Rev. Peter Ill, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Millstadt, IL, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 34:1-12.
What Moses has known would happen finally comes. The LORD sends Moses up Mount Nebo where He shows His faithful prophet the entirety of the Promised Land. The LORD reminds Moses that he will not enter the land due to his unfaithfulness, yet the LORD reminds Moses that He is keeping the promise He made to Abraham. This comforts Moses to know that the LORD will keep His promise to give Moses eternal life. The LORD had preserved Moses for 120 years of earthly life, and the people of Israel appropriately mourn his death. As the LORD now will use Joshua to lead Israel, still Moses’ status as a faithful prophet remained unmatched–until the promised Prophet of Deuteronomy 18 arrived, Jesus Christ.
“The Law of God is Good and Wise” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Deuteronomy. Though Moses’ lengthy sermons in Deuteronomy may be tempting to skip, this influential book is essential reading for Christians. As Moses strengthened Israel on the plains of Moab before the people entered the Promised Land, so the book of Deuteronomy still strengthens the Church as we prepare to enter the Resurrection with Christ, the Prophet greater than Moses.
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