MCC Recap & Series Intro: Raised Up

"How could there be someone even better?"

It's sometimes hard to believe that something could be even better than the thing in front of us! We can get so caught up looking at our heroes with such great honor that we miss who these heroes are pointing to. The great heroes of the Bible (like Abraham, Moses, Elijah, and so on) are like shadows pointing to the main person of our great Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. We see Jesus raised up above all others in victory, glory, freedom from death, and new life.

Consider all of the shadows throughout scripture and your life that point to Jesus.

Does your focus on some of these shadows distract you from seeing Jesus or point you to seeing Jesus?

Are there some things you may be captives to, stuck in bondage, that Jesus frees us from?

What is the significance that Jesus is raised up? In which ways does this theme play out?