It's week three of our devotional, and I hope you're enjoying the journey.

This week, Emory, will be reading A Prophet like Moses.

Here we go.

This prophecy of Christ's birth precedes Isaiah's verse.

Before unto us a child is born was penned, the first prophet of God's people decreed,

a prophet like me will come from among you. You see, God's invitation was for his people to draw near,

that all may hear his voice and know him intimately. But the fear of God misapplied led to their request not to

hear his voice or see his fire for fear of death. Lord, let there be a mediator, someone to go between

a request he granted, though it was plan B. Moses was selected and faithfully served,

and God allowed this mediator prophet as a sign of his plan A. A prophet like me will come from

among you. But with the promise of this new prophet comes the key, you must listen.

And from Mount Sinai, God confirms, I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak for me.

But did they receive? Did they partner with the prophecy applying their belief? Surely none would have

imagined the many genealogies that would die and breathe life before the prophet like Moses

parted the veil. Moses was the prophet to whom God revealed the fullness of his glory, the one he spoke to as a friend,

the narrator of the beginning of his story. He spoke with God face to face, and I wonder if God missed

those conversations, if his plan of redemption stemmed from missing this connection with men.

Perhaps face to face simply wasn't enough and he wanted a hug to hold his creation to his chest so they could find peace and rest. Ultimately, I believe he wanted to

restore their dignity, to remove the need for a middleman and reinstate his original plan

where everyone has the ability to hear his voice and encounter him

without fear of death, but immersed in love.

Jesus fulfilled these words of Moses by becoming the final middleman, the last and greatest sacrifice, the way, the truth, the life. He only spoke what the

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