jesus provides eternal salvation. Moses' face reflected God's glory. In Christ we become partakers of divine nature, family.
Speaker 1:Whatever wilderness you're crossing today, remember you're not just following a lawgiver like Moses, you're following Jesus, who fulfilled the law for you. You're not just seeking an earthly promised land, you're seeking a heavenly kingdom. You're not just under a covenant of law, you're under a covenant of grace. Next week we'll explore how Jesus appears in the story of Joshua and the conquest. But for now, remember this Just as every detail of the Exodus pointed to Christ, every detail of your journey is preparing you to know him more deeply. And if you're still in your Egypt crying out for deliverance. Jesus is your Moses, your Passover lamb, your Red Sea crossing. If you're in your wilderness, he's your manna, your water from the rock, your cloud by day and fire by night. If you're at your Jordan, he's your Joshua leading you into your inheritance. This is Evan Evans, reminding you to keep chasing God's heart Until next time. Remember, jesus isn't just at the end of your journey, he's with you every step of the way.
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Speaker 1:May you not just chase God but find him in the blessings, big and small, that he has in store for you. And there we have it, folks. Another episode of God Chaser wrapped up. We hope you've been blessed by today's discussion and we look forward to diving into more life-transforming topics with you in the future. Stay blessed and keep chasing after God.