Simply out of gratitude, we can never forget Christ’s great sacrifice on the Cross in saving us from our sins, so that we might live eternally. In the Old Testament, there are many different prophecies and types of the Cross, like the account in Exodus 15 presented in this episode. After Israel’s miraculous deliverance through the Red Sea, they enter a barren wilderness, endure three days without water, and then discover the bitter, undrinkable waters of Marah, causing the people to murmur in unbelief. God instructs Moses to cast a tree into the waters, which instantly transforms them from bitter and poisonous to sweet and life-giving, picturing how Christ’s crucifixion on a tree (the Cross) fully paid the penalty of sin and death, and turned doom into eternal life and blessing.

This episode explores Judges 16, which recounts Samson’s tragic downfall and final victory: after falling in love with the ill-intentioned and persistent Delilah, in a moment of weakness, he revealed the secret of his strength—his uncut hair as a Nazarite vow—allowing the Philistines to shave, capture, and blind him. At a great feast honoring their god, Dagon, the Philistines brought the blinded Samson out to entertain the crowd; he prayed for strength “only this once,” grasped the two central pillars, and collapsed the temple, killing more of Israel’s enemies in his death than he had in his life. Samson’s outstretched arms between the pillars and voluntary death picture the Lord Jesus Christ, Who was also slain in the moment of victory on the Cross, destroying our enemies of sin, death, and Satan through His finished work.

The Passover, we see in this study of Exodus 12, is presented as a powerful prophecy of the Cross, showing how God delivers His people through the death of a spotless substitute. Israel was spared from judgment only when the lamb’s blood was applied to their doorposts, picturing how Christ—the perfect, sinless Lamb of God—must be personally trusted for salvation. Every detail of the Passover lamb finds fulfillment in Jesus’ crucifixion. Just as Israel found safety behind blood sealed doors, all who trust that Christ died for their sins and rose again are redeemed—safe and set free to live a new life in Him.

In this episode, Israel’s thirst and Moses striking the rock foreshadows Christ being smitten at the Cross to provide the “living water” of eternal life. The pre-incarnate Lord stood upon the rock that Moses struck, showing that the blow of judgment fell not on the guilty people but on a Substitute—just as Christ bore God’s wrath for sinners. The Apostle Paul later explains “that Rock was Christ,” creating a vivid illustration of His once for all sacrifice. When Moses later struck the rock a second time, he distorted this picture, underscoring that Christ’s offering is never to be repeated and is fully sufficient for all who believe.