The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect LESSON 2: PROPHETIC BEGINNINGS IN MOSES

1
The Story-Line of Christian Prophetic
Rhetorolect LESSON 2 PROPHETIC
BEGINNINGS IN MOSES

• The story-line of Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect continues beyond Abraham to Moses.
• New Testament writings also do not refer to
  Moses as a prophet.
• However, the New Testament has significant
  discussion of a prophet like Moses, based on
  Deuteronomy 1815-22.
• In addition, Moses functions like a prophet in
  additional ways in Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect.

• Click to read reasons why the story of Moses is
  a beginning for the Christian prophetic
  story-line.

2
Why does the Christian prophetic story-line
continue with Moses?

• (1) Moses is called by God to be a person with
  words from God that include statements about
  blessings and curses.
• (2) Gods call to Moses concerns a specific area
  of land identified as a place for Gods people,
  Gods nation, or Gods kingdom.
• Click for further explanation of why the Moses
  story is a beginning for the Christian prophetic
  story-line.

3
Why the Christian prophetic story-line begins
with Moses cont.

• (3) God speaks to Moses many times to give him
  specific directions and promises.
• (4) Mosess acceptance of Gods tasks creates a
  covenant between God and Moses, to which God
  promises to be faithful.
• (5) Moses struggles obediently and faithfully,
  with only minor exceptions, in the context of
  Gods covenant with him.
• What is the nature of Gods initial call to
  Moses? Click to find out.

4
Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS INITIAL CALL TO MOSES

• Exodus 31 Now Moses was keeping the flock of
  Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,
  and he led the flock to the back of the
  wilderness, and came to Gods mountain, to Horeb.
  
• 32 The angel of Adonai appeared to him in a
  flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He
  looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire,
  and the bush was not consumed. (read Exodus 3)
• Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
  Moses.

5
Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS INITIAL CALL TO MOSES cont. (1)

• Exodus 34 When Adonai saw that he turned aside
  to see, God called to him out of the midst of the
  bush, and said, Moses! Moses! He said, Here I
  am.
• 35 He said, Dont come close. Take your sandals
  off of your feet, for the place you are standing
  on is holy ground.
• 36 Moreover he said, I am the God of your
  father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
  the God of Jacob.
• Moses hid his face for he was afraid to look at
  God.
• Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
  Moses.

6
Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS INITIAL CALL TO MOSES cont. (2)

• Exodus 37 Adonai said, I have surely seen the
  affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and
  have heard their cry because of their
  taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
• 38 I have come down to deliver them out of the
  hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out
  of that land to a good and large land, to a land
  flowing with milk and honey to the place of the
  Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the
  Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• 310 Come now therefore, and I will send you to
  Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the
  children of Israel, out of Egypt.
• Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
  Moses.

7
Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS INITIAL CALL TO MOSES cont. (3)

• Exodus 311 Moses said to God, Who am I, that I
  should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring
  forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
• 312 He said, Certainly I will be with you. This
  will be the token to you, that I have sent you
  when you have brought forth the people out of
  Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
• 313 Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to
  the children of Israel, and tell them, The God
  of your fathers has sent me to you and they ask
  me, What is his name? What should I tell them?
• Click for continuation of Gods initial call to
  Moses.

8
Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS INITIAL CALL TO MOSES cont. (4)

• Exodus 314 God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM,
  and he said, You shall tell the children of
  Israel this I AM has sent me to you.
• 315 God said moreover to Moses, You shall tell
  the children of Israel this, Adonai, the God of
  your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
  Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.
  This is my name forever, and this is my memorial
  to all generations.
• Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect about
  Gods call of Moses.

9

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT PRESENTS GODS
  CALL TO MOSES in Acts 7

• Click for next slide.

10
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO MOSES
in Stephens Speech in Acts 7

• Acts 72 And Stephen replied
• 730 When forty years were fulfilled, an angel
  fo the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of
  Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
• 731a When Moses saw it, he wondered at the
  sight
• Click for continuation of Gods call of Moses in
  Acts 7.

11
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO MOSES
in Stephens Speech in Acts 7 cont. (1)

• Acts 731b As he came close to see, a voice of
  the Lord came to him,
• 732 I am the God of your fathers, the God of
  Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
  Moses trembled and dared not look.
• Click for continuation of Gods call of Moses in
  Acts 7.

12
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect GODS CALL AND
PROMISE TO MOSES
in Stephens Speech in Acts 7 cont. (2)

• Acts 733 The Lord said to him, Take your
  sandals off of your feet, for the place where you
  stand is holy ground.
• 734 I have surely seen the affliction of my
  people that is in Egypt, and have heard their
  groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now
  come, I will send you into Egypt.
• (read Acts 7)
• Click for continuation of Christian prophetic
  rhetorolect that uses Gods call of Moses.

13

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT
• PRESENTS JESUS RECITING WORDS
• FROM GODS CALL OF MOSES
• IN RESPONSE TO SADDUCEES
• WHO DID NOT BELIEVE
• IN RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

• Click for next slide.

14
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect JESUS USES
GODS IDENTITY IN RESPONSE TO SADDUCEES

• Matthew 2229 Jesus answered them,
• 2231 But concerning the resurrection of the
  dead,
• havent you read that which was spoken to you by
  God,
• 2232 I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
  and the God of Jacob?
• God is not the God of the dead, but of the
  living.
• (cf. Mark 1226-27 Luke 2037-38)
• Click for Peters use of Gods statement of
  identification to Moses.

15

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT
• PRESENTS PETER RECITING WORDS
• FROM GODS CALL OF MOSES
• TO RESPOND TO ISRAELITES IN JERUSALEM

• Click for next slide.

16
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect PETER USES
GODS IDENTITY IN RESPONSE TO ISRAELITES IN
JERUSALEM

• Acts 312 When Peter saw it, he responded to the
  people,
• 313 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the
  God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant
  Jesus, whom you
• delivered up, and denied in the presence of
  Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
• (read Acts 3)
• Click for Moses statement about a prophet like
  me.

17
Hebrew Bible Resource

• In Deuteronomy 18, Moses tells the people of
  Israel about a prophet like himself who will
  arise.
• Click to read about a prophet like Moses.

18
Hebrew Bible Resource
MOSES SPEAKS ABOUTA PROPHET LIKE HIMSELF

• Deuteronomy 1815 Adonai your God will raise up
  to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your
  brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
• 1816 This is according to all that you desired
  of Adonai your God in Horeb in the day of the
  assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
  voice of Adonai my God, neither let me see this
  great fire any more, that I not die.
• Click to continue about a prophet like Moses.

19
Hebrew Bible Resource
MOSES SPEAKS ABOUTA PROPHET LIKE HIMSELF
cont. (1)

• Deuteronomy 1817 Adonai said to me, They have
  well said that which they have spoken.
• 1818 I will raise them up a prophet from among
  their brothers, like you and I will put my words
  in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that
  I shall command him.
• Click to continue about a prophet like Moses.

20
Hebrew Bible Resource
MOSES SPEAKS ABOUTA PROPHET LIKE HIMSELF
cont. (2)

• Deuteronomy 1819 It shall happen, that whoever
  will not listen to my words which he shall speak
  in my name, I will require it of him.
• 1820 But the prophet, who shall speak a word
  presumptuously in my name, which I have not
  commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the
  name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
• Click to continue about a prophet like Moses.

21
Hebrew Bible Resource
MOSES SPEAKS ABOUTA PROPHET LIKE HIMSELF
cont. (3)

• Deuteronomy 1821 If you say in your heart, How
  shall we know the word which Adonai has not
  spoken?,
• 1822 when a prophet speaks in the name of
  Adonai, if the thing doesnt follow, nor happen,
  that is the thing which Adonai has not spoken
  the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you
  shall not be afraid of him.
• Click for Christian prophetic rhetorolect about
  a prophet like Moses.

22

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT
• PRESENTS PETER SPEAKING IN JERUSALEM
• ABOUT A PROPHET LIKE MOSES

• Click for next slide.

23
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Acts 3
PETER SPEAKING ABOUT A PROPHET LIKE MOSES

• Acts 312 When Peter saw it, he addressed the
  people,
• 322 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, The
  Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from
  among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to
  him in all things whatever he says to you.
• 323 It will be, that every soul that will not
  listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed
  from among the people.
• Click for continuation of Peter preaching about
  a prophet like Moses.

24
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Acts 3
PETER PREACHING ABOUT A PROPHET
LIKE MOSES cont.

• Acts 324 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel
  and those who followed after, as many as have
  spoken, they also told of these days.
• 325 You are the children of the prophets, and of
  the covenant which God made with our fathers,
  saying to Abraham, In your seed will all the
  families of the earth be blessed. (Gen 123
  1818 2218)
• 326 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus,
  sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning
  away everyone of you from your wickedness.
• Click to read Stephen speaking about a prophet
  like Moses.

25

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT
• PRESENTS STEPHEN SPEAKING IN JERUSALEM ABOUT A
  PROPHET LIKE MOSES

• Click for next slide.

26
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolect in Acts 7
STEPHEN SPEAKS ABOUT A PROPHET LIKE MOSES

• Acts 72 And Stephen replied,
• 737 This is that Moses, who said to the children
  of Israel, The Lord our God will raise up a
  prophet for you from among your brothers, like
  me.
• 738 This is he who was in the assembly in the
  wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on
  Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received
  living oracles to give to us.
• (read Acts 7)
• Click to read about Philip and Jesus speaking
  about Moses.

27

• CHRISTIAN PROPHETIC RHETOROLECT
• IN GOSPEL OF JOHN
• PRESENTS PHILIP AND JESUS
• IMPLYING THAT THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES
• IS JESUS

• Click for next slide.

28
Christian Prophetic Rhetorolectin Gospel of
John PHILIP AND JESUS SAY MOSES WROTE ABOUT
JESUS

• John 145 Philip found Nathanael, and said to
  him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the
  law, and the prophets, wrote Jesus of Nazareth,
  the son of Joseph.
• John 519 Jesus said to them, 545 Dont
  think that I will accuse you to the Father. There
  is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you
  have set your hope.
• 546 For if you believed Moses, you would believe
  me for he wrote about me.
• 547 But if you dont believe his writings, how
  will you believe my words?
• Click to read a summary.

29
Good Work!

In this lesson you have learned that Moses is
called by God to be a person who confronts
people with words from God that include
statements about blessings and curses. Similarly
to Abraham, Gods call to Moses involves
land. Figures in the New Testament, such as
Jesus and Peter, use the statement of
identification God made to Moses I am the God
of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. (Exodus 36,
314-15) Click to continue the summary.

30
Excellent!

• In Deuteronomy, Moses tells the people of Israel
  about a prophet like himself who will arise.
  Both Peter and Stephen in turn speak of a prophet
  like Moses.
• In the Gospel of John, Philip and Jesus imply
  that Jesus is the prophet about whom Moses wrote.
  
• Click to continue the summary.

31
Congratulations!!!!

THIS WAS THE SECOND LESSON on the Christian
Prophetic Story-Line. Every good wish as you
continue with Lesson 3 on Samuel and Nathan.