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The Advance of the Kingdom
Seeing the Sequence and Significance of the Biblical Story
“His kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and his dominion endures
from generation to generation.”
~ Daniel 4:3b ~
The Covenant of Salvation: Moses
With Moses, God’s Covenant of Salvation
undergoes extreme intensification. In this
era, God intensifies both the nature of the
Gospel-promise and the need for the Gospelpromise. In this way God advances the
Kingdom with great power & glory and causes
it to flourish to a degree yet unknown to
generations before. The tender sprout has
grown into a mighty stalk!
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The Nature of the Promise: Types
• God greatly intensified the nature of the Gospel through types
• Kinds of Types in Moses’ day [at least]:
– Persons [Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samson, etc.]
– Objects [Burning Bush, The Rock, Cloud /Fire, Tabernacle, etc.]
– Actions [sacrifices, worship/cleansing rituals, etc.]
– Angel of the LORD [appearing to Moses, Joshua, Gideon, etc.]
– Historical Events [the Exodus-event, Canaan conquest, etc.]
“and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a
spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.”
~ 1 Corinthians 10:4 ~
The Nature of the Promise: Prophecies
• God also intensified the nature of the Gospel through prophecies
– Balaam [Numbers 24:7, 15-19]
– Moses [Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Acts 3:22, 7:37]
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me
from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him…”
– Samuel and all the rest of the prophets [Acts 3:24]
“And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his
successors onward, also announced these days.” [see Luke 24:27]
– “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
[Rev. 19:10b]
The Need for the Promise: The Law
• The Law intensifies the Gospel-Promise
– The Law is not the promise, but was added to the promise
for a set time in order to intensify people’s awareness of
their need for It. [Galatians 3:17-19a; Romans 5:20-21, 7:13]
– The Law displays the holiness of God and establishes the
fact [remember Adam] that God’s righteous demands must
be met in order for eternal life to be given [Romans 1:18; 3:19-20]
– Therefore, from the beginning, the Law was intended to lead
to faith in Christ—Who fulfills it on our behalf, by enduring its
curses and earning its blessings [Romans 10:4,ff.; 2 Corinthians 5:21]
“Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that
we might be justified by faith.”
~ Galatians 3:24 ~
So What Do We Do With The Law?
Understand Three Things:
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We are free from the Law! [Col. 2:13-17; Gal. 5:1]
“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing
firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.”
2. Yet, we do live out it’s essence. [Gal. 5:22-23]
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
3. As Scripture we use it to see Christ &
build up our faith in Him. [2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 15:4 ]
“For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our
instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement
of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
A Christian View of the Ten Commandments
[Edited & Adapted from John M. Frame, “Preaching Christ from the Decalogue”]
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Worship Jesus as only Lord & Savior and mediator [Acts 4:12]
See Jesus as the one & only perfect image of God [Heb. 1:3]
Revere Jesus’ Name as the holy Name of God [Phil. 2:10-11]
Come & delight in Jesus as your real Sabbath Rest [Heb. 4:9]
Honor your parents, so as to honor the real Parent [Heb. 2:10]
Respect life, and thereby respect the Prince of Life [Acts 3:15]
Be pure, so as to please your true Bridegroom [Eph. 5:27]
Refrain from theft, since Christ is your provision [Ph. 4:19]
Be honest, and thereby exalt Jesus as the Truth [John 14:6]
Be content, in order to show Jesus as the Treasure [Ph. 1:21]
Seeing Christ in Moses’ Day
• The Symbolism of the Exodus [partial list]:
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Slavery in Egypt = Slavery to Sin
Moses = Christ
Pharaoh = Satan
Blood of Passover Lamb = Blood of Christ
Red Sea = Blood of Christ that Delivers & Destroys
Wilderness Journey = Christian Walk
Promised Land = Heaven
Crossing the Jordan River = Dying for the Believer