The problem here is folks who want to cast it as some thing not foreshadowed from the word “go” in Holy Writ. Older strains of rabbinical thought were receptive to the idea of a Messiah who would do things like the New Testament attributes to Jesus.
In fact the New Testament is quite bold and says that Christ was in the cloud that Moses and the Hebrew people followed.
“In fact the New Testament is quite bold and says that Christ was in the cloud that Moses and the Hebrew people followed.”
And speaking of Moses, Hebrews declares Moses “...considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.”
I just love God’s Word!