CHRIST AND MOSES by G.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 27, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 35.

CHRIST AND MOSES.

By G.

CHRIST was a prophet like unto Moses. Acts 3:22, 23. There was no contrast of teaching or purpose between them. John 5:45-47. Christ was a greater light than Moses, and manifested more clearly the mystery of godliness than did Moses. His ministration is more glorious, but in no sense antagonistic. “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus Christ.” John 1:17. This scripture does not imply that grace and truth superseded the law; for the psalmist says of Christ, “Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.” Ps. 119:142. “The law was given by [the hand of] Moses,” but Christ magnified the law, and made it honorable. Isa. 42:21. The principles of the law were manifested in His life of perfect obedience. He simply carried on the work which Moses imperfectly represented in type. Christ did not annul the work of Moses. Grace and truth were but the essence of Christ’s mission to earth, the manifestation of the law which was in His heart. Ps. 40:8. “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matt. 19:17) is not offset by Paul’s statement that “By grace are ye saved, through faith.” Eph. 2:8. Both ideas are included in the plan of salvation. Eternal life comes by, through faith in, “every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God,” whether it come by Moses or by Christ. The Gospel is one message from Genesis to Revelation.