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Chuck describes Deuteronomy 18 as an “11th commandment” given alongside Sinai—“there’s more to come…you must listen to him”; what does that framing imply about God’s intention for the Sinai covenant itself, and how might it challenge the assumption that the Old Testament law was meant to be a final, closed system?

Another way to ask: If Deuteronomy 18 is like an extra command saying, “More is coming—listen to him,” what does that show about God’s plan for the Sinai covenant? How does it challenge the idea that Old Testament law was the final system?

Direct Answer Chuck’s “11th commandment” framing implies Sinai was never intended as the final word; built into the giving of the law was God’s promise of a future prophet whose words Israel must obey. That challenges the idea of the Mosaic system as closed, because God signaled an intended continuation and climax in Jesus.

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Chuck places Deut. 18 at Sinai’s context: it was tied to “the day of the assembly at Horeb,” when the Ten Commandments were given (Ex. 20; Deut. 5).
Moses in Deut. 18 is “near the end of his life,” reminding them of a promise God made “about 38 years earlier” at the same time as the commandments.
Chuck says, “I think of this as like the 11th commandment…there will be one more prophet to come…the people must listen to him.”
He paraphrases God’s meaning: after giving the commandments, “He said, ‘There’s more to come.’”
He ties this to Jesus’s claim: “I didn’t come to abolish the law of Moses, I came to fulfill it,” meaning Jesus fulfills the “incompleted part” that pointed forward.

Discussion Follow-ups If God planned “more to come” from the start, how should Christians read the Old Testament—static rulebook or unfolding story? What would it look like to treat Jesus as the intended completion of Sinai rather than a replacement plan?

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