LightBulb Moment! Moses and the Eucharist!

Moses accepting the Word of God

So I was prepping for next week's lesson on the Exodus.  I came across the following excerpt from Exodus 24:9-11:

"Moses then went up with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders of Israel, and they beheld the God of Israel... yet He did not lay a hand on these chosen Israelites.  They saw God, and they ate and drank."

Basically, this portion of the story occurs after Moses delivers the Word of God to the Israelites.  In "one voice" they consent to the Mosaic covenant linking them as a people to God.  They follow the prescribed sacrificial offerings which solidifies them as a family through the physical symbol of blood.  Then, Moses and the elders take part in the spiritual sign of family as they partake in a Heavenly feast in which they "saw God" and yet remained unharmed (important point because Jews believed that to see God was automatic death).  God did not "lay a hand on these chosen Israelites" because they were now His family.  They feasted together in the Presence of God which fully solidified their covenant with him.

Now, it took me a bit for this quote to register, so bear with me.

Since my class has been going over covenant history (we've gone through Edenic, Adamic, Noahic and mostly Mosaic), I was really trying to take them a bit more in-depth with the Mosaic covenant because of the 1st Reading for this coming weekend (Ten Commandments). 

However, as I was putting together my lesson plan, I copied and pasted the "review" from last week (which consisted of Adoration since I had reminded them about why we'd be taking part in it during Lent).  Here's where things get entertaining.

As I got midway through my lesson plan, having just highlighted Adoration for myself through the review, I started putting pieces together.

"Hey wait a minute!  The Eucharist is the ratification of the New and Everlasting Covenant which fulfills the promises made throughout Salvation History!  Not only do we feast WITH God, we feast on HIS FULL PRESENCE - Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.  So just as the Jews were able to "see God," we, too, are given this privilege and grace through our own spiritual feast (made visible through the physical sharing of the Eucharist). 

Gotta love when things come full circle.

And then when I was looking up images to use for this entry, I came across the one you see at the top with Moses kneeling down to accept the Ten Commandments from God the Father.  I had another little light bulb go off over my head.  Moses was kinda receiving a precursor to the Eucharist.  After all, what is the Word of God other than Jesus Christ, Himself?

Okay, I now have the cheesiest grin on my face.  It's like all these little pieces are coming together and I can't help but shake my head in wonder.  God is such an incredible Author.  His foreshadowing simply cannot be outdone! 

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