1 00:00:00,539 --> 00:00:03,959 Steve Webb: This is no trivial matter to you. This is your very 2 00:00:03,959 --> 00:00:04,559 life. 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,730 This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from 4 00:00:08,730 --> 00:00:13,050 Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I am your 5 00:00:13,050 --> 00:00:16,740 OG Godcaster. Steve Webb, this is the law Monday, we'll 6 00:00:16,740 --> 00:00:19,650 complete this section of the Bible with the final chapters of 7 00:00:19,650 --> 00:00:24,330 Deuteronomy, chapters 32 through 34. You can find this episode 8 00:00:24,330 --> 00:00:28,050 and more than 3000 others at Lifespringmedia.com. and I'll 9 00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:30,960 have contact information at the end of today's show in case 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,260 you'd like to say something to me, before we read, let's pray. 11 00:00:34,650 --> 00:00:37,620 Our Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your word. It is life 12 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:40,650 and we are so happy that you've given us this time to read 13 00:00:40,650 --> 00:00:44,580 together. Teach us by your Holy Spirit as we hear your words for 14 00:00:44,580 --> 00:00:49,140 us. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen. All right, are you ready? 15 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:50,220 Let's get started. 16 00:00:52,790 --> 00:00:58,610 Deuteronomy chapter 32. Heaven, pay attention and I will speak 17 00:00:58,970 --> 00:01:03,350 Earth. Listen to the words of my mouth. My teaching will fall 18 00:01:03,350 --> 00:01:07,340 like raindrops, my speech will settle like do like gentle rains 19 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:11,690 on grass, like spring showers on all that is green, because I 20 00:01:11,690 --> 00:01:17,150 proclaimed the Lord's name, give praise to our God, the rock, his 21 00:01:17,150 --> 00:01:20,930 acts are perfection. No doubt about it. All His ways are 22 00:01:20,930 --> 00:01:25,790 right. He's the faithful God, never deceiving. Altogether 23 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:29,540 righteous and true is he? But children who weren't his own 24 00:01:29,540 --> 00:01:32,870 sinned against Him with their defects? They are a twisted and 25 00:01:32,870 --> 00:01:37,160 perverse generation. Is this how you thank the Lord you stupid, 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,960 senseless people? Is it he your father, your Creator? Didn't he 27 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:46,130 make you and establish you? Remember the days long past? 28 00:01:46,250 --> 00:01:50,180 Consider the years long gone? Ask your father and he will tell 29 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:54,110 you about it. Ask your elders they will give you the details. 30 00:01:54,260 --> 00:01:57,980 When God most high divided up the nations when he divided up 31 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:01,640 humankind he decided that people's boundaries based on the 32 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,600 number of the gods. Surely the Lord’s property was his people. 33 00:02:05,810 --> 00:02:09,920 Jacob was his part of the inheritance. God found Israel in 34 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:14,630 a wild land in a howling desert wasteland. He protected them 35 00:02:14,780 --> 00:02:19,430 cared for them, watched over them with his very own eye. Like 36 00:02:19,430 --> 00:02:23,270 an eagle protecting its nest hovering over its young Gods 37 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:26,960 spread out his wings to a cold of Israel, carried him on his 38 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:32,600 back. The Lord alone let Israel no foreign god assisted. God 39 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,080 made Israel glide over the highlands. He fed him with food 40 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,530 from the field nursed him with honey from a boulder with oil 41 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:44,030 from a hard rock curds from the herd milk from the flock along 42 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:48,590 with the best of lambs rams from Batian he goats to along with 43 00:02:48,590 --> 00:02:52,520 the finest wheat and for drink wine from the juiciest grapes. 44 00:02:53,060 --> 00:02:56,960 Jacob ate until he was stuffed Jeshua and got fat then 45 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,720 rebellious. It was you who got fat, thick, stubborn Jeshua and 46 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,690 gave up on the God who made him thought the rock of his 47 00:03:05,690 --> 00:03:09,860 salvation was worthless. They made God jealous with strange 48 00:03:09,860 --> 00:03:13,850 gods aggravated him with detestable things. They 49 00:03:13,850 --> 00:03:18,590 sacrificed to demons not to God to deities, of which they had no 50 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:23,090 knowledge New Gods only recently on the scene, ones about which 51 00:03:23,090 --> 00:03:27,140 your ancestors had never heard you deserted the rock that sired 52 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:31,670 you, you forgot the God who gave birth to you. The Lord saw this 53 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:35,300 and rejected out of aggravation his sons and his daughters. He 54 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:39,290 said I will hide my face from them. I will see what becomes of 55 00:03:39,290 --> 00:03:42,920 them because they are a confused generation. Their children 56 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,780 lacking loyalty. They provoked me with no gods aggravated me 57 00:03:47,780 --> 00:03:51,590 with their pieces of junk. So I am going to provoke them with no 58 00:03:51,590 --> 00:03:56,510 people aggravate them with a nation of fools. A fire burns in 59 00:03:56,510 --> 00:04:00,170 me it will blaze to the depths of the grave. It will destroy 60 00:04:00,170 --> 00:04:03,410 the land and its crops. It will black in the base of the 61 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:08,060 mountains. I'll throw on them disaster after disaster. I'll 62 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:11,810 destroy them with my arrows, devastating hunger, consuming 63 00:04:11,810 --> 00:04:16,370 plague, bitter sickness. I'll send animal things after them 64 00:04:16,430 --> 00:04:20,480 venom from dust crawlers to outside in the streets, the 65 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,830 sword will be removed. Inside in the safest room, there will be 66 00:04:24,830 --> 00:04:28,790 terror for young men and women, nursing baby and senior citizen. 67 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,080 I thought about it. I could have struck them down erase them from 68 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,490 human memory. But their enemies rage concern me. Their opponents 69 00:04:37,490 --> 00:04:41,420 might misunderstand. They may say our strong hands not the 70 00:04:41,420 --> 00:04:44,870 Lord’s did all this because they are not a thoughtful nation. 71 00:04:45,020 --> 00:04:48,860 They lack any insight. If they had any wisdom, they would 72 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:51,830 understand this. They would discern what will become of 73 00:04:51,830 --> 00:04:56,780 them. How could one person chase off 1000 in battle? How could 74 00:04:56,780 --> 00:05:01,070 two people make 10,000 flee for their lives? Only because 75 00:05:01,070 --> 00:05:04,670 they're rock sold them off only because the Lord handed them 76 00:05:04,670 --> 00:05:09,530 over. But no, their rocks can't compare to our rock. Our enemies 77 00:05:09,530 --> 00:05:13,400 are completely stupid. Their roots run straight from Saddam 78 00:05:13,430 --> 00:05:17,300 from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are pure poison. 79 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,380 They're great clusters, nothing but bitter. Their wine is snake 80 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:25,730 poison. Venom from a cruel Cobra. Don't I have this stored 81 00:05:25,730 --> 00:05:30,740 up sealed in my vaults? Revenge is my domain. So is punishment 82 00:05:30,740 --> 00:05:34,850 in kind at the exact moment their steps lips up, because the 83 00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:38,300 day of their destruction is just around the corner. Their final 84 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:42,170 destiny is speeding on its way. But the Lord will acquit his 85 00:05:42,170 --> 00:05:46,010 people will have compassion on those who serve him once he sees 86 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:49,550 that their strength is all gone, that both prisoners and free 87 00:05:49,550 --> 00:05:53,900 people are wiped out. The Lord will ask where are their gods, 88 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,960 the rocks they trusted in who ate up the fat of their 89 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,310 sacrifices, who drank their sacred wine, they should stand 90 00:06:01,310 --> 00:06:05,570 up and help you. They should protect you now. Now look here, 91 00:06:05,690 --> 00:06:11,090 I myself, I am the one. There are no other gods before me. I 92 00:06:11,090 --> 00:06:14,600 am the one who deals death and gives life. I am the one who 93 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,700 wounded but now I will heal. There's no escaping my hand. But 94 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:23,540 now I'm lifting my hand to heaven. I swear by my own 95 00:06:23,540 --> 00:06:27,980 eternity. When I sharpen my Blazing Sword, and my hand grabs 96 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:32,120 ahold of justice, I'll pay my enemies back. I will punish in 97 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,050 kind everyone who hates me, I will make my arrows drink much 98 00:06:36,050 --> 00:06:40,250 blood while my sword devours flesh, the blood of the dead and 99 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:44,300 captured flowing from the heads of enemy generals. heavens 100 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:49,280 rejoice with God, all you God's bow down to the Lord, because He 101 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,250 will avenge his children's blood. He will pay back his 102 00:06:52,250 --> 00:06:56,270 enemies. He will punish unkind those who hate Him, He will 103 00:06:56,270 --> 00:07:01,010 cleanse his people's land. So Moses came and recited all the 104 00:07:01,010 --> 00:07:04,400 words of this poem and everyone's hearing Joshua none 105 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,420 son joined him. When Moses finished speaking all these 106 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:12,110 words to Israel, he told them, set your mind on all these 107 00:07:12,110 --> 00:07:15,500 words, I'm testifying against you right now, because you must 108 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,800 command your children to perform carefully all the words of this 109 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:23,120 instruction. This is no trivial matter for you. This is your 110 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,320 very life. It is by this means alone, that you will prolong 111 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,200 your life in the fertile land you're crossing the Jordan River 112 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,880 to possess. The Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, hike 113 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,330 up the Abra mountains to mount Niebo, which is in the land of 114 00:07:38,330 --> 00:07:42,650 Moab opposite Jericho. Take a good look at the land of Canaan, 115 00:07:42,650 --> 00:07:45,380 which I'm giving to the Israelites as their property. 116 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,770 You will die on the mountain you have hiked up and you will be 117 00:07:48,770 --> 00:07:51,680 gathered to your people just like your brother Aaron, who 118 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,710 died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people because 119 00:07:54,710 --> 00:07:57,410 the two of you were unfaithful toward me in front of the 120 00:07:57,410 --> 00:08:00,530 Israelites at the waters of Marybeth k dash in the Zinn 121 00:08:00,530 --> 00:08:03,680 wilderness because you didn't treat me with proper respect 122 00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:07,310 before the Israelites. You can look at the land from the other 123 00:08:07,310 --> 00:08:09,710 side of the river, but you won't enter there. 124 00:08:10,460 --> 00:08:15,470 Deuteronomy chapter 33. This is the blessing that Moses the man 125 00:08:15,470 --> 00:08:20,120 of God gave the Israelites before he died. He said, The 126 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,470 Lord came from Sinai from SEER he shone like the dawn on us 127 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,490 from paper and mountain he beamed down 1000s of holy ones 128 00:08:28,490 --> 00:08:33,050 were with him. His warriors were next to him ready? Yes, those 129 00:08:33,050 --> 00:08:36,950 who love the nation's all His holy ones. Were at your command. 130 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:40,730 They followed your footsteps. They got moving when you said 131 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:45,020 so. Moses gave the instruction to us. It's the prized 132 00:08:45,020 --> 00:08:49,130 possession of Jacob's assembly. A king came to rule and gesture 133 00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:52,490 when when the peoples leaders gathered together when Israel's 134 00:08:52,490 --> 00:08:57,260 tribes were one. I pray that Ruben lives doesn't die, though 135 00:08:57,260 --> 00:09:02,570 his numbers are so few. Moses said this to Judah. Lord, listen 136 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:06,770 to Judas voice, bring him back to his own people, strengthen 137 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:11,930 his hands, be his help against every enemy. Then he told Levi, 138 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:16,370 give your thumb to leave I your urine to your faithful one. The 139 00:09:16,370 --> 00:09:20,150 one you tested at masa, the one you challenged by Mara buzz 140 00:09:20,150 --> 00:09:23,930 waters, the one who said of his own mother and father, I don't 141 00:09:23,930 --> 00:09:28,160 consider them as such of their siblings. I don't recognize them 142 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,300 of their own children. I don't know them, but who obeyed your 143 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:36,320 words and who guarded your covenant. They teach your case 144 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,640 laws to Jacob, your instruction to Israel. They hold sweet 145 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,360 incense to your nose put the entirely burned offering on your 146 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:49,070 altar. I pray that the Lord blesses Levi strength favors his 147 00:09:49,070 --> 00:09:52,820 hard work and crushes the insides of his enemies so that 148 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:57,410 those who hate him can't fight anymore. He said to Benjamin, 149 00:09:57,890 --> 00:10:01,910 the Lord’s dearest one rest safely on him. The Lord always 150 00:10:01,910 --> 00:10:07,190 shields him he rests on God's chest. Then he told Joseph, I 151 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:10,850 pray that his land is blessed by God with Heavens gifts from 152 00:10:10,850 --> 00:10:15,140 above, with the deep waters stretching out underneath, with 153 00:10:15,140 --> 00:10:18,860 the gifts produced by the sun, with the gifts generated by the 154 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:22,850 moon, with the best fruit from ancient mountains, with the 155 00:10:22,850 --> 00:10:26,630 gifts of eternal hills, with the gifts of the earth, and all that 156 00:10:26,630 --> 00:10:31,250 fills it, and the favor of the one who lives on Sinai. I pray 157 00:10:31,250 --> 00:10:35,150 that all these rests on Josef's head on the crown of that prince 158 00:10:35,150 --> 00:10:40,580 among brothers, a firstborn bull that is how majestic he is a 159 00:10:40,580 --> 00:10:45,260 wild ox his horns, those are his horns. With them he goes all 160 00:10:45,260 --> 00:10:49,250 peoples completely to the far ends of the earth. His horns are 161 00:10:49,250 --> 00:10:54,260 F freedoms 10s of 1000s his horns are Manassas 1000s. Then 162 00:10:54,260 --> 00:10:58,070 he told Zamberlan Zeb Yulin celebrate when you are out and 163 00:10:58,070 --> 00:11:02,060 about is a car celebrate when you're at home and your tents. 164 00:11:02,570 --> 00:11:05,900 They call all sorts of people to the mountain where they offer 165 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:09,860 right sacrifices. It's true. They're nourished on the seas 166 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:13,340 abundance, they are nourished on buried treasures in the sand. 167 00:11:13,850 --> 00:11:18,620 Then he told Gad, may God's broad lens be blessed. He lives 168 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:23,450 like a lion. He rips an arm even ahead. He chose the best part 169 00:11:23,450 --> 00:11:27,020 for himself because there were the commander's portion was the 170 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:30,410 leaders of the people gathered together, God executed the 171 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:34,340 Lord's justice and the Lord's judgments for Israel. Then he 172 00:11:34,340 --> 00:11:39,800 told Dan, Dan is a lion cub. He jumps up from Batian. and then 173 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,570 he told NAFTA lie. NAFTA lie you are full of favor, overflowing 174 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:48,260 with the Lord's blessing. Go possess the west and the south. 175 00:11:48,770 --> 00:11:53,570 Finally, he told Asher Asher is the most blessed of sons. I pray 176 00:11:53,570 --> 00:11:56,750 that he's his brother's favorite. One who dips his foot 177 00:11:56,750 --> 00:12:01,250 in fine oil. I pray that your deadbolts are iron and copper 178 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,960 and that your strength lasts all your days. Jeff Sherman, no one 179 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,830 compares to God. He rides through heaven to help you rides 180 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:13,790 majestically through the clouds. The most ancient god is a place 181 00:12:13,790 --> 00:12:18,410 of safety. The eternal arms are a support. He drove out the 182 00:12:18,410 --> 00:12:22,970 enemy before you He commanded destroy them. So Israel now 183 00:12:22,970 --> 00:12:27,020 lives in safety. Jacobs residence is secure in a land 184 00:12:27,020 --> 00:12:31,790 full of grain and wine, where the heavens drip do happy are 185 00:12:31,790 --> 00:12:35,780 you Israel, who was like you? You are a people saved by the 186 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:40,730 Lord. He's the shield that helps you your majestic sword. Your 187 00:12:40,730 --> 00:12:43,790 enemies will come crawling on their knees to you that you will 188 00:12:43,790 --> 00:12:45,200 stomp on their backs. 189 00:12:46,070 --> 00:12:51,560 Deuteronomy chapter 34. Then Moses went up on mountain Niebo 190 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:55,520 from the plains of Moab. He went to the top of pisco across from 191 00:12:55,520 --> 00:13:00,290 Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land. He could see Gilead 192 00:13:00,290 --> 00:13:04,610 as far as Dan, all of NAFTA lie, the territory of Ephraim and 193 00:13:04,610 --> 00:13:07,730 Manasseh. All the territory of Judah as far as the 194 00:13:07,730 --> 00:13:12,080 Mediterranean Sea, the Negev and the Jordan plane, the valley of 195 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,550 Jericho, the city of palms as far as our Then the Lord said to 196 00:13:16,550 --> 00:13:20,750 him, this is the land I promised with an oath to Abraham, Isaac 197 00:13:20,780 --> 00:13:24,740 and Jacob. I said I would give it to their descendants. I have 198 00:13:24,740 --> 00:13:28,250 let you see it with your own eyes, but you may not go there. 199 00:13:29,210 --> 00:13:33,350 As the Lord had predicted, the Lord servant Moses died in Moab. 200 00:13:33,650 --> 00:13:38,270 He was buried in a valley in Moab near Beth peor. Even today, 201 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:43,520 no one knows where his grave is. Moses was 120 years old when he 202 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,780 died. His eyesight never became poor, and he never lost his 203 00:13:47,780 --> 00:13:51,290 physical strength. The Israelites mourn for Moses in 204 00:13:51,290 --> 00:13:55,160 the plains of Moab for 30 days, then the time of mourning for 205 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,480 him was over. Joshua son of Nan was filled with a spirit of 206 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,710 wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him. The Israelites 207 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:06,740 obeyed him and did what the Lord had commanded through Moses. 208 00:14:07,190 --> 00:14:10,610 There has never been another prophet in Israel, like Moses, 209 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,570 whom the Lord dealt with face to face. He was the one the Lord 210 00:14:14,570 --> 00:14:17,630 sent to do all the miraculous signs and amazing things in 211 00:14:17,630 --> 00:14:21,200 Egypt to Pharaoh to all his officials into his whole 212 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,070 country. and Moses used his mighty hand to do all the 213 00:14:25,070 --> 00:14:28,730 spectacular and awe inspiring deeds that were seen by all the 214 00:14:28,730 --> 00:14:29,600 Israelites. 215 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:34,700 Today, I've got thoughts on each of our chapters. Let's talk 216 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:39,500 about Deuteronomy 32. First, chapter 31 ended with the words 217 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,400 and Moses spoke this whole song for all the people of Israel to 218 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,030 hear leaving us with a bit of a cliffhanger. Well, most of 219 00:14:47,030 --> 00:14:52,340 chapter 32 is the song to which the end of 31 referred. The 220 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:55,910 first four verses are a call to all of creation to listen to 221 00:14:55,910 --> 00:14:59,360 what he's about to say, and the fact that he's proclaiming the 222 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,480 name of the Lord. Start giving him praise for who he is and 223 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,960 what he does. The next two verses state the fact that 224 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,920 Israel has sinned. and then verses seven through 14 Tell how 225 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,310 God has been faithful to Israel throughout history, and that He 226 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:17,630 has loved them and bless them. In verses 15 through 18, Moses 227 00:15:17,630 --> 00:15:21,140 reminded the people of how Israel responded to God's love 228 00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:26,570 by abandoning him. Verses 19 to 27. Tell how in response to 229 00:15:26,570 --> 00:15:31,040 their rebellion, God left their side and punished them. and then 230 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:35,150 in the final verses of the song verses 2343, God lists his 231 00:15:35,150 --> 00:15:39,800 charges against Israel in calls them back to himself. Notice 232 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,630 that he calls them back even still. Well, after the song, 233 00:15:44,630 --> 00:15:48,980 Moses encourages Israel with the words, this is no trivial matter 234 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:53,360 to you, this is your very life. It is by this means that you 235 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,570 will prolong your life on the fertile land, you are crossing 236 00:15:56,570 --> 00:16:00,410 the Jordan River to possess it. Another way to say this is no 237 00:16:00,410 --> 00:16:04,580 trivial matter to you is, this is no meaningless thing this 238 00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:08,930 matters. One of the lies that the enemy tells us when we're in 239 00:16:08,930 --> 00:16:13,280 the midst of sin is what God says, doesn't matter. You can do 240 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,940 what you want. Well, Moses is reminding them that what God 241 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:22,340 says does matter. and what he says is life itself. and then in 242 00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:25,640 the final five verses of this chapter, God gives Moses his 243 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,060 final instructions, he's told to go up to the place where he will 244 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:32,750 breathe his last, God says, he'll be able to look across the 245 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:35,720 Jordan River into the promised land, but because of his sin at 246 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,590 Meribah, k dash, he will not be allowed to go in. and then in 247 00:16:39,590 --> 00:16:44,120 chapter 33, very few of us know the time of our death. But here 248 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,720 in chapter 33 of Deuteronomy, Moses knows that his time has 249 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:52,250 come because God told him so. and here in chapter 33, Moses 250 00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:55,220 wanted to leave the people that he had led out of Egypt and 251 00:16:55,220 --> 00:16:58,220 through the desert for these 40 years with words that would be 252 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:02,900 encouraging to them despite their failings. Chapter 34 tells 253 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:06,830 us about Moses death. Now imagine the bittersweet thrill 254 00:17:06,830 --> 00:17:09,980 that it must have been for Moses to have God show him a view of 255 00:17:09,980 --> 00:17:13,580 the promised land from the top of Mount Niebo. It had to be 256 00:17:13,580 --> 00:17:16,880 disappointing not to get to go in. But since God had already 257 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,180 told him that this would be the case after their sin in Numbers, 258 00:17:20,180 --> 00:17:24,320 chapter 20, Moses must have been somewhat used to the idea, but 259 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,410 the thrill of actually seeing the land with his own eyes had 260 00:17:27,410 --> 00:17:34,850 to have been at least somewhat satisfying. If you'd like to see 261 00:17:34,850 --> 00:17:37,670 a picture of the land that Moses saw when he looked over into the 262 00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:41,510 Promised Land, I've got one and a link on the show notes page at 263 00:17:41,540 --> 00:17:47,000 Lifespringmedia.com slash s 13. E 359. You have thoughts or 264 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,700 questions, let me hear from you send a Boostagram or call the 265 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:52,730 Lifespring family hotline, go to the comments page or write an 266 00:17:52,730 --> 00:17:56,660 email. I'll tell you how to do that in a few moments. Tomorrow 267 00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:59,990 will be history Tuesday, we'll bring that category of the Bible 268 00:17:59,990 --> 00:18:03,290 to a close by completing the Book of Esther with chapters six 269 00:18:03,290 --> 00:18:03,860 through 10 270 00:18:04,730 --> 00:18:04,790 Jingle: Lifespringmedia.com/support 271 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,120 Steve Webb: Beloved, we have one more time to pray together. this 272 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:17,150 coming Wednesday will be the last time since the last episode 273 00:18:17,150 --> 00:18:19,700 of the season. and the Lifespring! One Year Bible is 274 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:22,850 Saturday. 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