MOSES: A FAITHFUL SERVANT. Hebrews 3:5 The writer of Hebrews continues to compare Moses and Jesus, showing Moses as a servant and Jesus as the Son. Moses was part of God’s house; in contrast, the Lord Jesus Christ built the house and is its ruler. Moses was faithful as a witness to what was to come through the gospel. He was honored by both God and people. He had “glory” as a faithful servant, but not as the builder of God’s house. Moses and Jesus were involved in the work of God's entire house; Moses as a servant and Christ as the builder and ruler of the house.
God used people in Old Testament times to lay a foundation for understanding the New Testament. He still uses His people today to accomplish His plans. The stories and figures in the Old Testament teach us important truths about God’s purposes, as well as about ourselves. Prophecies about the Lord Jesus Christ's coming were God’s way of opening the door of faith for both them and us. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” What God predicts always happens.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, a prophecy foretold in various ways throughout the Old Testament. The sacrifices of the old covenant were types of the sacrifice our Lord Jesus Christ would make when He offered Himself spotless to God. Even the life of Moses provides some foreshadowing of what our Lord would do and what He would be like.
Moses’ work served as a testimony to be spoken about, pointing to Christ. The law highlighted sin and its consequences, as well as the need for a sinless, innocent sacrifice to enable reconciliation with God. Moses was faithful to God, who appointed him to lead His people out of bondage and into the Promised Land. Faithfulness means being trustworthy. His life and words pointed forward to things that had not yet come to pass. He was the great prophet of the covenant that God made with Israel.
Moses was faithful as the builder of the Tabernacle, which was a copy of the true Tabernacle. He served faithfully by taking God's words, including the law, and communicating them to the people. He even recorded it so future generations could read it for themselves. He was a faithful leader of God’s people through the wilderness for forty years. What a wonderful testimony Moses had, and what a faithful servant he was! Even so, he was in God’s house as a ministering servant, not a son.
The testimony of those things which were afterward “to be spoken,” was witnessed in the Tabernacle through offerings, feasts, and promises of events that pointed ahead to Christ’s coming. These testify to His coming as the Redeemer of lost sinners and to the time when He will reign as the Sovereign and King of Israel, sitting on the throne of David.