YHWH your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen...
Deuteronomy 18:15
Who is the prophet like Moses? Yeshua. Like Moses and greater.
Consider these elements from Moses' life and how they are mirrored in Yeshua's:
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Moses |
Yeshua |
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Hebrews oppressed by foreign
power |
Hebrews oppressed by foreign
power |
|
Conceived miraculously |
Conceived miraculously |
|
Born to deliver his people |
Born to deliver his people |
|
Babies killed by jealous king |
Babies killed by jealous king |
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Mother knew he was special |
Mother told he was special |
|
Prepared for clay-lined basket
by a woman |
Prepared for burial by women |
|
Drawn out of the water
(symbolizes Spirit) |
Conceived by the Holy Spirit |
|
Basket watched by a girl named
Miriam |
Tomb watched by a woman named
Miriam |
|
Rescued by Egypt |
Rescued by Egypt |
|
Raised by Hebrew parents in
Egypt |
Raised by Hebrew parents in
Egypt |
|
Visited & gifted by kings |
Visited & gifted by kings |
|
Lived with adopted father |
Lived with adopted father |
|
Said to have grown up in two
ways |
Said to have grown up in two
ways |
|
Killed an oppressor of Israel |
Killed the character of
oppressors of Israel |
|
Rejected by Israel |
Rejected by Israel |
|
Hidden in the wilderness for 40
years |
Hidden in the wilderness for 40
days/many centuries |
|
Rescued Yitro’s daughters from
bad shepherds. |
Rescued Judah and pagans from
bad shepherds. |
|
Looked like an Egyptian to his
Midianite cousins. |
Looks like a gentile to his
Jewish brothers. |
|
Turned water into blood |
Turned water into wine |
|
Three days to the Red Sea |
Three days in the grave |
|
People threatened to stone him |
People threatened to stone him |
|
Betrayed by Korah |
Betrayed by a close associate |
|
Denied by Miriam and Aaron |
Denied by Peter |
|
Returned to Egypt after a long
absence. |
Will return to earth after a
long absence |
|
Forty days on the mountain and
people thought he wasn’t coming back. |
Extended period in Heaven and
people thought he wasn’t coming back. |
|
Confronted Pharaoh and brought
plagues at second coming. |
Will confront powers of evil
and bring plagues at second coming. |
|
Moses, the voice of God, and
the glory on the mountain. Face glorified. |
Yeshua, Moses, and Elijah on
the mountain with glory. Figure glorified. |
|
Moses intercedes with God for
the people |
Yeshua intercedes with God for
the people |
|
Song of Moses sung to celebrate
deliverance |
Song of Moses sung to celebrate
deliverance |
