Meet Hil Bowman

In 2009, I was on an advisory board at the Dallas Theater Center for a production called In the Beginning. The director was new to Dallas and wanted to write/produce a play relevant to the local area. He decided to write a play based on the first 12 chapters of Genesis because Dallas is in the Bible Belt. His plan was to bring together several different people of faith to advise on the Bible and the Old Testament. The group included rabbis, pastors from different denominations, and leaders from the church and community.

I was excited to debate and discuss the Bible with such a diverse group. To my surprise, a primary sticking point in the conversation was who wrote the first five books of the Bible. A primary tactic to discredit the inerrancy of God's Word is to refute the true authors. This is done in order to bring doubt and dissension to passages like today's. In Deuteronomy 18:15, we see Moses making a very important prophecy about Jesus and the coming Messiah. We believe this because Peter, in his one of his first sermons in Acts 3:22-23, tells us Jesus is the prophet Moses was speaking of.

So back to the play. My favorite part of the production was the second act because one of the advisory board members went on stage and fielded questions from the audience concerning anything they were confused about in Scripture. The question I remember to this day was, "If Jesus is the Way, why did God wait so long before His coming?" I replied with empathy, confidence, and joy that Jesus was with God, and Jesus is God from the beginning and forever. I had privilege of sharing God's plan with the audience as well as the cast at the Dallas Theater Center.

Jesus is the only begotten and eternal Son of God. He is God, and He is the prophet and sacrificial lamb that are spoken about from Genesis to Revelation. All we must do is believe and go tell others. Deuteronomy 18:15 captures Moses' prophecy of God's great gift, JESUS.