Thursday, March 23, 2006
The Promised Prophet
V16, And fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"
The reaction of those is understandable; fear gripped them all. The people rightly knew that the sole author of life is God and that man is the highest form of created life. Only man was created in God’s image and herein death is seen as subservient to His word. So the people correctly began glorifying God.
The spontaneous reaction was proclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” This would come from their understanding of Moses presenting God’s commandments to the Hebrew people as they witness God’s glory on Mount Sinai. Ex. 20:18-19 And all the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. 19. Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, lest we die." In their wandering before they cross over into the Promised Land Moses answers their original plea found in Deut. 18:15-18 "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. 16. "This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, `Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, lest I die.' 17. "And the Lord said to me, `They have spoken well. 18. `I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. Peter proclaims that this promised prophet is none other than Jesus, Acts 3: 22, 26 "Moses said, `The Lord God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed in everything He says to you. 26. "For you first, God raised up His Servant, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."
In the miracle of restoring life to this son, the Jews rightly understand that God has visited His people by showing them that His power is alive and well by which they may take comfort. Their faith however was not rightly seen to be a restoration of a holy and just relationship by cancelled sin, but a selfish faith of earthly prosperity that excited all the masses. This is seen in the following verse.
V17. And this report concerning Him went out all over Judea, and in all the surrounding district.
The reaction of those is understandable; fear gripped them all. The people rightly knew that the sole author of life is God and that man is the highest form of created life. Only man was created in God’s image and herein death is seen as subservient to His word. So the people correctly began glorifying God.
The spontaneous reaction was proclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” This would come from their understanding of Moses presenting God’s commandments to the Hebrew people as they witness God’s glory on Mount Sinai. Ex. 20:18-19 And all the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. 19. Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, lest we die." In their wandering before they cross over into the Promised Land Moses answers their original plea found in Deut. 18:15-18 "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. 16. "This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, `Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, lest I die.' 17. "And the Lord said to me, `They have spoken well. 18. `I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. Peter proclaims that this promised prophet is none other than Jesus, Acts 3: 22, 26 "Moses said, `The Lord God shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed in everything He says to you. 26. "For you first, God raised up His Servant, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."
In the miracle of restoring life to this son, the Jews rightly understand that God has visited His people by showing them that His power is alive and well by which they may take comfort. Their faith however was not rightly seen to be a restoration of a holy and just relationship by cancelled sin, but a selfish faith of earthly prosperity that excited all the masses. This is seen in the following verse.
V17. And this report concerning Him went out all over Judea, and in all the surrounding district.
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