Deuteronomy
31- Moses’ Last Counsel
Up
until now from Genesis thru Deuteronomy Moses has written all the words in the
Bible. He wrote of 120 years of his life. Now he is getting ready to die. Moses
is not the essential one to bring Israel into the Promised land. God has made
it very clear to him that a new leader will take the people over the Jordan
River and into the land. Moses did not choose Joshua. God selected him to be
the leader to succeed Moses.
This
teaches us that none of us are essential to God’s program. God uses each man in
his own time, but when the time of work for the man is finished, God’s work
will still go on. When the time comes for us to step aside, God will raise up someone
else. That is what is happening to Moses here.
Over
and over again, Moses encourages this new generation to go on in, assuring them
God will lead them into the land. He encourages Joshua before all the people.
By encouraging Joshua, he is also encouraging the people. There are about eight
speeches of Moses in the book-given orally, then written down. Moses wrote this
law.
There
are people today who say they will not turn away from God. But do you know that
the Lord Jesus said the same thing about the church. In Luke 18:8 he said,
“Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall He find faith on earth?” The
answer to that question is no, He won’t. In the New Testament there is
predicted the apostasy or falling away of the church, just as it was predicted
of Israel, and you and I are living in it today. Let us pray that God keep us
close to Him.
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understand God’s Word better.
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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick
Reference Commentary
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