No Prophet Has Risen In Israel Like Moses

Deuteronomy 34:9-11 – Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses. Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, who did all those signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land.

Isaiah 11:2-4 – The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

Acts 6:6 – They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Deuteronomy 18:15 – The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

Application:

• ·         The Spirit endowed the Messiah with the wisdom to undertake wise purposes and with the power to carry them out.
• ·         Laying on of hands was used in the Old Testament period to confer blessing, to transfer guilt from sinner to sacrifice and to commission a person for a new responsibility. In the New Testament period, laying on of hands was observed in healing, blessing, ordaining or commissioning and imparting of spiritual gifts.
• ·         now that Moses is to leave the Israelites, he says that another spokesman will take his place, and then another will be necessary for the next generation.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV