Ep 1023 – Deuteronomy 34:1-12

At the end of chapter 33, Moses made the compelling confession, "There is no one like the God of Israel." He wanted the people to know that they served a great and incomparable God. But at the same time, the author of the book of Deuteronomy seems to want his readers to know that Moses was also unparalleled and without equal. "There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses," he writes. Moses was flawed, yet faithful. He could be stubborn and hard-headed, and yet, he never stopped believing in and relying upon God. Now, his day of reckoning has arrived and he will go to be with God. There will be no promised land in Moses' future, but there will be an eternity spent in fellowship with God. And while Moses would disappear from the scene, the people of Israel would find themselves guided by another one of God's chosen servants. Because He was not yet done with them. But that's another story.