Parallels of Moses & Yeshua

Taken from my mailing list of Messianic Bible
Moses was considered a prophet, but even he knew that a far greater prophet would come forth in God's perfect time. Moses wrote in the book of Deuteronomy. "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him to account." (Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19).
It was the role of Moses to establish the credentials of the Messiah. Even the Talmudic commentaries, written by Jewish rabbis and sages throughout the ages, declared that the Messiah must be the greatest of prophets, and nearest in spirit to Moses. Was Yeshua's life a parallel to Moses? Yes. In fact, no one else in history even came close. Scriptures show events parallel to both lives. Moses and Yeshua fulfilled their roles as prophet, priest, lawgiver, teacher, and leader. Both spent their early years in Egypt, miraculously protected from those who wanted to kill them. Moses' family did not initially accept his role as redeemer, nor did Yeshua's family, but later they would. Both fasted for 40 days and faced spiritual crises on mountain tops.	Moses' brother Aaron, would become the High Priest for the young nation of Israel in the Wilderness. Yeshua's brother, James, would become the leader of the first Believers and Congregation/Church in Jerusalem. Each was considered the wisest man in his day. Each confronted demonic powers and successfully subdued them. Moses sent 12 spies to explore Canaan. Yeshua sent 12 apostles to reach the world. Moses appointed 70 rulers over Israel. Yeshua anointed 70 disciples to teach the nations. Moses parted the Red Sea with his outstretched arm. Yeshua calmed the Sea of Galilee. The list of similarities goes on and on. The point to all this is that while Passover began with Moses, it was fulfilled - in Yeshua the Passover Lamb.	When a person is in Messiah, ". . . he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Messiah and gave us the ministry of reconciliation . . ." (2 Cor. 5:17-18) Moses writes in Leviticus 17:11 - "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's soul." May you and your loved ones have a blessed Passover season in Messiah Yeshua. For He came just as foretold, lived among us, died for our sins, and lives forever as proof that death has been overcome by the blood of the Passover Lamb.

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