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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! 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: • 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”] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 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]: – – – – – – – – 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