As I read today's readings I was reminded of the Parable of the Birds by Paul Harvey(you can watch the video below). In the middle of repeating the commands and the law, Moses gives a prophecy about a coming prophet who would both be like God and like him. The people feared the God on the mountain and asked that God not speak to them, but here God says he will fill the gap with someone more than a prophet. This is another reminder in the Torah of a coming Messiah. It would be easy to miss but in light of the New Testament, it is clear.
God came himself as Jesus, a man but more than a man, the God/man. Someone we could understand. Here in Deuteronomy, we get a picture of the incarnation which would come thousands of years later. Someone would we could relate and not fear.
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