Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Deuteronomy 34:10
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 |
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Deuteronomy 34, the last chapter of the fifth book of the Torah, the last book written by Moses, is the record of this great Jewish prophets death. In fact, our key verse states that there was never a greater prophet in all of Israel than Moses, verse 10.
Moses had a face-to-face conversation, not with God since no one can see God face-to-face and live, John 1:18 and Exodus 33:20-23. Moses stood face-to-face with Jesus Christ, actually a “pre-incarnate” appearance of Jesus.
God had chosen Moses to lead the children of Israel from the Egyptian bondage into the Promised Land. Genesis 34 has Moses in the plains of Moab, atop Mt Nebo. This was a great vantage point for Moses to be able to see into the "Promised Land".
Mt Nebo was due east of Jericho, which was in the "Promised Land". The Lord showed Moses all the land that He was going to give the Jewish people, forever. The Lord allowed Moses to see the land, verse 4b, but would not allow him to go into the "Promised Land", Deuteronomy 32:48-52.
It is so interesting to me that even though Moses was 120 years old, his eyes were "not dim", verse 7. However, Moses would die there near Mt Nebo and he is buried in the valley in Moab, where no one has ever found his burial site, verse 6.
Moses was a great man, an excellent leader and a prophet like none other in Israel's history but because he took the “glory” from the Lord, the Lord punished him. No one of us is out of reach of the Lord when He determines to punish us no matter how important we may think we are in service to the Lord.
Tucked within this passage is a great prophetic truth, once again stated, about the land that God promised the Jewish people. Verse 4 records God's promise of the land to the Jewish people.
He promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that the land would be theirs forever. It would be theirs and their descendants forever. In our devotional passage there is only a portion of all the land, verses 1-2, that God has promised.
A compilation of all the passages on the borders of Israel includes what God will give the Jewish people, some ten times what they have today. The enemies of the Jewish people and their modern-day State will try to take the land that God has given them, away from them. This will be done through terrorism and all out war.
However this all plays out one thing is for sure, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. God will give the land to the Jews. He promised to do so and He keeps all of His promises or He is not the “One True God”.
A close look at Bible prophecy through out the entire Bible, all sixty-six books of the Bible, will reveal that there have been a number of Bible prophecies that have already been fulfilled.
One perfect example can be found in Daniel 9:24-26 where we see that who ever the Messiah was to be He had to be crucified before the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed and the Temple in Jerusalem would be devastated. That is the exact order of the events that did happen, as foretold.
This prophecy already fulfilled gives us a basis on which to believe that the prophecies yet to be fulfilled, will be fulfilled. For example the prophecy of the Rapture in I Thessalonians 4:13-18 is when Jesus shouts for us to join Him in the heavens. The Rapture could happen at any moment. Then all other prophecies will be fulfilled.
PRAYER THOT: Thank you Lord for being a “promise keeping” God not only to the Jews but to me as well as it relates to my salvation and eternal existence with You.
For further study - Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Deuteronomy 34, the last chapter of the fifth book of the Torah, the last book written by Moses, is the record of this great Jewish prophets death. In fact, our key verse states that there was never a greater prophet in all of Israel than Moses, verse 10.
Moses had a face-to-face conversation, not with God since no one can see God face-to-face and live, John 1:18 and Exodus 33:20-23. Moses stood face-to-face with Jesus Christ, actually a “pre-incarnate” appearance of Jesus.
God had chosen Moses to lead the children of Israel from the Egyptian bondage into the Promised Land. Genesis 34 has Moses in the plains of Moab, atop Mt Nebo. This was a great vantage point for Moses to be able to see into the "Promised Land".
Mt Nebo was due east of Jericho, which was in the "Promised Land". The Lord showed Moses all the land that He was going to give the Jewish people, forever. The Lord allowed Moses to see the land, verse 4b, but would not allow him to go into the "Promised Land", Deuteronomy 32:48-52.
It is so interesting to me that even though Moses was 120 years old, his eyes were "not dim", verse 7. However, Moses would die there near Mt Nebo and he is buried in the valley in Moab, where no one has ever found his burial site, verse 6.
Moses was a great man, an excellent leader and a prophet like none other in Israel's history but because he took the “glory” from the Lord, the Lord punished him. No one of us is out of reach of the Lord when He determines to punish us no matter how important we may think we are in service to the Lord.
Tucked within this passage is a great prophetic truth, once again stated, about the land that God promised the Jewish people. Verse 4 records God's promise of the land to the Jewish people.
He promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that the land would be theirs forever. It would be theirs and their descendants forever. In our devotional passage there is only a portion of all the land, verses 1-2, that God has promised.
A compilation of all the passages on the borders of Israel includes what God will give the Jewish people, some ten times what they have today. The enemies of the Jewish people and their modern-day State will try to take the land that God has given them, away from them. This will be done through terrorism and all out war.
However this all plays out one thing is for sure, Bible prophecy will be fulfilled. God will give the land to the Jews. He promised to do so and He keeps all of His promises or He is not the “One True God”.
A close look at Bible prophecy through out the entire Bible, all sixty-six books of the Bible, will reveal that there have been a number of Bible prophecies that have already been fulfilled.
One perfect example can be found in Daniel 9:24-26 where we see that who ever the Messiah was to be He had to be crucified before the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed and the Temple in Jerusalem would be devastated. That is the exact order of the events that did happen, as foretold.
This prophecy already fulfilled gives us a basis on which to believe that the prophecies yet to be fulfilled, will be fulfilled. For example the prophecy of the Rapture in I Thessalonians 4:13-18 is when Jesus shouts for us to join Him in the heavens. The Rapture could happen at any moment. Then all other prophecies will be fulfilled.
PRAYER THOT: Thank you Lord for being a “promise keeping” God not only to the Jews but to me as well as it relates to my salvation and eternal existence with You.