Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode thirty seven.
Speaker 1: I'm your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm
Speaker 1: a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and ammy veteran. And yeah,
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Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy chapter thirty today, So what a blessing, you know,
Speaker 1: so kind of moving along pretty quickly through through the
Speaker 1: book of Deuteronomy. So and this, so, like I said,
Speaker 1: this is Moses giving a sermon, right, this is his
Speaker 1: last sermon. He's really close to to them entering the
Speaker 1: Promised Land, Joshua taking over soon. And yeah, so this
Speaker 1: is basically his sermon to them, right, So we're going
Speaker 1: to go ahead and continue with that. And let me
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Speaker 1: so let's do that. And we're going to be a
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy chapter thirty, and we're going to be starting at
Speaker 1: verse one, so let's go ahead and do that real quick.
Speaker 1: So we got Deuteronomy thirty, verse one, and the title
Speaker 1: is the blessing of returning to God. Now it shall
Speaker 1: come to pass when all these things come upon you,
Speaker 1: the blessing and the curse which I have set before you,
Speaker 1: and you call them to mind, among all the nations
Speaker 1: where the Lord your God drives you, and you return,
Speaker 1: and you return to the Lord your God, and obey
Speaker 1: his voice according to all that I command you today,
Speaker 1: you and your children with all your heart, with all
Speaker 1: your soul, that the Lord your God will bring you
Speaker 1: back from captivity and have compassion on you, and gather
Speaker 1: you again from all nations where the Lord your God
Speaker 1: has scattered you. So if you guys, remember I went
Speaker 1: over the last week. I went over the blessings and
Speaker 1: the curses on Sunday service, that's what he's referring to,
Speaker 1: just you know, giving them a reminder. And uh, it's
Speaker 1: for So Chapter three are upsite Deuteronomy thirty two through
Speaker 1: three emphasize the importance of returning to the Lord and
Speaker 1: obeying his voice. And when you, when you and your
Speaker 1: children return to the Lord your God, and obey him
Speaker 1: with all your heart, with all your soul, according to
Speaker 1: everything you're giving today. Let me just mark that. So
Speaker 1: everything I've given you today, then he will restore your
Speaker 1: fortunes and have compassion on you, and gather you from
Speaker 1: all the nations where he has scattered you. So the
Speaker 1: Hebrew word for return is shove, which which implies a
Speaker 1: complete turning back or repentance. Okay, so that's what the
Speaker 1: chapter begins with. And then for promises of restoration. God
Speaker 1: promises to restore the fortunes of the Israelites and have
Speaker 1: compassion on them, gathering them from all nations where they
Speaker 1: have scattered. This is Deuterondo Me thirty verse three. The
Speaker 1: Hebrew word was shive is again used emphasizing the theme
Speaker 1: for restoration and return. So now we're going to go
Speaker 1: to verse four. If any of you are driven out
Speaker 1: to the farthest parts under heaven, from there, the Lord
Speaker 1: your God will gather you. From there he will bring you.
Speaker 1: Then the lordr God will bring you to the land
Speaker 1: which your father's possessed, and you shall possess it. He
Speaker 1: will prosper you and multiply you more than your father's.
Speaker 1: And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and
Speaker 1: your heart of your descendants. To love the Lord your
Speaker 1: God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Speaker 1: that you may live. So very interesting part here. Let
Speaker 1: me click back in a Yeah, so very important to
Speaker 1: do right. And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart.
Speaker 1: I think that's important because in the New Testament it
Speaker 1: talks about that, right. And then right here the regathering
Speaker 1: is a divine act to bring them back from the
Speaker 1: farthest parts of the earth. Right, so God promises to
Speaker 1: restore his people. This demonstrates his faithfulness and mercy even
Speaker 1: when his people have strayed. So one thing I need
Speaker 1: to point out here is a lot of people try
Speaker 1: to say that, well, the God of the Old Testament
Speaker 1: was not you know, he wasn't full of grace, he
Speaker 1: wasn't full of mercy. But as you see here he was.
Speaker 1: So the people that say that they just have to
Speaker 1: read the whole entire Old Testament in entirety and not
Speaker 1: just cherry pick verses that they that they choose. Right,
Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna pick right back up here. So
Speaker 1: the Lord so and then on verse six, I have
Speaker 1: something in my notes notes. It says, the Lord your
Speaker 1: God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,
Speaker 1: so that you may love him with all your heart
Speaker 1: and with all your soul and live. Right. That's like
Speaker 1: I said that part. I kind of told you. That's
Speaker 1: that's actually in the in the New Testament as well,
Speaker 1: where it says that right. And then next up we're
Speaker 1: gonna be in Deuteronomy thirty verse seven. Also, the Lord
Speaker 1: your God will put all these curses on your enemies
Speaker 1: and all those who hate you, who persecute you. And
Speaker 1: you will again obey the voice of the Lord and
Speaker 1: all his commandments which I command you today. The Lord
Speaker 1: your God will make you a bound in all the
Speaker 1: work of your hand, and in the fruit of your body,
Speaker 1: and the increase of your livestock, and in the produce
Speaker 1: of your land for good. For the Lord will again
Speaker 1: rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers.
Speaker 1: If you obey the voice of the Lord your God
Speaker 1: to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written
Speaker 1: in the book of the Law. In this book of
Speaker 1: the Law, and you turn from the Lord your God
Speaker 1: with all your heart and with all your soul. So
Speaker 1: this is going to be seven through ten. The Lord
Speaker 1: will put all curses on the enemies of Israel, and
Speaker 1: the Israelites will obey again his commands resulted in prosperity
Speaker 1: and blessings. Okay, So that's going to be from Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty verse seven through ten. And next up we're going
Speaker 1: to be on Deuteronomy thirty verse eleven. The choice of
Speaker 1: life or death is the is this portion the chapter
Speaker 1: for this or the title for this portion? And Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty verse eleven says, for this commandment which I command
Speaker 1: you today, is not too mysterious for you, nor is
Speaker 1: it far off it is. It is not in heaven
Speaker 1: that you shall should say, who will ascend into heaven
Speaker 1: for us and bring it to us that they that
Speaker 1: we may hear it and do it. Nor is it
Speaker 1: beyond the sea that you should say, who will go
Speaker 1: over the sea for us and bring it to us,
Speaker 1: that you may hear it and do it. For the
Speaker 1: word is very near you in your mouth and in
Speaker 1: your heart, that you may do it. So this emphasizes
Speaker 1: the accessibility and attainability of God's word. So he's tried
Speaker 1: to say, you don't have to travel, It's going to
Speaker 1: be right here, you know, with you right and so yeah,
Speaker 1: Verses eleven through fourteen stresses that God's commandments are not
Speaker 1: too difficult or beyond reach, and they are near in
Speaker 1: our mouths and our hearts, so that we may obey them. Okay,
Speaker 1: So next up we're going to be going over Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty verses fifteen through twenty. Deudonomy thirty, verse fifteen says, see,
Speaker 1: I have set before you today life and good, death
Speaker 1: and evil, and that I command you today to love
Speaker 1: the Lord your God, to walk in his ways and
Speaker 1: to keep his commandments, his statutes and his judgments, that
Speaker 1: you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your
Speaker 1: God will bless you in the land which you have
Speaker 1: to go to possess. So first off, I just want
Speaker 1: to say, all they have to do is just be obedient.
Speaker 1: You understand how important that obedience is to God. He
Speaker 1: just points it out throughout this whole entire section, and
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of awesome because he's saying, if as
Speaker 1: long as you're obedient. You know I will do this
Speaker 1: to your enemies, and I'll make sure that you are
Speaker 1: blessed right as a nation. So that's all they had
Speaker 1: to do is just be obedient and continue to worship him,
Speaker 1: to love him with all their heart, with all their soul,
Speaker 1: with all their mind. Right, and we know what happens, right.
Speaker 1: So in seventeen Deuteronomy thirty, verse seventeen says, But if
Speaker 1: your heart turns away so that you do not hear,
Speaker 1: and are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,
Speaker 1: I announce to you today that you shall surely perish,
Speaker 1: and you should not prolong your days in the land
Speaker 1: which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.
Speaker 1: I call Heaven and Earth as witnesses today against you
Speaker 1: that I have set before before your life and death,
Speaker 1: blessings and cursing. Therefore, choose life, that both you and
Speaker 1: your descendants may live, that he may love the Lord,
Speaker 1: that you may love the Lord your God, that you
Speaker 1: may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him,
Speaker 1: for he is your life and length of your days.
Speaker 1: That you may dwell in the land which the Lord
Speaker 1: swore to your father's to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to
Speaker 1: give them. So. Yeah, So in Deuteronomy ten, verses fifteen
Speaker 1: through twenty, Moses sets before the Israelites a choice between
Speaker 1: life and prosperity or death and destruction, urging them to
Speaker 1: choose life by loving and obeying his voice and holding
Speaker 1: fast to him. The Hebrew word Hebrew word chaim for
Speaker 1: life underscores the vitality and blessing associated with obedience to God.
Speaker 1: All right, so what a blessing there? So right, we
Speaker 1: have to we have to understand. So right now you're
Speaker 1: in the New Covenant, which is you know, we're saved
Speaker 1: by grace through faith, of course, yes, but obedience is
Speaker 1: still important for discipleship. Right, So God doesn't want you
Speaker 1: to be to not obeying his word just because we're
Speaker 1: in a grace period. It doesn't mean that we have
Speaker 1: a green light to just sin and continue to sin.
Speaker 1: You know, you have to repentant, you have to be
Speaker 1: you have to repent, and then you have to be
Speaker 1: born again. Right, so you have to continue obedience. God
Speaker 1: shows you in the Old Testament here how important obedience is.
Speaker 1: And also obviously Jesus is teachings as well. Teach you
Speaker 1: how important obedience is. Paul also teaches you how how
Speaker 1: important obedience is. If you know, if you read the
Speaker 1: Book of Romans and the Hebrews. I know Hebrews, I
Speaker 1: believe Paul wrote it, but yeah, Hebrews is something that
Speaker 1: definitely we need to understand that obedience is important. Right, Look,
Speaker 1: read James. If you read James, it's also telling you
Speaker 1: that as well, emphasizing the importance of obedience. Right. So,
Speaker 1: and you know, here's some practical applications that you can
Speaker 1: use on your life. In your life, reflect on your
Speaker 1: choices regularly, regularly evaluate the choices you make in light
Speaker 1: of God's word? Are you Are they leading you towards
Speaker 1: life and blessings or away from them? So your choices
Speaker 1: are they Are they leading you towards a life, life
Speaker 1: and blessings or away from them? Yes? So I would
Speaker 1: love if I if I knew this back before, you know,
Speaker 1: while I was making these bad choices. But you know,
Speaker 1: you just kind of have to. You go through a
Speaker 1: lot of things you live, you learn, right, So definitely
Speaker 1: evaluate your choices if they're bringing you, are they bringing
Speaker 1: you closer to God or bringing you away from God?
Speaker 1: That's the main purpose there seek heart transformation. Pray for
Speaker 1: God to work in your heart, aligning your desires with
Speaker 1: His will, just as He promised to circumcise the hearts
Speaker 1: of the Israelites. Okay, so definitely, yeah, pray pray for
Speaker 1: God to work on your heart. Uh, you want to
Speaker 1: definitely be walked looking at God's will. And it's something
Speaker 1: that it takes a lot of time. It takes effort,
Speaker 1: it takes discipline, it takes reading the Bible, it takes praying,
Speaker 1: if it takes you know, maybe having a mentor or
Speaker 1: something like that to help you. Maybe it takes someone,
Speaker 1: you know, some counseling. There's a whole bunch of stuff
Speaker 1: that that that that will help you align with God's word. Okay,
Speaker 1: but these Bible studies and reading the Bible, especially going
Speaker 1: from the Old Testament to the New Testament, it will
Speaker 1: it will help you tremendously because you're gonna you need
Speaker 1: to learn all the foundation and you need to learn
Speaker 1: exactly you know, in the New Testament, which we're learning.
Speaker 1: We're in John. We just did John four through six.
Speaker 1: So as you guys see, it's if you're bouncing back
Speaker 1: and forth between the Old Testament the New Testament. You're
Speaker 1: laying a foundation, and then you're seeing exactly why the
Speaker 1: foundation was laid in the first place, right, because of Jesus,
Speaker 1: our Lord and saviors. So yeah, Now, also in for
Speaker 1: another one, it would be embraced. God promises trust in
Speaker 1: God's faithfulness to restore and bless you as you return
Speaker 1: to Him and obey his commandments. All right, and He's
Speaker 1: laying out his faithfulness throughout this whole entire chapter. You
Speaker 1: see in the next one would be live out God's word.
Speaker 1: Recognize that God's commandments are accessible and practical. Strive to
Speaker 1: live them out daily in your speech and in your actions.
Speaker 1: That's just self explanatory. Try to do your very best
Speaker 1: to live out God's commandments. Right. And then in some
Speaker 1: connecting scriptures, we have Romans ten, verses eight through ten,
Speaker 1: Paul echoes Deuteronomy thirty, verse fourteen, emphasizing the word of
Speaker 1: faith that is near in our mouths and hearts, leading
Speaker 1: to salvation. Yeah, in fourteen, it says, but the Word
Speaker 1: is very near to you in your mouth and in
Speaker 1: your heart, that you may do it. In Romans ten,
Speaker 1: verses eight through ten, and the New King James says,
Speaker 1: but what does it say the word is near you
Speaker 1: in your mouth and in your heart. That is the
Speaker 1: word of faith which we preach. You see, That's what
Speaker 1: he's saying in Romans ten, verse eight. And then the
Speaker 1: next one would be Joshua twenty four verse fifteen would
Speaker 1: be a good connecting scripture, and Joshua presents a similar
Speaker 1: choice to the agelites, urging them to choose whom they
Speaker 1: will serve. Right. And then John fourteen fifteen, Jesus speaks
Speaker 1: about the connection between love and obedience, reinforcing the message
Speaker 1: of Deuteronomy thirty. And in that verse Jesus says, if
Speaker 1: you love me, keep my commandments. So he's he's emphasizing
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy chapter thirty here and saying, if you love me,
Speaker 1: you will keep my commandments. So in then in the
Speaker 1: King James says, if you love me, keep my commandments. So,
Speaker 1: if you love me, keep my commandments. Like, what do
Speaker 1: you like? I thought? I thought the commandments were only God,
Speaker 1: the Father's commandments. Uh, if you're talking about if he's
Speaker 1: if he's referencing, you know, Deuteronomy thirty or Exodus, those
Speaker 1: commandments were given by whom right, So it's another way
Speaker 1: for us to understand that the deity of Christ. Right.
Speaker 1: So I just think it's vastly important for people to
Speaker 1: recognize that and for for us to recognize that. We've
Speaker 1: been talking about it in the in the New Testament,
Speaker 1: in John, and you're just that one is just like
Speaker 1: I keep saying, you know, it's screaming Jesus's deity in John. Right,
Speaker 1: So we just keep going over uh more and more
Speaker 1: versus that are kind of just pointing us towards that.
Speaker 1: So we need to recognize that and realize that. And
Speaker 1: so we in Deuteronomy thirty one is where we're at now.
Speaker 1: Just going down to my notes events here, okay, and
Speaker 1: let's get this one going teaching points there we go.
Speaker 1: So yeah, good morning too. It's a five twenty six
Speaker 1: in the morning. So all right, let's do this. Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty one, verse one. Joshua the new leader of Israel.
Speaker 1: So we have uh, Deuteronomy thirty one, verse one. Then
Speaker 1: Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. And
Speaker 1: he said to them, I am one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: years old today I can no longer go out and come. Also,
Speaker 1: the Lord has said to me, you shall not cross
Speaker 1: over this Jordan. The Lord, your God himself crosses over
Speaker 1: before you. He will destroy these nations from before you,
Speaker 1: and you shall dispose them, dispossessed them. Joshua himself crosses
Speaker 1: over before you, just as the Lord had said. So
Speaker 1: Moses is a let me just make sure I know
Speaker 1: where I'm out there. Moses announces to the Israelites that
Speaker 1: he is one hundred and twenty years old and he
Speaker 1: can no longer lead them. He informs them, He informs
Speaker 1: them he will not cross the Jordan River. This mark
Speaker 1: is a significant transition in leadership as Moses prepares to
Speaker 1: pass the mantle to Joshua. The Hebrew root word for
Speaker 1: lead is Nahal, emphasizes guidance and care, reflecting Moses's role
Speaker 1: throughout the Israelites journey. So he's this has been through
Speaker 1: a lot, right, you know, he went through growing up
Speaker 1: in Egypt and with the Pharaoh and all this other
Speaker 1: stuff going on, and just ended up, you know, coming
Speaker 1: to God, you know, mount s and I just you know,
Speaker 1: them leaving Egypt, the Exodus, all this different stuff that
Speaker 1: he's been through the forty years in the wilderness, and
Speaker 1: it all brought him up to this point where he's
Speaker 1: now one hundred and twenty years old today, and you
Speaker 1: know this is going to be we're kind of getting
Speaker 1: closer to the end of the Torah, and then we're
Speaker 1: gonna be We're gonna be in the Book of Joshua next, right,
Speaker 1: So that's what's going on there. And then and then
Speaker 1: Moses at one hundred and twenty years old in my notes,
Speaker 1: my other part of my notesay is acknowledges that he
Speaker 1: will cross the Jordan River. He appoints Joshua as a successor,
Speaker 1: demonstrating the importance of preparing new leaders. Right, So when
Speaker 1: you're going to leave, you know, if you are a
Speaker 1: pastor or a leader, then you need to you know,
Speaker 1: have a This demonstrates the importance of having a successor
Speaker 1: and having someone in line ready to take over. Right.
Speaker 1: So Moses reassures the people that the Lord himself will
Speaker 1: cross over before them and destroy the nations of the land,
Speaker 1: just as he had promised. So this promise underscores God's
Speaker 1: faithfulness and sovereignty. The Hebrew word for destroy is shamad,
Speaker 1: indicates a complete and decisive action, emphasizing the certainty of
Speaker 1: God's intervention. So we need to understand that and what
Speaker 1: an amazing thing to emphasize that God is going to
Speaker 1: be with you, which is all that matters. Right. It
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if Moses is with you or Joshua is
Speaker 1: with you. It doesn't matter who the person is. They're
Speaker 1: just being used as a vessel. But when you hear
Speaker 1: that God is with you, and God will be walking
Speaker 1: with you, and God will destroy your enemies, it's a
Speaker 1: way more reassuring to hear that. Okay then, because a
Speaker 1: lot of people are probably thinking, oh, what are we
Speaker 1: gonna do now Moses is not with us, you know.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's a great reassurance for the people. Let's continue.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be a Deuteronomy thirty one, verse four. And
Speaker 1: the Lord God will do to them as he did
Speaker 1: to Shahon and Og, the kings of the Amorites and
Speaker 1: their land when he destroyed them Og king of Bashan,
Speaker 1: just so everybody knows. And he his bed was fifteen
Speaker 1: by seven, you know, so just to let you know
Speaker 1: he had a giant bed. He's believed to be a giant, Okay,
Speaker 1: the Amorites believe be a giant tribe, so he's just
Speaker 1: reminding them of that particular incident. The Lord we're made.
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty one, verse five, the Lord will give them
Speaker 1: over to you, that you may do to them according
Speaker 1: to every commandment which I've commanded you, be strong and
Speaker 1: be good of courage. Be strong and of good courage,
Speaker 1: do not fear nor be afraid of them. For the
Speaker 1: Lord your God, he is one who goes with you.
Speaker 1: He will not leave you nor forsake you. And the
Speaker 1: event where Joshua is commissioned, the event signifies the formal
Speaker 1: transfer of leadership. The Hebrew word for commission implies a
Speaker 1: command or charge, highlighting the authority and responsibility of giving
Speaker 1: given to Joshua. And then in Deuteronomy thirty one eight,
Speaker 1: we haven't got there yet, so we'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: continue reading. But that's very important right there. I mean,
Speaker 1: if you see it says, be strong and of good courage,
Speaker 1: do not fear and will be afraid of them. For
Speaker 1: the Lord your God, he is the one who gives
Speaker 1: with who goes with you, He will not leave you
Speaker 1: nor forsake you. So what a very comforting set of
Speaker 1: words that he's saying right there, And it's very encouraging
Speaker 1: for the people to hear that, because, like I said,
Speaker 1: they know that Moses is one hundred and twenty. He's
Speaker 1: not gonna be able to go with him to the
Speaker 1: promised land. So not only do you have Joshua now
Speaker 1: as the commission leader, but you also have him just
Speaker 1: reinforcing that the Lord is going to be with you
Speaker 1: and he will not forsake you. And then in Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty one, verse seven, now it says, then Moses called
Speaker 1: Joshua and said to him, in the sight of all Israel,
Speaker 1: be strong and of good courage, for you must go
Speaker 1: with this, with this people, to the land which the
Speaker 1: Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them. And
Speaker 1: you shall cause them to inherit it. And the Lord,
Speaker 1: he is the one who goes before you, he will
Speaker 1: be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.
Speaker 1: Do not fear or be dismayed. All right, So in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty one, verse eight, God reassures the Israelites of
Speaker 1: his presence, saying, the Lord himself goes before you, he
Speaker 1: will be with you. He will never leave you nor
Speaker 1: forsake you. This promise is a cornerstone of faith. Okay,
Speaker 1: next up, we're going to be going over. It's going
Speaker 1: to be Deuteronomy thirty one, verses nine through thirteen. It's
Speaker 1: going to be the law to be read every seven years,
Speaker 1: right as a reminder. So Moses wrote this law and
Speaker 1: delivered it to the priest, the son of Levi, who
Speaker 1: bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to
Speaker 1: all the elders of Israel, and Moses commands them, saying,
Speaker 1: at the end of every seven years, at the appointed
Speaker 1: time in your year of release, at the feast of Tabernacles,
Speaker 1: when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your
Speaker 1: God in the place which he chooses, you shall read
Speaker 1: this law before all Israel and their hearing. Gather the
Speaker 1: people together, men and women and little ones, and the
Speaker 1: stranger who is within your gates, that all may hear,
Speaker 1: and that you may learn to fear the Lord your God,
Speaker 1: and carefully observe all the words of this law, and
Speaker 1: that their children, who have not known, may hear and
Speaker 1: learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as
Speaker 1: you live in the land which you cross the Jordan
Speaker 1: to possess. So the Hebrew term for reid suggests a
Speaker 1: public proclamation ensuring that the entire community hears and understands
Speaker 1: the law and the importance of the law. Moses instructs
Speaker 1: the Levites to read the Law to all Israel every
Speaker 1: seven years during the feast of the Tabernacles, emphasizing the
Speaker 1: need for continual engagement with God's word. And yeah, obviously reminders,
Speaker 1: because if you're not reminding the people that's very important
Speaker 1: every seven years, then the if no one's reading God's word,
Speaker 1: then obviously it's going to be forgotten. You know, it
Speaker 1: could be forgotten. And let's see sixteen through. You know
Speaker 1: it's not going to be forgotten. But I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: you know, it's so that people know the law and
Speaker 1: it'll assist them and following God's commandments, right, all right,
Speaker 1: And obviously no excuses too, because you're held accountable for
Speaker 1: what you know. So prediction of Israel's rebell the Lord's
Speaker 1: appearance in the tent and meeting. Okay, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and continue, So doude on me thirty one verse fourteen.
Speaker 1: Then the Lord said to Moses, behold the day's approach
Speaker 1: when you must die, Call Joshua and present yourselves in
Speaker 1: the tabernacles of meeting that I may inaugurate him. So
Speaker 1: Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle
Speaker 1: of meeting. Now, the Lord appeared at the tabernacle and
Speaker 1: a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood
Speaker 1: above the door of the tabernacle. So one thing I
Speaker 1: think that I like to point out is who else
Speaker 1: comes on a cloud right when every eye will see
Speaker 1: Jesus is coming on a cloud. Right. So exactly like
Speaker 1: this scenario, so the Lord appears in the tent of meeting.
Speaker 1: The Lord appears in the pillar of cloud at the
Speaker 1: tent of meetings, signifying his presence and authority. This divine
Speaker 1: appearance serves as a powerful reminder of God's ongoing relationship
Speaker 1: with Israel. The Hebrew word for a peer conveys a
Speaker 1: visible manifestation. It's raha. It's a visible manifestation reinforcing the
Speaker 1: reality of God's present. So Moses and Joshua went present
Speaker 1: themselves to time in a meeting. Now we have a peered. Okay,
Speaker 1: you already read that. So now let's go to Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: sixteen through twenty two. And the Lord said to Moses, behold,
Speaker 1: you will rest with your fathers, and as people will
Speaker 1: rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners.
Speaker 1: Of the land where they go to be among them,
Speaker 1: and they will forsake me and break my covenant which
Speaker 1: I have made with them. My anger shall be aroused
Speaker 1: against them in that day, and I will forsake them,
Speaker 1: and I will hide my face from them, and they
Speaker 1: shall they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles
Speaker 1: shall befall them, so that they will say, in the day,
Speaker 1: have have not those evils come upon us? Because our
Speaker 1: Lord is not among us. And I will surely hide
Speaker 1: my face in that day, because all of the evil
Speaker 1: which they have done, and that they have turned to
Speaker 1: other gods. Right, So given them prophecy, letting him know
Speaker 1: what the future is going to be, telling Moses that.
Speaker 1: And can you imagine Moses has been with them this
Speaker 1: whole time, given him the law, you know, just being
Speaker 1: a vessel for the Lord, and the Lord is letting
Speaker 1: him know what's exactly what's going to happen. Now. Therefore,
Speaker 1: write this down, this song for yourselves, and teach it
Speaker 1: to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths,
Speaker 1: that this song may be a witness for me against
Speaker 1: the children of Israel. When I have brought them to
Speaker 1: the landflown with milk and hongy, of which honey of
Speaker 1: which I swore to their fathers, that they have eaten
Speaker 1: and filled themselves and grow and grown fat, then they
Speaker 1: will turn to other gods and serve them, and they
Speaker 1: will provoke me and break my covenant. Then it shall
Speaker 1: be that, when many evils and troubles have come upon them,
Speaker 1: that the song will testify against them as a witness.
Speaker 1: But it will not be forgotten in the mouths of
Speaker 1: their descendants, For I know the inclination of their behavior today,
Speaker 1: even before I have brought them to the land which
Speaker 1: I have swore to give them. So even though he
Speaker 1: knows that they're going to go and worship other gods,
Speaker 1: he still gave the promise, you know, to the people.
Speaker 1: So he's still going to fulfill his promise. Because it
Speaker 1: says in Titus one two God cannot lie, and it
Speaker 1: also says in Hebrews six, verse eighteen it's impossible for
Speaker 1: God to lie. And in Deuteronomy it says that God
Speaker 1: is not a man that he shall lie. In the
Speaker 1: Book of Numbers it says the same thing, right, God
Speaker 1: is not a man that he should lie. So when
Speaker 1: he makes a promise, he is going to fulfill it.
Speaker 1: Even though he knows the future. He knows the past asked,
Speaker 1: and he knows the present. He knows everything, right, That's
Speaker 1: why it's showing you that he knows what they're gonna
Speaker 1: do anyways, But he is still providing them with the
Speaker 1: promised land, like he said, right, because he keeps his promise,
Speaker 1: because he cannot lie. Let's continue. Therefore, Moses wrote this
Speaker 1: song the same day and taught it to the children
Speaker 1: of Visual. Then he inaugurated Joshua, the son of None
Speaker 1: and said, be strong of good courage, for you shall
Speaker 1: bring the children of Visual into the land of which
Speaker 1: I swore to them, and I will be with you. Obviously,
Speaker 1: not meaning that Moses will be with you. He's talking
Speaker 1: like first hand account, like telling them what God is saying. Right,
Speaker 1: God instructs Moses to write down a song and teach
Speaker 1: it to this is in my notes, teach it to
Speaker 1: the Israelites as a witness against them. The songs serves
Speaker 1: as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the consequences of disobedience.
Speaker 1: The Hebrew word for song is sheer, indicates a poetic
Speaker 1: and memorable form designed to be easily recalled by the
Speaker 1: people and God's And then the other part is that
Speaker 1: God predicts Israel's future and rebellion, instructs Moses to write
Speaker 1: a song as a witness against them, highlighting God's omnipresence
Speaker 1: and the consequences of disobedience. So yes, he's letting them
Speaker 1: know up front. If the people would just listen and
Speaker 1: heave to God's word, they're gonna know exactly what they're
Speaker 1: gonna end up doing, right, and maybe they could obey
Speaker 1: God and not do it, But obviously that doesn't happen.
Speaker 1: God knows exactly what's gonna happen. So Deuteronomy thirty one,
Speaker 1: verse twenty four. So it was when Moses had completed
Speaker 1: writing the words of this law in the book that
Speaker 1: they were finished. And Moses commanded the Levites who bore
Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant to the Lord, saying, take
Speaker 1: this book of the law and put it beside the
Speaker 1: Ark of the Covenant for the Lord, your God, that
Speaker 1: it may be there as a witness against you. For
Speaker 1: I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today,
Speaker 1: while I am yet alive with you, you have been
Speaker 1: rebellious against the Lord, and how much more after my
Speaker 1: death gather to me all the leaders of your tribes
Speaker 1: and your officers, that I may speak these words in
Speaker 1: their hearing, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Speaker 1: For I know that after my death, you will become
Speaker 1: utterly corrupt and turn aside from the way which I
Speaker 1: have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the
Speaker 1: later days latter days, because you will do evil in
Speaker 1: the sight of the Lord, to provoke him anger through
Speaker 1: the work of your hands. Then Moses spoke in the
Speaker 1: hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of
Speaker 1: this day, this song, until they were ended. Moses's final
Speaker 1: words to the this is in my notes, So we're
Speaker 1: done with that chapter. Moses gives the written law to
Speaker 1: the Levites, who are responsible for carrying the ark of
Speaker 1: the Covenant, and commands them to place it besides the
Speaker 1: arc of as a witness. This act underscores the certainty
Speaker 1: of the centrality of the law in Israel's covenant relationship
Speaker 1: with God. The Hebrew term for witness is ed, implies
Speaker 1: a testimony or evidence highlighting the law's role and holding
Speaker 1: the people accountable. Right, So some practical applications for this
Speaker 1: chapter embrace change with faith just as the Israelites faced
Speaker 1: a new chapter. We two control God during transitions, knowing
Speaker 1: he goes before us. So yeah, and it's fascinating to
Speaker 1: me is that God knows the past, the future. He
Speaker 1: knows exactly what you're gonna do in the future. And
Speaker 1: he's still walking with you hand in hand. He's still
Speaker 1: carrying you. You know the footprints in the sand story.
Speaker 1: He still carries you when you need help. Okay. So
Speaker 1: his faithfulness is beyond measure. It's something you can never
Speaker 1: ever understand. And his love for us, he's agape love
Speaker 1: for us. We can't understand either. But he knows exactly
Speaker 1: what you're gonna do. He knows that you're going to
Speaker 1: sin against him in three weeks, two weeks, whatever that's
Speaker 1: gonna be. He knows that you're gonna do this certain act.
Speaker 1: He knows what you did in the past, all the
Speaker 1: sins you committed against him in the past. He knows
Speaker 1: all that stuff. And then you get saved, you're born again,
Speaker 1: you repent, and the sins are buried in the deepest
Speaker 1: part of the ocean. Okay, So his sin has only
Speaker 1: begotten sun right to die on the cross for us. Right,
Speaker 1: So just his love is just in abundance, and prepare
Speaker 1: future leaders is another one says invest in mentoring and
Speaker 1: equipping others to take on leadership roles, following Moses' example
Speaker 1: with Joshua, engage with scripture regularly. Make it a priority
Speaker 1: to read and meditate on God's word, allowing it to
Speaker 1: guide and shape your life. Obviously, that's what we're doing
Speaker 1: with the study, is we are engaging with scripture regularly,
Speaker 1: Old Testament, New Testament. We don't shy away from anything.
Speaker 1: We're gonna read it no matter what, and we're just
Speaker 1: gonna continue to go. And you know, literally, all I'm
Speaker 1: trying to do, and I think what God's trying to
Speaker 1: do through this study is, you know, it's impossible to
Speaker 1: please God without faith, right, So what this is doing
Speaker 1: is building your faith, right, So trying to equip you
Speaker 1: to if it's impossible to please God without faith and faith,
Speaker 1: come it by hearing. As Romans ten seventeen says, then
Speaker 1: we need to understand that. And I think that's going
Speaker 1: to be uh Hebrews eleven six. I think is what
Speaker 1: says it's impossible to please God without faith. Let me
Speaker 1: make sure I don't want to guide you to the wrong.
Speaker 1: Let me see real quick. I believe it's going to
Speaker 1: be Hebrews, Where you at, Where you at? Hebrews eleven six,
Speaker 1: Hebrews eleven, verse six. Yes, so this is I'll just
Speaker 1: start from verse four. This is going to be Hebrews eleven,
Speaker 1: verse four. It says by faith able offer to God
Speaker 1: a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, to which he obtained
Speaker 1: witness that he maybe was righteous God testifying of his gifts,
Speaker 1: and through it, he, being dead, still speaks by faith.
Speaker 1: Enoch was taken away so that he did not see
Speaker 1: death and was found because God had taken him. For
Speaker 1: before he was taken he had this testimony that he
Speaker 1: pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him.
Speaker 1: For he who comes to God must believe that He
Speaker 1: is and that He is a rewarder of those who
Speaker 1: diligently seek him. And then if you continue reading, this
Speaker 1: is like the Hall of Faith talks about knowing all
Speaker 1: these other things. Right, So I just want to let
Speaker 1: you guys know that the way you build faith, faith
Speaker 1: cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
Speaker 1: So you're building faith right now. So you know that
Speaker 1: the faith that you're building is what It's impossible to
Speaker 1: please God without faith. How does faith come? Faith cometh
Speaker 1: by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So
Speaker 1: you're building faith. So that's equipping you to what to
Speaker 1: please God and also to dodge the wiles of the devil. Right,
Speaker 1: so very important stuff. Another one for practical applications is
Speaker 1: heed God's warning be attentive to the Holy Spirit's conviction
Speaker 1: and avoid the pitfalls of disobedience. So when the Holy
Speaker 1: Spirit tells you not to do something, you feel it, right,
Speaker 1: you feel the conviction, and then you still do it.
Speaker 1: That's called transgression, right, So this is just telling you
Speaker 1: to avoid the pitfalls of disobedience. And you see exactly
Speaker 1: how important it is for you to not disobey God's word.
Speaker 1: God's going over through this whole chapter connections to additional
Speaker 1: scriptures reinforce God's commands to be strong and courageous, echoing
Speaker 1: the promises of his presence. Joshua won nine and then
Speaker 1: in Hebrews thirteen, verse five is another additional scripture. It
Speaker 1: reiterates God's promise never to leave or forsake his people,
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's going to be keep your lives free
Speaker 1: from the love of money, and be content with what
Speaker 1: you have, because God has said, never will I leave you,
Speaker 1: never will I forsake you. Right, okay, let's go back.
Speaker 1: Another one is going to be Psalms one nineteen one
Speaker 1: oh five highlights the importance of God's word as a
Speaker 1: lamp to our feet in a light to our path.
Speaker 1: And then first Samuel fifteen twenty two emphasizes the importance
Speaker 1: of obedience over sacrifice, aligning with God's warnings in Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty one. That is going to be and Samuel said,
Speaker 1: hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
Speaker 1: as in obeying the voice of the Lord, behold, to
Speaker 1: obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the
Speaker 1: fat of rams okay, or it says in the New
Speaker 1: King James or the New American stand sorry, the New
Speaker 1: King James says better to obey is better than sacrifice,
Speaker 1: and to heed then to the fat of rams okay.
Speaker 1: So yeah, so we're kind of moving along fairly quickly
Speaker 1: through these chapters. We're going to be Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse one. Now, let me open up this, and it's
Speaker 1: going to be the song of Moses. Now, now we're
Speaker 1: going to see the song of Moses. All right, So
Speaker 1: I don't sing very well, so I aparently won't be
Speaker 1: singing this to you. If it was a rap, and
Speaker 1: it was, I could rap it to you. Deuteronomy thirty twos.
Speaker 1: We're going to be and we'll be in the teaching
Speaker 1: points right here, and let me get down here to
Speaker 1: the events. Yes, awesome is I got two phones going,
Speaker 1: so it's a lot easier to kind of switch between
Speaker 1: notes here. Perfect, here's the Song of Moses. Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: Verse one, give ear, oh heavens, and I will speak
Speaker 1: and hear o earth the words of my mouth. Let
Speaker 1: my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as
Speaker 1: the new, as rain drops on the tender herb, and
Speaker 1: as showers on the grass. For I proclaim the name
Speaker 1: of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God. He is
Speaker 1: the Rock. He is, His work is perfect, for all
Speaker 1: his ways are justice real, quick will stop. Who else
Speaker 1: is known as the rock? Right Jesus Christ? Right? So yeah, course,
Speaker 1: another another connection there. Let's continue. A God of truth
Speaker 1: without injustice, righteous and upright is he? They have corrupted them,
Speaker 1: They have corrupted themselves that they are not his children
Speaker 1: because of their blemish, a perverse and crooked generation. Do
Speaker 1: you thus deal with the Lord O foolish and unwise people?
Speaker 1: Is he not your father who brought you? Has he
Speaker 1: not made you and established you? So we'll stop there.
Speaker 1: We're gonna stop at Deuteronomy thirty two seven. So Moses
Speaker 1: calls upon the heavens and the earth to listen to
Speaker 1: his words. This invocation sets to stage for the solemnly
Speaker 1: and importance of this message. That's Deuteronomy thirty two, verse one,
Speaker 1: proclamation of God's greatness before we go. So in Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty two, when Moses begins what they call to all
Speaker 1: creation to witness the words of God, emphasis the importance
Speaker 1: and universally of the message. And then in Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: verses three through four, which we read, Moses begins with
Speaker 1: by proclaiming the greatness of God, describing him as the Rock,
Speaker 1: whose works are perfect and whose ways are just. This
Speaker 1: emphasizes God's unchanging and righteous nature. And then we went over. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so a God's faithfulness without a justice, righteous, an upright
Speaker 1: is he? This verse highlights. Deuteronomy thirty four two highlights
Speaker 1: God's unchanging nature in perfect, perfect justice. And then in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty two five through six, the song highlights Israel's
Speaker 1: corruption and unfaithfulness, contrasts in their behavior for God's faithfulness.
Speaker 1: The Hebrew word shuck half is used to describe their corruption.
Speaker 1: Let me go back. Okay, so so God's compassion and promised,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be thirty six Okay, let me see you
Speaker 1: real quick. Yeah. And Deuteronomy thirty two verse five, the
Speaker 1: contracts underscores the nation's repeated disobedience and ingratitude. Okay, so
Speaker 1: all right, now we're going to be in I'll go
Speaker 1: over Deuteronomy thirty two, verse seven. We're back to the word.
Speaker 1: Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations.
Speaker 1: Ask your father, and he will show you your elders,
Speaker 1: and they will tell you when the Most High divided
Speaker 1: their inheritance to the nations. When he separated the sons
Speaker 1: of Adam, he set the boundaries of the peoples according
Speaker 1: to the number of the children of Israel. For the
Speaker 1: Lord's portion is his people. Jacob is the place of
Speaker 1: his inheritance. Jacob being Israel is the place of his inheritance.
Speaker 1: Right and before we continue when the Most High divided
Speaker 1: their inheritance to the nations, and he separated the sons
Speaker 1: of Adam. He set the boundaries of the peoples according
Speaker 1: to the number of children of Israel. Let me just
Speaker 1: see something really quick there. This is something that people
Speaker 1: have highlighted it Studonomy thirty two, verse eight. I believe
Speaker 1: people call this the table of nations. Do to Ron
Speaker 1: thirty two, verse eight, I believe that that's called Deuteronomy
Speaker 1: thirty two eight refers to a concept called the table
Speaker 1: of Nations yep and the generations of Noah and genealogical
Speaker 1: list found in Genesis ten. It details the descendants of
Speaker 1: Noah's sons japith, Ham and Schem and their dispersion throughout
Speaker 1: the world after the flood, essentially outlining the origins of
Speaker 1: different nations and peoples. This is a concept. This concept
Speaker 1: was presented in Doude Army thirty to eight as a
Speaker 1: theological statement that the Most High God is said to
Speaker 1: have divided the nations and a lot of them their
Speaker 1: inheritance according to the number of the sons of God
Speaker 1: and sons of Israel. And yeah, so I think this
Speaker 1: is interesting. I want to make sure that there is
Speaker 1: a debate in scholarship about the correct rendering of sons
Speaker 1: of God or sons of Israel and doude army thirty
Speaker 1: two eight in implications of understanding of this verse so
Speaker 1: in according to the number of the children of Israel.
Speaker 1: So there's a debate there. So I would have to
Speaker 1: see what. Let me just check real quick, because this portion,
Speaker 1: I do remember it saying sons of God and not
Speaker 1: children of Israel. But that must be DoD on me
Speaker 1: thirty two. Yeah, so it says the Most I divided
Speaker 1: their inheritance to the nations when he separated the sons
Speaker 1: of Adam, which went over when he set the boundaries
Speaker 1: of the peoples according to the children of the number
Speaker 1: of the children of Israel. Is there other translations that
Speaker 1: don't say that or what? Let me see verse eight,
Speaker 1: when the Most High gave the nations their inheritance when
Speaker 1: he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries to the
Speaker 1: peoples according to the number of sons of Israel. The
Speaker 1: Dead Sea squirls and septulogens say sons of God. There
Speaker 1: we go, that's the part I want to tell you, guys.
Speaker 1: So the Greek septuagen here says the sons of God,
Speaker 1: and the Dead Sea scrolls also says the sons of God.
Speaker 1: So God he divided up the peoples according to the
Speaker 1: number of the sons of God. That is a different
Speaker 1: statement for sure. Not sure why they chose to say
Speaker 1: the number of children of Israel, but that almost kind
Speaker 1: of tells you that God has put angels over these nations.
Speaker 1: If you go to the Book of Daniel, when Daniel
Speaker 1: does the prayer or does he do, the angel tells
Speaker 1: him that he he was he came to answer his prayer,
Speaker 1: but on his way back, he started fighting against the
Speaker 1: Prince of Persia. What do you mean the Prince of Persia.
Speaker 1: What does that mean? Is he fighting against a literal prince. No,
Speaker 1: he's fighting against a fallen angel or an angel that
Speaker 1: is over the Prince of Persia. The reason why I
Speaker 1: would say it's a fallen angel because he's preventing the
Speaker 1: angel from coming back to Daniel and he has to
Speaker 1: call Michael, the archangel to come handle his business. Right.
Speaker 1: So that's why I think that it says that according
Speaker 1: to the number of sons of God, right, because I
Speaker 1: do believe that there's you know, that's why it's called
Speaker 1: the Table of Nations, and that that part. That's why
Speaker 1: when I read that part, I was like, Okay, I
Speaker 1: know that the pastor that I was listening to probably
Speaker 1: is not going to point that out. He's more of
Speaker 1: a you know, he's he's a he's a good teacher.
Speaker 1: But the one I was kind of studying on this
Speaker 1: portion didn't even bring that up. But I know I've
Speaker 1: had I've had people on my show bring that portion up.
Speaker 1: So when I read it, it was kind of familiar to me.
Speaker 1: And then when I read Children of Israel, I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I know that there's something there, but yeah, so in
Speaker 1: the Dead Sea Scrolls and the septuagen it's going to
Speaker 1: say sons of God there, which is very interesting. He
Speaker 1: set boundaries for the people according to the number of
Speaker 1: the sons of God. Very interesting. Let me just go
Speaker 1: back to my notes to make sure I got to
Speaker 1: go all the way back to the top. Sorry about that, guys.
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy Deuteronomy thirty two and there we go. Perfect. All right,
Speaker 1: So now we'll continue, And he says we're gonna continue
Speaker 1: with Deudonomy thirty two, verse ten. He found him in
Speaker 1: a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness.
Speaker 1: He encircled him, he instructed him, He kept him as
Speaker 1: the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up
Speaker 1: its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings,
Speaker 1: taking them and carrying them on its wings. So the
Speaker 1: Lord alone led him, and there was no foreign God
Speaker 1: with him. So in verses ten through twelve, Moses reminds
Speaker 1: the Israelites of how God cared for them in the
Speaker 1: world wilderness, liking his care to an eagle that stirs
Speaker 1: up its nests and hovers over its young. This imagery
Speaker 1: underscores God's nurturing and protective nature. So yes, I love
Speaker 1: how that that portion is put, because it says that
Speaker 1: you're the apple of his eye, which is awesome. He's
Speaker 1: as an eagle stirs up its nests, right hovering over
Speaker 1: its young, spreading out its wing, taking them, carrying them
Speaker 1: on its wing. That's so just that imagery is awesome.
Speaker 1: So and now we're going to be In Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen, he made him ride in the heights of
Speaker 1: the earth that he might eat the produce of the fields.
Speaker 1: He made him draw honey from the rock and oil
Speaker 1: from the flinty rock, kurds from the cattle and milk
Speaker 1: of the flock, with fat of lambs and rams of
Speaker 1: the breed of Bashan, and goats with the choicest wheat.
Speaker 1: And you drank wine, the blood of grapes, blood of
Speaker 1: the grapes. So we're gonna be at Dune Army thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse fifteen. Next, But Jesharon, Jesharon grew fat and kick
Speaker 1: you grew fat, you grew thick. You are obese. Then
Speaker 1: he foreshook. Then he forsook God who made him, and
Speaker 1: scornfully esteemed the rock of his salvation. They provoked him
Speaker 1: to jealousy with foreign gods. With the bominations they provoked
Speaker 1: him to, provoked him to anger. They sacrificed the demons,
Speaker 1: not to God, to gods. They did not know, to
Speaker 1: the new gods, new arrivals, that their fathers did not
Speaker 1: fear of the Rock who begot you. You are unmindful
Speaker 1: and have forgotten the God who fathered you. So when
Speaker 1: Deuterono me thirty two fifteen, we'll go back to my notes,
Speaker 1: I'll make sure I mark there so I remember where
Speaker 1: I'm at. And Deuteronomy thirty two fifteen The song recounts
Speaker 1: how Israel became prosperous and then turned away from God,
Speaker 1: becoming complacent and rebellious. The term jeshurin, a poetic name
Speaker 1: for Israel, is used to describe their prosperity and subsequent rebellion. Okay,
Speaker 1: so now we're going to be reading over Deuteronomy thirty
Speaker 1: two nineteen through twenty five. Then I got a little
Speaker 1: more notes on that portion Deuteronomy thirty two nineteen. And
Speaker 1: when the Lord God saw it, he spurned them because
Speaker 1: of the pro provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Speaker 1: And he said, I will hide my face from them.
Speaker 1: I will see what their end will be. For you
Speaker 1: are a perverse nation, children in whom is no faith.
Speaker 1: They have provoked me jealousy for what is not God.
Speaker 1: They have moved me to anger for their foolish idols.
Speaker 1: But I will provoke them to jealousy for those who
Speaker 1: are not in, who are not a nation. I will
Speaker 1: move them to anger by a foolish nation. For a
Speaker 1: fire is kindled in my anger and shall burn to
Speaker 1: the lowest hell. It shall consume the earth with her incense,
Speaker 1: and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. So
Speaker 1: and then it says, I will keep disasters on them.
Speaker 1: I will spread spend my arrows on them. They will spend.
Speaker 1: They shall be wasted with hunger, devoured by pestilence and
Speaker 1: bitter destruction. I will send against them the teeth of beast,
Speaker 1: with the poison of serpents, of the dust. The sword
Speaker 1: shall destroy outside. There shall be terror within from the
Speaker 1: young man and virgin, the nursing child, with the man
Speaker 1: of gray hairs. So that's the vulnerable people, right, due
Speaker 1: to Israel's idolaty. I'm going to my notes now, God's
Speaker 1: anger and judgment, It says, due to Israel's idolatry and unfaithfulness,
Speaker 1: God expresses his anger and declares that he will hide
Speaker 1: his face from them, allowing calamities to befall on them
Speaker 1: as a form of judgment. Yeah. The song details the
Speaker 1: consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness, according including divine judgment and scattering
Speaker 1: among the nations Deuteronomy thirty two nineteen through twenty five,
Speaker 1: and God's anger and judgment. The concepts of God's anger, judgment,
Speaker 1: and integral understanding the character of God is depicted in
Speaker 1: the Bible. These themes are woven throughout the Old and
Speaker 1: New Testament, illustrating God's holiness, justice, and righteousness. God's anger
Speaker 1: is not arbitrary, but is a response to sin and disobedience.
Speaker 1: His judgment serves as a means to uphold his divine
Speaker 1: law and to bring old repentance and restoration. So in
Speaker 1: the Old Testament, God's anger is often betrayed his reaction
Speaker 1: to the covenential unfaithfulness of his people Israel. The Hebrew
Speaker 1: word for anger app is frequently used to describe God's
Speaker 1: response to sin. For instance, in Exodus thirty two, verse ten,
Speaker 1: after the Israelites worshiped the golden calf, God says to Moses,
Speaker 1: now leave me alone, so that my anger will burned
Speaker 1: against them and consume them, and I will make them
Speaker 1: into a great nation. So we need to understand that.
Speaker 1: Next up we're going to be in Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse twenty six. Let's go ahead and read that I
Speaker 1: would have said, I will dash them in pieces, I
Speaker 1: will make the memory of them to cease from among men.
Speaker 1: Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest
Speaker 1: the adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, our hand
Speaker 1: is high, and it is not the lower who has
Speaker 1: done all this, For their are nation void of council.
Speaker 1: Nor is their understanding in them. Oh, they are wise
Speaker 1: that they understand this, that they would consider their latter end.
Speaker 1: How could you chase a thousand and two put ten
Speaker 1: thousand to flight unless their rock has sold them and
Speaker 1: their lord has surrendered them. For their rock is not
Speaker 1: like our rock. Even our enemies themselves begin being judges.
Speaker 1: For their vine is of the vine of Sodom and
Speaker 1: the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Speaker 1: their clusters are bitter, their wine is the poison of serpents,
Speaker 1: and cruel venom of cobras. Is that laid up in
Speaker 1: the store with me, sealed up among my treasures, vengeances
Speaker 1: mine to recompense. Their foot shall slip in due time.
Speaker 1: So the day of their calamity is at hand, and
Speaker 1: the things to come hasten upon them. For the Lord
Speaker 1: will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
Speaker 1: And he sees that their power is gone, and there
Speaker 1: is no one remaining bond or free, And he will say,
Speaker 1: what are their gods the rock in which they sought refuge,
Speaker 1: who ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drink the
Speaker 1: wine of their drink offerings, and rise them up and
Speaker 1: help and be your refuge. Now see that I even
Speaker 1: I am he who is who? And there is no
Speaker 1: gods beside me. I kill and make alive, I wound
Speaker 1: and I heal. Nor is there any who can deliver
Speaker 1: from my hand. So in Deuteronomy thirty two through thirty nine,
Speaker 1: the song calls the Israelites to recognize there is no
Speaker 1: God besides the Lord, emphasizing his sovereignty and power over
Speaker 1: life and death. So it's a call to recognize God's sovereignty. Right.
Speaker 1: The concept of God's sovereignty is a central theme throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, emphasizing God's supreme power, authority, and control over
Speaker 1: all creation. Recognizing God's sovereignty is a call to acknowledge
Speaker 1: his ultimate authority and to submit to his divine will.
Speaker 1: This recognition is foundational in the faith and practice of believers,
Speaker 1: as it shapes their understanding of God's nature and the
Speaker 1: relationship with him. All right, let's go back, and we're
Speaker 1: going to read, you know, Deuteronomy thirty two through forty three. Now,
Speaker 1: and in Deuteronomy thirty two thirty six, let me talk
Speaker 1: about this. Part says despite their rebellion, God's promise to
Speaker 1: vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. So
Speaker 1: we'll be here for that, and there we go. All right,
Speaker 1: So now we're going to be In Deuteronomy thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse forty for I raise my hand to heaven, say
Speaker 1: as I live forever. If I wet my glittering sword
Speaker 1: and my hand takes on judgment, I will render vengeance
Speaker 1: to my enemies and repay those who hate me. I
Speaker 1: will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword
Speaker 1: shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain, and
Speaker 1: captives from the heats of the leaders of enemies. Rejoice, oh, gentiles,
Speaker 1: with his people, for he will avenge the blood of
Speaker 1: his servants and render vengeance to his adversaries. He will
Speaker 1: provide atonement for his land and his people. So in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty two forty three, this passage concludes with assurance
Speaker 1: that God will deliver his people and bring retribution upon
Speaker 1: their enemies, reaffirming his commitment to those covenant to his
Speaker 1: covenant with Israel. So the concept of assuring God's deliverance
Speaker 1: is a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, providing the believers
Speaker 1: with confidence in God's power to save and protect them
Speaker 1: from various adversity. This assurance is rooted in the character
Speaker 1: of God, his promise, and his past acts of deliverance,
Speaker 1: so in the Old Testament foundation. The Old Testament is
Speaker 1: replete with narratives and promises that underscore God's deliverance. One
Speaker 1: of the most significant events is the Exodus, where God
Speaker 1: delivers the Iselites from Egyptian bondage in Exodus fourteen thirteen
Speaker 1: through fourteen. And now we're going to read verse forty four.
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty two. Forty four says, so the song is
Speaker 1: done now right, So now it says so Moses came
Speaker 1: with Joshua, the son of None, and spoke all the
Speaker 1: words of this song, and the hearing of the people,
Speaker 1: Moses finished speaking all these words to all is, and
Speaker 1: he said to them, set your hearts on all the
Speaker 1: words which I testify among you today, which you shall
Speaker 1: command your children. To be careful to observe all the
Speaker 1: words of this law, for it is not a futile
Speaker 1: thing for you, because it is your life. And by
Speaker 1: this word you shall prolong your days in the land
Speaker 1: which you cross over the Jordan to possess So in
Speaker 1: uh Deudonomy thirty two forty three, and we go back
Speaker 1: to my notes here this pass. This concludes with the
Speaker 1: assurance that God will deliver as people bring retribution upon
Speaker 1: their enemies, reaffirming his commitment to his covenant with Israel.
Speaker 1: So what is assuring of God's deliverance? Well, the concept
Speaker 1: of assurance of God's deliverance is a reoccurring theme throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, providing believers with confidence in God's power to
Speaker 1: save and protect them from various forms of adversity. This
Speaker 1: assurance is rooted in the character of God's active deliverance.
Speaker 1: I think I already talked about that. Okay, no problem,
Speaker 1: just kind of yep. That's where I like to click
Speaker 1: sometimes I have to click to know which part of
Speaker 1: the notes of everyone over. But all right, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and continue. In a teaching point, It's ays Moses
Speaker 1: instructs the people to take these words to heart and
Speaker 1: teach them to their children, emphasizing the importance of passing
Speaker 1: down God's truth. Okay, now Moses to die on Mount Nebo. Okay,
Speaker 1: So then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying,
Speaker 1: go up to this mountain of Abraham, Mount Nebo, which
Speaker 1: is in the land of Moab, across from the Jericho
Speaker 1: view the land of Canaan, which I give to the
Speaker 1: children of Israel as a possession, and die on the
Speaker 1: mountain in which you ascend, and be gathered to your people,
Speaker 1: just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Horror and
Speaker 1: has gathered to his people, because you trespass against me
Speaker 1: among the children of Israel as the waters of rap
Speaker 1: Kadesh in the wilderness of Zen, because you did not
Speaker 1: hollow me in the midst of the children of Israel.
Speaker 1: Yet you shall see the land before you, though you
Speaker 1: shall not go there, and to the land which I
Speaker 1: have given to the children of Israel. Right So, on
Speaker 1: this portion, I think it's kind of fascinating because when
Speaker 1: you go into when you go into the Book of Jude,
Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy because the devil is trying to
Speaker 1: come and collect Moses's body. The devil tries to I
Speaker 1: want to find out what verse it is Moses's body back.
Speaker 1: So well, the Book of Jude and the Bible mentions
Speaker 1: a dispute between the archangel Michael and the devil over
Speaker 1: the body of Moses. While the Bible doesn't provide a
Speaker 1: detailed explanation of this dispute, Jude one nine states that
Speaker 1: Michael did not dare to condemn the devil with harsh words,
Speaker 1: but instead said, the Lord rebuke you. This suggests that
Speaker 1: the dispute over the body who had who had authority
Speaker 1: over Moses's body after his death. So let's go to
Speaker 1: Jude one nine, explained Sue says. Here. So in Jude
Speaker 1: one nine, part of the short New Testament epistle of
Speaker 1: Jude explains even archangel Marketer, yeah, didn't dare to bring
Speaker 1: run the accusation. The verse emphasizes the reverence and respect
Speaker 1: that even heavenly beings show towards one another, even in
Speaker 1: a dispute. So yeah, because you got you can understand
Speaker 1: Michael the archangel fighting the devil. If they were fighting,
Speaker 1: I mean, it could cause a huge thing. Right, So
Speaker 1: they even have respect, right, which is which is pretty interesting.
Speaker 1: The context is Jude epistle is a warning against false
Speaker 1: teachers who are infiltrating the church and in introducing ungodly
Speaker 1: doctrines and behaviors. He uses examples from history and the
Speaker 1: spiritual realm to illustrate the dangers of such teachings and
Speaker 1: action actions. The dispute the verse refers to a dispute
Speaker 1: between Michael the archangel and the devil regarding the body
Speaker 1: of Moses. The exact details of this dispute are not
Speaker 1: explicitly stated in the Bible, but it's believed to be
Speaker 1: related to Moses's death and his body. Jude points out
Speaker 1: that not even Michael, a powerful and exalting angel, did
Speaker 1: not resort to railing accusations or slander when disputing with
Speaker 1: the devil. Instead, he uses a measured and respectful tone
Speaker 1: according to the devil's role, while remaining focus on the
Speaker 1: matter at hand. The lesson of this verse the verse
Speaker 1: teaches us to be mindful of how we speak about others,
Speaker 1: even those who are evil or have done wrong. We
Speaker 1: should strive to be respectful and measured in our life. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that's what this thing says. The lesson is. But
Speaker 1: I just think it's absolutely fascinating that after Moses dies
Speaker 1: that in Jude it talks about Michael the archangel and
Speaker 1: the devil having a dispute over his body. I think
Speaker 1: it's important to understand that, and some people probably don't,
Speaker 1: you know, don't know that, but some people have speculated that,
Speaker 1: you know, since Moses was in Egypt and he probably
Speaker 1: did do their practices and all that stuff, he probably
Speaker 1: bowed down to their gods. Maybe you know who knows,
Speaker 1: Maybe he the devil felt like, hey, yes he was.
Speaker 1: He did help you out for this portion of your life.
Speaker 1: But you know, he did also help me out when
Speaker 1: he was in Egypt. He also murdered somebody when he
Speaker 1: was in Egypt, or killed somebody. I guess you could
Speaker 1: kind of call it. You know, he killed somebody when
Speaker 1: he was in Egypt. So there is a lot of
Speaker 1: sin that Moses had on his back, and maybe the
Speaker 1: devil thought, hey, I'm gonna come collect his body. Maybe
Speaker 1: he wanted to have his body so that he could
Speaker 1: put it make it an idol for the for Israel
Speaker 1: to worship. You know, if if Israel had Moses's body
Speaker 1: to this day, they might be like how the Catholic
Speaker 1: churches where they say, you know, I got Peter's hand
Speaker 1: underneath the whatever, you know, just all those different things
Speaker 1: that people that they say. It's something that you know,
Speaker 1: could become an idol for people. I think that's something
Speaker 1: that I was thinking of when I was reading that abortion.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think it's it's very important for us
Speaker 1: to know to understand, and so yeah, so yeah, so
Speaker 1: that's a pretty interesting lesson there. So now we'll go
Speaker 1: to Deuteronomy thirty three and let me go back to
Speaker 1: my notes. God's vindication is salvation. That's deuteron Me thirty two.
Speaker 1: Now we're in thirty three. We're gonna be in verse one,
Speaker 1: moses final blessing on Israel. And let me get to
Speaker 1: my other notes here and go to my doudan me
Speaker 1: thirty two. Okay, there we go, thirty three, not thirty two. Perfect,
Speaker 1: and let me go down. I like to have the
Speaker 1: notes kind of ready. It's a little easier and a
Speaker 1: lot quicker to get to them when I have them
Speaker 1: on two different phones. So Deuteronomy thirty three, verse one,
Speaker 1: Now this is the blessing with Moses, the man of
Speaker 1: God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and
Speaker 1: he said, so yeah, And deuteron Me thirty three, verse one.
Speaker 1: It introduces Moses as the man of God who blesses
Speaker 1: the Israelites. This highlights his role as a prophet and
Speaker 1: mediator between God and his people. Who's the mediator. Now
Speaker 1: we know Jesus is the mediator between God and man.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read dode ar Me thirty two,
Speaker 1: verse two. As Any said, the Lord came from Sinai
Speaker 1: and dawned from their own in Syre. He's shown forth
Speaker 1: from Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints.
Speaker 1: From his right hand came a fury for them. Yes,
Speaker 1: he loves the people, and his saints are in your hand.
Speaker 1: They sit down at your feet. Everyone receives your words.
Speaker 1: Moses command a law for us, a heritage of the
Speaker 1: congregation of Jacob. And he is the king in Jershon,
Speaker 1: which was which is a poetic word for Israel. When
Speaker 1: the leaders of the people are gathered, all the tribes
Speaker 1: of Israel together, let Reuben live and not die, nor
Speaker 1: let his men be few. So we'll stop there. And
Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy thirty three to two, the Lord came from
Speaker 1: Sinai and dawned upon them from Syir. He's shown forth
Speaker 1: from Mount Paran, and came with myriads of holy ones,
Speaker 1: with flaming fire at his right hand. This event recaused
Speaker 1: God's majestic revelation to Israel, highlighting his divine presence and power.
Speaker 1: And then in Deuteronomy thirty three, verse six, Moses prays
Speaker 1: for the survival and prosperity of Reuben's descendants, which is
Speaker 1: pretty cool. And then in verses two through five describes
Speaker 1: God's majestic appearance at Sinai, emphasizing his power and authority.
Speaker 1: The Lord came from Sinai and donned over them from Sir.
Speaker 1: He's shown forth his Mount paren So has shown forth
Speaker 1: from Mount Paran, and then the Lord's appearance in Sinai
Speaker 1: is a pivotal event in the biblical narrative, marking the
Speaker 1: moment when God established his covenant with the Israelites and
Speaker 1: delivers the Ten Commandments. This theophany is recorded in the
Speaker 1: Book of Exodus, primarily in chapters nineteen and twenty. I
Speaker 1: just won't to let you guys know that, just a
Speaker 1: case you want to go back and study that so
Speaker 1: you understand what this is. Right. It's a foundational moment
Speaker 1: in history of Israel and in Judeo Christian tradition. The
Speaker 1: theophany the Lord's appearance at sina is a characterized by
Speaker 1: dramatic and awe inspiring phenomena. Exodus nineteen verses sixteen through
Speaker 1: nineteen describes the scene. Okay, so if you want to
Speaker 1: go back and read through that, you guys, can we
Speaker 1: have already gone through that? And then blessing of the
Speaker 1: tribe of Ruben. The tribe of Rumen, named after Jacob's
Speaker 1: firstborn son, Reuben, holds a significant place in the Biblical narrative.
Speaker 1: The blessing of the tribe of Reuben is primarily found
Speaker 1: in the Old Testament, specifically in the blessing pronounced by
Speaker 1: Jacob and Moses. So Jacob's blessing in we already kind
Speaker 1: of so Jacob's blessing, also known as Israel gathers his
Speaker 1: sons to bless them before the death. This is Genesis
Speaker 1: forty nine. Jacob's words to Ruben are both a blessing
Speaker 1: and a rebuke, reflecting Ruben's pass actions with their consequences.
Speaker 1: The verse says, Ruben, you're my firstborn, my might, in
Speaker 1: my beginning of my strength, excelling my honor, excelling in
Speaker 1: power uncontrolled as the waters. You no longer excel because
Speaker 1: you went up to your father's bed and onto my
Speaker 1: couch and defiled it. So he Ruben slept with his
Speaker 1: one of his concubines or you know, concubines means wife.
Speaker 1: People think it means like or something like that. It
Speaker 1: means that it's like a second or third wife, is
Speaker 1: what it is. And in that verse, Jacob and knowledge
Speaker 1: is Ruben's position is the firstborn Highlank's potential for greatness. However,
Speaker 1: Ruben's impulse nature and his sin with the law Jacob's
Speaker 1: concubine led to a loss of pre eminence among his brothers.
Speaker 1: The blessing serves as a reminder of the importance of
Speaker 1: character and self control. Okay, so yeah, I just want
Speaker 1: to make sure you guys know exactly what that was.
Speaker 1: And next step we're going to be reading Deuteronomy thirty
Speaker 1: three seven. And this is this is what he said
Speaker 1: of Judah. Here, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring
Speaker 1: him to his people. Let his hands be sufficient for him.
Speaker 1: And they may be, and they may may help you
Speaker 1: against May you be a help against his enemies. Okay.
Speaker 1: So in this portion Blessings of the Tribe of Judah,
Speaker 1: this blessing emphasizes Judah's leadership in God's support and the battle.
Speaker 1: And I'll go I'll go to the notes on her.
Speaker 1: The tribe of Judah holds a significant place in biblical
Speaker 1: history and prophecy, being one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Speaker 1: The blessing pronounced upon Judah are foundational to understand against
Speaker 1: role and narrative and scripture and its prophetic significance. And
Speaker 1: this portion is actually going to be in Genesis forty nine,
Speaker 1: verses eight through ten. Judah, your brother shall praise you.
Speaker 1: You shall scent shall be on the neck of your enemies.
Speaker 1: Your father's sons shall bow down to you. Judah is
Speaker 1: a lion's cub for the prey, my son, you have
Speaker 1: gone up. He stood down, He crouched as a lion,
Speaker 1: as a lioness who dares arouse him. The scepter shall
Speaker 1: not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between
Speaker 1: his feet until Shalah comes and him shall be obedience
Speaker 1: to the people. The blessing highlights several key aspects leadership.
Speaker 1: In praise, Judah is set apart as a leader among
Speaker 1: his brothers with a promise to praise an authority. This
Speaker 1: foreshadows the tribe's future prominence in Israel's monarchy, victory and strength.
Speaker 1: The imagery of the lion suggests strength, courage, and victory
Speaker 1: over enemies, characterize characteristics that would define the tribe's military prowess,
Speaker 1: and then royal lineage. This promise of the scepter, not
Speaker 1: departing from Juda's points to a royal lineage ultimately fulfilled
Speaker 1: with the Dividic dynasty and that Messianic prophecy concerning Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: who is often referred to as the Lion of Judah. Yes, awesome,
Speaker 1: So yeah, so I just kind of like to go
Speaker 1: over these little portions here kind of helps us to
Speaker 1: understand what's going on here. Right Next up is going
Speaker 1: to be the blessings of the tribe of Levi, so
Speaker 1: it says, and of Levi he said, lechar thummenm and
Speaker 1: your Iram be with your holy One, whom you tested
Speaker 1: at Massa and whom you contended at the waters of Maraba,
Speaker 1: who says to your fathers and mother, I have not
Speaker 1: seen them, nor did he acknowledge his brothers or know
Speaker 1: his own children. For he observed your word and kept
Speaker 1: your coffin. You shall teach Jacob your judgments and Israel
Speaker 1: your law, and you shall and they shall put incense
Speaker 1: before you, whom burnt sacrifice on the altar. Bless your substance, Lord,
Speaker 1: and accept the work of his hands. Strike the loins
Speaker 1: of those who rise against him and those who hate him.
Speaker 1: They will not right, and they rise not again. So
Speaker 1: Moses is reierating to these tribes. You know these promises.
Speaker 1: So now for the tribe of Levi. The tribe of
Speaker 1: Levi holds a unique and significant positions among the tribes
Speaker 1: of Israel, as they were set apart for religious duties
Speaker 1: and service to God. The blessings of the tribe of
Speaker 1: Levi are intricately tied as the role of the priests
Speaker 1: caretakers of the tabernacle and later the temple, as their
Speaker 1: dedication for teaching and upholding the law right. So we've
Speaker 1: got to understand that the local background. Okay, So the
Speaker 1: Levites were descendants of Levi, the third son of Jacob
Speaker 1: and Leah. Unlike the other tribes, the Levites were not
Speaker 1: allocated a specific territory in the Promised Land. Instead, they
Speaker 1: were given cities scattered throughout the territories and other tribes
Speaker 1: Joshua twenty one. Their dispersion allowed them to fulfill their
Speaker 1: duties as spiritual leaders and teachers of the law. In
Speaker 1: Genesis forty nine, Jacob blesses his sons before their death blessed.
Speaker 1: The blessing of Levi shared with Simeon is more of
Speaker 1: a prophecy and reflection of their past actions, particularly their
Speaker 1: violence in Shechem. As you guys know, in Shechem, their
Speaker 1: sister Deny was actually raped. So what did they do.
Speaker 1: They told all the men, well, if you want to
Speaker 1: marry you know the guy that raped her or took
Speaker 1: her as you know, basically, I just would say it's
Speaker 1: like rape. It was against her will. I'll just say that.
Speaker 1: And the guy that wanted to marry her, what he
Speaker 1: did is he said, well, if you want to marry
Speaker 1: my sister. What they said to him is that, you know,
Speaker 1: you need to be like us, and you guys all
Speaker 1: need to get circumcised. Right, So so as we know,
Speaker 1: all the all the men of the city, they all
Speaker 1: followed that that he was a higher up, and they
Speaker 1: all got circumcised, and that's when they moved in for
Speaker 1: the kill, and they ended up going to kill them, right.
Speaker 1: So Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons
Speaker 1: of violence. Let me let me not. This is Genesis
Speaker 1: thirty four, Let me not enter the council, let me
Speaker 1: not join the assembly. They have killed men and their
Speaker 1: anger and hamstrung oxen. They please. Despite this, the Levite's
Speaker 1: future rule in Israel's spiritual life is not diminished. So
Speaker 1: you know that if they were, if they were a
Speaker 1: tribe that were going to war, you see that they
Speaker 1: would be they would have no vengeance. I mean, they
Speaker 1: would have so much vengeance, right, So you see how
Speaker 1: they were. So next up we're gonna be talking about
Speaker 1: the tribe of Benjamin. Of Benjamin, he said, the beloved
Speaker 1: of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him who
Speaker 1: shelters him all the day long, and he shall dwell
Speaker 1: between his shoulders. So the tribe of Benjamin, let's read
Speaker 1: about the tribe of Benjamin. The tribe of Benjamin holds
Speaker 1: a unique and significant place within the biblical narrative, being
Speaker 1: one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The blessing of
Speaker 1: Benjamin is notably recorded, and the two scriptural passages the
Speaker 1: blessing pronounced by Jacob and Genesis forty nine and by
Speaker 1: Moses and deuteronv. Thirty three. These blessings provide insight into
Speaker 1: the character destiny and divine favor bestowed upon his tribe.
Speaker 1: So Jacob's blessing jacob blessing is in Genesis forty nine
Speaker 1: twenty seven, and the patriarch blessing given by Jacob to
Speaker 1: his sons Benjamin is described with vivid imagery. Benjamin is
Speaker 1: a ravenous wolf. In the morning he devours the prey,
Speaker 1: and in the evening he divides the plunder Genesis forty nine,
Speaker 1: twenty seven. This metaphorical language suggests a tribe characterized by
Speaker 1: strength orocity and a warrior spirit. The imagery of a
Speaker 1: wolf impropies both a capacity for aggression and a specific
Speaker 1: approach to conflict, indicating that Benjamin would be a formidable
Speaker 1: force among the tries of Israel. Historically, the tribe of
Speaker 1: Benjamin was known for its skilled warrior and played a
Speaker 1: crucial role in various military campaigns. The Benjamites were renowned
Speaker 1: for their left handed slingers, as noted in Judges twenty sixteen,
Speaker 1: which further which further underscores the marital proudness eluded in
Speaker 1: Jacob's blessing. Okay, so let's go ahead and continue. Oh
Speaker 1: let me go back down, all right, So we're going
Speaker 1: to be on the tribe of Joseph. Next, and of Joseph,
Speaker 1: he said, blessed of the Lord is land, with the
Speaker 1: precious things of earth, of heaven, with the dew and
Speaker 1: with the deep lying beneath, with the precious fruits of
Speaker 1: the sun, with the precious produce of the months, with
Speaker 1: the best thing of the ancient mountains, with the precious
Speaker 1: things of the everlasting hills, with the precious things of
Speaker 1: the earth and its fullness, and favor of him who
Speaker 1: dwelt in the bush, that the blessings come and heed
Speaker 1: of Joseph, And on the crown of the heat of
Speaker 1: him who who was separate from his brothers. His glory
Speaker 1: is like a firstborn bull, and his horns like the
Speaker 1: horns of the wild ox. Together with them he shall
Speaker 1: push the peoples to the ends of the earth. They
Speaker 1: are the ten thousands of Ephrium and the thousands of Manassai.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read about the blessings of
Speaker 1: the tribe of Joseph. The Joseph's blessings include prosperity and abundance,
Speaker 1: reflecting his historical role in Egypt. So the blessings of
Speaker 1: the tribe of Joseph is a significant event in the
Speaker 1: biblical narrative, reflecting the favor and prosperity bestowed upon Joseph
Speaker 1: and his descendants. This blessing is primarily recorded in the
Speaker 1: Book of Genesis and the Book of Deuteronomy, where Jacob
Speaker 1: and Moses pronounced blessings over the tribes of Israel. Jacob's
Speaker 1: blessing Genesis forty nine, twenty two through twenty six. In
Speaker 1: Genesis forty nine, Jacob, also known as Israel, gathers his
Speaker 1: sons to bless them before his death. Jacob receives a
Speaker 1: particularly abundant blessing, reflecting his flavor or is favored status
Speaker 1: among Jacob's sons. Describes Joseph as a fruitful bow in
Speaker 1: spring whose branches climb over the wall and Genesis forty nine,
Speaker 1: twenty two. This imagery signifies prosperity, growth, and influence. Jacob
Speaker 1: acknowledges the adversities Joseph faced, yet emphasizes his strength and resilience,
Speaker 1: attributing these qualities of the help of the Mighty One,
Speaker 1: of Jacob the Shepherd and the Rock of Israel. Jacob
Speaker 1: blessing continues as a series of rich promises by the
Speaker 1: God of your Father, who helps you and the Almighty
Speaker 1: who blesses you with blessings of heavens among the people's
Speaker 1: in depths below, blessings of the breast of the womb.
Speaker 1: All right, So you guys know that one next up
Speaker 1: is going to be the tribe of Zebulon. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let me go back here real quick, all right, Blessings
Speaker 1: of the tribe of Zebulum and Ishkar. So it says,
Speaker 1: rejoice Zebulun in this is we're going back to Judonomi
Speaker 1: thirty three, verse eighteen. And of Zebelin, he said, rejoice Zebulun,
Speaker 1: and you're going out, and Ishkar in your tents. They
Speaker 1: shall call the peoples to the mountain. They shall offer
Speaker 1: sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall partake in the abundance
Speaker 1: of the seas and of treasures of the hidden sand.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's go and check that one out.
Speaker 1: The tribes of Zebulin and Ishtar, two of the twelve
Speaker 1: tribes of Israel, are often mentioned together in the scriptures,
Speaker 1: reflecting their close relationship and shared heritage as descendants of
Speaker 1: Jacob and Leah. Their blessings are pronounced as pronounced by
Speaker 1: Jacob and later by Moses, highlighting their unique role and
Speaker 1: contributions within the nation of Israel. Genesis forty nine, Jacob,
Speaker 1: also known as Israel, gathers his sons to bless them
Speaker 1: before the death. Before his death, regarding Zebulun, Jacob declares,
Speaker 1: Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and shall be a
Speaker 1: haven for ships. His borders shall extend to Sidian the blessing.
Speaker 1: This blessing emphasizes Zebulun's future prosperity through maritime trade and
Speaker 1: its strategic location near the sea suggests that the role
Speaker 1: in commerce interaction with other nations. Ishkar's blessing follows Ishikar
Speaker 1: is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepholds. He
Speaker 1: saw that his resting place was good and that the
Speaker 1: land was pleasant, so that he bent his shoulders to
Speaker 1: bury burden and submitted to forced labor. This imagery is
Speaker 1: a strong donkey suggests strength and endurance, with Ishakar's people
Speaker 1: being industrious and willing to work hard. Reference of the
Speaker 1: reference to forced labor may imply a tendency to submit
Speaker 1: to servitude for sake of peace and prosperity. Next is
Speaker 1: going to be the tribe of God, it says in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty three, verse twenty. And of God, he said,
Speaker 1: blessed is he who in enlargest God. He dwells as
Speaker 1: a lion. Rex Come, he dwells as a lion. Sorry,
Speaker 1: my dogs, like he was trying to go upstairs, and
Speaker 1: tears the arm of the crown of his head. He
Speaker 1: provided the first part for himself, because a lawgiver's portion
Speaker 1: was restored there. He came with the heads of the people.
Speaker 1: He administered the justice of the Lord and his judgments
Speaker 1: with Israel. Now, let's check out the Tribe of God.
Speaker 1: The Tribe of God, one of the twelve tribes of Israel,
Speaker 1: is named after God, the seventh son of Jacob, the
Speaker 1: firstborn of Zeloff, Leah's maid servant. The tribe's blessing is
Speaker 1: notably recorded in the patriarchal Blessing of Jacob and Moses,
Speaker 1: which highlights the tribe's marital proudness and territorial inheritance. Jacob's
Speaker 1: blessing in Genesip just forty nine, Jacob gathers his son
Speaker 1: to bless them before his death. Regarding God, Jacob proclaims
Speaker 1: God to be attacked by raiders who will attack their heels.
Speaker 1: This blessing suggests a future of conflict and warfare for
Speaker 1: the tribe, yet also promises resilience and victory over their adversaries.
Speaker 1: This imagery of being attacked yet retaliating effectively underscores God,
Speaker 1: Our God, God's role as a warrior tribe capable of
Speaker 1: defending its territory and striking against its foes. Next up,
Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about the tribe of Dan,
Speaker 1: it says, and of Dan, he said, and said, Dan
Speaker 1: is a lion's whelp. He shall leap from Bashan. That's
Speaker 1: what he says. There. Let's read about the tribe of Dan.
Speaker 1: This blessing emphasizes Dan's strength and agility. The tribe of Dan,
Speaker 1: one of the twelve tribes of Israel, is named after Dan,
Speaker 1: the fifth son of Jacob, the son of Bellah, Rachel's
Speaker 1: maid servant. This blessed the blessing the prophecy concerning the
Speaker 1: tribe is found in the patriarchal Blessing of Jacob and Moses,
Speaker 1: which provided insight into the character in the future of
Speaker 1: the tribe, which is in Genesis thirty verses five through six,
Speaker 1: Jacob's blessing and Genesis forty nine. Jacob gathers his sons
Speaker 1: to bless them and prophecy about their future. Regarding Dan,
Speaker 1: Dan shall provide, Jacob declares, Dan shall provide justice for
Speaker 1: his people as one of the tribes of Israel. He
Speaker 1: will be a serpent on the road, a viper in
Speaker 1: the path that bites the horses heel as its rider's
Speaker 1: tumble backwards. Blessings highlight Dan's role and provided justice, suggesting
Speaker 1: a capacity for leadership and judgment. The imagery of the
Speaker 1: serpent and viper indicates a cunning and strategic nature, capable
Speaker 1: of overcoming adversaries through unexpected means, and metaphorical language suggests
Speaker 1: both the potential for positive influence and the risk of
Speaker 1: deceit and treachery. Wow, that's pretty crazy, all right, So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and continue. We're gonna get through all
Speaker 1: these tribes here. So next is gonna be of Naftally,
Speaker 1: he said, Oh, Naftali, satisfied with favor and full of
Speaker 1: blessings of the Lord, possesses the west and the south.
Speaker 1: All right, Let's check out Nephtally. So the tribe of Nephtally,
Speaker 1: is it abounding with favor and full of blessings to
Speaker 1: the Lord. He will inherit southward to the lake Nephtally
Speaker 1: is blessed with favor and fruitful inheritance. Let's click on
Speaker 1: here and read about this one. The tribe of Natali
Speaker 1: is one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Is descended
Speaker 1: from Nephtali, the sixth son of Jacob and the second
Speaker 1: son of Belah, Rachel's maid servant. The tribe's inheritance was
Speaker 1: located in the northern region of Canaan, a fertile and
Speaker 1: strategically significant area that included the western shores of the
Speaker 1: Sea of Galilee. So Jacob's blessing the patriarch. The patriarch
Speaker 1: Jacob with his on his deathfed bestowed blessings upon his
Speaker 1: sons which were both prophetic and descriptive of their future tribes.
Speaker 1: In Genesis forty nine to twenty one, Jacob's blessings for
Speaker 1: Naftalia is recorded. Natali is a dough set free that
Speaker 1: bears fruit. Beautiful fawns, not fruit sorry, beautiful fawns, not
Speaker 1: fruitful beautiful fawns. This imagery suggests freedom, grace, and fruitfulness,
Speaker 1: and characteristics that would define a tribe's the tribe's future.
Speaker 1: All right, now, next up, is gonna be talking about
Speaker 1: the tribe of Asher. And of Asher, he said, Asher
Speaker 1: is most blessed of sons. Let him be favored by
Speaker 1: his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Speaker 1: Your sandals shall be iron and bronze. As your days,
Speaker 1: so shall your strength be. There's no one like the
Speaker 1: God of Jashan who rides the heavens to help you. Okay, Actually,
Speaker 1: I think that's the only party need to read about Ashar,
Speaker 1: and it says Ashar is blessed with prosperity and favor.
Speaker 1: The tribe of Ashar is one of the twelve tribes
Speaker 1: of Israel, is described from Ashar, the eighth son of Jacob,
Speaker 1: the second son of zif laff Leah's maid servant. The
Speaker 1: name Ashar means happy or blessed, reflecting the favorable pronouncements
Speaker 1: a maid over this tribe. In biblical texts Jacob's Blessing
Speaker 1: and Genesis forty nine, Jacob, also known as Israel, blesses
Speaker 1: the Suns before his death. Regarding Ashar, Jacob declares, Ashar
Speaker 1: food will be rich and he will provide royal delicacies.
Speaker 1: This blessing highlights the prosperity and abundance that would characterize
Speaker 1: the tribe. The reference to royal delicacies suggest that Ashar's
Speaker 1: territory would be fertile and productive, capable of producing food
Speaker 1: fit for kings. Yes, so all right, perfect, and let
Speaker 1: me go back, and then let's continue. So Deuteronomy thirty
Speaker 1: three twenty six, there is no one like the God
Speaker 1: of jess Run. Jess Run is means Israel, who rides
Speaker 1: the heavens to help you, and his excellency on the clouds.
Speaker 1: The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are everlasting arms.
Speaker 1: He will thrust out the enemy from before you. He
Speaker 1: will say destroy. Then Israel shall dwell in safety the
Speaker 1: fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and
Speaker 1: new wine. His heavens shall also drop. Do happy are you,
Speaker 1: oh Israel, who is like you a people saved by
Speaker 1: the land, the shield of your help and the sword
Speaker 1: of your majesty. Your enemies shall submit to you, and
Speaker 1: you shall tread down their high places. So in the conclusion,
Speaker 1: Moses concludes by affirming the unique statues of Israel as
Speaker 1: a people save by the Lord who is their shield
Speaker 1: and their helper. This final blessing underscores God's ongoing protection
Speaker 1: and support for Israel. God's preficted let's see the blessings. Okay,
Speaker 1: So God's protection and provision. The blessings often and include
Speaker 1: promises of protection and provision, such as Benjamin's dwelling between
Speaker 1: God's shoulders and Joseph's abundance of blessings. So the chapter
Speaker 1: concludes with a powerful reminder of God's eternal nature and
Speaker 1: his role as a refuge for his place, the eternal
Speaker 1: God of your dwelling place and underneath the everlasting arms.
Speaker 1: And then the conclusion of Moses's blessing is found in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty three, verses twenty six through twenty nine. We're Moses,
Speaker 1: the Great Prophet and leader of Israel, delivers his final
Speaker 1: words of blessing to the tribes of Israel before his death.
Speaker 1: This passage serves as a culmination of the blessings pronounce
Speaker 1: of each tribe, highlighting the unique relationship between God and
Speaker 1: his chosen people. Perfect So, like we always do at
Speaker 1: the end of the chapter, we always go over practical
Speaker 1: applications and just seek God's blessing. Just as the tribe
Speaker 1: receives specific blessings, we should seek God's guidance and blessing
Speaker 1: in our own lives, trusting His unique plan for us. Yes,
Speaker 1: so see God's guidance. You know, when you're going through anything,
Speaker 1: trials and tribulations or anything that you pray to God,
Speaker 1: you know for his guidance and let the Holy Spirit
Speaker 1: guide you. You know, recognize God's power. Reflect on God's
Speaker 1: majesty and power in your life, acknowledging His authority and
Speaker 1: sovereignty over all circumstances. Embrace your role. Like the tribes,
Speaker 1: each of us have a unique role in God's kingdom.
Speaker 1: Embrace your calling and serve faithfully in the capacity that
Speaker 1: God has given you. Whatever talents that God has given you,
Speaker 1: make sure you're using them for all to the glory
Speaker 1: of God. Right, So, whether you eat or drink, or
Speaker 1: whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Speaker 1: That's in First Corinthians ten thirty one. So do all
Speaker 1: anything you do, do all to the glory of God.
Speaker 1: If you do that, then you know that anything that
Speaker 1: is not giving glory to God, that is of the devil.
Speaker 1: You don't want to be doing. Right, So trust in
Speaker 1: God's protection in times of uncertainty. Remember that God is
Speaker 1: your refuge. And strength, and as everlasting arms are always
Speaker 1: there to support you. And in some connecting scriptures we
Speaker 1: have Psalms ninety two, verses one through two reinforces the
Speaker 1: theme of God as a refuge and fortress. It says
Speaker 1: you are my fortress. It says he who dwells to
Speaker 1: the shelter of the most High will abide in the
Speaker 1: shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord,
Speaker 1: you are my refuge and my fortress, my God and
Speaker 1: whom I trust. And in number six verses twenty four
Speaker 1: through twenty six, the priestly blessings paralyzed the blessings Moses'
Speaker 1: gifts emphasizes God's faith and in peace or and peace sorry.
Speaker 1: And then Ephesians one three is another one speaks of
Speaker 1: the spiritual blessings we have in Christ, connecting the idea
Speaker 1: of blessings in Deuteronomy thirty three. And Uh, praise be
Speaker 1: to the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: who has blessed us in heavenly realms with every spiritual
Speaker 1: blessing in Christ. That's Ephesians one to three. Yeah, what
Speaker 1: a blessing. I think that we have enough time. We
Speaker 1: have about fifteen minutes to go over Deuteronomy thirty four.
Speaker 1: Let's see what we have going on here. Moses dies
Speaker 1: on mountain nebo, Okay, cool, I think we could definitely
Speaker 1: go over that, right, So we're in Deuteronomy thirty four. Yeah. So,
Speaker 1: and the only thing is, so we're gonna have to
Speaker 1: run me thirty four thirty four, thirty five. Oh wow,
Speaker 1: this is it. I thought there was thirty six chapters
Speaker 1: of Dudonomy, but there's actually only thirty four. So this
Speaker 1: is gonna work out so perfect because then next week
Speaker 1: we're gonna be in Joshua one. Thank god. I was
Speaker 1: thinking like, oh no, now I'm gonna have to split up.
Speaker 1: I didn't want to have to like have a Deuteronomy,
Speaker 1: you know, thirty five thirty six, and then have to
Speaker 1: go Joshua one. I wanted to kind of hyper focus
Speaker 1: my attention on Joshua. But you know, God works in
Speaker 1: perfect ways, you know, for us to end, you know, this,
Speaker 1: for this to be the last chapter. Next week we're
Speaker 1: going to start in Joshua so that way I can
Speaker 1: give a good introduction and yeah, and that'll be a
Speaker 1: beautiful thing. So let's go ahead and let's go to Dudonomy.
Speaker 1: Thirty four, verse one, Moses dies on Mountain Nevo. Then
Speaker 1: Moses went up to the plant plains of Moab and
Speaker 1: Mountain Nebo, to the top of Pishka, which is across
Speaker 1: from Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land
Speaker 1: of Gilead, Gilead as far as Dan, all neptally in
Speaker 1: the land of Aphrium and Manassai, all the land of Judah,
Speaker 1: as far as the western sea, the south, and the
Speaker 1: plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of Palm Trees,
Speaker 1: as far as Zoear. Then the Lord said to him,
Speaker 1: this is the land of which I swore to give Abraham,
Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob, saying I will give it to your descendants.
Speaker 1: I have caused you to see with your eyes, but
Speaker 1: you shall not cross over there. So in let me
Speaker 1: go down to the teaching points. Here. Moses's final moments,
Speaker 1: as described in Deuteronomy thirty four verses one through four,
Speaker 1: describes how God shows Moses the entirety of the promised
Speaker 1: land from Mount Nebo. At least he got to see it.
Speaker 1: He didn't get to experience it, but he did at
Speaker 1: least get to see it. Right. So Mount Nebo, despite
Speaker 1: not entering Moses sees the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham,
Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob. And also, you know, he's one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty years old. You know, he's at the end
Speaker 1: of his days. So I'm sure he probably wasn't too
Speaker 1: disappointed because he knows that, you know, he has total
Speaker 1: faith in God and when he's you know, he's going
Speaker 1: to pass away. But you know, he served God all
Speaker 1: the way to the end, so praise God for that.
Speaker 1: He did make some mistakes, like we all do, but
Speaker 1: he at least he served his purpose and he served
Speaker 1: God into the end. Right. So now we're going to
Speaker 1: go to Deuteronomy thirty four, verses five through seven. Okay,
Speaker 1: hold on real quick, Moses's views on the Promised Land.
Speaker 1: Let's see if I could kind of pull some, yeah,
Speaker 1: some biblical context on Moses's view the Promised Land. Moses,
Speaker 1: the Great prophet and leader of the Israelites, is a
Speaker 1: central figure of the Old Testament. His life and mission
Speaker 1: are chronicled primarily in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, numbers
Speaker 1: of Deuteronomy. The event of Moses viewing the Promised Line
Speaker 1: occurs in the end of his life, as recorded in
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty four. This moment is significant as it marks
Speaker 1: the culmination of Moses's leadership journey and the transition of
Speaker 1: leadership to Joshua, and then the theological significance. This event
Speaker 1: holds profound theological implication. It underscores the faithfulness of God
Speaker 1: and fulfilling his promise to the patriarchs despite the disobedience
Speaker 1: and failures of the Israelites. Moses, who led the people
Speaker 1: out of Egypt and through the wilderness, is granted a
Speaker 1: privilege of seeing the land, yet is not permitted to
Speaker 1: enter it due to the earlier disobedience and mihrabah. This
Speaker 1: serves as a poignant reminder of the holiness and justice
Speaker 1: of God as well as the consequences of sin, even
Speaker 1: as the leader revered as Moses. And if you want
Speaker 1: to read about the disobedience of marrabol it's actually in
Speaker 1: numbers twenty verse twelve. If you guys remember us going
Speaker 1: over that. And then the Lord speaks to Moses. The
Speaker 1: Lord tells Moses, this is still in my notes. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is the land that I swore to give to Abraham,
Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob when I said I will give it
Speaker 1: to your descendants, I have let you see. This underscores
Speaker 1: the faithfulness of God to his covenant, despite Moses's inability
Speaker 1: to enter due to previous disobedience. The phrase the Lord
Speaker 1: speak to Moses is a reoccurring theme throughout the patriarch,
Speaker 1: particularly in the Book of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Speaker 1: This divine communication underscores the unique relationship between God and Moses,
Speaker 1: establishing Moses as the pre eminent prophet and leader of
Speaker 1: the Israelites. The Lord's direct communication with Moses's foundation in
Speaker 1: the covenantial relationship between God and his chosen people. Let's
Speaker 1: see if I have Moses's death and legacy. So we're
Speaker 1: going to go over Deuteronomy thirty four, verse five. So Moses,
Speaker 1: the servants of the Lord, died in the land of Moab,
Speaker 1: according to the word of the Lord, and he buried
Speaker 1: him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite
Speaker 1: of Beth Piure, and no one knows his grave to
Speaker 1: this day. Moses was one hundred and twenty years old
Speaker 1: when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his
Speaker 1: natural vigor diminished. And the children of Israel wept for
Speaker 1: Moses and the plains of Moab thirty days, so the
Speaker 1: days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended. So this
Speaker 1: is kind of interesting. I kind of told you guys
Speaker 1: already about the body of Moses. You know that the
Speaker 1: Devil would Michael the ark were fighting over and the
Speaker 1: biblical context, the death of Moses is a significant event
Speaker 1: and the biblical narrative marking the end of the wilderness
Speaker 1: journey of the Israelites and the transition of leadership to Joshua.
Speaker 1: This event is recorded Deuteronomy thirty four, which obviously we're reading,
Speaker 1: which provides a detailed account of Moses's final moments and
Speaker 1: his burial by God himself. Yeah, God himself buried him.
Speaker 1: Obviously we understand, like I said, and Jude, what it's
Speaker 1: talked about there. So you know that God buried him,
Speaker 1: and no one knew where his grave was or his
Speaker 1: body was, besides the devil and obviously Michael the archangel, right,
Speaker 1: they were fighting over it. And let's go ahead and continue.
Speaker 1: Let me see. The death of Moses' scriptural account is
Speaker 1: in Deuteronomy thirty four one through five, which we just
Speaker 1: went over, and Moses went up to the plains of
Speaker 1: Moab and Mount Nebo. We kind of already read that
Speaker 1: significance of Mount Nebo. Mountain Nebol holds a great significance
Speaker 1: as a place where Moses viewed the Promised Land. It
Speaker 1: symbolizes both fulfillment of God's promise to the patriarchs and
Speaker 1: the culmination of Moses's leadership. Despite his pivotal role in
Speaker 1: leading the Israelites out of the Egypt throughout the wilderness,
Speaker 1: Moses was not permitted to enter the Promised Land due
Speaker 1: to the earlier act of disobedience, which we already talked about.
Speaker 1: And then the divine burial state said he buried him
Speaker 1: in a valley of the land of Moab, opposite of
Speaker 1: Beth Piure. But to this day no one knows the
Speaker 1: unique location of this grave. The unique nature of Moses's burial,
Speaker 1: conducted by God himself, underscores the special relationship between Moses
Speaker 1: and the Lord. The secrecy of his grave's location prevents
Speaker 1: it from becoming a site of idolatry and done undue veneration.
Speaker 1: There we go, That's what I was trying to say. Okay,
Speaker 1: so I came up with that, you know, in my
Speaker 1: own mind that I think that if they had body
Speaker 1: that it would become idolatry, right, it would become like
Speaker 1: an idol. They would be worshiping it, and you don't
Speaker 1: want to be you know, even though that's a dead body,
Speaker 1: or if it was a grave site, if they if
Speaker 1: they had Moses' gravesite, can you imagine how everybody would
Speaker 1: you know, kind of go there and idolize it and
Speaker 1: worship it. I mean that God didn't want that, So
Speaker 1: I think that's a really Uh, that's cool that How
Speaker 1: this uh, how the notes say that here the biblical
Speaker 1: notes for this, so oh that's a alarm. Sorry. And
Speaker 1: the mourning for Moses. Uh. The Israelites mourn for Moses
Speaker 1: and the plains of Maya for thirty days until the
Speaker 1: time of weeping and mourning is over. This period of
Speaker 1: morning reflects the deep respect and love the Israelites had
Speaker 1: for Moses as their leader and prophet. If you notice,
Speaker 1: if you notice, he was very faithful to them as well.
Speaker 1: When they would disobey God, he would actually he prayed
Speaker 1: for them. He would ask God for you know, for
Speaker 1: mercy and for grace. So he was a great leader.
Speaker 1: And it's understandable why they would they would mourn and
Speaker 1: to mourn for someone for thirty days is amazing, because
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to crap anybody out, but
Speaker 1: I've noticed that when people die, you know, sometimes some
Speaker 1: people are easily forgotten. So you know, for them to
Speaker 1: mourn for thirty days, you know it, you know it's
Speaker 1: you know that he had definitely had a impact on them.
Speaker 1: So Deuteronomy thirty four, verse nine, it says, now Joshua,
Speaker 1: the son of Nune was full of the spirit of wisdom.
Speaker 1: For Moses had laid his hands on him. So the
Speaker 1: children of Israel heeded him and did as the Lord
Speaker 1: had commanded Moses. But since then there was no arisen.
Speaker 1: There has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses,
Speaker 1: whom the Lord knew face to face, and all the
Speaker 1: signs and wanders which the Lord sent him to do
Speaker 1: in the land of Egypt before the Pharaoh, before all
Speaker 1: his servants, and in his land by the mighty power,
Speaker 1: and all the great terror which Moses performed in the
Speaker 1: sight of Israel. That is the end of the book
Speaker 1: of Deuteronomy. What a beautiful, beautiful thing. Let me go
Speaker 1: ahead and just pull up this part. It says, Joshua,
Speaker 1: the son of None. This is in my notes. Joshua
Speaker 1: the Son of None, the spirit of wisdom, becomes Moses's
Speaker 1: late hands. The transition between leadership is crucial for theinuation
Speaker 1: of God's plan for Israel. So we'll kind of check
Speaker 1: out this part. The transition of leadership from Moses to
Speaker 1: Joshua marks a significant moment in the history of Israel.
Speaker 1: This event is pivotal as it signifies the continuation of
Speaker 1: God's promises to the Israelites and the fulfillment of his covenant. Joshua,
Speaker 1: the Son of None is chosen by God to lead
Speaker 1: the Israelites into the promise mus Land after the death
Speaker 1: of Moses, and the transition is documented primarily in the
Speaker 1: books of Deuteronomy and Joshua, which we are going to
Speaker 1: get to, which is awesome. We're going to be in
Speaker 1: the Book of Joshua next week. That is such a blessing.
Speaker 1: And Joshua is who I'm actually named after. And then
Speaker 1: I want to talk real quick about the legacy of Moses.
Speaker 1: We have about five minutes, so the legacy of Moses.
Speaker 1: Moses stands as one of the most pivotal figures in
Speaker 1: Biblical history, revered as a prophet lawgiver and leader of
Speaker 1: the Israelites. His legacy is foundational to the Jewish faith
Speaker 1: in the profound implications for Christianity and Western civilization. Early
Speaker 1: life in Calling, Moses was born during a time of
Speaker 1: great oppression for the Israelites in Egypt. Rescued from a
Speaker 1: decree to kill Hebrew to kill Hebrew male infants, He
Speaker 1: was raised in Pharaoh's household, which is in Exodus two
Speaker 1: verses one through ten. Despite his Egyptian upbringing, Moses retained
Speaker 1: a strong connection to his Hebrew roots. His calling came
Speaker 1: through a divine encounter at the Burning Bush, where God
Speaker 1: revealed himself as a commission and commissioned Moses to lead
Speaker 1: the Israelites out of bondage Exodus. In the Law, Moses's
Speaker 1: leadership during the Exodus is a defining moment in Israelite history.
Speaker 1: Through a series of miraculous plagues, God demonstrated his power
Speaker 1: over Egypt, culminating the Passover and the Israelites deliverance that's
Speaker 1: going to be an Exodus twelve verses one through forty two.
Speaker 1: Moses led the people through the Red Sea and miraculous
Speaker 1: event that solidified the role as God's chosen leader Exodus
Speaker 1: fourteen twenty one through thirty one. At Mal Sinai, Moses
Speaker 1: received the Law, including the Ten Commandments, which became the
Speaker 1: cornerstone of Israelite society and religious practice. Exodus twenty, verses
Speaker 1: one through seventeen. The Law established a covenant relationship between
Speaker 1: God and his people, settling their part as a holy nation.
Speaker 1: Moses was also an intercessor and mediator between God and man,
Speaker 1: which is amazing. Moses served as an intercession between God
Speaker 1: and the Iselites. When the people sin by worshiping the
Speaker 1: golden calf, Moses pleaded with God to spare them, demonstrating
Speaker 1: his deep commitment to his people and his role as
Speaker 1: a mediator. That's all I was kind of talking about. Earlier.
Speaker 1: He would go and he would pray for grace from God.
Speaker 1: So he was a great leader. Leadership and challenges. Moses's
Speaker 1: leadership was marked by numerous challenges, including the iselites frequent
Speaker 1: complaints and rebellions. Despite those difficulties, he remained steadfast, guiding
Speaker 1: them through the wilderness for forty years. His leadership was
Speaker 1: characterized by humility and obedience to God's commands, as noted
Speaker 1: in Numbers twelve, verse three, Now, Moses was a very
Speaker 1: humble man, more than any man on the face of
Speaker 1: the earth. That's what it says here in numbers twelve
Speaker 1: three the Promised Land in Moses's death, although Moses led
Speaker 1: the Iselites to the brink of the promise, he was
Speaker 1: not permitted to enter due to an act of disobedience.
Speaker 1: We already talked about that Moses in the New Testament.
Speaker 1: Moses's legacy extends to the New Testament, where he is
Speaker 1: frequently frequently referenced as a precursor to Christ. Jesus is
Speaker 1: portrayed in as a prophet like Moses, filling the law
Speaker 1: and the prophets. Deuteronomy eighteen fifteen, Acts three twelve. The
Speaker 1: Transfiguration of Jesus, where Moses appears alongside Elijah, underscores his
Speaker 1: enduring significance and also Jesus says that if you do
Speaker 1: not believe Moses's words, how will you believe my words?
Speaker 1: That's in John five, verse forty five. All right, and yeah,
Speaker 1: that was such a blessing. Let me just give you, guys,
Speaker 1: practical applications for your life before we wrap this up.
Speaker 1: Trust in God's promises. Like Moses, we may not enter
Speaker 1: the full realization of God's promise in our lifetime, but
Speaker 1: we can trust his faith and timing. Leadership and legacy.
Speaker 1: Consider the impact of your leadership and the legacy of
Speaker 1: your leave what you are leaving behind. Are you preparing
Speaker 1: others to continue the work of God as started through?
Speaker 1: Started through? You? Embrace God's sovereignty, except that God's plans
Speaker 1: may differ from our own desires, and find peace in
Speaker 1: his greater purpose. Obviously, when you're doing God's will, you're
Speaker 1: going to be doing the will of the spirit, not
Speaker 1: the will of the flesh. So what's going to be
Speaker 1: happening is your flesh is going to be fighting against
Speaker 1: you doing God's will. I'm gonna go ahead and stop
Speaker 1: the screen share because we're done to kind of reading
Speaker 1: that portion. So yeah, so when you're trying to do
Speaker 1: God's will, obviously your flesh is going to be telling
Speaker 1: you no, it's going to be pulling you one way,
Speaker 1: and your Spirit's going to be telling you to do
Speaker 1: God's will. So there's obviously a constant battle between those two.
Speaker 1: So just embrace God's sovereignty, except that God's plans may
Speaker 1: differ from your own desires, of course, and find peace
Speaker 1: in his greater purpose. So you might, you know, have
Speaker 1: to discipline yourself to do those things, but actually it's
Speaker 1: going to assist in God's greater purpose and assist you
Speaker 1: in your life a value of spiritual mentorship, just as
Speaker 1: Moses mentor Joshua seek to mentor others and their spiritual journey,
Speaker 1: passing on wisdom and faith. Yeah, I think that's fastly important,
Speaker 1: and we'll go down to the connecting verses. God's promises
Speaker 1: is in Genesis twelve, verse seven. God promised to Abraham
Speaker 1: about the land leadership transition is Joshua one verses one
Speaker 1: through nine, which we're going to go over next week.
Speaker 1: God's commission of Joshua is Moses's successor faithfulness of God
Speaker 1: is in Hebrews eleven, verse thirteen, the faith of those
Speaker 1: who do not receive the promises of their lifetime, and
Speaker 1: then Moses's faith Hebrews eleven, verses twenty four through twenty nine,
Speaker 1: Moses's faith and choices as a leader. So there we go. Yes,
Speaker 1: thank you guys so much for joining me, And yeah,
Speaker 1: this is such a blessing. I'm so glad that we're
Speaker 1: all the way to Joshua Versus Joshua chapter one next week.
Speaker 1: What a blessing taking us all the way to this
Speaker 1: up to this point. Yeah, that was pretty pretty dense
Speaker 1: study there this week. I'm glad that everything fit into
Speaker 1: this two hour timeframe. Praise God for that. And I
Speaker 1: got all my notes pulled up for next week, and
Speaker 1: like I always do, let's go ahead and end this
Speaker 1: in prayer. So, Father God, in the name of Jesus,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for blessing us with this glorious
Speaker 1: time and this study, taking us all the way through
Speaker 1: the Book of Deuteronomy. What a blessing. I appreciate you
Speaker 1: giving me this platform, Lord, to speak on the josh
Speaker 1: Monday Christian conspiracy platform and also the cultual conspiracy platform
Speaker 1: for me to do these Bible studies. It has helped
Speaker 1: me tremendously, Lord, and I really appreciate that, and hopefully
Speaker 1: it's helping everybody that's listening tremendously. If you could please
Speaker 1: bless their lives, Lord, and help me to teach as
Speaker 1: best as I could teach. You know, next week when
Speaker 1: we're going over Joshua, and also for Wednesday service when
Speaker 1: we're going over John seven. Just assist me, Lord, and
Speaker 1: please give me the words I need to say. Let
Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit come over me and correct me if
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, or correct me with whatever I say, and
Speaker 1: you know, convict me if I'm going to say something wrong. Lord,
Speaker 1: that way I can definitely be teaching correctly. So give
Speaker 1: me the time. Lord, Please give me the time to study,
Speaker 1: you know, and also give me the discipline to study. Sometimes, Lord,
Speaker 1: I want to study the Bible, and then things get
Speaker 1: in the way, and I don't want that to happen. Lord,
Speaker 1: So please help me to study, and you know, make
Speaker 1: it as easy on me to study if you can.
Speaker 1: And then anybody out there that needs help break in
Speaker 1: any of these chains that the devil has tried to
Speaker 1: lock us sin. You know this the sin or the
Speaker 1: slavery of sin. Lord, just please help us to break
Speaker 1: away from and be obedient to you. We see that
Speaker 1: how important obedience is to you, Lord, so help us
Speaker 1: with that. Help us to be obedient to you. Help
Speaker 1: me to be obedient, Lord, and thank you for everything
Speaker 1: you do for us. We love you in Jesus' name. Amen.
Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much for joining me. I will
Speaker 1: see you guys at Wednesday service. We're going to be
Speaker 1: in John seven, and on Sunday service we're going to
Speaker 1: be in the Book of Joshua. Let's go. God bless
Speaker 1: you guys and have a wonderful day. We love you.