Bible Characters Related to Wilderness

Hagar's story demonstrates God's care for the outcast and oppressed, and Paul uses her story as an allegory of the difference between law and promise, slavery and freedom.

Moses is the great lawgiver and prophet who mediated God's covenant with Israel. He prefigures Christ as a prophet, deliverer, and mediator between God and His people.

John fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy as the voice crying in the wilderness. He represents the last of the Old Testament prophets and the bridge to the New Covenant, pointing people to Jesus.