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    Deuteronomy 34

    The Death of Moses

    1 "Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, from Gilead to Dan,

    2 and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the western sea (Mediterranean Sea),

    3 and the Negev (South country) and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

    4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”

    5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

    6 And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows where his burial place is to this day.

    7 Although Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor his natural strength abated.

    8 So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

    9 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. 

    10 Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

    11 [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,

    12 and in all the mighty power and all the great and terrible deeds which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel."

    Praise God! Amen.
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    ​The Blessing of Moses

    Deuteronomy 33 biblegateway.com

    ​1 "This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God [a]blessed the sons of Israel before his death. 

    2 He said, The Lord came from Sinai,
    And dawned on them from Seir;
    He shone forth from Mount Paran,
    And He came from among ten thousand holy ones;
    At His right hand was a [b]flaming fire, a law, for them.

    3 Indeed, He loves His people;
    All [c]Your holy ones are in Your hand.
    They followed in Your steps;
    They accept and receive direction from You.

    4  Moses commanded us with a law,
    As a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

    5 The Lord was King in Jeshurun (Israel),
    When the heads of the people were gathered,
    The tribes of Israel together.

    6 May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out,
    [d]But let his men be few.”

    7 And [Moses said] this of [e]Judah:
    Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
    And bring him to his people.
    With his hands he contended for them,
    And may You be a help against his enemies.”

    8 Of Levi he said,
    Your [f]Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man [Aaron],
    Whom You tested and proved at Massah,
    With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

    9 Who [g]said of his father and mother,
    ‘I did not consider them’;
    Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
    Nor did he regard his own sons,
    For the priests observed Your word,
    And kept Your covenant.

    10 The priests shall teach Your ordinances (judgments) to Jacob,
    And Your law to Israel.
    They shall put incense [h]before You,
    And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

    ​11 O Lord, bless Levi’s substance (ability),
    And accept and take pleasure in the work of his hands;
    Crush and shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,
    And of those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.

    12 Of Benjamin he said,
    May the beloved of the Lord [i]dwell in safety by Him;
    He shields and covers him all the day long,
    And he dwells between His shoulders.

    13 And of [j]Joseph he said,
    Blessed by the Lord be his land,
    With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
    And from the deep water that lies beneath,

    14 With the precious fruits of the sun,
    And with the precious produce of the months.

    15 With the best things of the ancient mountains,
    And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,

    16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
    And the favor and goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush.
    Let these blessings come upon the head of Joseph,
    And upon the crown of the head of him who was distinguished [as a prince] among his brothers.

    17 His majesty is like a firstborn young bull,
    And his horns like the horns of the wild ox;
    With them he will gore the peoples,
    All of them together, to the ends of the earth.
    And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
    And those are the thousands of Manasseh.

    18 Of Zebulun he said,
    [k]Rejoice, Zebulun, in your interests abroad,
    And, Issachar, in your tents [at home].

    19 They will call the peoples to the mountain (Mount Carmel);
    There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness;
    For they will draw out the abundance of the seas,
    And the hidden treasures of the sand.

    20 Of Gad he said,
    Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
    He lurks like a lioness,
    And tears the arm and the crown of the head.

    21 He selected the best [land] for himself,
    For there the leader’s portion was reserved;
    Yet he came with the leaders of the people;
    He carried out the justice (righteous will) of the Lord,
    And His ordinances (judgments) with Israel.

    22 Of Dan he said,
    Dan is a lion’s cub,
    That leaps forth from Bashan.

    23 Of Naphtali he said,
    O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
    And full of the blessing of the Lord,
    Take possession of the sea [of Galilee] and the south.

    24 Of Asher he said,
    More blessed than sons is Asher;
    May he be favored by his brothers,
    And may he dip his foot in oil.

    25 Your strongholds will be iron and bronze,
    And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.

    26 There is none like the God of Jeshurun (Israel),
    Who rides the heavens to your help,
    And through the skies in His majestic glory.

    27 The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place,
    And underneath are the everlasting arms;
    He drove out the enemy from before you,
    And said, ‘Destroy!’

    28 So Israel dwells in safety and security,
    The fountain of Jacob alone and secluded,
    In a land of grain and new wine;
    His heavens also drop down dew.

    29 Happy and blessed are you, O Israel;
    Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
    The Shield of your help,
    And the Sword of your majesty!
    Your enemies will cringe before you,
    And you will tread on their high places [tramping down their idolatrous altars].”

    Footnotes
    1. Deuteronomy 33:1 Jacob’s (Israel’s) blessing on his twelve sons is recorded in Gen 49:1-27.
    2. Deuteronomy 33:2 Or fiery law.
    3. Deuteronomy 33:3 Lit His.
    4. Deuteronomy 33:6 Or Nor. The Hebrew can be taken either way, though the parallelism of thought slightly favors “nor let.” However, some argue for the wording “but let” due to the fact that Reuben had committed the grave offense of fornication with Bilhah, his father’s concubine (Gen 49:3, 4; also see note Gen 22:24). It is maintained that Moses’ blessing for Reuben is somewhat mixed, asking that the tribe not become extinct, but that it always be few in number.
    5. Deuteronomy 33:7 The tribe of Judah later absorbed the tribe of Simeon (Josh 19:1-9), therefore, a specific blessing for Simeon is omitted from this passage.
    6. Deuteronomy 33:8 I.e. unspecified articles used like lots when the high priest asked God’s counsel for Israel.
    7. Deuteronomy 33:9 The law required that the high priest act just as impartially when one of his immediate family died, as if the departed were not related to him (Lev 21:10-12); however, another application may be intended—referring to the events at the foot of Sinai, when the Levites killed other Israelites as Moses directed them (Ex 32:26-28).
    8. Deuteronomy 33:10 Lit in Your nose.
    9. Deuteronomy 33:12 The temple in Jerusalem was located almost between the ridges of the territory of Benjamin, suggesting “between his shoulders” (see also Josh 15:8). Moses saw it as a symbol of the Lord’s presence covering Benjamin continually.
    10. Deuteronomy 33:13 Because of Reuben’s sin with Bilhah, Joseph received the double blessing of the firstborn. The descendants of Joseph became the tribes established by his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh (see v 17).
    11. Deuteronomy 33:18 Not until 1934 was this prophecy notably in process of fulfillment, when Haifa’s bay became one of the great harbors of the Mediterranean Sea, with commerce affecting the whole world.
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    God is raising up His army!


    Ezikiel 37:1-28

    ​1     The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

    2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

    3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

    4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

    5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

    6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

    7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

    8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

    9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

    10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

    11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

    12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

    13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

    14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

    15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

    16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:

    17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

    18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

    19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

    20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

    21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

    22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.

    23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

    24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

    25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

    26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

    27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore."

    Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!
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    ". . . you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you."  John 8:37
    Isaiah 53: 5-12

    5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

    6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

    7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

    8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

    9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

    10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

    11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
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    12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."

    ​Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

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    Habakkuk 3

    1 "The prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.

    2 Lord, I have heard the news about you. I am amazed, Lord, at the powerful things you did in the past. Now I pray that you will do great things in our time. Please make these things happen in our own days. But in your anger, remember to show mercy to us. Selah

    3 God is coming from Teman. The Holy One is coming from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covers the heavens, and his praise fills the earth!

    4 Rays of light shine from his hand, a bright, shining light. There is such power hiding in that hand.

    5 The sickness went before him, and the destroyer followed behind him.

    6 He stood and judged the earth. He looked at the people of all the nations, and they shook with fear. For many years the mountains stood strong, but those mountains fell to pieces. Those old, old hills fell down. God has always been able to do that.

    7 I saw that the cities of Cushan were in trouble and that the houses of Midian trembled with fear.

    8 Lord, were you angry at the rivers?

    Were you angry at the streams?

    Were you angry at the sea?

    Were you angry when you rode your horses and chariots to victory?

    9 Even then you showed your rainbow. It was proof of your agreement with the families of the earth. Selah

    ​And the dry land split the rivers.

    10 The mountains saw you and shook. The water flowed off the land. The water from the sea made a loud noise  as it lost its power over the land.

    11 The sun and the moon lost their brightness. They stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes of lightning. That lightning was like spears and arrows shooting through the air.

    12 In anger you walked on the earth and punished the nations.

    13 You came to save your people and to lead your chosen king to victory. You killed the leader in every evil family, from the least important person to the most important in the land. Selah

    14 You used Moses’ walking stick to stop the enemy soldiers. Those soldiers came like a powerful storm to fight against us. They thought they could defeat us easily, as robbing the poor in secret.

    15 But you marched your horses through the deep water, stirring up the mud.

    16 My whole body shook when I heard the story. My lips trembled. I felt weak deep down in my bones and stood there shaking. But I will wait patiently for destruction to come to those who attack us."

    ​Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!


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    Why did Jesus teach in parables? So God's chosen people would understand Him, but ONLY if their hearts were not blinded, and they had not scales over their eyes.

    "Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:" Ephesians 4:18

    "And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized." Acts 9:18

    I do believe, based on things God has put on my heart in the last year, as well as what God's prophets have said, that Matthew 13:23 represents what is happening right now, at this point in God's Plan.

    Matthew 13:23 - (KJV) "But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

    Matthew 13:23 - (ERV) “But what about the seed that fell on the good ground? That is like the people who hear the teaching and understand it. They grow and produce a good crop, sometimes 100 times more, sometimes 60 times more, and sometimes 30 times more.”

    God's Word teaches that we will reap what we sow based on our Faith in God's Word, and our fruit of His Spirit will be rewarded accordingly, thirty-, sixty- or an hundredfold.

    But, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20

    “Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;” Isaiah 10:1

    "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

    Jesus teaches through parables, in Scripture:

    Matthew 13:

    1 "The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

    2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

    3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

    4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

    5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

    6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

    7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

    8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

    9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

    10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

    11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

    12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

    13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

    17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

    18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

    19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

    20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

    21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

    22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

    23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

    24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

    25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

    26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

    27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

    28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

    29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

    30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

    31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

    32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

    33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

    34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

    35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

    36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

    37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

    38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

    39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

    40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

    41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

    42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

    43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

    44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

    45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

    46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

    47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

    48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

    49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

    50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

    51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

    52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

    53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

    54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

    55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

    56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

    57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

    58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief."

    ​Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!