* Luís Alberto Alves
But what is the role of the prophet? Why did God choose certain people to serve as interlocutors, passing to the people his messages of blessing or correction? More than 3,000 years ago, a case of Deuteronomy, which would have been written about in the period from 1440 to 1400 BC The first prophet, according to the Jews, was Moses, but God raised up his brother Aaron to speak for him, as he relates Exodus 7/1.
We can never forget that at that time God only communicated with the people through prophets. An example of this is with Moses, when God is manifested in the tabernacle, which is the tent that kept the tables of the covenant. It is when the Lord appears in the form of a cloud, covering the whole tabernacle from dusk to dusk, with the appearance of fire.
When God appeared in the tabernacle in the form of a cloud, no Israelite was allowed to approach the place, because he risked dying from the flames that hovered over the place. Only Moses was allowed to stay there receiving instructions from the Lord. Not even Joshua, who would take his place years later, received a green light from God to enter the tabernacle.
God manifested Himself grandly at that time. The Jewish people saw when the cloud descended or ascended from the tabernacle, there were lightning and thunder, the flames of fire coming out of that place, without burning the cloths that covered the tent, where the tabernacle was.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
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