Deuteronomy 34 & Isaiah 54

Deuteronomy 34

- Moses left the plains of Moab and went up Mount Nebo. From the mountain the Lord showed Moses all of the land promised to Abraham.
- The Lord showed Moses the promised land but told him that he would never go there.
- It says, "he buried him", so God buried Moses and no one knows where Moses is buried even today.
- Moses was buried in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor.
- Moses was 120 and had great vigor and eye sight when he died.
- The people wept over Moses for 30 days in Moab.
- Joshua was full of the spirit because Moses had laid his hands on Joshua.
- The people now followed him.
- There hasn't been a prophet since who the Lord knew "face-to-face" or a prophet who did such great wonders and signs
- It wraps up by saying Moses did great deeds of terror with mighty power.

Isaiah 54
- It tells the barren one to sing for she will have many children (Is this speaking of Elizabeth, John the Baptist's mother?)
- They will need to get a bigger, stronger tent.
- Her offspring will possess the nations
- She will not be ashamed or disgraced. She will not remember the reproach of her widowhood.
- Your Maker is your husband (speaking of Mary?)
- The Lord called her when she was deserted and grieved.
- He deserted her for a moment but will gather her with great compassion.
- God relates this moment like the time when he promised Noah the world would never flood again.
- God now promises not to be angry and rebuke her any longer.
- The mountains and hills may depart, but God's steadfast love and covenant of peace will not.
- God addresses them as "storm tossed" and "afflicted".
- God will make their foundation with sapphires, their pinnacles of ruby, the gates of carbuncles (crystals), and their walls of precious stones
- All of their children will be taught by the Lord and they will have great peace.
- They shall be established in righteousness and far from oppression and fear.
- God won't send strife, and anyone who stirs strife up will fall.
- God says He has created a smith to blow coals and produce "a weapon for its purpose"
- He has also created a ravager to destroy.
- No weapon against them will win
- They will confute any judgment brought against them.
- This is their heritage from God and their vindication (righteousness) from God.