Terry Virgo: A note to readers

As I present this book to you, I ask myself how have I benefitted from writing it? As I have lived with the story, I have found fresh courage in the face of perplexity and growing strength in refusing to yield to setbacks. I believe I have grown in my confidence in a covenant-keeping God and been amazed at His patience and kindness towards His wayward people.

His delight in Israel as His treasured possession defies our understanding. They continually failed Him with gross disloyalty, but He insisted on showing them covenant love and consistent kindness.

What also becomes obvious is that their ultimate success depended on a faithful mediator. Moses, as an intercessor, provided an extraordinary model of faithfulness and devotion. His determination to complete his task, see God glorified and stay true to God’s recalcitrant people is a stunning and stimulating example to all who are called to shepherd God’s people. But he especially reminds us of another magnificent mediator who stands before God incessantly on our behalf (Heb. 7:25).

But why did Paul write to an essentially Gentile church in Corinth reminding them of this tale of a Hebrew nation’s journey? He wanted them to comprehend that Israel’s story was actually their family story. Paul wrote to these Gentiles, “our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea. They were all baptised into Moses in the cloud and in the sea” (1 Cor. 10:1-2 my italics). Now that the Corinthians were in Christ, these Hebrews had become their forefathers. Ours too! (Gal. 3:29).

Every lesson they learned has something to teach us about God’s wonderful character. He has chosen to make himself known through dramatic stories rather than lists of divine attributes. You will find yourself in these chapters and I pray that you will find wisdom and strength for your journey into the inheritance God has planned for you.

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