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men. He had outstanding character istics, high ideals of justice, streng th of character, was self-willed, and yet th e meekest of men. He had the supreme test— a nation of ignorant, rebellious, fault-finding, discontented slaves to lead, to teach, to govern, to organize. He was not faultless, bu t he was faith ful always to God. PERTINENT QUESTIONS (1) Did God spare Israel because of Moses’ appeal? (Psa. 106:23). (2) Does th e Lord fight th e battles of His people? (Josh. 10:10-14). (3) W hat is God’s command to the discouraged, disheartened man? (Josh. 7 :1 0 ). (4) Is th e Lord ever known by judgm ents? (Psa. 9 :1 6 ). (5) W hat contrast does God make between th e ju st and th e wicked? (Prov, 4:18, 19). (6 ) W hat was the reason th a t God saved Israel at this time? (Psa. 106: 8 - 10 ). (7) W hat gave confidence to Israel as they tram ped through the bottom of th e Red Sea? (Heb. 11 :29 ). Moses stands out as th e greatest of all the Old Testam ent characters. In th e g rand eu r of his character, the ver satility of his gifts and in the impress he has made upon his- DEVOTIONAL tory, th e re are none COMMENT who can compare with F . W. F a r r him. He was prophet, legislator, historian, adm inistrator, judge and ruler. He holds such high place in the Jewish mind th a t no appeal has ever been made from his ru ling or his laws. His Hebrew parerttage and training, hfe Egyptian education and position at court, and especially his forty years w ith God in the desert solitudes abund an tly qualified him for the leadership of th e people and the authorship of the books th a t bear his name.
In many respects Moses may be re garded as a type of Christ. In his deliverance from a violent death in in fancy, in his years of silent p rep ara tion, in his willingness to leave a royal palace to become a deliverer, in his meekness^ faithfulness and in his finish ing the work given him to do, in his acting as mediator between God and the people, in his speaking w ith God face to fa c e g -in all these respects he was a picture of th e coming Son of Man. There are quite as many points of dissim ilarity as th ere are of sim ilarity. Moses was faith fu l in God’s house as a servant, but Christ as a Son over his own house. Heb. 3:5-6. Moses sinned under provocation, and spake unad visedly w ith his lips.. Christ did no sin, n eith er was guile found in His mouth. Moses was not able to bear the sins of the people. Christ bore our sins in His own body on th e tree. Moses cast off th e burden of the people. Christ invites us to cast the burden of our cares upon Himself. Moses was not able to bring the people into the promised land. Christ is able to bring us in and to give us an inheritance among all them th a t are sanctified by faith th a t is in Him. The word of Moses was law be cause it was th e Word of God. Deut. 4:2. If the word spoken by the servant was authoritative, how can we question th e word spoken by th e Son? Deut. 18:18, 19. Moses bore witness; unto Christ, saying, “Unto him shall ye h eark en .” Christ bore witness unto Moses, say ing, “If ye had believed Moses; ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.” Though far beneath th e Son of God, Moses stands pre-em inent and peerless among the sons of men. God buried him and w rote his epitaph. “There arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, in all th e signs and wonders which th e Lord sent him to SO RUN THAT YE MAY
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