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Actually LF, the truth is that we desperately need a mediator. Moses was the OT mediator par excelance, the people were unable to bear God speaking the Word directly to them from the mountain. The prophets were an extension of Moses' mediatorial ministry. They continued to preach the revelation of God to the people.
We now have a permanent Mediator, who was the ultimate "Prophet, like unto Moses," namely Jesus, "who was dead but is now alive forevermore." He was the Word incarnate, he spoke the Word of life.
Sinclain Ferguson told this story last summer at a conference:
A professor of his in Scotland said once: "Hell is an eternity in the presence of God. Heaven in an eternity in the presence of God, with a Mediator."
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
Acts 2:36 - 1 Cor. 10:9-10 & 15:22-26 - Hebrews 2:9-15 - 1 John 3:8 - James 4:12
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