On this Transfiguration Sunday, we investigate the prophet Moses and how his life points us to the Gospel of Jesus.

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Israel left Egypt a free people, headed toward a land to call their own. However, between the bonds of slavery and the land flowing with milk and honey was a desert. 

This is how life works, isn’t it. Between the freedom and the flourishing is a time of floundering. In many ways, the journey of Israel reflects our own journey.

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The Exodus event is the dominant picture of what salvation looks like in the Old Testament. The Exodus event also informs and shapes how salvation is understood by the authors of the New Testament.

The exodus event provides the framework to understand salvation. We see that the false gods are powerless to save. The true God is revealed to us in the Lamb who takes our sin upon himself and responds with forgiveness, breaking the power of sin and rescuing us from death. 

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The Burning Bush

Moses has a conversation with an angel of the Lord within the flame and learns that God has seen the suffering of the Hebrew people in Egypt and wants Moses to partner with God to set the people free.

The burning bush is an anticipation of the incarnation. Christ took up residence in the bush and flooded it with divine presence. Then, Christ took up residence in humanity, enter the depths of hell in his death, entered to the highest heaven in his ascension, thereby filling all of creation with his presence!

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The whole contour of Joseph’s story bears the mark of Jesus. This story is a gospel shaped story. Jesus, like Joseph, was the beloved son of a Father, scorned by his own people, and cast into the pit of hell.

But even in the depths, he was not forgotten. He was raised and exalted to the right hand of God where he now rules with power and authority for the benefit and flourishing (shall we say, salvation) of others. This gospel story shows us that a Jesus-shaped life is one where success, blessing, privilege, power, etc. are not ends in themselves, but to be used for the good of those around us. 

This story shows us there is no future without forgiveness.

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Jacob is the patriarch of the Old Testament that is renamed Israel, so it would be difficult to overstate his importance. But, whatever moral credibility Jacob earned later in life, it is certain that he did not begin his life as a person you would want to emulate.

Throughout his early life, Jacob was a sly guy. He was the type of person who looked to exploit relationships. He would get close enough to see how he could leverage the relationship to get something out of you. He used people for personal gain. His brother, Esau, was certainly victim of this more than once.

Where Jacob once saw people as objects to be exploited and used to his advantage, he now saw the face of God in others. Jesus is Jacob’s ladder that reconciles heaven and earth. 

May Jesus bring clarity and transformation to our hearts just as he did for Jacob.

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There are realities that push and pull in this passage. They are the testing of God and the provision of God. A command is given that is in contradiction to a promise that had previously been given (Isaac was the embodiment of God’s promise to Abraham for decedents).

There is tension between this promise of life and this word of death. To our modern, sophisticated minds the idea of God testing us seems primitive. Whether God actively does the testing or not is uncertain. What is certain is that we are given numerous opportunities each day to walk in the way of Jesus or not.

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In the person of Jesus Christ, God has provided a covenant response to himself. Humanity has been reconciled to God through Christ. The work is done. Death and sin are defeated. Our role is to place our faith in this faithful work of Christ. In doing so, we are trusting the faithful work of Christ on our behalf. Christ has become our high priest, so we place our trust in his faithfulness. By doing so we are called righteous and empowered for righteousness.

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As we continue to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ, we consider the mystery, that God has brought us redemption from our brokenness, and has adopted us into His Kingdom through His Son. Jesus changes us, heals us, makes us better, and enables us to help others to do the same. Join the mystery of God with us and Christ in us!

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As we celebrate the birth of our Messiah, Jesus Christ, we consider how, “God With Us,” effects our hearts, minds, and lives. 

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