Who is the prophet mentioned In Deuteronomy?

Question

In Deuteronomy 18, Moses stated that God told him: “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. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).1
From these verses we conclude that the prophet in this prophecy must have the following three characteristics:

1) That he will be like Moses.

2) That he will come from the brothers of the Israelites

3) That God will put His words in to the mouth of this prophet and that he will declare what God commands him.

2) That he will come from the brothers"not Jewish" of the Israelites

Also, one notices from the Gospel of John that the Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of three distinct prophecies. The first was the coming of Christ. The second was the coming of Elijah. The third was the coming of the Prophet.

Isaiah 42:1-13 speaks of the servant of God, His “chosen one” and “messenger” who will bring down a law. “He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:4). Verse 11, connects that awaited one with the descendants of Kedar. Who is Kedar? According to Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael.

Answer 1

1) No prophet was on the level of Moses. Deuteronomy itself says that later on. Thus, when the verse says "like Moses" it must mean characteristics like Moses, e.g. humble, well learned, on a high spritual level, etc. This would include all of G-d's prophets.

2) All of G-d's prophets were Jewish.

3) By definition, this is what a prophet does, gets prophecy from G-d and has to tell people about it.

As is clear from the context of these verses, the verse is not talking about any specific prophet but about prophets and prophecy in general.

Even if we were to accept the false position that it is referring to a specific "great" prophet for arguments sake, then it is a mere handwaving argument to apply it to Jesus.

Answer 2

The verse is a prophecy and speaks of Christ Jesus. Moses was a type of Christ, a leader of Israel. Jesus was an Israelite, a Jew. The verse speaks of the judgment that each person ever born will face before a just and ever loving God. Those who have trusted Christ receive an eternal reward, those who refuse Christ, receive eternal damnation. Its in the Bible, I didn't write it - I believe it.

Answer 3

The prophet mentioned is Christ Jesus, the Son of God.

“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. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19)

This is God speaking through Moses about a time when Christ Jesus will be on earth, in Israel, establishing his literal, visable, physical kingdom of heaven/kingdom of God, from which the world was to be ruled from. He is the King, from royal lineage, (the seed of David) and was there to establish a holy nation... a nation of priests. From there, they'd have spread out across the world proclaiming the gospel of this Kingdom to every creature.

But instead, they crucified him in their unbelief, and in his awesome foreknowledge, he died for our sins with his life's blood.

He was like Moses in that he was a leader, came from hardships where both were tried to be killed when they were but babies, and much more...

He came from the brothers of the Israelites, out of Nazareth, where he was a carpenter,

And he definitely did some declaring...whoo...read up on some gospel, and you'll see it's the Lord....as that prophet.

Answer 4

1) Jesus was a prophet like Moses
2) Jesus was an Israelites not an arabs
3) God put his words in the mouth of Jeus after He received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in river Jordan. Check all the saying of Jesus Christ, it all comes from the old testament prophets sayings.

Answer 5

Jesus?
John the Baptist?
Joseph Smith (first Mormon prophet)?
NOT any Popes!
NOT Muhammad(for a picture of Muhammad picture Cartman in drag with peacock blue eyeshadow and a Hawaiian dress in your mind [this does not violate Islamic Law since you did not actually depict Muhammad in a hard copy])!

Answer 6

Jesus Christ. He fills three unique roles for all of eternity - King, Priest and Prophet. If you study the book of Hebrews in the Bible, this will better help you.

Answer 7

The prophet that is mentioned there is Joshua.He was the successor of Moses.

Answer 8

Elijah, he was taken to Heaven without having to die first, the only person so honored as far as I know. I believe his and Moses return is also one of the signals of the coming of the Messiah.

Answer 9

It is John the Baptist, I think. Try searching for it in an NIV study Bible.

Answer 10

Okay, you got your week of attention. Do you know the meaning of the word, Verbose?