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MOSES WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER CANAAN
MONDAY, JULY 26
Deuteronomy 3:18-29

John 17:24-26

 

“…I will that they also,
whom thou hast given me,

be with me where I am…”

 

MOSES WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER CANAAN
 
In Scripture, there is the revealed will of God and also the hidden will of God. Here, God had revealed His will to Moses, but Moses still thought that the Lord might change His mind. That prohibition to enter Canaan was declared to Moses earlier after he had smitten the rock that water might come out. He did this because he was angry since the children of Israel were always murmuring against him. However, the Lord’s command to Moses was to speak to the rock. In this, Moses disobeyed the Lord and he was denied that privilege of leading Israel into Canaan.
 
The Lord was wroth with Moses for the sake of Israel. The Lord did not answer Moses on this matter. He told him in verse 26: “Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.” This was a strong rebuke. Moses understood the message clearly and did what the Lord had told him to do. He was told to go to Pisgah, the summit of Mt Nebo and there he would only view the land from a distance. It was here also that Moses subsequently died. Though nobody knows where he was buried, this was his final earthly abode. The Lord prepared him for that departure and told him to charge Joshua to cause the people to inherit the land. He was going to bring to pass what Moses already knew. As they waited to enter the land, Israel abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. This little detail may seem insignificant, but such little assertions are important in authenticating the truthfulness of the words of God. It was not an imaginary event, it was something that really happened, in a real place.
 
God is always true to His words. He was now leading Israel to the last stop before possessing Canaan. He spoke to Moses and was true to His earlier promise. He prepared Joshua for the occupation of Canaan with expressed instructions: Obey God and see His faithfulness.
 
THOUGHT: When God speaks once, man must hear Him twice.

PRAYER: Father, give me a discerning mind to know Thy will.

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