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casting out the covenant embraced at Sinai.
Hagar’s life is not the only testimony given to us by Yahweh of His will in this
matter. This is a matter we see even clearer as we look at the life of Moses, the Law-
giver.
Moses served as a guardian, shepherd, and schoolmaster to the CHILDREN of
Israel. Moses is a type of the Law. When Moses and Elijah appeared with Christ on
the Mount of Transfiguration, the Son of God was figured standing with the Law
(Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah). The testimony of the Law and the Prophets were
given to point men to Christ. Christ is the goal, the fulfillment, and the end of the
Law.

Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

The word “end” is translated from the Greek “telos.” Strong’s Concordance
defines telos in the following manner:

telos (tel'-os); (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly, the point aimed
at as a limit, i.e. (by implication) the conclusion of an act or state (termination
[literally, figuratively or indefinitely]

The Law pointed to Christ through its many types and shadows. Christ is the
atoning sacrifice. He is the Passover Lamb. Christ is the firstfruit offering. Yahshua
is the righteousness of God. He is the fulfillment of Sabbath rest, etc.. The Son of God
is also the termination point of the Law, for when the adoption as a son is received,
the child is freed from the rule of the guardian.
Seeing that Abraham’s two wives represented two covenants that the people of
God would enter into, how much more can we anticipate tremendous insight to be
revealed through the life of Moses? Indeed, God has used this man’s life to reveal far
more than most saints today have imagined. A great mystery is unveiled as one
examines the most common appellation Yahweh used when speaking of Moses.

Exodus 14:31
So the people feared Yahweh, and believed Yahweh and His servant Moses.

Yahweh chooses His words with great precision. He teaches profound truth
through what man mistakes as insignificant details. Why did Yahweh refer to Moses
as His servant? It is because the Law was given to men who were slaves to sin.
Christ came to set them free by giving them the heart of an obedient son!

Hebrews 3:5-6
And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony
of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over