The face of God - Guds ansikte i Jesus Kristus

Memorial Moment/Rev. Dr. Scott Murray.

Det är samma Gud i Gt och Nt. Mose såg den Osynlige. Kristus har uppfyllt lagen i vårt ställe:




"Kristus är lagens slut, till rättfärdighet för var och en som tror." Rom. 10:4


"The God who reveals Himself in Christ in the New Testament is the God who revealed Himself in the Old Testament. He who became incarnate of Mary also spoke upon Mount Sinai when the holy law was given to His servant Moses. Moses considered his suffering under the yoke of leadership as service to the Christ, who spoke to him from the burning bush. He preferred the shame of the divine weakness to the power and splendor of the palace of the Pharaoh. Christ led the people of Israel by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Christ was their Rock (1 Co 10:4 "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ"), as He is ours.

Upon Mount Sinai Christ Himself was the Mediator between God and man (1 Tm 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Gal 3:19-20 "Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one".), After tracing the words with his own finger upon the tablets of stone, He gave the holy law into the hands of Moses. It is the back of Christ which passes before Moses in the majestic splendor of holiness, that in this hiddenness we might have a glimpse of the age to come, when we shall see him face to face (1 Co 13:12 "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known").

The face hidden at Sinai is turned to us by the incarnate Christ, the Word whom the Apostles saw with their eyes. In the New Testament the law's author becomes the law's debtor. The law's mediator fulfills the law. He, who with a finger burns the law into stone, has the law burned into His heart and flesh for our sakes. He who hefts the tablets like pebbles on Mount Sinai when He promulgates the law to us is willing to be crushed by them at Mount Calvary for us. The giver of the law is its fulfiller. The God whose back Moses saw reveals His face to us."


Hebrews 11:23-29

"By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned." (ESV)


Memorial Moment/Scott Murray 18.11.2011
http://www.lutheracademy.com/about-us/officers2/rev-dr-scott-murray.html


Hebr. 11:23-29

"I tron hölls Mose efter sin födelse gömd av sina föräldrar i tre månader. De såg att det var ett vackert barn och lät sig inte skrämmas av kungens påbud. I tron vägrade Mose som vuxen att låta sig kallas Faraos dotterson. Han valde att hellre bli illa behandlad tillsammans med Guds folk än att en kort tid leva i syndig njutning. Han räknade Kristi smälek som en större rikedom än Egyptens alla skatter, ty han hade sin blick riktad på lönen. Genom tron lämnade han Egypten utan att frukta för kungens vrede. Därför att han liksom såg den Osynlige härdade han ut. I tron firade han påsken och beströk dörrposterna med blod, för att fördärvaren inte skulle röra vid deras förstfödda. I tron gick folket genom Röda havet som på torr mark, men när egyptierna försökte, dränktes de."



Bibelstället från Rom. 10:4 är mitt eget tillägg. Rom. 10:4 added by me.
I used King James version/Folkbibeln.


Foto: Joanna L. (Pedersöre k:a)