Moses Preview of Calvary

     Proper Worship - then and now: Even when the Law was given, God made it clear that it was not efficacious for salvation, as is written: "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon" (Exod 20:25-26).
     Doing work with the hands to glorify God had no utility, and modesty in worship was required. Modesty is more than keeping oneself covered, but taking the focus off oneself and glorifying God instead. If the sacrifice was made for the people, then the priests who worshipped and objectified themselves would diminish God. It was made clear that us doing things to gain God's grace was "as filthy rags" (Isa 64:6).
     What's more, Moses was the mediator. God referred to him as "you" (ye) making the sacrifices. Moses mediated on behalf of God. When God took on flesh, He became the only mediator necessary between God and mankind. (1 Tim 2:5). Unlike Moses, Jesus did the work on the alter: those stones holding the cross, and Jesus did so with all the modesty that his persecutors allowed, having stripped him to his flesh.(Mat. 27:33-36).
     Jesus would bear his flesh. There was no need for Moses to do that, and in fact, it would be reprehensible, as that altar of rock represented the Rock of salvation on Calvary.