while studying Moses, I was blessed to see a hidden blessing. If I didn't give a blessing I wouldn't be loving.
I said all that to show my motive.
In Ex.24: we have here a pattern. starting with v.12 Moses is to go up the mount with a command to do God's will. and that was to receive God's will for the people. the parrelel Jesus is to go up the mount to Gethsemane. why?? to pray to his father thy will be done.
v.13 Moses takes Joshua his minister with him. the parrelel, Jesus takes Peter, and notice he only says 2 sons of Zebedee. instead of their names.James and John.Matt.26:37 So his minister Peter gets all the attention.
Ex.24:14 Moses tells the rest to tarry here. Matt. 26:38 both passages have the word tarry.
The Matt. 26: and Ex.24: chapters are obvious parrelels. But why are they there?? The Holy Spirit promises he will teach us all things. Here is the reason. Deut.18:15 Moses is foretelling that a Prophet is coming like him. He will be Jesus.
Jesus on the mount towards Gethsemane, was a exact copy of Moses on the mount getting the 10 Commandments-- which was the will of God. The law was a school master to bring to Christ. Gal.3:25 Jesus came to do the will of God no longer would we need the schoolmaster of the law, now we have the Christ. Now we have the laws of the Spirit. The law of sin and death, said obey all the laws or die. Rom.8:2 Jesus came and took the Moses covenant and obeyed it for us, because we weren't able to do all of it. If you offend in one point you shall die. Gal.3:10. Jesus fulfilled all of it, then we were delivered from that curse of death-- we have eternal life. death is swallowed up in victory. If we be buried with him --through baptism, we identify with his death. That is why we shall never die but be ressurected and live forever. If the law is fulfilled for us by Jesus. He took our place on the cross, we should have went to the cross but he took our place.
That is how if we broke any law --any sin-- we were forgiven. If you are forgiven you cannot be punished for breaking God's law. The Jesus and Moses parrelel show us Jesus performs God's new will in order that his first will must cease. God doesn't want us to abuse his grace so he shows that we fulfil the law which was good--we just couldn't keep it. But we can, the law of the Spirit. faith worketh by love. faith is how we keep the law.
Mark 12:33-34 also Matt.22:37-39 we fulfill all the law and the prophets by love. Gal.5:6 faith worketh by love., by faith we fulfil the law. So we see that by love action and faith believing Jesus finished work. we fulfilled the law. The new testament is the new will . will and testament are the same thing. Moses was the old will, testament. we have wonderful grace.