#153: The Stranger who Saved the Savior
About this episode
The episode discusses the story of Zipporah in Exodus as a representation of God's use of unexpected individuals for salvation, paralleling it with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Email: hpaulsilas@hotmail.com https://apostolicinternational.com/ Statement of beliefs: https://apostolicinternational.com/statement-of-beliefs The sermon: https://apostolicinternational.com/sermons/THE_STRANGER_WHO_SAVED_THE_SAVIOR.pdf This sermon centers on the surprising story of Zipporah in Exodus 4:24–26, arguing that God often chooses the most unexpected people to accomplish His greatest acts of salvation. When God sought to kill Moses because he had neglected the covenant of circumcision, it was Zipporah—a Midianite, a foreigner, and an outsider to Israel's covenant line—who acted decisively. By circumcising her son with a sharp flint stone and shedding covenant blood, she restored Moses' standing before God and preserved the life of the very man chosen to deliver Israel. The sermon presents this event as a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ. Just as the sharp stone removed the barrier preventing Moses from fulfilling his calling, Christ's death accomplishes the "circumcision made without hands," removing humanity's sinful nature through His sacrifice. Zipporah's bloody act points forward to Christ, the Bridegroom who purchases His people through His own blood rather than the…
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Host: Jesus Alone is God
Topics covered
- salvation
- covenant
- outsiders
- foreshadowing
- sacrifice
- redemption
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