ONE LIKE MOSES

The top picture was taken from a boat on Galilee. It was here that Jesus calmed the storm (See Mark 4:35-41).

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The middle picture is of a Byzantine era mosaic in a church built on the traditional site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes, at Tabgah, where Jesus fed the five thousand (See John chapter 6).

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The bottom picture is of a stone jar like those used by Jesus in his first miracle, the turning of water into wine (See John 2:1-12). This picture was taken in a chapel in the town of Cana. The married couples in our group renewed their marriage vows there--there were no first-timers.

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"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from you countrymen, you shall listen to him" (Deuteronomy 18:15).

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"Moses said, ' The Lord you God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you'" (Acts 3:22).

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Fourteen hundred years before Christ, Moses prophesied that God would raise up a prophet like himself. In the apostle Peter's second sermon, he says that Jesus Christ is the one like Moses. Being like Moses was one of the necessary qualifications of the Messiah that people were looking for (John 1:45). There are about many similarities between Jesus and Moses; I will list only a few.

1. They were both born under difficult circumstances in which their lives were in danger.

2. They both came out of Egypt.

3. They both enjoyed intimate communication with God (Deuteronomy 34:10 & John 1:18).

4. Moses was the mediator between God and His people. Jesus is the great mediator between God and His own (Hebrews 4:14-16).

5. Moses delivered Israel from slavery. Jesus is the great deliverer from sin.

6. Both Moses and Jesus were miracle workers to credential their authority. Moses parted the waters of the Red Sea; Jesus calmed the storms on Galilee. Moses brought manna from heaven; Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fishes to feed the multitudes. Moses turned the waters of Egypt to blood; Jesus turned the water to wine at a wedding feast in Cana. Truly, Jesus Christ is the only one who fulfills the prophecy of Moses. So, as Moses said, we must listen to Jesus!

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Grace&Peace,

Tom