Joel M Bradshaw

45“But do not think I [Jesus] will accuse you [Jewish leaders] before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”–John 5

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me [Moses] from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. (Deuteronomy 18:15)

1. The religious leaders had been rejecting Jesus.
2. The Jewish people believed that a Prophet would come fulfilling Moses’ words.
3. Jesus claimed to be the fulfillment of Moses’ prophecy.
4. Jesus was doing miracles. That should have been enough to testify to His identity.
5. Moses commanded his future people that they “must listen to” that Prophet. They clearly weren’t doing so.
6. Rejecting Jesus comes with an accusation in the end-times courtroom of Heaven. In this case, Moses would be accusing.
7. Some people place preconditions on God. If only God would do this, then I would respond to Him. Well, Jesus fulfilled key words from Moses, and it wasn’t enough. When you read the words of Jesus in the Bible, how do you respond?–JMB