There is a prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:15-19 that God would raise up
a prophet like Moses – that prophecy was fulfilled by Jesus. In today’s
parallel, Jesus and Moses both appoint seventy others who were empowered by
God.
Numbers
11:16 And the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them;
and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with
you. 17 And I will come down and talk
with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it
upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may
not bear it yourself alone…24 So Moses went out and told the people the words
of the LORD; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and
placed them round about the tent. 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and
spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the
seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they
did so no more.
Luke
10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them ahead of him,
two [by two,] into every town and place where he himself was about to go…17 The
seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in
your name.”
There are many signs and wonders that Jesus
did that were like those done by Moses – can you find them? Do you know what
religion claims that someone else fulfilled the prophecy in Deuteronomy
18:15-19? The other religion has no parallel for the empowering by God of
seventy others.
J. Clontz – Editor
of The Comprehensive New Testament
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