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count of sin, he was not permitted to enter.
He had besought the Lord to let him go over
and see the land, but the answer was, "Let
it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this
matter; thou shalt behold-i 1t with thine eyes,
but thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deut. iii, 23-27) When Paul besought the
Lord thrice for the removal of the thorn in
the flesh, the Lords answer was, my grace
is sufficient for thee" In Paul's case the de-
nial of the request and the continuance Of
the infirnity was lest he should be exalted
above measure; in the case of Moses, his re-
quest was denied because of his sin (Num
xvii, 1s), which, although forgiven, still
left present unpleasant result Fourteen
hundred years later Moses did stand in that
good land, when with Elijah he talked with
Jesus of His decease about to be accom-
plished-
4. "This is the land which / swore unto
Abraham" The promise had been made
nearly 500 years before Gen. xii, q, yet Abra-
ham had received no inheritance in it; no,
not so much as to set his foot on (Acts vii, 81.
His seed, which has grown from one to mill
ions, is now about to take possession Of it, but
they did not possess it fully, nor use 1T well
when they got it, and now for more than
1,600 years they have been out of it, and yet
it is their land, and God will make good to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, personally, his
personal promise to them God lives, the
persons live to whom the promise was made,
Jesus lives who died and rose again, oil the
promises of God in him are yea and in Him
amen; one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day; be
patient, be trustful, be steadfast, be fully
persuaded, and rejoice in hope of the glory
of God; the resurrection will make it all
plain, see that you take part in the first one.
8. $50 Moses, the servant of the Lord, died"
Although before the deluge people lived
seven, eight and nine hundred years, yet in
due time they died at is appointed unto
men once to die" HebE tx, 81, and yet there
is common saying to this effect-one thing
is sure, we must all die-which is not cor
rect, for the Spirit says through Paul in
/ Cor XIV, 81, SO that we shall not oil
sleep tor die), but in the twinkling
of an eye be changed at the sound
ing of the trumpet. So says the Spirit
also in Thess. iv, 1918 All true believers
who are alive when Christ returns shall for
His sake be excused from keeping their ap-
pointment, and being instantly changed,
shall be caught up to meet Christ in the air.
G. ssAnd He buried him" Most unique
death and burial ever accorded to mortal;
God and angels welcome him to the spirit
world and the Lord buries his body. When
we bury the bodies of our loved ones, though
we lay away the form we have looked upon,
our friends with form and features just
as real have passed beyond our reach;
and from the dust of the corrupt
ibIe body shall come at the resurrection
an immortal, incorruptible body with the
same form and features, glorified, in which
the spirit shall again take up its residence,
be rewarded for service done in the mortal
body, be at the marriage Of the Lamb, and
then with Christ reign over the earth How
long the body of Noses remained buried we
are not told; but that he had the risen body
on the Mount Of TRANSPORTATION seems evil
dent from Jude TX, for not only does the
devil hate to give up a soul to Christ, but he
also hates to have to give up the body Of
saint from the grave And If the Man Child
Of Rev. Xii, 5, includes the risen saints Of
Israel, we can understand something Of the
cause Of the war in heaven there referred to
between the same two parties.
s. "The children Of Israel wept for Moses
thirtS days" IL departed friends have
gained by their departure we cannot mourn
for them III ye loved me-said Jesus on
the night Of his beerayal-fe would hare re-