DAY 78 Read Deuteronomy 32 through 34.
Today's reading brings us the song of Moses, his last blessing on Israel, and a sequel probably written by Joshua (chapter 34).
Memory gem: "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face" (Deuteronomy 34:10).
Thought for today:
Moses climbed the mountain, from the top of which he could look across the Jordan into the Promised Land. He saw the land, but could not enter it. After this wonderful vision, he died there alone, with God Himself. "Moses the servant of the Lord died there....And he [the Lord] buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day" (Deuteronomy 34:5, 6).
What a story! No man was with Moses when he died. No man dug his grave. Satan knew his grave. Satan, the enemy of God and man, who had led Moses to commit the one sin that kept him out of the Land of Promise, contended for his body, as it written: "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee" (Jude 9).
Moses, the man of God, did arrive at last in the Land of Canaan. He was resurrected from the dead. How do we know this? The answer is, he appeared with Elijah (who never died and was taken to heaven by translation) on the mount of transfiguration, to speak with Jesus Christ, our Lord, as recorded in Luke 9.
Just think of it, Moses, who was not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of his sin at the waters of strife, was by the grace of God raised from the dead and permitted to appear on the mount of transfiguration in the Land of Canaan. He encouraged Jesus as He faced His death on the cross. Moses, a man raised from the dead, could speak with Jesus and encourage Him.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Deuteronomy 32:4. "Rock"--the first of thirty Old Testament uses of this word in reference to the Lord. The Bible specifically states that the Rock was Christ. See 1 Corinthians 10:4.
Deuteronomy 32:15. "Jeshurun"--a poetical name for Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:44. "Hoshea"--Joshua.
Today's reading brings us the song of Moses, his last blessing on Israel, and a sequel probably written by Joshua (chapter 34).
Memory gem: "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face" (Deuteronomy 34:10).
Thought for today:
Moses climbed the mountain, from the top of which he could look across the Jordan into the Promised Land. He saw the land, but could not enter it. After this wonderful vision, he died there alone, with God Himself. "Moses the servant of the Lord died there....And he [the Lord] buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day" (Deuteronomy 34:5, 6).
What a story! No man was with Moses when he died. No man dug his grave. Satan knew his grave. Satan, the enemy of God and man, who had led Moses to commit the one sin that kept him out of the Land of Promise, contended for his body, as it written: "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee" (Jude 9).
Moses, the man of God, did arrive at last in the Land of Canaan. He was resurrected from the dead. How do we know this? The answer is, he appeared with Elijah (who never died and was taken to heaven by translation) on the mount of transfiguration, to speak with Jesus Christ, our Lord, as recorded in Luke 9.
Just think of it, Moses, who was not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of his sin at the waters of strife, was by the grace of God raised from the dead and permitted to appear on the mount of transfiguration in the Land of Canaan. He encouraged Jesus as He faced His death on the cross. Moses, a man raised from the dead, could speak with Jesus and encourage Him.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Deuteronomy 32:4. "Rock"--the first of thirty Old Testament uses of this word in reference to the Lord. The Bible specifically states that the Rock was Christ. See 1 Corinthians 10:4.
Deuteronomy 32:15. "Jeshurun"--a poetical name for Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:44. "Hoshea"--Joshua.
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