Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The Messianic hope is a fool's errand, a presumption based on a prophecy of Moses which failed in its own time

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 

-- Deuteronomy 18:15

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 

-- Deuteronomy 18:17f.

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. 

-- Deuteronomy 18:22

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face ...

-- Deuteronomy 34:10