Deuteronomy 32, what a song Moses sings to the Israelites. How many times do you suppose he had to sing it for them to memorize it? I think it would be rather difficult to remember since none of it rhymes. I guess it could make more sense in their native tongue, but since I do not speak their language I can not vouch for that. Then to be told what your final act will be, how Moses must have felt. I can just see Moses thoughts, "Well, I am off to climb this mountain and view the promised land because you made me so mad that I messed up and do not get to enter it. Oh, and while I am on this mountain I know I am going to die. I wonder if I don't climb this mountain how long I will live?"
Deuteronomy 33 is all the blessings that Moses gave out. I am not sure what happened here. I thought there was twelve tribes but I only see ten blessings. Also, some of them seem very short while others have a decent amount of length to them. I will be honest and say that I do not fully understand each of the blessings. I can make out portions of some of them and what they might mean but others I really have no clue.
Deuteronomy 34 is the final chapter for Moses. Moses climbs the mountain and sees the land that was promised to the Israelites. I can only imagine as to what he must have thought when seeing this. Then the comments that go on to finish out the chapter truly amaze me. All of the scripture on how there has not been a prophet like Moses in all of Israel just kind of stands out to me. It seems that even though God was not happy with him for disobeying him He still held him in a very high regard.
Continuing in Luke 8 we begin with the story of demon-possessed Man. He was possessed by a legion of demons that Jesus cast out into a herd of pigs. This story we have read before but it still interest me in the fact that the people of this area became afraid of Jesus. I can see their point. I mean would you not be scared of a person that has control over demons. I also find comfort in this chapter. Jesus travels into this area and comes out with only one person, but gives him a great piece of advice. "Return home and tell how much God has done for you." (Luke 8:39) The next story is one that we have read before as well. Not much seems to pop out for me once again since we have talked about it before. The one thing that does stand out is how Jesus tells them not to tell anyone what has happened. I find it strange that many people in the crowd already knew she was dead and was telling him not to bother Jesus any more.
I know I am still behind a little in post. I am trying to work on that and get them caught back up. I appreciate everyone hanging in there as I play catchup. Excited though that we have finished another book. Kind of glad actually. Deuteronomy was not all that exciting for me. I hope that Joshua has more in it for us to dive into.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Joshua 1, 2, 3 and Luke 9:1 - 17
32. In answer to your question I would say not long. I feel bad for Mosses. In light of all that the Isrealites have done they get to inherit the promise land, but poor Mosses doesn't even get to step foot on it because of his transgressions. It just doesn't seem fair. Being told this by God would have tested my faith immensely.
ReplyDelete33. I don't know what most of the blessings mean. My favorite non-understandable part was. "Gad couches like a lion." How's that for a blessing?
34. This chapter is a great testament to Mosses and how incredibly amazing he was as a prophet. Makes me feel even worse for him that he didn't get to go to the promise land.
8. I think it's so strange that the people are afraid of Jesus. I can kind of see your point about His power, but I also think that I would want Jesus to stick around and protect the area.