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gnostic said:Who do you think is Moses' promised prophet in Deuteronomy 18?
He repeat himself a bit more.Deuteronomy 18:15 said:The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your own people, like myself; him you shall
Who do you think it was meant? And why?18:18 said:I will raise up a prophet for them from among their own people, like yourself: I will put My words in his mouth and he will speak to them all that I command him;
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your own people, like myself; him you shall
I will raise up a prophet for them from among their own people, like yourself: I will put My words in his mouth and he will speak to them all that I command him;
MidnightBlue said:More realistically, I think the Deuteronomist -- or the person who edited the Deuteronomist -- probably had somebody in mind who was a contemporary or had lived in the recent past.
The setting is in Moses' time, but the writer was writing for his own time.gnostic said:Regardless of when the Deuteronomy was written, the setting is in Moses' time, and the theme is still about getting the Israelites into the Promised Land.
Well, I'm not satisfied with that answer at all.gnostic said:I agreed with you that the Deuteronomy was written much later than the others, but it still need to be taken into proper context, since it has to do with Moses.
gnostic said:My perspective is also "of non-Christian".
Comet said:Obvious by your name and some would say you haven't had a "Christian" perspective till...................
Mr. Emu?
beckysoup61 said:Are you saying that Mr. Emu's was the only Christian perspective?
Comet said:If you have read some of my other posts (here and there) and know that I read but didn't post in the "Why aren't LDS considered Christians" thread.........
The "SOME WOULD SAY" refers not to me at all As far as I am concerned, you are just as Christian as any denomination of Christianity itself. As your vote of "Jesus" reassures me of! Afterall, only a Christian would be so quick to jump to that name over all the others