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Words of Caution to the Church, An Immediate Prayer Request

This post was originally published last March, 2025. I have been reminded of the need to pray for our administration. It is always important.

But its importance has been elevated because of the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, September 10, 2025.

Our nation is being awakened to the real spiritual battle that it faces every day of its existence.

‘Unprecedented unrest’,’ the spirit of antichrist’, ‘unrestrained lawlessness’, ‘increased violence’ ‘virulent rhetoric’comes to mind to characterize our nation’s atmosphere.

Today is September 20, 2025, the day before Charlie Kirks memorial service.

I encourage you to read this re-post.

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Words of Caution to the Church, An Immediate Prayer Request

In the previous post (Another Heavenly Coming , 3/4/25), the Church was reminded of its position before the Lord functioning in the world. The Church must remember that God is Sovereign.

All the leaders of the nations are in their places of leadership because of God’s will and purpose.

Each leader is individually responsible to God .

God will judge and reward each national leader’s performance carrying out their duty.

The Church is responsible to pray for the administrative leadership of their nation and submit ‘orderly’ and ‘obediently ‘to their authority.

The members of the Church are first citizens of the Kingdom of God.

Each individual member of the Church lives his/her life in the world but not a part of the world.

In Christ, we are separated from the world, the flesh, and the devil. (I John 2:15-17)

We are being conformed to the image of Christ.

We are functioning as members of the Body of Christ, fulfilling our assigned spiritual vocation, using the spiritual gifts given to us to build up the Body in love; and fulfilling the work that God Himself has designated for every believer before the foundation for the world. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

Why?

If we focus on the venom of the verbal rhetoric that is being spewed forth daily in our nation that rhetoric can infiltrate into our heart and mind, and darken our soul.

What happens within us if we focus on such negative rhetoric?

We will find ourselves coming into alignment with the ‘spirit of the world’ and not in alignment with the Spirit of God.

How do I know this?

I have been there; and I must constantly guard myself against listening to the offensive political rhetoric and subtly embracing the mindset of the world.

I confess to you that is very easy to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; believing that you are strong enough to listen to the world’s rantings and assume that it will not affect you.

Wrong!

I have been there believing that I can handle this; that I can criticize those in authority over me; and not become affected in my personal attitude.

I am not strong enough.

The Lord showed me my fallacy; and He helped me to overcome my weakness.

In the midst of the administrative upheaval since the re-election of President Trump, our nation has been experiencing a political earthquake that has resulted in a daily shaking of the political landscape that has unsettled many people.

I support the re-election of President Trump.

I am aware there are many people in this nation, and probably around the world that do not support his re-election.

Many despise and hate him; yet, there are many who support the changes he is bringing to our nation.

Many citizens of this nation voted for him because of what he promised he would change.

Others supported him, because they did not support the Democratic platform and their agenda to govern their administration of this nation.

In my previous posts, I have explained my personal struggle and my conclusion as to why I chose to vote for the Republican party platform.

I have been confronted by members of my own family that do not agree with me.

That is ok.

The bottom line for me was a matter of personal conscience before the Lord.

Each individual believer will one day stand alone before the Lord to give an account of their life as a follower of Jesus Christ.

My eternal salvation is not dependent upon who I voted for in each election during my lifetime.

My desire is to please my heavenly Father.

The choices that I make, the words that I speak, the works that I do, either glorify the Lord or they do not bear witness to His life in me.

We are told to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12)

If the Church is going to live up to its calling and walk as children of light in this world of darkness, then it must learn and practice the teaching of Ephesians 4-6. (especially Ephesians 5:20-26.)

Please read these verses in the context of what I have been sharing.

As previous posts have explained, I believe Psalm 64 will be fulfilled.

( I recommend that you read the post: A Time To Read it Again)

God has shot His A.R.R.O.W.

Adonai’s Righteous Revelation Of Wrongdoing is being exposed.

There are many who are being wounded, and will be wounded by the revelation of their own malicious words that they have spewed out upon others that will ‘boomerang’ and come back and wound them. (Psalm 64:7-10)

What will be revealed will not be pleasant.

God doesn’t take sides politically.

He is no ‘respecter of persons’. (Romans 2:11-16)

God will judge righteously.

God is not mocked; individuals will reap what they have sown.

(Galatians 6:7-8)

I offer the following as a word of caution.

The Church must pray for President Trump and his administrative team as they implement changes in this nation.

Why?

If you recall my previous posts about the nation of Israel, and God’s intended purpose to bring them out of the bondage of Egypt and into the Promised Land, then you will recall that the original leadership of Moses and Aaron were not allowed to go into the land.

Why?

Because they disobeyed what God had told them to do.

God had told Moses to speak to the rock.

God said that He would bring out water from the rock to provide ‘drink’ for His people that were ‘grumbling and complaining’ about the lack of water.

Ironically, this is what happened 3 days after God had brought His people through the Red Sea and drowned Pharaoh and his army in that same Red Sea. (Exodus 15:22-26) At this time God had Moses strike the rock. Moses struck the rock and the water came forth.

In Numbers 20, Moses did not speak to the rock as God had instructed him; he struck the rock twice out of frustration and anger.

Moses, throughout his entire lifetime of leadership had listened to the people he was leading ‘grumble and complain’.

After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, at the very precipice of entering the land of promise, when he was confronted once more with the people’s ‘grumbling and complaining’, Moses seeks God about how to handle the situation.

God tells him what to do; and He tells him what He will do.

Moses and Aaron, carrying out their administrative appointment, as the governmental leaders of the nation of Israel, do not follow God’s directive.

I, submit, that Moses and Aaron, listened to the ‘grumbling and complaining’ of the people, allowing the spirit of the people, entrance into their own spirit disobeying God’s word to them.

The consequences was that Moses did not execute his office of leadership according to the Spirit of God through obedience to God’s directive; but he exercised his leadership, influenced by the lawless spirit of the people of Israel that ‘grumbled and complained’ and he struck the rock twice (Numbers 20).

Moses struck the rock out of anger (his personal rebellion and lawlessness) ‘governed’ by his own spirit.

God graciously met the need of His people.

The water came out of the rock.

The people received what they had ‘grumbled and complained’ about.

In Exodus 15:25, God made the bitter waters sweet; and then directed them to Elim where there were 12 wells of water and 70 palm trees.

[Many believe the 12 wells represent the 12 tribes of Israel, and the 70 palm trees represent the original 70 descendants of the nation of Israel that entered Egypt in the time of famine.]

Moses and Aaron’s disobedience misrepresented the character of God.

God’s Spirit is gracious and merciful, because He loves His people.

That does not mean He approves of their sinfulness.

God judges His people for their sinfulness.

Moses and Aaron’s disobedience went beyond what God had told them to do.

This is my concern for President Trump and his administrative team and all whom God is using at this time to bring about change in our nation.

I pray, and ‘beseech’ the Church to pray that those in the places of authority, raised up by the sovereignty of God, will stay within their appointed leadership boundaries, asking and doing what God directs them to do; and not allow themselves to be influenced by the opposing rhetoric that is shouting, grumbling, complaining, and hurling venomous rhetoric at them.

I pray that the ‘words’ of the world wisdom will not influence the minds and hearts of those in authority over us, so that they are negatively influenced in their souls.

We must not be ‘governed’ by individuals who ‘govern’ out of their own ‘self-government’ and not the government of God, ‘governed’ by the Spirit of God.

Remember, the Church is called to stand against the principalities, power, and evil rulers that seek to influence our lives. (Ephesians 6: 10-18)

These past two weeks (March 2025), Pastor Kent Dresdow, Senior Pastor at North Creek Church, has made it very clear what happens to individuals, who God has sovereignly chosen to use for His purposes, take matters into their own hands, and go beyond the boundaries that God had originally planned for them to accomplish.

I recommend that you read Isaiah 10.

To summarize Pastor Kent’s teaching, when a person goes beyond what God intends, that person becomes arrogant and boastful.

God hates arrogance and boasting.

As mentioned before, God will judge such individuals with righteous justice

Why?

The source of pride and arrogance is Satan, himself, who said that he will be like God. (Isaiah 14:12-17)

Our task as the Church, is to pray that President Trump and his administrative team will not become arrogant and prideful; that President Trump and his administrative team will stay within the sovereign purposes of God that He has ordained for this nation and the nations of the world, as he exercises his office as the President of the United States of America.

As the Lord taught us to pray, our prayer is that the Lord will not lead them (President Trump and his team ) into temptation, but to deliver them from the evil (evil one[Satan]), because the kingdom is God’s “and the power and the glory forever. Amen” (Matthew 6:9-13, as paraphrased by myself)

Thank you for praying for our leadership as I Timothy 2:1-7 directs us to do it daily.

Remember, that the enemy, Satan himself, is relentless, constantly fighting against the work of God.

Therefore, the Church must pray. (Ephesians 6:10-18)

The Church must humble itself before the Lord, resist the devil, and he will flee. (James 4:7-10) [Read the context in James 4:1-17]

Our battle is daily, until ‘that Day’ when God ‘ends’ it; however, until ‘that Day’, our refuge is in Christ.

(See rpmministries.org, 36 Scripture Passages on Safety and Refuge in God: Home, Safe, and Sound)

I am sure that you have your own personal scriptures that you seek out for refuge.

What is your personal favorite?

I encourage you to seek out your personal passage of scripture that is yours when you seek refuge in the Lord.

blessings, your brother in Christ, who, too, takes refuge in our Lord, Deo

(Psalms 62, Psalm 46, Psalm 37)

Another Heavenly Coming.

Moses, the chosen leader by God Himself to lead His people out of the land of Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the Promised Land, has died.

The nation of Israel was at the doorstep of entering the Promised Land roughly 40 years after they had been miraculously delivered from the land of Egypt.

Israel’s deliverance was a ‘Heavenly Coming’. (See Exodus 1-15)

The Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy document the history of the nation of Israel and their relationship to their God.

God’s intent was to fulfill His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,the fathers of the nation of Israel; however, the nation of Israel, did not really know the God of their fathers; therefore, God, because of His love for His people sought to make Himself known to them and to establish His ‘government’ in their hearts.

If you would like in depth understanding what God was doing, I recommend that you read Deuteronomy 8.

Again, Moses has died, and God has buried him. (Deuteronomy 34:1-8)

Deuteronomy 34:9-12 relates to us the transference of leadership from Moses to his servant, Joshua.

“Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses. Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord know face to face, [none equal to him] in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land, and in all the mighty power and all the great and terrible deeds which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.” (Amplified Version)

Joshua has assumed his new responsibility

The Book of Joshua continues the history of the nation of Israel under his leadership.

Joshua 1:1-9, the Lord comes to Joshua, and engages him, as He had engaged Moses, his predecessor.

I would like to encourage you to envision what the Lord said to Joshua as words you, can personally receive as you walk with the Lord; words that will encourage and strengthen you by the Holy Spirit; and instructs you to daily meditate upon the Word of God, knowing that the Lord Who spoke to Joshua, is the same Lord that speaks to you daily, and says,”I will never leave you nor forsake you”.(Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6; Hebrews 13:5)

Also, I would like to encourage you to envision these same words spoken to Joshua as words that Jesus would say to His Church, the Body of Christ, the Israel of God to encourage and instruct it serves Him who is the Head of the Church.

Let us now read this passage of scripture for our edification.

“After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them-the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night that you observe to do according to all that is written in til For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

The Person of Jesus Christ, Who is our Lord and Savior, we have in ‘Him’ the complete fulfillment of these words to Joshua.

The name Joshua means, “Jehovah saves” or “the Lord is salvation”, and corresponds to the NT name “Jesus”. (Introduction to ‘The Book of Joshua’, MacArthur Study Bible)

Many years prior to this moment, Joshua had been selected by Moses to be one the 12 men that were sent out to ‘spy out’ the Promised Land.

The spies reported that there were giants in the land and by comparison the people of Israel were grasshoppers. (Numbers 13:33)

The land they ‘scouted out’ was a good land and plentiful with food; but there were these ‘giant’ obstacles.

10 of the spies said that the people of the land were stronger than they were, and gave a bad report about the land; however, 2 of the spies, Joshua and Caleb ,gave a good report and said that the nation of Israel should go up and ‘take the land’ of promise. (Numbers 13)

It is interesting that in Numbers 13:30, it says that Joshua “quieted the people before Moses” and said that the nation should go up and capture the land.

This is the same Joshua that has taken Moses’ place of leadership after his death.

Unfortunately, the people’s ‘grumbling and complaining’ before Moses and Aaron throughout the night, and their desire to stone Moses and Aaron really infuriated God . (Read Numbers 14)

The people’s verbal rebellion against Moses and Aaron’s leadership in God’s sight was ‘grumbling and complaining’ against God Himself.

The result of their rebellious hearts precipitated God’s judgment for them to wander for 40 years in the wilderness until the adult generation that ‘grumbled and complained’ completely had died in the wilderness.

God’s judgment is a ‘Heavenly Coming’.

And the ‘Heavenly Coming’ keeps coming.

[A note of transition: In the wilderness there was a tent of meeting for God and Moses to talk. The ‘Heavenly Coming’ wasn’t very far away in the natural world. This tent was outside the camp, where God and Moses met(Exodus 33:7), and Joshua was sometimes there too. (Exodus 33:11)]

I would encourage you to read Numbers 15 to see God’s heart for His people and the future He had for them in spite of the disobedience.

This has been my introduction to the next POST.

Let’s stop here, take a deep breath, and then continue.

Blessings, deo

Heavenly Comings! Part 3

As I was pondering this subject of ‘Heavenly Comings’, it occurred to me that the entirety of Scripture is a series of God’s Sovereign Interventions, that I have called A Heavenly Coming.

Where does one begin? The Book of Genesis is all about God’s Heavenly Interventions, or His, A.I.s–Adonai’s Interventions.

I have chosen to introduce this POST using the Book of Exodus.

The story of the Exodus regarding the children of Israel from the land of Egypt is an incredible continuation of the history of God’s people that originated with God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Jacob’s family history, his name being changed to Israel, and the events surrounding his son, Joseph, are historical interventions of God that were the backdrop for the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.

According to Exodus 12:40, on the ‘very’ day, when the nation of Israel left the land of Egypt after the tenth plague, Israel had lived in the land for 430 years. (See Genesis 15:1-19) [I know some question the word ‘very’]

The Exodus of the nation of Israel represents the culmination of God’s A.C.T.I.O.N on behalf of His people that were crying out for deliverance from Egyptian bondage.

The nation of Egypt and the nation of Israel are going to experience God’s Heavenly Coming.

His coming will be orchestrated by Him through two people, Moses and Aaron.

God sent ten plagues upon the nation of Egypt.

Some of these plagues fell up on the nation of Egypt and the nation of Israel; however, beginning with the fourth plague, the plagues fell only upon the nation of Egypt.

God told Moses, Exodus 8:22-24 NKJV, “And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the land. I will make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.”

These words were spoken by Moses to Pharaoh.

Plagues four through ten occurred in the land of Egypt; but in the land of Goshen, in Egypt, where God’s people lived, the plagues did not affect the nation of Israel.

God’s intervention was a ‘real and tangible’ difference.

This was the type of ACTION God took to deliver His people.

The word A.C.T.I.O.N. has an acronym. (I like acronyms)

Adonai’s Chosen Time In Our Nation.

Regarding Israel, this was Adonai’s Chosen Time In the Nation of Egypt.

God’s ACTION was His ‘Heavenly Coming’.

The nation of Israel was delivered from Egypt through a series of ten plagues. (Exodus 5-12:36)

The ten plagues caused a lot of ‘ten‘sion.

They were miraculously delivered from Egypt.

Pharaoh and his army pursued Israel soon after they left Egypt.

The nation of Israel found themselves between the Red Sea that was before them, and Pharaoh and his army that was behind them. (Exodus 14:1-12)

Let’ say, they were between a ‘rock and a hard place’.

Circumstantial or by design?

There is no doubt this is God’s sovereignty at work watching over His people.

What a wonderful opportunity for God to reveal Himself.

Does it surprise you that Adonai Intervened?

Absolutely not!

God divided the Red Sea so that Israel passed through on dry ground.

Pharaoh and His army attempting to do the same thing by pursuing them were drowned in that sea by ‘Adonai’s Intervention’ after Israel had safely passed through to the other side. (Exodus 14:13-31)

Israel’s Exodus from Egypt is the beginning of what becomes an arduous journey in the wilderness for Israel.

It was God’s plan to bring His people into the land promised to Israel’s patriarchs: Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. (Genesis 12-50)

Fast forward to Joshua 5:13-15.

Israel has ‘just crossed over’ the Jordan River into the promised land that God had promised to Israel for their homeland.

What does ‘just crossed over’ mean in the history of the nation of Israel?

Their ‘just crossing over’ was 40 years after their departure from Egypt.

Why the delay?

Their unbelief, had put on hold, an entire generation from inheriting the promise of God.

Everyone in the adult generation that had departed originally from Egypt died in the wilderness, except for Joshua, Caleb, and two others.

What happened?

Joshua and Caleb were two of twelve spies sent into the land to ‘check it out’ and report back.

The twelve spies returned.

Ten spies said ‘we can’t do this’; Joshua and Caleb, believed God, and said, ‘Yes, we can do this’.

The bad report prevailed and the result was a 40 year history of wandering in the wilderness until the unbelieving generation had completely died.

Because Joshua and Caleb believed God to fulfill His Word as promised, God was with them (as they waited in the wilderness) and they finally entered the promised land.

But they had to wait until all the previous people who did not believe died out.

The report of the spies said that there were ‘giants’ in the land. (Numbers 13-14)

Their report was true.

The nation of Israel ‘grumbled’ and ‘complained’

This was their normal response since they entered into the wilderness after leaving Egypt.

Initially, they rejoiced, having witnessed, God’s overthrow of Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea.

Three days later, when a need arose, instead of realizing that the same God that had brought them out of Egypt was in their midst, they forget what God had done to Pharaoh and his army, and they grumbled and complained.

In fact, they thought it would be better to return to Egypt.

I would like to suggest that you stop here and take time to read Deuteronomy 8.

Deuteronomy 8 will give you a clear picture of the ‘heart’ of the nation of Israel and their relationship to God. It will also explain to you what God was doing in the ‘heart’ of His people.

Paul, addressing the believers in Corinth, recalling the history of the nation of Israel, specifically their grumbling and complaining in the wilderness, reminds them about their forefathers who died in the wilderness. (I Corinthians 10:1-11:1)

Quoting The MacAuthur Study Bible, page 1743, study notes: 10:1-13, “Ancient Israel’s 40-year journey between Egypt and Caanan (Exodus 13:21; 14:16; 16:15; 17:6) is a sobering illustration of the misuse of freedom and the dangers of overconfidence. The Israelites missed their new found freedom, fell into idolatry, immorality, and rebelliousness, disqualifying themselves from receiving the Lord’s blessing.”

Question: Is this possible today in the Church?

Answer: Absolutely.

I believe that Deuteronomy 8 shows us a progression of the ‘heart’ that can occur in the life of an individual, the Church, or in a nation.

It was mentioned earlier that there were two others who were denied entrance into the land of promise.

Those two were Moses and his brother Aaron.

Moses was the Lord’s hand picked leader to represent Him to lead the nation of Israel out of Egypt.

Aaron had been sent by the LORD to be a support to Moses because of Moses’ reluctance to be what God had chosen him to be. (Exodus 2-4)

Moses was not allowed to enter the land of promise because he disobeyed what God had instructed him to do.

Moses misrepresented the Spirit of the Lord, by ministering in his own spirit.

Numbers 20:1-13 is the context of Moses disobedience.

What’s the issue?

There was no water. (Not an unusual problem in the desert.)

Had this been an issue before? Yes (Exodus 15:22-27)

Ironically, as mentioned before that happened three days after their Red Sea miracle. (Exodus 14-15)

Let’s read what took place that disqualified Moses from entering the promised land.

Numbers 20:7-13 NKJV, “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” So Moses took the rod, and from before the LORD as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” Then Moses lifted has hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.”

What’s wrong with this ‘picture’?

The ‘spirit of the people’ that Moses was leading had gained entrance into ‘his own spirit’ and he, too, spoke like the people, with a verbal rebellion.

His spirit is not being governed by God’s Spirit.

What’s gracious about this ‘picture’?

In spite of Moses’ disobedience, God graciously brought forth water from the rock.

The nation of Israel got what they wanted.

They were unaware of Moses’disobedience.

What happened next?

God confronts Moses and Aaron.

Why?

They spoke for God in the wrong spirit, their own.

(Numbers 20:12-13 NKJV) “Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them. This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was hallowed among them.”

Before we exit Numbers 20, and the aforementioned incident, Numbers 20:22-29 records the death of Aaron, and the installation of Aaron’s son, Eleazar, as High-Priest.

The event of Aaron’s death is not morbid.

His death is for the same reason that an entire generation died out in the wilderness because he did not believe God’s Word spoken to him.

God tells Moses to “Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there….Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. Now when the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.” (Numbers 20:25, 28b, 29 NKJV)

Aaron did not get to enter into the promised land because of disobedience.

This is an account about Heaven Coming/Adonai’s Intervention.

Deuteronomy 35:48-52: God gives instruction to Moses about the end of his life before Him, and He reminds him why he cannot enter into the promised land.

Deuteronomy 34:1-8 records Moses’ last day here on earth.

Moses was shown the land by God .

Deuteronomy 34:4 NKJV: “Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’, I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not go over there.”

Moses’ death is a personal encounter between the two of them.

Think about how much time God and Moses had spent together throughout Moses lifetime.

In spite of Moses’ disobedience, I suggest, God honored their relationship personally overseeing Moses’ death.

Deuteronomy 34:5-6 NKJV says, “So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one knows his grave to this day.”

Many people believe that the promised land is a reference to heaven.

I personally do not hold that position.

If that were true, then logically, Moses is not in heaven because he did not get to enter into the land because of his disobedience.

Consider this, Matthew 17:1-8, tells us that Jesus went up onto a mountain top with Peter, James, and John.

On this mountain top, Jesus was transfigured, meaning there is a change in HIS appearance that affirmed “the essential glory of Jesus the Messiah.” (insert mine from the MacArthur Study Bible)

I bring this to our attention because standing on the mountain top, next to the ‘transfigured’ Jesus are two people, Moses and Elijah.

Commentators say that Moses represents the Law and that Elijah represents the prophets.

Moses is ok.

His disobedience is forgiven, and forgotten.

He has received God’s grace and mercy.

But, one may ask, where does it say that in the Bible?

I do not believe that it does; but it is certainly implied.

There is an interesting passage of scripture that I believe verifies Moses relationship to God has been reconciled.

Jude 9 (The Tree of Life Version), says, “But when Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to render a judgment against him to slander, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you.”

I bring this scripture to our attention not to consider the issues for its inclusion by the Holy Spirit, but to substantiate what I shred about the relationship between God and Moses personally.

And,

when you consider Hebrew 11:23-29, the testimony of Moses has a legacy of faith that motivated him.

Moses is a sinner just like you and me.

Moses is not a perfect man.

“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” Romans 3:23 NKJV (MacArthur Study Bible)

In fact, Moses was a murderer(Exodus 2:11-13) and he found forgiveness.

Moses spent 40 years in the desert from the time he had killed an Egyptian and the time God called and chose him to lead His nation, Israel.

I believe Moses confessed his sin and found forgiveness for his act of murder just as he found forgiveness by not speaking to the rock as he was told to do by God.

Why do I believe this?

As mentioned before, God took personal oversight in Moses’ burial.

In closing: ‘Heaven’ came to earth to intervene in the life of the nation of Israel.

They were taken ‘out of’ Egypt to be ‘brought into’ the land of God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

God keeps His Word.

Moses has died and God has buried him.

Now, there must be a change in leadership.

Who did God choose to replace Moses?

Moses’ understudy, Joshua.

Joshua means ‘Jesus Saves’ or ‘the LORD is salvation’.

TBC

Personal note: At the end of this day, I realized that in principle I, too, did the same thing Moses had done. I was instructed not to do something; yet I did what I was instructed not to do. Therefore, I have transgressed against one who is an authority in my life. I have asked the Lord to forgive me; and now I need to tell the one whose words I did not obey, about my disobedience, and ask his forgiveness.

your brother in Christ, deo