From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel According to Moses by Anthony Selvaggio

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From Passover to the Last Supper, Moses and Jesus Christ start new Covenants with God. Moses brings the Covenant of The Law, the Ten Commandments most importantly. Jesus Christ brings a spiritual covenant by dying on the cross for mankind's sins and resurrecting from the dead to promise eternal life for all who follow Him. Blood sacrifices are no longer necessary as Jesus pays that price with his blood. Mankind is not saved by works obeying the Law but by faith, alone, in the Messiah, Jesus. 

Moses builds a house for God, the tabernacle, according to God's specifications so that Moses could communicate with God for His people. This happens after the Israelites worship a golden calf that Aaron, Moses's brother, allows them to make. Moses was receiving those Ten Commandments when the Israelites turn away from the One who chooses them to carry out His plan. They lose out in having a direct communication with God. 

That tabernacle houses God and is representative of Christ who is man and God. The new covenant allows a direct communication with God via the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ. This is the Holy Trinity, God in each each, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. A more intimate relationship may develop like Moses has with his direct line to God. 

To become a vessel for the Holy Spirit one must let go of earthly and personal desires. Moses wanders in the desert, at first, to empty himself of pride and become the man who leads God's chosen people out of enslavement and into a Promised Land. This transformation requires trust in God and thankfulness for what God bestows by His mercy and grace. A Christian may fill up with God's grace in the same manner, emptying of self for fullness of the Holy Spirit's fruits. 

Moses becomes a righteous example for a leader. Because of his pride and sins during the wanderings in the desert, God does not permit Moses entry into the Holy Land. Rather than complain or plead his case, Moses prays for God to choose a strong leader so that His people are courageous and not like sheep. His concern is for his people and not himself. 

Jesus teaches to love our brothers like ourselves and to serve our neighbors before ourselves. This selflessness empties one's self and praises God by putting other's needs first. The selfless become full of peace, love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, the qualities that never change and are subject to no law. This experience is the moment one becomes a tabernacle, a vessel for the Holy Spirit. 

To be the Christian, flaws included, in this world who practices the "Good News" according to Moses, one must answer the call, if and when God wants and as He wants, until He calls one home. Lastly, the way one lives should model after the man who, at first, reluctantly answers his call. "As Moses passed the baton of leadership to Joshua, he did it with a servant’s heart and the mind of Christ." - Selvaggio, A. T. (2014). From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel according to Moses. (I. M. Duguid, Ed.) (p. 160). Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing.