Moses is a Shadow of Christ

Deuteronomy 18:18-19; “I will raise up a Prophet from among their country men like you and I will put My words in His mouth and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which He shall speak in My Name, I Myself will require it of him.

Moses

  • 400 years of oppression
    Genesis 15:13
  • Pharaoh kills the babies
    Exodus 1:12,17,22
  • Flees from Egypt
    Exodus 2:15
  • God sent him back
    Exodus 3:12
  • Sent to save His people
    Exodus 3:10
  • Aaron introduces Moses
    Exodus 4:16; 29-31
  • Rejected by the people
    Exodus 5:21; 14:11-12
  • Introduction YAWEH name of God
    Exodus 6:3
  • 10 Plagues
    Water to blood – Exodus 7:17
    Brought the frogs – Exodus 8:2
    Stinging gnats – Exodus 8:16
    Swarming insects – Exodus 8:21
    Pestilence – Exodus 9:6
    Boils – Exodus 9:9
    Hail storm – Exodus 9:18
    Locust ate all – Exodus 10:4-5
    Darkness 3 days – Exodus 10:21-22
    Death of first born – Exodus 11:5
  • Red Sea – saved the people
    Exodus 14:1ff
  • Song of Moses
    Exodus 15:1-18
  • Bitter water, sweet with a tree
    Exodus 15:22-27
  • Feeds people bread and quail
    Exodus 16:1ff
  • Supplies water from a rock
    Exodus 17:1-7
  • Selects 70 elders
    Exodus 18:1ff; 24:1
  • Spoke with God on the mountain
    Exodus 19:3, 8, 20
  • 10 Commandments
    Exodus 20:1ff
  • Gave attitude for people
    Exodus 21:22-23
  • Took 3 friends up the mountain
    Exodus 24:15
  • Given design for Tabernacle
    Exodus 25-31
  • Intercedes for the people
    Exodus 32:1ff – gold calf
  • Prays to God for presence
    Exodus 33:1ff
  • Fasted 40 days
    Exodus 34:28
  • Gave the people the Law
    Exodus 34:27-29
  • Built the Tabernacle with 2 friends
    Bezalel and Aholiab
  • Selected 12 spies
    Numbers 13:1-16
  • Willing to die for people
    Numbers 14:11-20
  • No knowledge of his grave
    Deuteronomy 34:6

Jesus

  • 400 years silence since Malachi
    430.BC
  • Herod kills the babies
    Matthew 2:16-18
  • Flees to Egypt
    Matthew 2:13-15
  • God sent Him back
    Matthew 2:19-21
  • Sent to save His people
    John 3:16-18
  • John the Baptist introduces Jesus
    John 1:23; 29-36
  • Rejected by the people
    John 5:18; 6:41,64; 8:52
  • Introduction Jesus as name of God
    John 17:6
  • 10 Blessings
    Water to wine – John 2:1-11
    Expelled demons – Revelation 16:13
    Forgave sin – 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
    Swarming people – Luke 5:15
    Great catch of fish – Luke 5:1-6
    Healed all diseases – Matthew 4:23-25
    Calmed the storm – Luke 8:22-25
    Jesus is the Bread of Life – John 6:48-51
    Jesus is Light of Men – John 1:4
    Jesus is Passover Lamb – John 1:36
  • Baptism – saves the people
    1 Corinthians 10:2
  • Song of the Lamb
    Revelation 15:3
  • Cross makes Old Testament sweet
    Luke 24:45; 2 Corinthians 3:7-18
  • Feeds 5,000 and 4,000
    Matthew 14:13-21; 5:32-39
  • Jesus is the Rock
    1 Corinthians 10:3-4
  • Selects 70 disciples
    Luke 10:1-12; 17-20
  • Spoke with God on the mountain
    Luke 6:12; 9:1ff; 22:39ff


  • Gave beatitudes for people
    Matthew 5:6-7
  • Took 3 friends up the mountain
    Luke 9:1
  • Gave us design for the church
    Acts, 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy
  • Intercedes for the people
    Luke 23:28-31, 34, 43
  • Prays for God’s presence for people
    John 17:1ff
  • Fasted 40 days
    Luke 4:1-2
  • Gave the people the Royal Law
    John 13:34; James 1:2
  • Built the Church with 2 friends
    Peter and Paul
  • Selected 12 apostles
    Luke 6:13-16
  • Died for all people
    Hebrews 9:26-28
  • No grave – ascended
    Acts 2:29-36

Wrap-up

John 1:45 – We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 5:46 – For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.



John 7:31 –
But many of the multitude believed in Him and they were saying, “When the Christ shall come, He will not perform more signs than this man has will He?”

John 7:40 – Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”