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A SPECIAL PROPHET FROM THE NATION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
Deuteronomy 18:15-19

Acts 3:20-24

 

“…him shall ye hear in all things

whatsoever he shall say unto you.”

 

A SPECIAL PROPHET FROM THE NATION
 
Israel was required to be perfect before the Lord their God. They were to be upright and sincere in their relationship with God. It is true that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and there is none that can be said to be perfect. However, the aim of the Law is to make God’s people strive for perfection. If it was possible to be perfect on our own, then there was no need of Christ offering Himself for our sins. It is believing in Christ only that can take away our sins and make us perfect. In the context of the Mosaic Law, perfection was the obeying of every commandment that the Lord had given. It was easy for Israel and especially their children to get entangled with the Canaanites and copy their abominable ways and forsake the Lord.
 
The prophecy of Moses looked into the distant future of Israel and declared the coming of a Prophet like Moses: “The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken” (Deut 18:15). Moses also repeated in verse 18 how God revealed this to him and added that God would put His words into the Prophet’s mouth. He spoke to them all that God commanded. Likewise, Israel was to listen to the words of that Prophet. He would be a special Prophet as Moses was a special prophet.
 
Though the Lord sent many prophets to Israel, they always knew that the special Prophet that Moses foretold was yet to come. The Apostles in the New Testament revealed that that special Prophet was the Lord Jesus Christ. The Jews were always expecting that Prophet and when John the Baptist commenced his ministry they mistook him for that Prophet that Moses had foretold. Peter in his sermon clarified that it was the Lord Jesus Christ. He came with the message of salvation.
 
THOUGHT: A true prophet is authenticated by God.

PRAYER: Father, grant me perfection in obeying Jesus Christ.

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