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Such is the general testimony concerning the appointment and equipment of Moses.
Let us note one specific period in that long ministry which is covered by the last
reference cited above.
The Law at Sinai.--"And God spake all these words saying" (Exod. 20: 1). If this
initial sentence were false, the truthfulness and validity of the whole of the law that
follows would be called in question, and if the law, then the covenants, the promises, and
finally Him Who came, not to destroy, but to fulfil, the law and the prophets.
"For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out
of the midst of fire, as we have, and lived?" (Deut. 5: 26).
DAVID.
"David, the son of Jesse, said . . . . . The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word
was in my tongue" (II Sam. 23: 1, 2).
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with His mouth unto David my
father, and hath with His hand fulfilled it" (I Kings 8: 15).
Here is not only assertion, but confirmation. Solomon could add that God's hand had
fulfilled what His word had declared.
ISAIAH.
"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord hath spoken" (Isa. 1: 1).
JEREMIAH.
"To whom the word of the Lord came . . . . . Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to
all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak . . . . . Behold I
have put My words in thy mouth" (Jer. 1: 1-9).
This is not only the consistent testimony of the O.T. itself; it is endorsed by the
Apostles after the resurrection of the Lord.
PETER.
"Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy
Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them
that took Jesus" (Acts 1: 16).
THE PROPHETS.
The testimony of Heb. 1: 1, "God hath spoken . . . . . by the prophets", but gathers up
and endorses the burden of both Old and New Testaments. I Sam. 9: 9 says that
"before time" the prophets were called "seers", a word that translates two Hebrew words,
chozeh (II Sam. 24: 11) "the prophet Gad, David's seer", and roeh (I Sam. 9: 9)
"Come, let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a prophet was beforetime called a