Christ in all the scriptures Exodus 2 Moses the Deliverer

 Exodus chapter 2

The preparation and preservation of the Deliverer

"In which time Moses was born...this Moses, whom they refused, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same, God did send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush"-Acts 7v20-35.

The martyr Stephen summarised the history of Israel before the Sanhedrim, reminding them that, at his first coming, Moses was rejected by the people; at his second coming he delivered them.  The story of Moses points to Christ the Messiah in so many ways.  He was born into the suffering of his people; he was born under the sentence of death; he was delivered from a watery grave; he rose to deliver his people.  What is recorded is his birth, his childhood, his boyhood and his manhood.  In his birth we have Divine provision: there is no doubt he was a special baby as all that was said of him was outstanding.  In his childhood we have Divine preservation, his family and the daughter of Pharoah preserved him.  In his boyhood we have Divine preparation-he was weaned in his parents home and "learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds"-Acts 7v22.  In his manhood we have Divine commission, sent to deliver his people.  It is evident that all this can be traced in Jesus...His birth, His childhood, His boyhood, His manhood-all recorded in detail.  The word of Moses from God was "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him ye shall hearken"-Deut.18v15.  Of Moses it was said, "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharoah, and to all his servants and to all his land. and in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel."  There is no doubt that Moses is a comprehensive type of Christ, the Messiah, whose dealings with this world are yet future. 

Moses   When he was born, his people were in slavery in Egypt.

Christ   Israel was in slavery to sin-a far greater slavery than social slavery.  They claimed "We be Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man"; Jesus answered them "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that commiteth (continually practices) sin is the servant (slave) of sin"-John 8v33-34.  Christ is the truth that sets us free.

Moses  As one of them, through the death of the Paschal Lamb, delivered the nation,

Christ  As one of them, through His own death accomplished freedom for all who believe-"Forasmuch as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself took part of the same; that through death, He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage"-Hebrews 2v14-15.   The deliverance of Israel by Moses was but a precursor to their spiritual deliverance by Christ, which will be preceded by signs and wonders on a global scale.

Moses  Led the children of Israel through the desert to the promised land.

Christ  He is the captain of our salvation who is leading many sons to glory-Heb. 2v10.

Moses  Was rejected the first time he came; accepted only at his second coming.

Christ  Was rejected the first time He came; will be accepted only at His second coming.

These, and many more should enable us to see the person of Christ, who is the primary presentation of scripture.