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Moses and the Messiah/Christmas According to Moses
Moses and the Messiah/Christmas According to Moses
Raise up a prophet
1 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord’s food offerings; that is their inheritance. 2 Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the Lord is his inheritance, as he promised him. 3 This is the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it is an ox, a sheep, or a goat; the priests are to be given the shoulder, jaws, and stomach. 4 You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock. 5 For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on. 6 When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses, 7 he may serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord. 8 They will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate. 9 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. 10 No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead. 12 Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this. 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 This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’ 17 Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 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. 19 I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a message in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’ 21 You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’ 22 When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Did you know that Moses preached the gospel of Jesus as well? In looking for a series to preach through advent I wanted to do something different. Rather then just focus on the birth of Jesus and what that means I want to go to prophecy and see how it was fulfilled in Jesus. Did you know that Moses Spoke of the messiah? Did you kno that Moses even spoke of the messiah? We are going to look into what Moses told the Israelite's and how that was fulfilled in the New Testament.
Part of what Deuteronomy is about is a covenant renewal of what happened at Mt Sanai. If Israel was to claim and retain the land promised to them they where to maintain this covenant. The people had wandered in the Desert for 40 years because of the peoples lack of trust in God. Now that they where entering the promised land in order to remain, they needed to live in the covenant that the Lord gave them. We look forward during advent to the birth of Jesus but as we know it is when we look forward also to the second coming of Jesus. The people of Israel had the prophecies of the messiah to help them look forward with hope.
This Advent series on Deuteronomy 18 will help the congregation see how the Old Testament promise of a prophet is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. As we journey through these weeks, we reflect on God's promises, the authority of Christ's words, His fulfillment of the law and prophets, and our response to Him as the Prophet and Savior of the world.
Each week can end with a call to live in anticipation—not only of Christmas, where we celebrate His first coming, but also of His return, where we will see the ultimate fulfillment of all God’s promises.
Raise up Israelite Prophet
Raise up Israelite Prophet
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 Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people.”
22 Moses said: The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.
Mediator
Mediator
16 This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’
19 “You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
as Priest, He intercedes and sacrifices for us; as King
Jesus is God’s ultimate spokesman, communicating not only God’s words but embodying His presence among us. Unlike Old Testament prophets who received partial revelations, Jesus is the full revelation of God’s word (Hebrews 1:1-2). This means that in Jesus, we have the clearest and most complete expression of God’s character, will, and love.For us, this means we can trust Jesus' words as the ultimate truth and guidance for our lives. His teachings aren't just moral lessons but divine wisdom that shapes our faith, relationships, and purpose.
Holds Accountable the Listeners
Holds Accountable the Listeners
19 I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name.
23 And everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be completely cut off from the people.
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.
3 For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,
Spoke Truth
Spoke Truth
20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a message in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’ 21 You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?’ 22 When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed. 21 But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.” 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,
Looking forward in faith
As Moses pointed forward so did Jesus
Jesus Birth looks forward and backward
