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trust in him and in his Messiah. They cannot rely on themselves in the least. Even in painful refinement
or death itself, they must put their trust in him.

The best of all those thousands of Israelites, Moses himself, could not keep God’s law and earn the right
to enter the Promised Land. He died. Even more bluntly, he was killed by YHWH for his sins. Yet this
death did not mean God’s final judgment on Moses. He was “gathered to his people (32:50).” These are
not idle words of uncertainty. Surely Moses carried with him the keen memory of God’s first words to
him in the Sinai. “I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of
Jacob (Exod. 3:6).” Surely he understood the meaning of those words for the generations of believers
who had gone before him. God is the God of the living, not the God of the dead (Mark 12:27). Surely he
anticipated his own reward, distinctly chosen so many years earlier as he fled Egypt (Heb. 11:26).

16.4 Let’s Practice…

1. When Israel enters the land, they are to agree to and

2.The result of Israel’s future disobedience would be

3. What OT books confirm the failure of Israel to be obedient?

4. Instead of obedience, what did Yahweh require of Israel?

5. Who was to succeed Moses?

6. What did God give to Israel to help them remember the events to come?

7. What figurative name for God was used in this piece of writing?

8. How do the blessings on the tribes of Israel at the end of Deuteronomy contrast with the blessings on
the sons of Jacob in the end of Genesis?

9. How did Moses die?

10. Who had not yet appeared at the writing of the last chapter of Deuteronomy?

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