In Jesus’ ministry before the Cross, He always taught the Jews using parables. In these stories Jesus cleverly disguised the New Covenant, with the expectation that their true meaning would be perfectly clear after the Resurrection. Today the Church has the profound privilege of bringing crystal clear clarity to what Jesus really did for the world.

The manna in the wilderness is symbolic of one thing – God’s provision of the Christ to come, bringing heaven’s life with Him. Jesus is heaven’s bread, bringing complete and entire life to the world, with not one iota of man’s strength required.

Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise for a solution to sin. He did it! It’s finished! When reading your Bible, don’t look for more ways to complete the completed work. Find Jesus in the Scriptures and marvel at God’s brilliance and grace to have provided so fully for the world!

Jesus is the light to the world. Preaching Christ brings illumination, while preaching Moses keeps the eyes of the unbelieving blinded. This is the time for the Church to take the blinders off the world by proclaiming the insanely good news of the one true Gospel!

The great Mystery of God, hidden from the beginning of time, has been revealed to the world. Namely, a new covenant was established with humanity whereby the Christ, the anointed One, would dwell fully in every person that placed their trust in righteousness by faith.

Obeying God is not about developing a particular habit or two. Under the Old Covenant, obedience was a matter of doing the work. Under this New Covenant obedience is a matter of believing that the work has been done! Obedience doesn’t involve toil. It involves trust!

When a relationship involves true love, there is no limit to what you will endure to protect the other. Jesus endured the agony of becoming sin on the cross so that He might protect you from the eternal pain that sin demanded. That’s how valuable you are to Him!

Christ is not Jesus’ last name. It is a title given to the One who would save the world from its sin. Jesus was killed, not just as a good and honorable man – He was crucified as the Anointed One from heaven. And now God speaks exclusively to the world about what Jesus did.

God told Moses to assign 6 “cities of refuge” as a hiding place for those who unintentionally killed someone. As long as the killer was in the city walls, the blood avenger could not hurt them as an act of revenge. This is, of course, a type of Jesus, our true refuge! Under the New Covenant Jesus gives us shelter when we deserved judgment. And this hope is the anchor of our souls that can never be moved!