Archive for May, 2008

Notes: May 22, 2008 - Deuteronomy 34 & Joshua 1

Bob Feather May 22nd, 2008

Sweet Hour of Prayer, 4th stanza
by William W. Walford
  • Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer
  • May I thy consolation share,
  • Till, from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height,
  • I view my home, and take my flight:
  • This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise
  • To seize the everlasting prize;
  • And shout, while passing through the air,
  • Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!

If you’ve ever wondered what the songwriter had in mind when he wrote those words, read Deuteronomy 34.

For a current view of the mountain range (via Google Maps), click here to open a new window. Don’t forget to zoom out a couple of notches and see where the promised land lay. If you have Google Earth installed, fly to Mount Nebo and look around.

Meditation Points:

  • Moses was healthy at the time of his death. Would today’s media report that he died of “natural causes”?
  • Moses was allowed to see the land, but he was not allowed to set foot in it. Children don’t appreciate “look, but don’t touch” commands. Do you?
  • The nation mourned for 30 days after the death of Moses.
  • To this day, nobody on earth knows where Moses was buried. If this were otherwise, some superstitious zealot would dig up the bones and encase them in glass and set them on display for all the world to adore. It’s better that we forget the messenger and remember his God.
  • Jude 1:9 raises an interesting discussion about the body. It seems that the devil wanted it! Devils often want the remains of God’s people.
  • Sometimes the old leadership must die so that the young will have no choice but to carry on. In what ways would it have been good to remove Moses and replace him with Joshua just as the nation is about to enter the land?
  • Are you looking for a Bible promise, phrase or verse to memorize? Consider the following:
    • Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you (Joshua 1:3)
    • There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of your life (Joshua 1:5 a)
    • As I was with Moses, so shall I be with thee (1:5 b)
    • I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee (1:5 c)
    • Be thou strong and very courageous (Joshua 1:7 a)
    • Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left (1:7 c)
    • That you may prosper whithersoever thou goest (1:7 d)
    • Meditate therein day and night (Joshua 1:8)
    • When reminded of their covenant to fight alongside their brothers, the men of Reuben, Gad and (half tribe of) Manasseh recommitted themselves with the promise that any man who shirked his duty would be put to death (Joshua 1:18). How many professing Christians are willing to earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 1:3)?

 

Print This Post Print This Post
Jude 1:9
9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Joshua 1:3
3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Joshua 1:5
5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:7
7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:8
8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:18
18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Jude 1:3
3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Notes: May 21, 2008 - Psalm 90 & Deuteronomy 33

Bob Feather May 21st, 2008

A. Moses died when he was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). One wonders when he wrote Psalm 90.

  1. Eternal God (1-2)
  2. Temporal Man (3-11)
  3. How to make the best of your time on earth (12-17)

Meditation Points:

  • If the first two divisions of the Psalm present doctrinal truth, the third division presents the practical application. Faith without works is dead. What good is a doctrinal truth if believing it doesn’t affect your life?
  • Most people do live to be 70 to 80 years old, don’t they. Of course there are exceptions in any one society and even among societies. For sure, old age is not something most people look forward to.
  • Would you be satisfied with God’s mercy, and would that make you rejoice and be glad (Psalm 90:14)?
  • God’s presence points out our secret sins (Psalm 90:8). If your secret sins are not being pointed out to you, you should wonder where God is.
  • God, Who is not limited by space or time, views things differently from the way we, who are very limited by both space and time, see things (Psalm 90:4). For God, a millennium is like a day.

 

B. Jacob blessed his sons before he died; Moses blesses his people, under the names of Jacob’s sons, before he dies (Deuteronomy 33).

Meditation Points:

  • Moses calls himself “the man of God” (Deuteronomy 33:1). Earlier it was said that he was very meek (Numbers 12:13). Are these statements contradictory?
  • Read this chapter carefully, noting the names of Jacob’s sons.  Which name is missing? Some have suggested Joshua 19:1 as an explanation.
  • In what sense is God’s law “fiery” (Deuteronomy 33:2)?
  • Jeshurun (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 33:5,26; and Isaiah 44:2). A name for Israel?
  • “Live and not die” (Deuteronomy 33:6). Many people haven’t died yet; but do they live?
  • “Accept the work of his hands” (Deuteronomy 33:11). Maybe we should pray this for ourselves.
  • Do you “execute the justice of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 33:21)?
  • “There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun” (Deuteronomy 33:26), is there?
  • And “who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord” (Deuteronomy 33:29)?

 

Print This Post Print This Post
Jude 1:9
9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Joshua 1:3
3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Joshua 1:5
5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:7
7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:8
8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:18
18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Jude 1:3
3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Deuteronomy 34:7
7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Psalm 90:14
14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalm 90:8
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 90:4
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Deuteronomy 33:1
1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Numbers 12:13
13And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Joshua 19:1
1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
Deuteronomy 33:2
2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Deuteronomy 32:15
15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 33:5,26
5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Isaiah 44:2
2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Deuteronomy 33:6
6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Deuteronomy 33:11
11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Deuteronomy 33:21
21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:26
26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deuteronomy 33:29
29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Notes: May 20, 2008 - Deuteronomy 32

Bob Feather May 20th, 2008

A Biblical Rock Song

  • The Past (1-18)
    • God’s character
    • Israel’s rebellion
    • God’s goodness
    • Israel’s ingratitude
  • The Future (19-43)
    • Judgments
    • Remorse
    • Grace
    • Blessings
  • Moses (44-52)
    • His exhortation (44-47)
    • His end (48-52)

    Meditation Points:

    1. Can anyone with spiritual eyes miss the fact that God is the Rock of Israel? See also Romans 9:33; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 2:4-8.
    2. Those who do not worship the true God do worship demons (Deuteronomy 32:17; 1 Corinthians 10:20-21)
    3. Wisdom is to understand the consequences of one’s actions (Deuteronomy 32:29)
    4. The LORD alone has the power of life and death (Deuteronomy 32:39)

     

    Print This Post Print This Post
    Jude 1:9
    9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
    Joshua 1:3
    3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
    Joshua 1:5
    5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
    Joshua 1:7
    7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
    Joshua 1:8
    8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
    Joshua 1:18
    18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
    Jude 1:3
    3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
    Deuteronomy 34:7
    7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
    Psalm 90:14
    14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
    Psalm 90:8
    8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
    Psalm 90:4
    4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
    Deuteronomy 33:1
    1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
    Numbers 12:13
    13And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
    Joshua 19:1
    1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
    Deuteronomy 33:5,26
    5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
    26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
    Isaiah 44:2
    2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
    Deuteronomy 33:6
    6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
    Deuteronomy 33:11
    11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
    Deuteronomy 33:21
    21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
    Deuteronomy 33:26
    26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
    Deuteronomy 33:29
    29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
    Romans 9:33
    33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
    1 Corinthians 10:4
    4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
    1 Peter 2:4-8
    4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
    6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
    7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
    Deuteronomy 32:17
    17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
    1 Corinthians 10:20-21
    20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
    21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
    Deuteronomy 32:29
    29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
    Deuteronomy 32:39
    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

    Notes: May 19, 2008 - Deuteronomy 31

    Bob Feather May 19th, 2008

    • The will of God (1-8)
      • God will go over before you (3)
      • God will destroy those nations (3)
      • God will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og (4)
      • God will give them up (5)
      • God will not fail you (6)
      • God will not forsake you ( 6)
      • God will be with you (8)
    • The word of God (9-13; 22-30)
      • To be read publicly every seven years (9-13)
      • To be stored in the ark of the covenant (22-30)
    • The wrath of God (14-21)
      • God knows that the people will rebel against Him (16)
      • When God withdraws from the people, their lives will be miserable and they will know the reason (17)
      • God knows their evil thoughts before they think them (21)

     Meditation Points:

    1. How often do you read the Bible?
    2. The Bible is for every man and woman and child, even foreigners-that they may know God and how to obey Him.
    3. God inspires a song and orders that it be taught to future generations. What hymns and psalms and spiritual songs do you know?
    4. Although God knows the thoughts and actions of sinful men in advance, God is not the author of sin and man is fully responsible for his ways.

     

    Print This Post Print This Post
    Jude 1:9
    9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
    Joshua 1:3
    3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
    Joshua 1:5
    5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
    Joshua 1:7
    7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
    Joshua 1:8
    8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
    Joshua 1:18
    18Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
    Jude 1:3
    3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
    Deuteronomy 34:7
    7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
    Psalm 90:14
    14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
    Psalm 90:8
    8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
    Psalm 90:4
    4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
    Deuteronomy 33:1
    1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
    Numbers 12:13
    13And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
    Joshua 19:1
    1And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
    Deuteronomy 33:5,26
    5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
    26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
    Isaiah 44:2
    2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
    Deuteronomy 33:6
    6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
    Deuteronomy 33:11
    11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
    Deuteronomy 33:21
    21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
    Deuteronomy 33:26
    26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
    Deuteronomy 33:29
    29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
    Romans 9:33
    33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
    1 Corinthians 10:4
    4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
    1 Peter 2:4-8
    4To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
    5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
    6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
    7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
    Deuteronomy 32:17
    17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
    1 Corinthians 10:20-21
    20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
    21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
    Deuteronomy 32:29
    29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
    Deuteronomy 32:39
    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

    « Prev - Next »

    Page 4 of 11« First...«23456»...Last »
    King James Version scripture references powered by CREDO.