Basic HTML Version
God Teaches His Law to a New Generation
This chapter is based on Deuteronomy 3 to 6; 28.
The Lord announced to Moses that it was the time to possess
Canaan. As the old prophet stood upon the heights overlooking
the Promised Land, with deep earnestness he pleaded, “O Lord
God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your
mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can
do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? I pray, let
me cross over and see the good land beyond Jordan, those pleasant
mountains, and Lebanon.”
The answer was, “Speak no more to Me of this matter. Go up to
the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the
south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross
over this Jordan.”
Without a complaint Moses submitted God’s decree. And now
his great concern was for Israel. From a full heart he poured out
the prayer, “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a
man over the congregation, who may ... bring them in, that the
congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep which have no
shepherd” (
Numbers 27:16, 17
).
The answer came, “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man
in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; set him before
Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate
him in their sight. And thou shall give some of your authority to him,
that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient”
(Verses 18-20).
Joshua, a man of wisdom, ability, and faith, was chosen to
succeed Moses. He was solemnly set apart as the leader of Israel.
The words of the Lord concerning Joshua came through Moses to
the congregation, “At his word they shall go out, and at his word
they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all
the congregation” (Verse 21).
290