Wednesday, 3/9/16
In the Gospel Jesus said, “The Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father
doing.”
That is a key to understanding John’s Gospel. As we read
through it, we see how John took note of all the things Jesus did echoing what
the Father did through Moses in the Book of Exodus.
In Exodus, 40:1, Moses erected a dwelling tent for God; and in
John, 1:14 we read that Jesus began his time with us by setting up his tent.
In Exodus 40:34 we read that when Moses had set up the
meeting tent, it was covered with the cloud of God’s glory; and in John, 1:14
we read that when Jesus had pitched his tent with us, “we saw his glory, the
glory of the Father’s only Son.”
Exodus, Chapter Forty tells how the cloud would lift from
the dwelling to lead them. At night it was seen as a cloud of fire. Jesus
echoed that in John, 8:12, “I am the light of the world, whoever follows me
will not walk in darkness.”
When the Israelites were thirsting in Exodus 17, Moses
struck a rock, and water burst out. On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles
in John, 7:37, John called out, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me.”
Then, of course, Jesus echoed the rain of manna, saying, “I
am the bread of life.”
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