Week 63, Day 5: No prophet like him, until…
Today’s Reading: Deut 34:1-12
Some thoughts from today’s reading…
In the final chapter of Deuteronomy we are told about the death of Moses. Moses is shown all the promised land from the mountain top. It appears that Moses went by himself and God spoke with him there on the mountain. After Moses dies, God buries him in the valley of Moab. I have always thought it interesting that no one knew where Moses was buried at. I have often wondered if such things were God’s way of keeping man from making pilgrimages to such places. Man wants to focus on the physical instead of keeping his eyes on the spiritual goals.
At the end of the chapter we are told some additional detail about Moses’ service. Since the time of Moses no prophet arose in Israel like Moses. The Lord knew Moses face to face, God showed many marvelous signs and wonders through Moses’ hands, and God displayed great power through Moses’ deeds. This passage made me think about how Moses had stated to Israel in Deut 18:15, & 18-19 that God would raise up a prophet from among their contrymen who was like Moses. God would put His words in that prophet’s mouth and all the people were to listen to him. We know from the NT that this was speaking of Jesus. When you think about the wonders and signs and great power demonstrated by God through Moses’ hands, and then you consider the great multitude of signs Jesus performed it is an impressive comparison. Jesus raised men up from the dead, healed a man blind from birth, healed over distances by speaking the word, and He emphasized repeatedly that His words were not His own but that they came from the Father.
Question: What came upon Joshua after Moses died and why was this needed?
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