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JESUS is the NEW EXODUS
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Christ is the new exodus event. On the mount of Transfiguration Moses and
Elijah "appeared in glory and spoke of His departure, which He was to
accomplish at Jerusalem" (Luke 9:31, RSV).
The Greek word for "departure" is
exodos. How fitting that the Moses of the first Exodus should be
found communing with Christ just before the great exodus of the ages took
place in His death and resurrection! The writer to the Hebrews understands
Jesus' resurrection as the replay of Moses' coming up out of the Red Sea.
This is clear from a comparison of Isaiah 63:11 with Hebrews 13:20:
Then He remembered the days of old, Moses,
and His people, saying, Where is He that brought them up
out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock?—Isa. 63:11, KJV.
May the God of peace, who through the blood
of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the
great Shepherd of the sheep. —Heb. 13:20.
Present Truth, Special Issue, "Jesus Christ – the
Meaning of All Scripture, Life and History," p. 13 |