world as a cursed one for us. If he did not follow his way as a curse, he could not save cursed people. This is the reason Jesus died on the cross. Jesus had to be cursed to open the way to save us from the curse.

12. Moses’ work as the shadow of God’s providence

From the sermon on February 25, 2001

God’s work is broadly divided into physical and spiritual one. The shadow of the spiritual work, which is the real intention in God’s plan, was shown in the Old Testament through the physical work as the history of Israel. The physical work is called the first covenant and the spiritual work is the new covenant.

We should carefully look at the providence of God during Moses’ work because the events reflect the work that will happen later. Therefore it is very important to know about the history of Exodus in Moses’ time.

Abraham and Moses were the most important characters in the Old Testament. If you do not know about them, you