How did Moses foreshadow the coming of Jesus?

Answer 1

Mark has hidden messages to show that Jesus was foreshadowed by both Elijah and Moses, in the stories of the forty days in the wilderness and the Transfiguration of Jesus, and these appear some years later in Matthew and Luke.

Mark 1:13 tells of Jesus going into the wilderness for forty days, ministered by angels just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days (1 Kings 19:5-7). The author has established an immediate comparison between Jesus and Elijah. There is no actual suggestion in Mark that Jesus fasted in the wilderness, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did do so. This brings into play the other allusion, to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets. In the story of the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah talk to Jesus, demonstrating their support and approval for his mission. The parallel structure of Mark's Gospel links the early allusions to Elijah and Moses to their appearance at the Transfiguration, through the pair D and D' in the following list, providing mutual emphasis and reinforcement:A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

The portrayal of Moses as foreshadowing Jesus is even more evident in Matthew's Gospel. In the nativity story, the author of Matthew sought to draw parallels between Moses and Jesus. King Herod sought to kill all the boys under two years old, just as the Old Testament pharaoh sought to kill all the boys under two years old. The flight to Egypt and the magi contribute to this Moses parallelism, as Jewish legends of Jesus' time told of the pharaoh received information from wise men. In Matthew, Joseph's father is called Jacob (compare Luke, where Joseph's father is called Heli), just as Joseph's father is called Jacob in the Old Testament.

Answer 2

A:The New Testament writers did not have Daniel in mind when writing about Jesus, and there is no real similarity between Daniel and Jesus. However, Burton L. Mack (Who Wrote the New Testament) can help with a trick that he sees happen all the time, in the classrooms of the School of Theology at Claremont, and which seem to come naturally when studying The Bible. One can ask any question of the Bible and get some kind of answer. At first the study of a text may not seem to support a traditional Christian conviction, or the answer one hopes to find in the Bible. But with a little ingenuity, one can set up the comparison again with other emphases and make the answer come out right.

The author of Daniel writes: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven." We then look for a parallel in the gospels and find that in Mark's Gospel, Jesus most frequently refers to himself as the son of man, and this is quite often followed by the later gospels that were substantially based on Mark.

A rather more strained parallel is found in Daniel in the lions' den, assumed to be dead but released unharmed, and Jesus' crucifixion, death and resurrection.

Answer:

As with all prophets, Daniel had a mission of warning to the people which included a description of the coming Messiah (see all of Daniel 7:13-14). There was no foreshadowing of the coming Christ by any of the prophets yet he is the first to allude to Him by the title 'Son of Man' well understood by the people.

Luke 18:31New International Version (NIV) Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

Answer 3

Moses foreshadowed the coming of Jesus as a deliverer and leader. Both were born under oppressive rulers (Pharaoh and Herod), spent time in exile (Moses in Midian and Jesus in Egypt), and displayed signs and miracles to confirm their divine mission. Additionally, Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, while Jesus offers spiritual freedom and redemption to all who believe in him.

Answer 4

John the Baptist was the 'voice in the desert,' who paved the way for Jesus if that's what you are meaning