In Dvarim , Moshe warns that when the Children of Israel enter into

the land, that they are not to do the practices that the nations that
were to be expelled had done. The prophets whom the Lord would
give unto them would not be like the diviners of the Heathens, who
imposed on the people and deceived them. The diviners and
soothesayers of those nations did all sorts of strange and ungodly
things to receive that otherworldly revelation. Many sought after
spirits. But the prophet in Israel was to be different.
The prophet receives direct revelation from God. It could be
revelation about the condition of a people, or nation, and they are
sent to speak (declare, correct, or instruct) according to every word
that God gives those individuals.
The word for prophet is Navi. It comes from the word Nava which
means to prophesy, i.e. Speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction
or simple discourse) -- prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
The first time we see the use of the word Navi/prophet was back in
Breishit/Genesis, with Avraham. Here God reproves Avimelech for
taking Avrahams wife Sarah.
"Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and
he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her,
know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."
Because of the relationship and intimacy that the prophet has, it is
his or her duty not only to speak forth words of instruction,
edification, and declaration, but also intercession; to pray for others.
The prophet is also partly an intercessor. The examples of this can
be seen with Moshe (for am Israel), Shmuel (for King Shaul),
Yirmiyahu, and many others.
Before time in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God,.... To ask
doctrine of him, or to be taught by him, to have his mind and will in
any affair of moment and importance; which was usually done by
applying to some man of God, eminent for grace and piety, and a
spirit of prophecy.
Because the status of a prophet is revered, or the appeal of
predicting something and later comes to pass, many desire to be a
prophet. Its not a bad thing to desire to be a prophet, but it is
Hashem that calls those to that particular ministry.
Ive heard those that are self proclaimed prophets, yet their words or
lifestyle do not agree with the scriptures or the Ruach Elohim.

However, I have heard and seen others who do not have that lablel,
and yet can speakeven as a timely word- things that the spirit of
God convicts you of (where there is no doubt). Will not those who
hear such words tremble? Because it was by revelation.
The role of a prophet is very important, and is a sobering calling. The
office of a prophet is not to be taken lightly. The term or title of
prophet has very strong connotations. In the Tanak, the people had
a reverence or fear of the prophets because they were in constant
contact with the Creator.

Last weeks parsha covered the law of the prophet, or the way to
discern a prophet of God from a false prophet, some of which is
reiterated in this weeks parsha.
"You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the
LORD has not spoken?' "When a prophet speaks in the name of the
LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the
thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it
presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
1 Corinthians 14:29
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh
carefully what is said.
What is being said is that the people are to examine carefully what is
said among the prophets. In , we are told to test the Ruachim/Spirits.
Those with Spirit of discernment will be able to tell whether what the
prophet says comes from their own spirits, or from a lying spirit,
from the spirit of antimessiah, or whether it truly came from the
Spirit of God.
Today we will take a look at the prophet that Hashem raised up.
Taken from Devarim 18, the prophet like Moshe
Dvarim 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.
In a standard reading of the scripture, we understand that God has
raised prophets in Israel and does appoint individuals to
speak(declare, correct, or instruct) according to every word that
Adonai gives those individuals. However, there is a specific
difference in the scripture. In the Hebrew, it says something
different.

Notice it does not say Neviim (plural; prophets) but rather Navi
(Prophet). Not Joshua, as Aben Ezra states, not Jeremiah, nor David;
nor a succession of prophets, as Jarchi states. This one has a specific
designation, that of being likened to Moshe. The next verse states
Dvarim 18:19
It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he
shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
Will require of. The translation seems to lose the gravity of the
sentence. The words Edrosh Meimmo, can be loosely translated to,
question against, as in a heavy inquisition. The imagery is can be
that of the person standing before the Supreme Judge in the high
court when all the evidence of disobedience is presented.
Where it says, I will require it of him; it says in the Targums of
Onkelos and Jonathan,"my Word shall require it of him, or take
vengeance on him. Other translations show a harsher punishment.
Again, Adonai will inquire strongly why those who were given the
prophets to listen to did not obey. However, it says in the Zohar,
Compared to Moshe, all the prophets were like the moon compared
to the sun.
- Zohar, iv, 135b.
But this one Prophet that would be compared to Moshe, was to be
someone of Great importance. It is He that Adonai will inquire more
strongly to those who did not heed the words that He speaks. That
prophet would be a strong reflection of Moshe. In Israels history,
Moshe is widely known as the first redeemer. He is the one that
Adonai used to bring about the deliverance of Bnei Israel from
Mitzrayim. But, He (Adonai) didnt have to do that. In His power and
might, He could have delivered Israel without Moshe. But this, as
well as many other things that He has done in the past, in our world
today and will do in the future, is for a purpose. Moshe, the first
redeemer, was a prototype of the last redeemer.
"All the prophets prophesied only of the days of the Moshiach." (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 99a)
It says in Midrash Rabbah,

"The last Redeemer will be like the first redeemer. Just as the first
redeemer revealed himself, returned and was hidden from them - so
the last Redeemer will be revealed, and then be hidden from them. (Midrash Rabbah, Numbers XI:2)
Mashiach Yeshua was revealed to all Israel.
John 4:25
The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming.
When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
His words
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they
said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?" The officers answered,
"Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks." (John 7:46)
Matthew 7:28
When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the crowds were
amazed at his teaching,
Luke 4:32
They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.
John 7:32
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest
him.
His deeds
The Crowds were fed.
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments
from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had
eaten. Therefore when the people saw the sign, which He had
performed, they said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into
the world." So Yeshua, perceiving that they were intending to come
and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the
mountain by Himself alone. (John 6:13-15)
When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying,
"Who is this?" And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet
Yeshua, from Netzaret in Galil."
(Matthew 21:10,11)

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Yeshua stood up and cried
out, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes
in me, as the Scripture has said, Out of his heart will flow rivers of
living water. Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who
believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been
given, because Yeshua was not yet glorified.
When they heard these words, some of the people said, This really is
the Prophet/navi. Others said, This is the Mashiach. But some said,
Is Mashiach to come from Galil?
(John 7:37-41)
His credentials
After being Immersed/baptized, Yeshua came up immediately from
the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold,
a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I
am well-pleased." (Matthew 3:17)
Luke 9:35
A voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, whom I have
chosen; listen to him."
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice
from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well
pleased. Listen to him!" (Matthew 17:5)
John 8:28
So Yeshua said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you
will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak
just what the Father has taught me.
Was Yeshua the Prophet like Moshe? We can say with certainty Yes,
and More! The prophet speaks what God tells him. This Yeshua did,
but he also spoke as ben Elohim. As He said I and the father are
one (Yn 10:31). Moshe intercessed for Israel, and Mashiach Yeshua
intercesses for Israel; we have an advocate with the father ( ).
At no point did Mashiach Yeshua contradict anything that Moshe
said, but He clarified and strengthened the Torah (Matthew 5:17-20).
He made its application plainer, and sometimes he himself was the
application.

John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my
words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last
day.
Peter addressed the people in Solomons PorticoRepent therefore,
and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of
refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may
send the Mashiach appointed for you, Yeshua, whom heaven must
receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God
spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Moses said, The
Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.
You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that
every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed
from the people. And all the prophets who have spoken, from
Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
Acts/Maaseh 3:19-24
So what do we do with all of this? Every word that Mashiach Yeshua
gave was for life. The Word of God was given to us for life. Every
prophet had or has a message to deliver. The prophets had dire
warnings, corrections, and good tidings. This is also