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By Dr. Marcus Peter, Catholic Exchange, March 24, 2026
Dr. Marcus Peter is the President of Ave Maria Communications and the Kresta Institute, radio host of the daily EWTN drivetime program Ave Maria in the Afternoon, TV host of Unveiling the Covenants, a prolific author, biblical theologian, culture commentator, and international speaker. …
In Matthew 23, Our Lord declares that the scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Christ is addressing with a historical gravity the structure that every faithful Jew would have recognized with reverence. In that brief statement, Christ affirmed a visible, historical authority that stretches back through Sinai, through the wilderness, through the covenant that bound Israel to the living God. He acknowledged a real office, a genuine succession, a sacred stewardship of the Law that was entrusted to the Jewish people chosen by divine grace.
In Jewish tradition, Moses stands as the mediator of the covenant, the one through whom the Torah was given. Deuteronomy recounts how the Lord spoke face to face with him and entrusted to him statutes and ordinances for the life of the nation. The rabbinic memory held that Moses received the Torah at Sinai and handed it on to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the men of the Great Assembly. …
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