Intercessor

I spent this afternoon staring at my computer screen and thinking about what I was going to say at worship tomorrow about Jesus as Savior. The connections between the New Testament and the Hebrew Scriptures never cease to amaze me! One of the things I was thinking with Jesus is there was no longer a need for an intercessor on behalf of the people with God. Because of Jesus, we go directly to God, not through another person. That's what Moses got all messed up in. He felt pressured to go to God on behalf of the people because they were pressuring him to do something about their lack of water. But then he ends up with the consequence of getting to see the Promised Land but never actually stepping foot on it. That's a rotten deal! Thank God things have changed! Thank God for grace and mercy, for I surely wouldn't see the "Promised Land" if it required more faith and trust than Moses.
-Melanie