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From Eternity Past
God shut Moses out of Canaan to teach a lesson which should
never be forgotten—that He requires exact obedience and that men are
to beware of taking to themselves the glory due their Maker. He could
not grant the prayer of Moses that he share the inheritance of Israel,
but He did not forget or forsake His servant. On the top of Pisgah,
God called Moses to an inheritance infinitely more glorious than the
earthly Canaan.
Upon the mount of transfiguration, Moses was present with Elijah,
who had been translated. And thus the prayer of Moses was at last
fulfilled. He stood upon “the goodly mountain,” within the heritage of
his people, bearing witness to Him in whom all the promises to Israel
centered. Such is the last scene revealed to mortal vision in the history
of that man so highly honored of Heaven.
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