Moses sees what the children of Israel have not been able to see. He knows that God reveals his ways to those he is in covenant with for a purpose. "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law." - Deut. 29:29 NIV
Moses knows this people, and he knows that someday, their hearts will leave that of the Lord God in search of better gods. He knows what their destruction will be, but he also knows the heart of Jehovah and how he loves this wayward people. "Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back. He will bring you to the land that belonged to your fathers, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live." - Deut. 30: 4-6 NIV
Moses, who has lead this cantankerous and rebellious people for over forty years, in a voice that has become eloquent over time, now pleads with them to choose the right thing. "Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction....This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life." - Deut. 30:11-19 NIV
It has been revealed to you, he says. It is not a difficult thing. You have seen God's blessing and His curse. Choose life.....choose Life!
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