The Gospel According to Moses - Exodus - Lesson 19 - Exod. 6:9-7:2 YOU ARE GOD TO PHARAOH

The amazing confrontation between the one true and only God and Pharaoh is about to begin.  The Lord is setting the stage for the second meeting of Moses and Aaron and Pharaoh.  But this time Moses is to be God to Pharaoh.  God does not say Moses will be “like a god,” but He says to Moses he will be God to Pharaoh.  Wow!!  Moses will be a in the flesh representation of the Lord, or Yahvay, the name of God.  Makes sense, though.  Pharaoh said he did not know of the God of the Hebrews.  So, God would now, through Moses, use His power to show first, the Pharaoh is not a god and, second, to overwhelm Pharaoh and the might of Egypt to free all Israel.  In a sense God would through a man, Moses, who is to act as His representative and defeat all the gods of Egypt.  Thus this affirms in God’s own words that He is God alone and there is no other …

“Do not tremble and do not be afraid; have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you are My witnesses. Is there any God besides Me, or is there any other Rock? I know of none.” (Isa 44:8)

 

“I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me.”(Isa 45:5)

 

A second aspect of all this relates to the fact that the Jewish people say that Moses is like the coming Messiah.  Moreover, the coming Messiah will be like Moses.  God promises this in Deut. 18:15 and 18:18.  The Messiah will be a prophet like Moses.  In Exod. 7:1 we get the connection between Jesus’ words in John 5:39 and see that if Moses is like the coming Messiah, and Moses is a prophet of Yahvay, Moses is to be as God to Pharaoh, and Moses is sent to Pharaoh and, thus, we too see that Yeshua, our Jesus, is also a prophet as Moses, and Yeshua is GOD not a representation, and as Moses was sent, so Yeshua was sent. 

Here’s a part of a great article at the website, “You’ve Got Questions,” on Moses and Messiah.

Jesus is like Moses in several ways. Moses was both a prophet and a lawgiver, and Jesus is, too. Jesus was widely recognized as a prophet who spoke the Word of God (Matthew 21:46), and He gave commandments for His followers to obey (John 13:34; 15:12, 17; Galatians 6:2). Both Moses and Jesus mediated a covenant between God and men—Moses the Old Covenant (Exodus 34:27; Acts 7:44), and Jesus the New (Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:15). Both Moses and Jesus were born during perilous times, and both narrowly escaped a king bent on murdering babies (Exodus 1:22 and Matthew 2:16–18). Both Moses and Jesus had a connection to Egypt (Exodus 2:1–4 and Matthew 2:13–14). Moses was the (adopted) son of a king (Exodus 2:10), and Jesus is the Son of the Most High (Luke 1:32). Moses spent forty years as a shepherd (Exodus 3:1), and Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 10:11, 14). Both Moses and Jesus were known for their meekness (Numbers 12:3 and Matthew 11:29). 

 

See the entire article at this link - https://www.gotquestions.org/Moses-and-Jesus.html

A great link to study this further is at the great website, Hebrew4Christains.  Here’s the link to the correlation of Moses and the Messiah – https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Articles/Like_Moses/like_moses.html

Also, see the picture below.  It is a visual representation of the connection between Moses and the Messiah and the Passover in Egypt in 1446 B.C. and the Passover in Jerusalem in 30 A.D.

But we are to be disciples of Jesus.  This means we are to be like Him, to be like our rabbi.  That’s what it meant in Jesus’ day.  But, if Jesus is prefigured in Moses, aren’t we also, if we are disciples, if we are to be like Jesus?  Yes. As Messiah, He was sent and so are we, just like Messiah and just like Moses.  As Jesus is given the words to teach like Moses, we are as well.  As Jesus is the Light of the World He tell us we too are to be the Light of the World.  What do we conclude?  That Moses is an example of a disciple of Adonai – one who is like the Lord.  So too then we are to be disciples of the Messiah. Check out the article by Ray Vander Laan entitled, “Rabbi and Talmideem (disciples)” at this link.  It is a great article on what it means to be a disciple in Jesus’ day and not what the church teaches today.  Link - https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/rabbi-and-talmidim

Who is this guy, Rev. Ferret?  What's his background?  Why should we take time to listen to him?  Here's a link to check out his background - click here