Steve,
I've heard you refer to this (Luke 9:31) and cross reference it to the prophets and a second exodus. I was wondering if you could give some references for this. I've got the Isaiah 11 reference, but I was wondering what others you have.
The transfiguration and the 2nd exodus question
The transfiguration and the 2nd exodus question
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By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:35)
Hi Sean,
I wish I could locate my notes from my Topical Isaiah Series on this. They don't seem to have survived one or another of my many hard drive crashes, and so I don't have them, except for someplace in hard copy. Without them, I will have to give only a few references, working from an old man's failing memory alone.
The Exodus motif comes up frequently in the New Testament, when talking about the salvation of the Messianic age. As you pointed out, Moses and Elijah discussed with Jesus, on the Mount of Transfiguration, the "exodus" that Jesus was to accomplish in Jerusalem (Luke 9:31). This comparison of the exodus from Egypt with the work of Christ on the cross is found in other New Testament locations as well, including 1 Corinthians 5:7; 10:1-6 and Revelation 12:14.
In the Old Testament prophets, a number of passages use the imagery of the parting of the Red Sea to speak of New Testament salvation through the Messiah. Along with the one you mentioned, in Isaiah 11:15-16, there are, also in Isaiah 43:2, 16-21 and 51:9-9-11, 15-16. In my opinion, Zechariah 14:4, speaks of the splitting of a mountain (to provide an escape route) as the counterpart of the splitting of the Red Sea to provide an escape for the Jews.
There are more references that make the comparison of our salvation to the deliverance of the Jews from Egypt, including Micah 7:15-20 and Jeremiah 31:31ff, which likens the making of the New Covenant with the church to the God's making of the first one with the Jews at Sinai (just after the exodus).
I should mention that most of these passages are viewed by premillennialists as being fulfilled at the second coming of Christ. However, the New Testament writers (being amillennialists) applied them to what was accomplished by Christ during His first visit here. ;-)
I wish I could locate my notes from my Topical Isaiah Series on this. They don't seem to have survived one or another of my many hard drive crashes, and so I don't have them, except for someplace in hard copy. Without them, I will have to give only a few references, working from an old man's failing memory alone.
The Exodus motif comes up frequently in the New Testament, when talking about the salvation of the Messianic age. As you pointed out, Moses and Elijah discussed with Jesus, on the Mount of Transfiguration, the "exodus" that Jesus was to accomplish in Jerusalem (Luke 9:31). This comparison of the exodus from Egypt with the work of Christ on the cross is found in other New Testament locations as well, including 1 Corinthians 5:7; 10:1-6 and Revelation 12:14.
In the Old Testament prophets, a number of passages use the imagery of the parting of the Red Sea to speak of New Testament salvation through the Messiah. Along with the one you mentioned, in Isaiah 11:15-16, there are, also in Isaiah 43:2, 16-21 and 51:9-9-11, 15-16. In my opinion, Zechariah 14:4, speaks of the splitting of a mountain (to provide an escape route) as the counterpart of the splitting of the Red Sea to provide an escape for the Jews.
There are more references that make the comparison of our salvation to the deliverance of the Jews from Egypt, including Micah 7:15-20 and Jeremiah 31:31ff, which likens the making of the New Covenant with the church to the God's making of the first one with the Jews at Sinai (just after the exodus).
I should mention that most of these passages are viewed by premillennialists as being fulfilled at the second coming of Christ. However, the New Testament writers (being amillennialists) applied them to what was accomplished by Christ during His first visit here. ;-)
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In Jesus,
Steve
Steve
Thanks Steve,
I just listened to your Topical Isaiah series and in it you made many references that I was looking for. I guess I should have listened to this series first before asking the question.
I just listened to your Topical Isaiah series and in it you made many references that I was looking for. I guess I should have listened to this series first before asking the question.
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By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:35)