Moses - How His Life Affects You - A Prophet Like Moses

 We live in distressing times.  Mankind certainly needs a leader like Moses-someone who has not only power and authority but also integrity, courage, compassion, and a heartfelt love of justice.  When Moses died, the Israelites must have wondered,  'Will the world see the likes of him again?  Moses himself answered that question.

Moses' writings explain how sickness and death came about in the first place and why God permitted wickedness to continue. (Genesis 3:1-19; Job, chapters 1, 2) At Genesis 3:15, the very first divine prophecy is recorded-a promise that evil will eventually be crushed! How? The prophecy indicated that an individual would be born through whom salvation would come.  This promise gave birth to the hope that the Messiah would arise and deliver mankind. 

But who would the Messiah be?  Moses helps us to identify him conclusively. 

Toward toward then  of his life, Moses uttered these portentous words:  "A prophet from your own midst, from your brothers, like me, is what Jehovah your God will raise up for you-to him you people should listen."(Deuteronomy 18:15) The apostle Peter later applied these words directly to Jesus. - ACTS 3:20-26.

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