{"id":2808,"date":"2018-07-12T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T18:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nltblog.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:22:40","slug":"the-peoples-perspective-expectation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2018\/07\/12\/the-peoples-perspective-expectation\/","title":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Perspective\u2014 Expectation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Moses continued, ‘The\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.\u00a0For this is what you yourselves requested of the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.\u00a0You said, \u2018Don\u2019t let us hear the voice of the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Then the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said to me, \u2018What they have said is right.\u00a0I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.\u00a0I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.\u00a0But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

But you may wonder, \u2018How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the\u00a0Lord<\/span>?\u2019\u00a0If the prophet speaks in the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u2019s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.” Deuteronomy 18:15-22, NLT .<\/em><\/p>\n

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At times throughout Israel\u2019s history, the people looked expectantly for the \u201cprophet like Moses\u201d who was prophesied in these verses. Such was the case during Jesus\u2019 ministry when people wondered if he could be that prophet (John 1:21; 6:14, for example). And when God spoke from heaven to endorse his Son, he echoed the words of Deuteronomy 18:15: \u201cListen to him\u201d
\n(Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35). Like Moses, Jesus would deliver God\u2019s people from captivity and institute a new covenant.<\/p>\n

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This expectation for a Messiah seems to be a universal need. We see it throughout history, in literature and film, across numerous cultures, and in our own lives. Ancient Israel looked ahead for \u201cthe one\u201d; we look back to Jesus\u2019 first coming and also ahead, knowing he is coming again. God has embedded expectation into us as an instinct designed to draw us toward him. Cultivate it and let it pull you into his promises. He doesn\u2019t provoke expectations without fulfilling them.<\/p>\n

Devotional Taken from the\u00a0 Dancing in the Desert Devotional Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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