Our Emmaus Road: A Prophet Like Moses

Passage

Deuteronomy 18:15–19 NKJV

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, 16 according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’ 17 “And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

Prayer

Introduction

a. Opening Line

Thus far in our study of Jesus in the Old Testament, we have talked about prophecies of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament.

b. Introductory Hook: Why does this matter?

Today we are going to shift our focus to another way to look at Jesus in the Old Testament - TYPOLOGY.

What is TYPOLOGY?

In its original sense, typos (τύπος) meant a blow or the impression left by a blow, and the New Testament employs it in several different ways.

The term derives from the practice of making an image on a coin or statue and can be translated as “example.”

Biblical typology involves recognizing patterns where Old Testament figures, events, or institutions foreshadow their fulfillment in the New Testament.

A person, object, or event in the Old Testament is understood to prefigure or foreshadow a corresponding person or event in the New Testament.

Several characteristics define genuine typology.

Several characteristics define genuine typology. Typology is rooted in history and maintains the actual historical character of the events involved

A type points forward as a figure or foreshadowing, rough outline, or sketch of what is to come

Additionally, a type prefigures implicitly rather than explicitly—types communicate through persons, events, or institutions themselves, whereas prophecy conveys meaning verbally.

c. Transition in:

Why does this matter?

The New Testament uses typology.

Paul uses this term when discussing how the exodus and wilderness experiences functioned as types for the Corinthians, and he also refers to Adam as a type of Christ.

First Peter similarly employs the related term “antitype” when describing baptism as corresponding to Noah’s flood.

How does it apply to our study of Jesus in the Old Testament?

More importantly, how does this apply to Moses and Jesus?

Bottom Line:

Moses was God's greatest PROPHET, MEDIATOR, and DELIVERER under the Old Covenant; but, Jesus Christ is the greater Moses, the final Prophet, perfect Mediator, and eternal Deliverer whom Moses foreshadowed.

I. Jesus Christ is the Greater Moses!

Insert the table of parallels between Moses and Jesus

II. Jesus is the Perfect Mediator of the New Covenant!

a. The Law came through Moses

The New Testament emphasizes that the law cannot justify anyone

(Rom 3:19–28) The Law merely exposes sin .

(Gal 3:23–25) The Law functioned as a guardian, and an instructor to lead them to Christ for justification.

(Heb 7:18–19) The Law’s main weakness and inability to make anything perfect .

(Heb 10:1–10) The Law contained only a shadow of good things to come, not their substance.

The repeated sacrifices under The Law could never perfect those who approached God .

(Gal 2:16–21) No one is justified by works of The Law , but only by faith in Christ.

b. Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ

Jesus ushered in the New Covenant when He said, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:28)

God’s righteousness is now revealed apart from the law, through faith in Jesus Christ (Rom 3:19–28).

Justification comes by faith apart from deeds of the law (Rom 3:19–28).

Jesus redeemed believers from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse himself (Gal 3:10–14).

Jesus obtained a more excellent ministry as mediator of a better covenant established on better promises (Heb 8:6–13).

Believers are sanctified through Christ’s single, once-for-all offering (Heb 10:1–10).

Believers have died to the law through Christ’s body (Rom 7:4–6).

Sin no longer dominates those under grace rather than law (Rom 6:14–15).

III. Jesus is our Eternal Deliverer!

Moses and Christ both functioned as deliverers, yet their missions operated on fundamentally different scales and depths.

Moses to liberate Israel from Egyptian oppression (Exod 3:7–10)

Jesus mission transcended earthly politics; (John 3:16–17).

Where Moses addressed bondage to a human empire

Jesus addressed bondage to sin and death itself.

Moses liberation was territorial and temporal. (Acts 7:35–37).

Jesus delivered humanity from the power of darkness and sin ONCE FOR ALL (Col 1:13–14).

Moses freed a nation from external captivity,

Jesus proclaimed freedom from internal captivity to sin and depravity.

Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” that truth sets people free, and the Son makes them free indeed (John 8:31–36)

Moses served faithfully as a servant in God’s house. (Heb 3:1–6),

Jesus stands as a Son over his own house, worthy of more glory than Moses (Heb 3:1–6).

The law came through Moses

Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17)

Moses mediated through earthly sacrifices,

Jesus entered the Most Holy Place once for all with his own blood, securing eternal redemption as the Mediator of the new covenant (Heb 9:11–15).

Moses’ deliverance was merely bodily and human,

Jesus redemption is heavenly and spiritual, accomplished through a redeeming price—his blood.

Through death, Jesus destroyed the devil’s power and released those enslaved by fear of death (Heb 2:14–15)—conquering the ultimate enemy that Moses could never defeat.

Conclusion

Prayer and Invitation