Moses and Jesus 1

Exodus 1:8 (NKJV)
⁸ Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Exodus 1:11 (NKJV)
¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Luke 2:1-5 (NKJV)
¹ And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
² This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.
³ So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
⁴ Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
⁵ to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.

I was looking through John Hagee’s book, “Beginning of the End”, the other day. In it he lists 27 distinct parallels between Jesus and Moses. Moses is seen as a “type” prophet who foreshadows Jesus. This is an example of how the OT informs us and is part of God’s revelation to us today.

The first parallel finds both Moses and Jesus coming to the Israelites at a time when they were under foreign rule. When Moses came, the Israelites were in Egypt and were viewed with distain and suspicion. Jesus found Israel under the dominion of the Romans.

When Jesus comes again He will find us likewise in a world under the dominion of sin. Scriptures say He will lead us out of this world into a new place, a restored earth.