The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Deuteronomy 18:21-22,
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your fellow Israelites."
No, the prophet to come was not Muhammad. Muhammad was a fake prophet.
Moses told the Israelites the Lord was going to raise up another prophet like him for Israel. It is a reference to the Son of God coming, Jesus Christ.
"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your fellow Israelites."
No, the prophet to come was not Muhammad. Muhammad was a fake prophet.
Moses told the Israelites the Lord was going to raise up another prophet like him for Israel. It is a reference to the Son of God coming, Jesus Christ.
The writer of Hebrews provides some meditation on the comparison of Moses and Jesus, "Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. 'Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house,' bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory." Hebrews 3:1-6.
The Lord also told Moses to tell the Israelites that they needed to listen to this coming prophet, "He [the coming prophet] will tell them everything I [the Lord] command him. I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name." Deuteronomy 18:18-19.
Here we find the downfall of Israel fourteen hundred years later. The Jews of Jesus day embraced Moses as God's lawgiver and prophet, but they failed to recognize the One Moses spoke of that was to come later. As always, God gave fair warning, a warning that went unheeded.
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The Lord also told Moses to tell the Israelites that they needed to listen to this coming prophet, "He [the coming prophet] will tell them everything I [the Lord] command him. I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name." Deuteronomy 18:18-19.
Here we find the downfall of Israel fourteen hundred years later. The Jews of Jesus day embraced Moses as God's lawgiver and prophet, but they failed to recognize the One Moses spoke of that was to come later. As always, God gave fair warning, a warning that went unheeded.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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