Moses

Scripture: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Moses is arguably the most important human figure in the entire Old Testament. He is the mediator of the covenant, the vessel through whom the Torah came to Israel, the deliverer of the people from Egypt, and the man who spoke with YHWH face to face as a man speaks with his friend. His call came at the burning bush — a bush that burned but was not consumed, which is itself a picture of what he was called to: a people who would be refined but not destroyed. His objections were honest: I am not eloquent, I do not know your name, they will not believe me, send someone else. YHWH answered every objection. And Moses went.

Moses is the foundation figure of the entire biblical narrative. Without the Exodus, there is no covenant. Without the covenant, there is no law. Without the law, there is no gospel. The Sanctum treats him as the figure through whom YHWH defined what it means to be His people — and whose face-to-face relationship with YHWH is the prototype of what the New Covenant will make available to everyone.