And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
The verse records God's approval of what Israel had spoken in asking for a mediator rather than hearing His voice directly. In that setting God promised to raise up a Prophet from among their brethren like Moses, to put His own words in that Prophet's mouth so that He would speak all that God commanded. That promise of a prophet like Moses belongs to Deuteronomy 18:15-18 and was known among the Jews as that prophet.
The promised Prophet is Christ, the heaven-appointed Teacher sent from heaven whose coming was distinguished. Moses by this promise pointed the people forward to Him and wrote about Him. His authority is supreme, so the words He speaks in God's name must be heeded and not disregarded, and refusal to heed them brings accountability.
Moses was a type of Christ in receiving words from the mouth of God and speaking them to the people and in leading Israel. Moses had to be disciplined in the school of affliction and poverty to be prepared to lead the armies of Israel from Egypt to the earthly Canaan. Christ as Captain of the Israel of God now passing to the heavenly Canaan needed no earthly teaching to perfect Him for the work of divine teacher and leader to guide His people into a better and heavenly country, manifesting no human weakness or imperfection, yet dying in order to obtain entrance for them into the promised land.
The Jews expected Moses himself to be raised from the dead and taken to heaven, not knowing that Moses had already been resurrected. When John came baptizing with water, showing thorough knowledge of the prophecies and of Israel's wilderness wanderings through murmuring and rebellion, they wondered whether John was Moses risen from the dead. The wonders surrounding his birth were still remembered, including the angel's visitation to Zacharias in the temple, the taking away of Zacharias's speech for unbelief, and its loosing at John's birth.
The verse records God's approval of what Israel had spoken in asking for a mediator rather than hearing His voice directly. In that setting God promised to raise up a Prophet from among their brethren like Moses, to put His own words in that Prophet's mouth so that He would speak all that God commanded. That promise of a prophet like Moses belongs to Deuteronomy 18:15-18 and was known among the Jews as that prophet.
The promised Prophet is Christ, the heaven-appointed Teacher sent from heaven whose coming was distinguished. Moses by this promise pointed the people forward to Him and wrote about Him. His authority is supreme, so the words He speaks in God's name must be heeded and not disregarded, and refusal to heed them brings accountability.
Moses was a type of Christ in receiving words from the mouth of God and speaking them to the people and in leading Israel. Moses had to be disciplined in the school of affliction and poverty to be prepared to lead the armies of Israel from Egypt to the earthly Canaan. Christ as Captain of the Israel of God now passing to the heavenly Canaan needed no earthly teaching to perfect Him for the work of divine teacher and leader to guide His people into a better and heavenly country, manifesting no human weakness or imperfection, yet dying in order to obtain entrance for them into the promised land.
The Jews expected Moses himself to be raised from the dead and taken to heaven, not knowing that Moses had already been resurrected. When John came baptizing with water, showing thorough knowledge of the prophecies and of Israel's wilderness wanderings through murmuring and rebellion, they wondered whether John was Moses risen from the dead. The wonders surrounding his birth were still remembered, including the angel's visitation to Zacharias in the temple, the taking away of Zacharias's speech for unbelief, and its loosing at John's birth.