Daily Devotions
A Prophet Like Moses
Reading for March 5th: Deuteronomy 17-20
"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers--it is to him you shall listen--just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'"
Deuteronomy 18:15-16
Moses in so many ways gave us a glimpse of the role our Savior Jesus Christ would play for us:
- Moses was a lawgiver. He went up Mount Sinai and received the Law from God.
- Moses was a deliverer. He led his people out of bondage in Egypt.
- Moses was a sin bearer. He did not literally bear their sin, but when God wanted to destroy them after the golden calf Moses asked God to take his name out of his book in their place (Ex 32:32).
- Moses was a shepherd. He led his people through the wilderness for forty years.
- Moses was a mediator. The people could not approach God (nor did they want to), and so Moses did that for them.
But as great as Moses was in all of these roles, Jesus surpassed him in every way. "Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant... but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son." (Heb 3:5-6) Moses was a faithful servant in God's house. He was so close to God that we're told he met with God face-to-face. However, Christ Jesus is able to intercede for us as God's Son in a way Moses never could.
Father, we boldly approach your throne by the authority of your only Son who is seated at your right hand!
