A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF CHRIST AND MOSES
Thesis Statement- Christians Jews regarded Jesus and Moses as faithful servants who were their savior. However, this paper will demonstrate Jesus’ superiority as the faithful Son of God over God’s house and Moses as God’s faithful servant in God’s House.
Introduction
The unknown author of Hebrews has verified that Jesus Christ was not just a servant to God; and compares Him (Jesus) to many other servants of God. Furthermore, the author establishes that Christ who is also a servant and the Son of God have power in the house of God. Therefore, it is important to note that while many Jews rejected Jesus as the Savior, Christian Jews regarded and understood that Jesus was indeed the Savior and Son
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Moses seen as a fore-shadow of Jesus Christ has similar traits as Jesus Christ. He is commanded by God to take on the role of saving his kinsman from the oppression of the Egyptian leader. Therefore, throughout the book of Exodus Moses get instructions from God regarding the avenue he (Moses) would utilize to bring the freedom of his people to fruition. Moses is told to return to Egypt and confront the evil ruler requesting that he set free those that were enslaved. Moses’ duties at this stage were to seek the freedom from enslavement of the Israelites. He became the servant in the house of God because he was appointed by God to be the high priest and serve as the mediator to the people of Israel. He made many sacrifices on behalf of his kinsmen yet they rejected him. He petitioned God on numerous occasions when there seem to be calamity among his people who began to reject and disobey God. Furthermore, through all the trials of leading these people in the wilderness it became important that God present an understanding to the people of Israel of who He (God) was to them and what He expected in their behavior towards Him. It was on this note that Moses met with him on Mt. Sanai for forty days to receive the laws that would be a guide to follow. Subsequently, these laws would be a covenant with God and serve as the medium through which His people would worship and obey His will for their well-being. These laws became …show more content…
1-2). His birth was filled with uncertainties by his earthly parents. However, assurances made to them by God would lead them to Egypt to escape the decree handed out by the evil ruler Herod. Herod’s decree was one that would have all infant Jewish boys born annihilated as prevention to the coming King’s arrival that he (Herod) felt was a threat to his ruler ship. The humanity of Jesus would continue through His rejection by those He came to save, temptations, and trials as all mere human faced. Hebrews provides and makes transparent Jesus’ humanity unlike any other New Testament scripture. Furthermore, the theological interpretation profoundly urges and stimulates a concept that should promote change in the hearts and mind of the recipients. The sacrifice made by Jesus through His blood was and atonement and fulfillment of that the old covenant that was required; however, it ushered in the new covenant whose requirements did not need to be repeated because it was once for
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I was first introduced to Jesus Christ through several Korean missionaries from America, who came to my orphanage in Russia one day. A bright green church, which is my favorite color to this day, was implanted right behind my orphanage and the people of the church went around inviting and encouraging people to join them on Sunday mornings. We were told there would be donuts and other food. Of course that would lure any orphan right off the bat. I among other children, joined the church on Sunday mornings. Maybe it was simply the donuts, but I felt accepted right away. Although I was very fond of the things we were told and taught, they appeared to be only stories to me. The stories did not become an entity or reached my heart until after I got adopted into a Christian family three years later.
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Jesus of Nazareth is perhaps the most influential historical figure that we are aware of today. In 2013, Christianity made up 31.50% of the earth’s population. Today, Christianity is the largest religion of the world and one of the fastest growing religions through conversion. At the core of Christianity are the teachings of Jesus Christ.
The book of Hebrews hold a complete description of Jesus as our great high priest and what he did for mankind. He made the perfect sacrifice for our sins. In the Book of Hebrews, it addresses the extreme importance of having Faith in our lives. “Let us run with patient endurance, steady but with active persistence for the appointed course that Jesus has set before all of us”. (Hebrews 12:1) This verse symbolizes to me that no matter what is going on in our lives, the road paved before us has already been protected by Jesus himself. This powerful chapter in the bible, Hebrews, reveals Jesus to us as our magnificent High priest who is greater than Moses or anyone in the land. This book stirs us to enter into full rest by keeping our focus on Jesus Christ alone as our perfection before the Father we all shall meet one day. The writer of the book of Hebrews is unknown, but the earliest church fathers taught the book of Hebrews to anyone that would listen. Many Early church fathers believed that the Book of Hebrew was solely written by Paul for the Jewish people. Eusebius (AD 260-339) refers to an even earlier apostolic father, Clement of Alexandra (AD 150-211), who confirms without question that Paul wrote the Book of Hebrews in the Hebrew language for the Hebrew people that were believers of our beautiful mighty father.
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Bradley Pettit English 2 Period 1 April 18-May 2, 2018 The Life of Jesus (Hook) Albert Einstein once said, “It’s just as difficult being smart as it is being ignorant.” Nobody in the history of the world has been smarter about the word of God than Jesus. (Thesis statement).
The New Testament is a collection of books which contains the writings concerning the significant events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. These books appeared after the physical death of Jesus Christ. In this regard, Jesus had left no records concerning him, and all that is written about him depends wholly on what other people have written about him. The first four books of the New Testament are part of the several biographies of Jesus which were written by the end of the first century of the era of Christianity. Then before any of these biographies have been drafted, there were Christian communities which were being instructed through epistles on how to live like Jesus and how to solve their problem like Christians. A good number of these letters were written by a man called Paul. After Paul death, some other new leaders of the Christian movement continued to write letters to the churches to encourage and strengthen them. As Christians grew in number persecution arose, and some letters have been drafted to support them and also to counter the false doctrines. These letters are part of the New Testament. The twenty-seven books of the New Testament were selected from the list of writings in that period (Bruce, 1988)
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