Tokonaki ‘Akosi 14, 2021
it is to him you shall listen
ko ia pē te mou fanongo ki ai
Teutalonome 18 (Deuteronomy 18)
(v. 15-16) “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.’
(v. 15-16) ‘E fokotu‘u ‘e Sihova ko ho ‘Otua mei ho lotolotonga, mei ho kāinga, hao palōfita hangē ko au; ko ia pē te mou fanongo ki ai; ‘o hangē ko ia kotoa na‘a ke kole meia Sihova ko ho ‘Otua ‘i Hōlepi ‘i he ‘aho ‘o e fakataha, ho‘o pehē, ‘Oua ā na‘a ku toe fanongo ki he le‘o ‘o Sihova ko hoku ‘Otua, pea ‘oua ā na‘a ku toe sio ki he afi lahi ni, na‘a ku mate.
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
In dealing with the priest who was already found among the people by the appointment of God, the fact that he was to have no inheritance in the land was restated. Then a special provision was made for any priest whose heart drove him to some particular service. He also must be cared for by the people.
Finally, turning to the subject of the prophet, Moses enjoined the people to beware of the false and to know the true In dealing with the false prophets he described their methods. They would be the practice of secret things, of dealing with the spiritual forces of evil in a professed attempt to discover the will of God.
The true prophet was then promised and described. The description given is brief but graphic. He would be one of themselves, receiving the words of God and uttering them to the people. All the true prophets of God that followed fulfilled this ideal in measure. The proportion in which they spoke to the nation the will of God with authority was the proportion in which they did so.
As we study these words concerning king and priest and prophet, we inevitably realize that the perfect fulfillment in each case came ultimately with the coming of the Son of God. He was at once King of His brethren without inheritance in His own land; Priest, abiding in the service of God and ministered to by the people of God; Prophet of His brethren, speaking the word of God in all fulness and in all purity.
David Guzik :: Study Guide for Deuteronomy 18
a. The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me: Moses, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, promised a prophet to come; a prophet that would first be like me - that is, like Moses.
b. From your midst, from your brethren: Like Moses, this Prophet would be from the midst of Israel. This not only meant that He would be an Israelite, but that He would be a "man of the people" - He would be one of them.
c. Him you shall hear: Like Moses, this Prophet would command the attention of the nation. This means both that Israel should listen to this Prophet, and that they would listen to this Prophet.
d. According to all you desired of the LORD you God in Horeb: Like Moses, this Prophet would be a mediator, representing God to the people, and representing the people before God.
e. Will put My words in His mouth: Like Moses, this Prophet would speak God's Word.
f. I will require it of him: Like Moses, this Prophet's message would only be rejected at a great penalty.
g. I will raise up for them a Prophet: People looked for this Prophet in Jesus' day (John 6:14, 7:40) and some thought that John the Baptist might be this Prophet (John 1:19-21). But the New Testament plainly tells us that Jesus is this Prophet (Acts 3:19-26, Acts 7:37).
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