All right, let's turn to the
book of Exodus. Now, I'm not going to read you
all the background on Moses. Moses is our next man in the
way of types. And unless you want to read the
entire book of Exodus, it'd be hard for me to give you the background
on Moses. We've been studying some of these
prominent men in the Old Testament that are types of the Lord Jesus.
Now according to the dictionary, a type is a figure, a representation
or symbol of another as it's used in the Bible. We find the word figure used
twice in Hebrews chapter nine. Two times. He uses that word
figure. And one time he uses the word
pattern, which is basically the same thing. And so these things
of types are not something I've pulled out of my sleeve. These
things are, this is the way that the disciples and the apostles
taught the Old Testament to the New Testament church. And all through here, even the priesthood
is represented in Hebrews chapter nine. He goes all the way back
to Hebrews eight and he starts talking about the old covenant
and the new covenant. And then in Hebrews nine, he
starts talking about the priesthood and that the priesthood served
for the time then present. It was put upon them for the
time then present until the coming of Christ who fulfilled all those
things. So the next in line for our study
is the Prophet Moses. And Moses is perhaps the most
well-known of the Old Testament prophets. If you were to just
find somebody who's never been to church much and just the only
exposure he's ever had to anything biblical is just what he hears
out in the world, that man will know who Moses is. That's how
prominent a man Moses was in the Bible. They've made motion
pictures about him, they've done all these things, and Moses is
very well-known. number of books written about
him. The giving of the law and Israel's deliverance out of Egypt
and their journey through the wilderness and his bringing them
right up to the brink of the Jordan River next to the promise
line. So how does this great prophet
typify the Lord Jesus Christ? What can I teach you about Christ
by looking at Moses? Well, Moses is a type of Christ
in that he was born to be the deliverer. That was the purpose
of his being. That's why he was born into this
world. That's why he wasn't killed like
all the other Hebrew children. Pharaoh decided he just wasn't
gonna have a deliverer and the way he was gonna do it, he was
just gonna kill all the male children. He couldn't stop the
growth of Israel And he tried to do that by telling
the midwives to kill all the young children, just take them
out and throw them in the river. And that didn't work, and the
midwives wouldn't do that. But Moses was preserved in a
supernatural way. In God's providence, his mother
took him and built him an ark, a little raft of a thing out
of the bulrushes, and she put slime in it, the old sticky clay
mud out of the river. She put that around that ark,
and then she took some tar, and she put that tar, that pitch,
all around the outside of that thing and she just shoved him
out in the river into the hands of God. And God took that little
baby and flowed him right down the river, right to Pharaoh's
daughter. Caused Pharaoh's daughter to
fall in love with that little baby. And then her maid said,
you want me to find a Hebrew woman to nurse that little baby? And she said yes. So she went
back and got Moses' mommy. Now, instead of living in fear,
she's living in the palace, and she's raising this boy who's
going to be the deliverer, in spite of everything. God makes
such an open show. You know, he tells us that over
in the book of Psalms. He said, I'll have them in derision. These ones who say, I'm not coming
under you, yoke. I'm not going to receive his
teaching. I'm not going to bow to him. He said, he'll laugh.
He'll laugh at you. He'll have you in derision. That
means like the old timers put them in the stocks and they throw
tomatoes at them and made a public spectacle out of them. That's
what he did to Pharaoh. He let Pharaoh raise the deliverer
in his own house. The Apostle Paul asked this question
in 1 Corinthians 3 saying, we're talking about Moses being born
the deliverer. Paul said, who maketh thee to
differ from another? And what have you gotten that
you haven't received? And if you received it, why do
you act like you didn't? Moses received these, there was
nothing in Moses that deserved or made him likely to be the
deliverer. This was the gift of God, this
was the hand of God on this child. God ordained him to be the deliverer
and all hell couldn't keep it from coming to pass. One man becomes president, another
digs ditches. One man sits in the governor's
chair, and another shines shoes. And what about in the kingdom
of God? Huh? He takes one man, raises him
up, and he becomes a worldwide influence. He takes another man
and puts him in a church, and he sits there in a pew, and he
works his job, and he supports his pastor, and nobody knows
who he is. Nobody even knows his name. One man becomes an apostle and
another holds no office at all. Who maketh thee to differ from
another? And the answer, of course, is
our God. And God ordained that Moses would,
in due time, walk into Pharaoh's palace and demand the release
of God's children. Now, if you had asked Moses if
that were gonna be his whole life, he would have said no way. He was raised in that palace
and he knew what Pharaoh was, knew his power, knew the power
of his kingdom, and there was no way any man was going to face
him face to face and humble that man. You just did not walk in
there. But God ordained that he would.
And he did. He did. Moses couldn't grasp it, and
the children of Israel couldn't grasp it, and certainly Pharaoh
couldn't conceive of it. But in spite of their doubts
and ignorance, Moses was, by God's decree, the deliverer. In Exodus chapter three, verse
11, Moses said unto God, who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of
Egypt? Who am I? Nobody. Nobody. And then what about the people?
Moses said again, they won't believe me. They're not gonna
hearken unto my voice, but they're gonna say unto me, the Lord hath
not appeared unto thee. God didn't tell you to do this.
That's what they're gonna say. Well, what do they say today?
When I tell men and read to them from the word of God, the necessity
of hearing God's preacher, what do men say? God didn't say that. That's your opinion. Ain't that
what they say? And that's what Moses said. When
I go down there, here's what they're going to tell me. God
didn't tell you this. He didn't tell you this. And
that's always what unbelievers say. They're gonna say unto me, the
Lord hath not appeared unto thee. But we are and we shall do what
our Heavenly Father has so decreed. Jesus Christ was decreed from
all eternity to be the deliverer. You reckon anything gonna keep
that from coming to pass? Moses couldn't conceive of a
power that could work through a human being before such a power
like that of Egypt and bring God's will to pass. And it had
nothing to do with him, it had to do with the God who was sending
him. And when he was finished with his questions, he kindled
God's anger pretty good. And he said, Moses said, well,
I'm not very good at speaking. God said, I take care of making
the mouth and I can order it to speak. And he was getting
pretty fed up with Moses. coming back at him. But he said,
I'm going to send your brother with him and I'm going to teach
you how to talk and I'm going to let him talk for you. But we are and we shall do what
our heavenly father so decreed. And he decreed Christ from all
eternity to be the deliverer. Thou shalt call his name Jesus. Now, he's not talking to a full
grown adult here. This is not the high priest talking
to him. This is not the council of Israel
talking to him. This is God talking to him when
he was a baby. Huh? He wasn't even named yet,
wasn't even born yet. You're gonna have a son by the seed of the Holy Ghost,
and you're gonna call his name Jesus, Joshua, the deliverer,
for he shall save his people from their sins. You know, back in Exodus when
Moses said, who am I to accomplish this great deliverance? God said
unto him in verse 13 of Exodus 3, he said, certainly I'll go
with you. Surely you didn't think I was
going to send you down there by yourself. That's what Paul said about preaching.
Who's sufficient for these things? Well, God's our sufficiency.
I've got no sufficiency in me. But I'll be sufficient in God.
Huh? No difference between that and
that of Moses. Of Christ, it was said, his name
shall be called Emmanuel. Just as God went with Moses,
God was with Christ. He did all that he did as a man. His birth was the same as ours.
He hungered, he thirsted, he felt pain, he resisted sin as
a man. And he died on the cross as a
man. God can't die, but the man Christ
Jesus died on that cross, that representative man. But God was
with him. God was with him. And even the
miracles that he wrought was done by God through him as a
man. Listen to this, Acts 2 verse
22. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, now listen
to this, which God did by him in the midst of you all as you
yourselves also know. Jesus Christ was a representative
man who was sent to deliver his people and manifest the salvation
purpose by God. And in that, Moses is a great
type. He was born to be the deliverer. And then secondly, Moses is a
type of Christ in that deliverance was accomplished by him. He was
not only sent as the deliverer, but deliverance was accomplished
by him. By the power and will of God,
this man Moses not only defied the most powerful nation on earth,
but he demanded them to submit to the will of God. This man
didn't worship God. He didn't worship the living.
He worshiped all kinds of gods. Pharaoh did. In fact, Pharaoh
believed himself to be a god. And Moses went down and caused
that man to submit to the will of God. And when everything was said
and done, not even a dog barked when they left Egypt. God said,
I'm not even gonna allow a dog to bark in resistance when Israel
leaves Egypt. They just sat there and wagged
their tail, watched them pass. Climax of this deliverance was
manifested as the blood of the Paschal Lamb was struck on the
doorpost and on the lintels of every believing house in Israel. And Jesus Christ did not attempt
to save some or make it possible for some to save themselves or
even to point men and women to a so-called plan of salvation. You can't find that in the scriptures.
He came, being sent of God, to accomplish the redemption of
his people, and he accomplished it. You can't save yourselves,
but God saved his people. You know, Paul wrote Timothy,
and he said, God hath saved us. How clear is that? Didn't say
he's going to save us, he said he hath saved us. And then he
called us. Because he saved us, he called
us. We got things all turned around.
We want to call people and then save them. God saves them first. Then he calls them. God has saved us and called us
with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to
his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
before the world began. You know, those folks, those
folks out there uh... what was that called out there
in egypt where israel was words left me anyway there was a spot
out there and they were all gathered over there i don't imagine there
was a handful in that whole outfit that knew what was going on uh... just like when christ came to
accomplish our redemption Most of those who were elect of God
did not know what was going on. Even Peter and some of the closest
to him, those personally taught by Christ, could not conceive
of the resurrection after Christ died. All I ever heard in religion
was what could be, what might be, and what ought to be. Nobody
ever preached a salvation accomplished, a deliverance demanded, and a
work performed in us and for us. Never heard that. It was
always about what you going to do. When Christ cried, it is finished,
he did not say it in relief that the suffering was finally over.
He went on for 15 minutes talking about when Christ cried, it's
finished, that meant that he was done with the suffering and
done with the sorrow and he was so glad that it was all over.
That's not what he cried it is finished for. When he said it
is finished, he's talking about our redemption being accomplished.
It's done. It's done. The price has been
paid. The suffering has been experienced. God has accepted this. It's finished. It's finished. Justice has been fully satisfied,
the law has been honored and exalted, and our God has declared
himself righteous in the remission of our sins and himself just
and justifier of all them that believe. moses did not go to the people
of israel and offer them a plan of salvation he did not go on to them and uh... and say well anybody here interested in being
saved he didn't do anything he did what god told him to do This
that Moses realized, that this thing's gonna come about, it's
gonna be by the hand of God, and by the purpose of God, and
by the power of God. The salvation of a sovereign
is what men and women in bondage need to hear. One more powerful than him, gonna
have to come and take him down. So Moses is a type of Christ
in that deliverance was accomplished by him. And then thirdly, Moses
is a type of Christ in that through him, the sovereign grace of God
was manifested. Now I don't know, reading through
the Old Testament, if that's gonna jump out and grab you or
not, but when you read in the New Testament and find out what
Moses did, in the light of true saving faith, it will. There's
four verses of scripture in Romans chapter nine that refer to Moses
and the revelation of God's sovereign mercy and grace to him. In verse 15 he said, for he saith
to Moses. Now Paul's arguing here about
the sovereign grace of God in election. in Romans chapter nine. That's what he's arguing about.
And he knew that these people had a lot of confidence in Moses
and so he points them back to Moses and he said, God said to
Moses, I'll have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I'll have
compassion on whom I will have compassion. That's sovereign
grace. Sovereign mercy. Sovereign compassion. And then here's the sum of it
all. So then, verse 16, Romans chapter
nine. So then, it's not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, even for this same purpose
have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and my
name might be declared throughout all the earth. I'm gonna come
down and deliver my people. And my people ain't even going
to have a sword on. They're not going to fire a shot.
They're not going to stab anybody with a knife. There's nothing
going to go on except my power. And I'm going to show in you
my power. Therefore hath he mercy on whom
he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Our friend Jesus Christ came
to manifest the sovereign grace of God and to deliver God's elect,
and that's exactly what he's doing. The message of Moses fell on
the ears of all Egypt, but only those who were granted the faith
of God's elect put blood on the doorpost and put blood on the
lintel. The grace of God is sovereign
grace. This is the thing that our whole
generation's ignorant of. I was ignorant of it. I was raised
in religion. I know what I'm talking about.
He said, this is the thing that was taught to me. God is God. He's not who you think he is.
He's not who men say he is. He's who he says he is. God is
God. He said, there's none else like
me. Don't compare me to yourself. You thought I was altogether
such a one as yourself. But he said, I'll straighten
you out. And he will. He will. God is God. And we know only what God has
revealed of himself to us in the Holy Scriptures. And the
Scriptures tell us that God is sovereign. He doeth according
to his will in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants
of the earth. None can stay his hand or say
unto him, what are you doing? We like to do that every now
and then, don't we? Somebody get mad or they say, what are
you doing? You don't do that to a sovereign.
He does what he will. God is sovereign and God is just. Justice and judgment are the
habitation of his throne. He's just. He doesn't do anything
that's not perfectly just. He said, he that justifies the
wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are
an abomination to the Lord. God's just. And justice must
be satisfied when it falls, even when it falls upon the head of
his son. God is unchangeable. James said, all these good and
perfect gifts that come down from the Father, with whom is
no wearableness, neither shadow of turning. And God just flat
out said, I'm the Lord, I change not. Therefore you sons of Jacob
are not consumed. And God is love. What God loves
never ceases to love. His love is sovereign, unchangeable,
and His love is just. And God is merciful. And all
of this and more make up the name of God and his character
so that we know that if God is gracious, it must be sovereign
grace. Has to be. Unchangeable grace,
merciful and loving grace, pure grace, eternal grace. And their journey through the
wilderness of sin will prove that Moses manifested the sovereign
grace of God. And then fourthly, Moses is the
type of Christ being learned in all the learning of Egypt.
In Acts chapter seven, verse 22, he tells us that Moses was
learned in all the wisdom of Egypt. He knew Egypt inside out. He knew what most people didn't
even know about. He was raised in the throne room
of Egypt. And he would learn. He knew their
ways, he knew their gods, he knew their religion, and he knew
their ignorance of the truth. And even so, when Christ appeared
before men, they said, which hath this man this learning?
He knew their thoughts and the intents of their heart before
they ever showed it. He knew. They said he knew that
the coin was in the fish's mouth. Satan came to Christ and Christ
said he found nothing in me, nothing to exploit, nothing to use against him. And
as Moses knew the ways of the Egyptians, so Christ knows the
ways of this world. Paul being taught of Christ,
he said this, we're not ignorant of Satan's devices. We know these
things. And then fifthly, Moses is a
type of Christ as he leads his elect through the wilderness,
teaching them the way of Christ, the way of grace, and the way
of faith. And Israel, though many died
trying to overthrow him, they were all shut up to Moses. Now
let me read you something over here in Colossians chapter two,
and I'll wind this thing up. As ye have therefore received
Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. Rooted and built up
in him and established in the faith as you've been taught,
abounding therein with thanksgiving. And beware lest any man spoil
you through philosophy and vain deceit. after the tradition of
men and after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you're
complete in him who is the head of all principality and power. All that the Father giveth me,
Christ said, shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I'll
know wise. And to walk with God in the wilderness
was to walk in subjection to Moses, as he taught them the
ways of Christ. Knowing that if God would speak
to them, he'd speak through Moses. Knowing if God would lead them
out of the wilderness, he'd lead them out by Moses. And our Lord
said to the Jews, do not think that I will accuse you to the
Father. There's one who accuses you, even Moses. whom you say
you trust. For had you believed Moses, you'd
have believed me, for he wrote of me. But if you believe not his writings,
how shall you believe my words? And it was Moses who constructed
the tabernacle according to the pattern showed him in the mount.
It was Moses who gave them instruction concerning the Passover lamb,
the feast days, the Sabbaths of rest, the city of refuge,
and on and on. If you believe Moses, you believe
me. That's how much a type Moses is of Christ. God taught Israel
the way of grace and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. And on
an infinitely greater scale, God has taught us the way through
him who is the way, the Lord Jesus Christ. He said, I am the way. Would
you know the truth? He said, I am the truth. Would
you have eternal life? He said, I am the life. You remember
what he told Mary? He said, you believe that Lazarus
gonna rise again. Oh yeah, yeah, at the last resurrection. He said, I am the resurrection. I hope these things are being
profitable to you. I want to show you Christ in
these men, how they typified him. And not only how they typified
him, but how they taught him through all of these things that
we've been talking about.