Nativity story

There is a passage in the Bible that refers to the coming of Jesus as the long awaited prophet told by Moses around 1500 BC.

Deut 18:15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Deut 18:16 This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.”

Deut 18:17 The LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.”

Deut 18:18 “I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.”

While some argues that a certain descendant of Ishmael is the one whom Moses spoke of, the relative comparison is all fleshly. Jesus, on the other hand, is just like Moses in the spiritual comparison.

  • Exo 1:22 Pharaoh commanded mass slaughter to kill Moses.
  • Matt 2:16 Herod commanded mass slaughter to kill Jesus.
  • The descendant of Ishmael had no such threats in his childhood.
  • Exo 33:11 God spoke and gave revelations to Moses directly.
  • John 12:49-50 God spoke and gave revelations to Jesus directly.
  • The descendant of Ishmael received revelations via an angel.
  • Exo 4:14-16 Moses had Aaron to pave his way.
  • John 1:23 Jesus had John to pave his way.
  • The descendant of Ishmael came out from the cave spooked by angel and still no one directly appointed by God to support his appointment!
  • Exo 14:21 Moses performed signs and wonders.
  • Matt 8:27 Jesus performed signs and wonders.
  • The descendant of Ishmael had neither credible signs nor wonders. Even if he did split the moon, it didn’t bring mankind any benefit.
  • Deut 4:13 God used Moses to introduce a covenant by flesh and Law.
  • Luke 22:20 God used Jesus to introduce a new covenant by Spirit and grace.
  • The descendant of Ishmael had nothing new to offer but reiterated and tainted the old covenant.

Jesus ministry was a lot like Moses in prophetic sense.

A holy God would more likely look upon the spiritual side of man, his ministry, and his direct relationship with Him.

Ponder upon this: Why would God’s reward in heaven be virgins for men, ever? Would a holy God be interested in man’s earthly desires, or would He restore men spiritually to be as in the time of the beginning such that he is holy and pure?

Religion has done much harm than good, but to be spiritual is pure, peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

In an unreasonable world, a reasonable apologetic tone must be heard.