In the final chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses dies prior to entering the promise land for his past disobedience to God.

“And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”(Numbers 20:12)

Therefore, Moses went up from Moab to Mount Nebo where the LORD showed him all the land.

“This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob…I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there” (Verse 4)

And Moses died there.

However, toward the end of the chapter Moses is glorified via the text as a special leader and a rare servant of God. And his intimate relationship with God as a prophet is highlighted above all other prophets to come after him.

“And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses who the LORD knew face to face.” (Verse 10)

This speaks in detail about the relationship Moses had with the LORD, as he was sent the signs and wonders to do in Egypt, to Pharaoh. He also saw the “holiness” of God on Sinai (Exodus 33:11) and God worked through him with his mighty power and great deeds among the Israelites.

Nevertheless, ultimately Jesus is the one who fulfills the prophecy, that there will be another who knows the LORD face to face here on earth. And despite the faithfulness of Moses and the way God used him during his 120-years. He was still just an instrument all that time used to point forward toward Jesus Christ as the only way to eternal salvation.

His Humbled Servant,

W.H. Carston