Can You See Jesus in the Book of Numbers?

No, the character called Jesus had not yet been invented when the Book of Numbers was written. It's a bit like asking if the character Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote was in the Sherlock Holmes stories, written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Yes, you can.

You can see that both Caleb and Joshua were Messianic types in the Old Testament book of Numbers. Be courageous and strong fully in the Lord just like Caleb of Judah and Joshua of Joseph.

Moses, the great leader who saved his people from slavery in Egypt, is often seen as a kind of proto-Messiah. Moses and Jesus both were saviors. The Pharaoh ordered the death of all male babies born to the Israelites, but Moses escaped this fate. In a similar vein, Herod ordered the death of all male babies in and around Bethlehem, but Jesus managed to escape.

Moses is said to have led his people to the promised land, while Jesus is said to have opened the way to ‘the promised land’ that is Heaven for His followers.

Matthew's and Luke's Nativity Accounts

When Matthew was inventing his version of the nativity, he decided to have a flee to Egypt scene to explain how Mary and Joseph ended up in Bethlehem. This was to ensure that Jesus was born there as the Messiah had to be born in Bethlehem. However, this contradicts the fact that Jesus was from Nazareth. Matthew’s solution was to invent this part of the story. Similarly, Luke also manufactured an irreconcilable account to solve the same problem.

Deuteronomy and the Faith of the Israelites

Take a look at Deuteronomy 32:17:

ldquo;They sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.rdquo;

Just as Moses had warned about this, the writings that were once written in stone with the 'finger of God' are now written in a book with leaves made from the trees of the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 9:10

ldquo;And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them was written, according to all the words which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.rdquo;

These words are now bound up in the book, which makes one wonder about the shifts in how the divine messages are conveyed.

Old and New Testament Prophesy

Here is another quote from Deuteronomy 32:21:

ldquo;They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God, they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.rdquo;

This shows how the prophets foretold the future of the Israelites with their faith.

Through the shifting roles of Moses as a savior and Joshua as a leader, and the parallels drawn with Jesus, one can see how the Old Testament prophesies point towards the role of the Messiah in the New Testament.

Understanding these connections can help readers see the unity and continuity in the scriptures, making it easier to explore and appreciate the themes of salvation and faith.