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Day 59 or February the 28th. Don't claim all

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the credit. Our thought today is from Deuteronomy

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chapter 34 verses 10 and 12. Since then, no prophet

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has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord

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knew face to face. for no one has ever shown

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the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds

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that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. First,

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the big picture surrounding these verses. If

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we approach the final part of the last sermon

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of Moses, we can be forgiven if our heads are

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spinning with legal overload. This book, above

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all others, is crammed full of regulations and

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commandments. Moses will hand over the leadership

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to Joshua, who will then lead them into the promised

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land. In celebration before that, Moses writes

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a song and reads it to the people. Singing is

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a great way to remember things, and Moses knew

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that. His last big job was to bless all the tribes

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before he viewed the promised land from Mount

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Nebo in present -day Jordan. This was as near

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as he got. However, in the New Testament we read

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that Moses appeared to Jesus on the Mount of

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Transfiguration, so he did get to see the land

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a little closer, but he had a really long wait.

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Moses is dead now. Long live Joshua. Finally,

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our action step for today. That giant of Judaism,

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Moses, dies and his grave is hidden. No one can

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ever visit it to pay respects to him. On top

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of that, he was not allowed to cross over the

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Jordan with the people he had led for the past

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40 years, but his assistant Joshua did. To add

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insult to injury, If you check in a hymn book,

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you will find he's not even given credit for

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writing the song Ascribe Greatness, which is

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basically Deuteronomy 32, verses 3 and 4, part

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of the Song of Moses. Somehow, I don't think

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he would mind very much. He lived to do what

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God asked. Sometimes, we insist on having all

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the credit due to us, but I have a challenge

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for you. Do something for God today anonymously.

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If you enjoy it, try it again tomorrow. You may

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like being an anonymous disciple and want to

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do it again.