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God promised another prophet like Moses

 

Deuteronomy 18:15-18

15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

16 For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die."

17 The LORD said to me: "What they say is good.

18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

(New International Version translation)

Bible passage: Deuteronomy 18:15-18
Prophet: Moses
Written: As early as 1400 BC

In Deuteronomy 18:15-18, Moses told the Jews that God would raise up another prophet like Moses.

After Moses, there was a succession of prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, with Jesus being the final major Biblical prophet.

Jesus shared much in common with Moses:

• Both were delivered from death as infants. During the time of Moses' birth, the Pharaoh of Egypt commanded that all Hebrew male infants be killed, because he feared that the growing Hebrew population would be a threat to his power. During the time of Jesus' infancy, King Herod ordered the death of male infants in Bethlehem, because he feared that Jesus would be regarded as king instead of Herod. (Matthew 2:16).

• Both were born during times when the people of Israel were under heavy persecution from foreign powers. The people during Moses' time had left the land of Israel during a time of famine and eventually were enslaved in Egypt. During Jesus' time, the people of Israel were greatly oppressed by the Romans who ruled over a vast empire that included Israel.

• Both were adopted. Moses was adopted into the Pharoah's household. Jesus was adopted by Joseph.

• Both performed miracles. Moses, in fact, is the first person in the Old Testament recorded as having performed miracles, and Jesus is the first in the New Testament.

• Both spent part of their lives in Egypt. Moses was born in Egypt because his forefathers had left Israel during a time of famine to seek refuge in Egypt. Jesus, as an infant, was taken to Egypt because his life was being threatened in Israel (by King Herod).

• Both humbled themselves in their service to others. Moses forfeited his position of authority in Egypt before leading his people out of slavery. (Hebrews 11:24-25). Jesus is God himself who allowed himself to be born as a man to live among people. (Philippians 2:6-8).

• Moses offered to die, if necessary, if God would forgive the sins of the people that Moses was leading (see Exodus 32:30-33). Jesus did die for our sins, so that people could enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

No other prophet is as much like Moses than Jesus. Moses led the Jews out of the bonds of slavery in Egypt into the Promised Land of Israel. Moses died shortly before the Jews entered Israel. Jesus leads people - anyone who accepts Jesus as their Savior - out of the bonds of sin and into the Promised Land of Heaven.

- Research and commentary by George and Raymond Konig of www.AboutBibleProphecy.com


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