Moses tells the people of Israel in the First Reading that God will send them a prophet, who shall speak the very words of God.
From our lens today, we see that this prophet is Christ Himself. In the Gospel reading, the people are amazed at how Jesus teaches with authority. He then furthermore backs it up in His encounter with a demon-possessed man. The demon recognizes Jesus as Divine, and then Jesus commands the demon to depart the man.
Jesus has the authority, by having the power of God, shown both in word and in deeds of bringing healing to those possessed by the forces of evil.
So God is truly looking upon us. And so we look to God, being open to the words He speaks--even Jesus, the very Word Made Flesh--and keep focused on pleasing Him in these last days as His reign comes.
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