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To Moses, it probably felt like countless times that Israel had been unfaithful to the God
that led them out of bondage. How many times this people would grumble and complain about
their food, drink, homelessness or other surroundings. I suppose that Moses got "fed up to
here" with all they dumped upon him. Yet, when God said to Moses, "Stand back and I will
put an end to these people!", Moses fell on his face and pleaded for Israel.
The Hebrew letter tells us that Moses was a faithful servant in the house of God (Heb. 3:5). He continued with and contended for the people and for God's law. He would not cease to remind them of the promises of God and the conditional nature of those promises. The 30th chapter of Deuteronomy is packed full of the reminders of God's promises for Israel to be fulfilled upon their willingness to comply with the mandates of the covenant. They can be summed up in verses 19 and 20: "I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days" (Deut. 30:19-20 ASV). The Lord has not changed. His covenant with man "hath been enacted upon better promises" (Heb. 8:6), yet still are they conditioned upon obeying and a continued walk in the light. Friend, choose life! The life found only in Jesus Christ (John 1:4). Paul speaks as did Moses, "...Christ, {who is} our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory" (Col. 3:4). Obey Him that He may be your Savior and Author of eternal salvation (Heb. 5:9). Remain faithful unto your death, that you may receive that crown of life (Rev. 2:10) that has been laid up for you (2 Tim. 4:8). |