West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-10-03
\ Prophet Like Unto Moses.


soever he shall say unto YOU. Aud IL
shall come TO pass that every soul that
viii not hear that prophet shall be de.
siroyed from among the people..-Acts
3aa-2s
Moses was the Mediator OF the Law
Covenant. and stood between" God and
Israel when that covenant was sealed and
delivered in Mt. Horeb tDeut. s:2-0 lie
was very great, very influential. had very
high office and this would signify that the
future Prophet whom God had la mind and
whose comiug was foretold thirty FIVE hun.
dred years ago by Moses himself and
pointed out to 10y the Apostle Peter in our
text must as the antitype OF Moses. be
wonderfully great wonderfully powerful.
still greater Mediator between God and
men. a stlll mlghtier Law-giver whose
word would be omnipotent. and violation
OF which would mean destruction-"Ev
soul which will not hear that prophet shall
be destroyed from among the people"
AZ the giving Of the Law. Israel witnessed
a wonderful manifest ,tion OF divine power
CENod soIs-I9) and in response to their
reques: that Moses should speak 10 them.
and not God. lest they die. God appointed
Moses To- be their Mediator or representa-.
tive. Moses communed with the Lord in
the Mount aud received from him the Law
and came TO the people and communicated
the Law to them and obtained their
assent to the covenant aud then as rep
resentatiye OF both God aud Israel. Moses
sealed the covenant ratified IL by taking
the blood of bulls and of goats and sprink
ling FIRST the book of c Law or tables of
stone upon which the command ments were
written as representing Jehovah ana
sprinkling secondly the people as binding
them. Thus the covenant between God
aud Israel was established at the hands OF
Moses. the Mediator II was AZ this time
that the Lord impledly taught that the
time would come when he would make a
new and better covenant and establish IL
in the hands OF new and greater Mediator
che Christ-Hcad aud ody-oue anointe6
saying 90! will raise them up prophe.
from among their brethren like unto thee
aud will put my words in his mouth. 30
-Deut. 1915.
The Apostle assures us that the Law
Covenant was type Of greater and more
wonderful covenant between God and his
people 10 the future. lie points out to us
that as Moses was a type Of Christ the
great Prophet. SO the blood he used in
sealing the typical Law Covenant repre-.
sented or typifed the blood OF Christ.
the blood which seals. makes binding
ratiiies the New Covenant So also our
Lord in connection with his death This
is the blood OF the New Covenant. 49,
Matt 40 :78.
In Heb. 5;i9 70. the Apostle refers us
back 10 the scaling Of the Law Covenant.
saying When Moses had spoken every
prccept to all the people according TO the
Law he took the blood OF calves and of
goats. with water. and scarlet wool and
hyssop. and sprinkled both the book and
all the people. saying This is the blood
OF the covenant which God hath enioincd
upon you The Apostles argum. Mt shows
us that the antiiype OF this was to be
found in Christ in his sacrifice for s'ns and
not in any man today -as Is claimed by
some-or in any work they might do The
Apostle continues the argument ~ the
next ch1pter(Heb. 10 10 showing that the
| work Of our Lord Jesus In Offering up him.
/ self as the ransom price for mankind he
was sealing the New Covenant. the anti
type covenant which God had promised
through Moses and through all the pro.
phets, saying This IS the covenant that
viii make with them after those days.
saith the Lord Comparing these two
prophets. the typical Moses and the anti.
| typical Christ the Apostle says. "Hc that
despiscd Moses Law died without mercy
"~H OF how much sevcrcr punishment sup
! pose We shall he be thought worthy who
/ hath troddcn under foot the son OF God
and counted the blood OF the New Cove.
nant whcrewith hc was sanctifed an un.
holy thing and hath done despite unto the
spirit OF grace--Hcb. 10 e 20 Evidently
the Apostle argument is that II God puts
so much dignity upon the typical prophet.
Moses. that violation Of his covenant
would mean death. We reasonably expect
that more severe punishment would come
to all those who shall be brought under
the benefits Of the New Covenant and who
shall then spurn them not apprcciating the
Tact that they were secured by the prcc.
lous blood Of Christ. the anutypca pro
i phct The Apostle shows that As Israel
/ could not endure tho terrible manifesto.
uons oidiyinc power and justice at Mount
SINAI though only typical and that as Typ.
ical Isrsclrcs they desicd 10 be dealt
/ with cprcscntauvcly instead Of directly.
through Mediator and not ocrsonally--to
be in the hands Of the Mediator and not in
The hands Of God. So in respect TO the
! New Coscnan. and in respect 90 those who
have appleheudod that 70 was sealed with
thc blood Of Christ and that IL is in opera
/ zion now and that we have the benefits Of
10 conferred upon usif we should rcpud
tate this New Covenant ii would mean that
we would thereby rcpudjaie Christlnot any
man claiming 60 be that prophcO and
without % Mediator fall into the hands Of
/ the living God TO- be dealt with directly by
bin without mercy tits fearful thing
TO fall into the hands Of the living God q"
/ Heb. 10 80 Fearful not because God Is
unjust bat because be is just and because
we are Imperfect and therefore could not
hope 90 meet the requirements Of absolute
/ justice. Justice would be 10 us as q con.
suming FIRE. destroying u.s. because we
could not comply with its requirements.
/ It's Tor this reason Cod has appointed Tor
us covenant of mercy, OF which Jesus is
the great Mediator This is the one chan.
mel Of mercy rejecting ii is 20 faii into the
hands of justice and meet our deserts
destruction. Those tbat rejected tbcttyp.
| ical Mediator Moses lo thc present lie
The blood Of bulls and goats did not
actually take away sim fhey died in Adam
never having received actual Justification.
Z thpt will have n share la fLa resfffoffr.e