95. Again, another sign which Moses gave
points to our Lord Jesus Christ. He put his hand into his bosom,
and drew it out again, and his hand was become as snow. A second
time he put it in and drew it out, and it was again like the appearance
of human flesh. Ex. iv. 6, 7. This
signified first the original glory of the Godhead of the Lord Jesus,
and then the assumption of our flesh, in which truth all nations and
peoples must believe. So he put in his hand, for Christ is the
right hand of God; and whosoever does not believe in His Godhead and
Incarnation is punished as a sinner; like that king who, whilst not
believing open and plain signs, yet afterwards, when punished, prayed
that he might find mercy. How great, then, Moses’ regard
for virtue must have been is shown by these proofs, and especially by
the fact that he offered himself on behalf of the people, praying that
God would either forgive the people or blot him out of the book of the
living. Ex. xxxii. 32.