Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:59:24 PM
“How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses…For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” [John 5:44-47]
The writings of Moses include Genesis 1-11. Christ and His apostles reference Moses as the words of historical narrative, not allegory. Jesus does not leave us to be deceived. He goes back to Adam and Eve in speaking of marriage, “From the beginning of the creation God made them male and female” [Mark 10:6]. He compares His coming again as the days of Noah [Luke 17:26].
Jesus tells us plainly that unbelief in Moses is consistent with unbelief in His words. Why is this?
Moses addresses the ultimate questions. Who is man and how and why does he exist? What happened to man? Why is he both good and cruel? What happened to the world? Why is their suffering and death? Is their hope of redemption for men and the world?
Moses tells us what we cannot know apart from revelation. If we reject him and adopt another view of origins and the condition of man, then the gospel of Christ will be so much nonsense in the pool of the man-made religions.
But to those who believe Moses, the gospel has always been good news and fulfills the ancient promise given to Adam and to his sons and daughters…the seed of the woman will come and bruise the head of the serpent [Genesis 3:15]. Here is the covenant of redemption and grace realized in Christ.