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The Gospel Connections

Gospel Connections

Gospel Connections are the links between a biblical story and the gospel of Jesus. Review the Gospel Connections below and learn how to find Jesus in every story of the Bible.

Gospel Connection 1

• The Children of Israel were in bondage and persecuted by the Pharaoh of Egypt. God gave Moses to be the deliverer of Israel, but he was condemned to death in the Nile as an infant by the king of Egypt (Exod 1:22).
• The Children of Israel were in subjection to Rome and Herod the king. God sent Jesus to be the Deliverer, but he was condemned to death as an infant by King Herod (Matt 2:16).

Gospel Connection 2

• Moses’ mother prepared an ark of bulrushes and placed her son in the ark and placed him in the Nile hoping to save her infant son (Exod 2:2-3).
• The Lord revealed to Joseph that he should arise and flee to Egypt to save their infant son (Matt 2:13).

Gospel Connection 3

• The Lord intervened, and the king’s daughter discovered the ark and had compassion for Moses. She adopted him to be her son, and he escaped death (Exod 2:10).
• Jesus grew and in his maturity was again condemned to death. But God raised him up, and he escaped death as the Son of God (Acts 2:23-24).

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