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The Torah Guide Podcast

Yeshua of Nazareth, the Prophet Like Moses

CMJ USA Executive Director Cariño Casas was a guest teacher on The Torah Guide podcast, where she looks at three Gospel accounts that show that Jesus is the Prophet Like Moses of Deuteronomy 18
 
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Yeshua, the Prophet-Like-Moses, is born!  

For some, the Christmas narrative has become trite, something to be toyed with, but the story of the infant in the manager is not some fairy tale. It is the revelation of the King-Like-David, the Redeemer of Israel and the Nations. 
 
6th century icon of Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes

The Lesson of the Loaves

When Jesus feeds the multitude by multiplying bread, the people realize he is the Prophet that Moses predicted. Yet, the they fail to understand what this prophetic role would entail. Part of our ongoing series "Jesus the Prophet Like Moses."
 
Wedding at Cana photo by Lawrene OP via Flickr cc

From Moses to Messiah in a Wedding, Water, and Wine

Why does Jesus turn water into wine? Is he announcing the fading of the Law? No, rather he is announcing the new Exodus and his identity as Moses' successor. Part of our ongoing series "Jesus, the Prophet Like Moses."
 
Christ as Judge Photo by Lawrence OP

Here Comes the Judge!

Moses served as a judge for Israel. His judging was not a condemning or critical type of judging but making decisions regarding disputes or disagreements. If Moses is presented as a judge, the Messianic Prophet of whom he spoke is the ultimate judge.
 
Detail of Pioneer of LIfe glass at St Clement, El Paso, TX

A Journey of Discovery

Following the Resurrection, two disciples of Jesus left Jerusalem, walking to the town of Emmaus about seven miles away. As they walked together, a stranger joined them and intruded into their conversation. The stranger was the Prophet Like Moses.
 
Jesus Water Samaritan woman

The Prophet-Like-Moses Offers Water to an Israelite

The Samaritans were looking for Moses’ successor, the giver of water. It’s the woman at the well who first puts the pieces together and recognizes the long-awaited Restorer. Jesus identifies himself as that prophet to the Samaritan woman at the well.
 
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The Storm of Revelation

Why does the text say that Jesus intended to pass by his frightened disciples on the lake, and how does that have to do with Moses’ divine encounter on Sinai? Part of our ongoing series "Jesus, the Prophet Like Moses."
 
Icon of the Transfiguraiton

Ascending the Mountain of God

Jesus’s transfiguration looks back to Moses’ transforming encounter with the God of Israel and points forward to the Son of Man, the Prophet-Like-Moses, ruling and reigning at the right hand of the Father
 
The Last Supper by Tissot

The Prophet-Like-Moses & The Last Supper

Only one character in the Tanakh can truly be said to be the One prophesied to succeed Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15–19: The Servant of the Lord depicted in Isaiah 40–55. Fourth in a year-long series.
 
Jesus in the wilderness

The Temptation in the Wilderness

Jesus fasts 40 days in the wilderness as Moses does. This and other parallels with Israel are expressions of Jesus’ ministry as the ultimate, prophesied Prophet—the One to whom Israel must harken.
 
Jesus teaches the people from the mount

Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount

The Gospel of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ extended teaching sitting on a high place sketches out an image of the Prophet-Like-Moses promised by God in Deuteronomy 18. Second in a year-long series.
 
Moses with the brazen serpent

Meet Jesus, the Prophet-like-Moses

Jesus was born to be a king, but he fulfilled a different role, or function, in the days of his earthly ministry. We cannot fully understand the Gospels without understanding him in his role as the Prophet-like-Moses.
 
... then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
Ezekiel 37:9-10