D34-4: If The Biblical Prophets Couldn’t Override Moses, What Makes You Think A Church Pastor Can?

“Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face”-Deuteronomy 34:10

So today with this post, I close my study of the Five Books of Moses.

The takeaway for today is this.

Moses has never been exceeded by another prophet…

…until the arrival of Yeshua from Nazareth 1300 years later that is.

I’m well aware the vast majority of the Jewish population would be violently against what I just said.

But hey, what else can you expect from a blog entitled the Messianic Revolution?

Let’s talk a little bit about the meaning of verse Deuteronomy 34:10.

Here’s what you got to know.

As respected and adored were the Biblical prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, their status didn’t even come close to the status Moses held.

Not. Even. Close.

There was nothing they could say that could supersede or ever undercut what Moses declared and established in this Torah we have been studying together for over the past five years.

There was nothing that could be added to Moses’ words either.

Think deeply about what I just said.

The greatest of the Biblical prophets must conform to the words of Moses or they would be cast out as false prophets.

Now if that’s the case, let me ask you this.

If the Biblical prophets were forbidden from taking away from or adding to what Moses said, what makes you think a gentile preacher, pastor or Bible teacher today can do so?

Short answer: They can’t.

They do not have such authority.

Actually, let me rephrase that.

Hashem Himself has NOT given them such authority.

And you know what else I can tell you with 100% confidence AND 100% authority.

The Messiah’s words can’t override Moses’ words either.

Why am I so sure?

Because Scripture tells us that if anyone (including any future mediator) contradicts Moses words, that person is a false prophet.

Period.

Fortunately for us, we can rest assured Yeshua never spoke against the Torah and Moses’ words.

“Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete.  Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah- not until everything that must happen has happened.  So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.”-Matthew 5:17-19

Yeshua went out of his way to drive home the point that he didn’t come to do away with even one tiny letter of the law.

This was a hardcore and very patriotic Jew we are talking about here.

Yeshua being the Messiah was the ultimate prophet, mediator and savior.

The authority he received from Hashem was so great he could tell the people that “If you have seen me, you have seen the Father”.

And the same could be said of Moses in his day.

“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.'”-Exodus 7:1

Yet even with such great authority,  Yeshua made it clear that in no way did he come to do away with, change, subtract from, add or in any way whatsoever challenge anything Moses said.

Even when facing down the devil during his wilderness temptation, Yeshua quoted the words of the Torah.

Specifically, he quoted these words from Deuteronomy.

“And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.“-Deuteronomy 8:3

For Yeshua, the Torah was the foundation for his ministry and he made it clear that to obey Torah is life and to break it is certain death.

CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT

“If you believed Moses,
you would believe me,
for he wrote about me.”
-John 5:46

Completed on March 4th (Wed), 2020 at Starbucks (Tabata Branch) in Tokyo, Japan.  Thank you Father for giving me the faith, strength, passion, power and incredible privilege to blog through Your Word.  Let Your Truth spread to every corner of the globe.  TODAH RABAH HASHEM!