[Biblemat] Why was Moses not allowed entrance? (question/answer)

[Don Martin]

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Hello Marie,

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You asked:

Why did Moses not get to go into the promise land?

Reply:

Moses was not allowed entrance into the Promised Land (Deut. 34: 4).   The
reason for Moses not being allowed was because, "...ye trespassed against me
among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh..." (Deut. 32:
51).  The circumstances to which reference is made are observed in Numbers
20: 7-13.  One that occasion, God told Moses to, "...speak ye unto the
rock..." (vs. 8).  Once before when water was needed, Moses was instructed
to take his rod and "smite the rock" (Ex. 17: 5-7).  Moses did exactly as
God told him and water resulted (Ibid.).  However, on this subsequent
occasion, Moses acted rebelliously and instead of "speaking" to the rock, as
he is now told to do, Moses "smote the rock" (Num. 20: 7f.).  Moses revealed
a defiant attitude in the language he employed in this case (Num. 20: 10,
11).  Moses is a good example of how we must obey God and not do what
appeals to us.  You are encouraged to read, "Authority" located in
www.bibletruths.net  When on the home page, click on the "Authority" button
at the top of page.  Here is an excerpt from the article:

     "...Authority is absolutely necessary. As we have seen, without
recognizing Jesus' authority and his means of expressing his authority (his
teaching, New Testament), we cannot be united and please God. Beloved, the
scriptures are replete with one emphatic warning after another regarding the
seriousness of being without authority. Jesus will tell religious people in
the Day of Judgment to "depart from me, ye that work iniquity" (Matt. 7:
23). The Greek word translated iniquity means lawlessness (anomia, a,
negative, nomos, law). To be without law is to be without authority. These
people will be told to depart, notwithstanding their "many wonderful works"
(vs. 22, see also Gal. 1: 6-9 and Rev. 22: 18, 19)....."

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Don Martin