by David Gibson<\/p>\n
Who was Moses pointing toward when he said, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me . . . you shall listen to him<\/em>” (Deuteronomy 18:15 NASB)? The Jews of the first century were expecting this Prophet (John 1:19-21; 6:14; 7:40). Whoever it is would be remarkable indeed, considering how great Moses was (Numbers 12:6-8).<\/p>\n Muslims claim that Muhammad is the Prophet of whom Moses spoke. But Peter, speaking by inspiration, affirmed that the Prophet is Jesus (Acts 3:22-23; see Acts 7:37).<\/p>\n No prophet is more like Moses than Jesus. Both were protected by God in infancy from destruction by a ruler; both inaugurated major covenants with God’s people; both interceded between God and His people; both did mighty miracles. Moses is the greatest person in the Old Testament. Jesus is the greatest in the New Testament.<\/p>\n As great as Moses was (Deuteronomy 34:10-12), Jesus is far greater (Hebrews 3:1-6). Jesus said of Moses, “he wrote about Me<\/em>” (John 5:46; see Luke 24:27). God said of the Prophet like Moses, “whosoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in my name, I Myself will require it of him<\/em>” (Deuteronomy 18:19). At the Transfiguration, Peter wanted to honor Moses, Elijah, and Jesus equally. But God said of Jesus, “Listen to Him!<\/em>” (Matthew 17:5).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by David Gibson Who was Moses pointing toward when he said, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me . . . you shall listen to him” (Deuteronomy 18:15 NASB)? The Jews of the first century were expecting this Prophet (John 1:19-21; 6:14; 7:40). Whoever it is would be remarkable…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[73,483],"class_list":["post-86043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-jesus","tag-prophets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57339,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jesus-the-prophet\/","url_meta":{"origin":86043,"position":0},"title":"Jesus the Prophet","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Hebrews begins, \"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son\" (Hebrews 1:1-2). 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Hamilton I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In our prior lesson, we established the acceptance of the writings of Moses by a large number of people over a wide range of history. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The writings were not accepted because of some decree or because the documents were old, but because they were recognized as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95428,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/grace-and-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":86043,"position":5},"title":"Grace and Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bill Boyd After his presidency, Jimmy Carter returned to his home in Plains, Georgia, and taught a Sunday School class at the Maranatha Baptist Church. 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A Prophet Greater than Moses<\/h2>\n