"This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, 'the LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren, Him you shall hear.’”
Acts 7:37

What is a prophet? People commonly think that prophets only foretell the future, but that is not so. A prophet is one who speaks for God, often with little or no mention of future events.

Moses was a great prophet. Through him, God gave His people His Law—and so much more.

Moses did foretell that God would one day raise up another Prophet. An even greater prophet who would be the Messiah, who would save His people from their sins. That greatest Prophet is none other than Jesus Himself.

The Apostle John wrote of the prophet Moses and the greater Prophet Jesus with these words: “For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).

The great prophet, Moses, gave us God’s Law that condemns, and cannot save (Romans 3:20). The greatest Prophet, Jesus, gave us “grace and truth” (John 1:17), by which we are delivered from the condemnation of the Law and given both the desire and the ability to obey God’s Law (Philippians 2:12-13).

Moses and the Law point to the Prophet, Savior, and Lord, Jesus. Let us “hear Him!”