God Refuges Moses to Enter into Canaan In front of the Promised Land, Moses preaches his last sermon and introduction the Israelites have to follow in the Canaan God promises to them. Moses is not only the leader the Israelites, but also a person in the Israelites, so he would also wish so far forth as he steps on the ground of Canaan like other Israelites although he has refrained his lots of personal desires because of his role God gives him. In addition, the first generations of the Israelites in Exodus had died during wandering in the wilderness as they did not obey God after spying Canaan, excluding Moses, Joshua, and Caleb who are faithful for God. In this reason, Moses needs to lead the Israelites for 40years in the midst of the wilderness,
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Marvin Sweeney, the author of TANAK, argues, “Moses reiterates YHWH’s decision to refuse Moses entry into the land to underscore his own responsibility for the people as a prophet (or priest) whose task is to instruct the people in YHWH’s expectations and to demonstrate that even Moses is subject to punishment due to wrongdoing.” In this respect, Moses’ staying the wilderness in the Arabah is not only symbolic as the representative of the Israelites, but also God’s very harsh horrible message that the Israelites can be also abandoned anytime when they disobey …show more content…
This is because he wants to use his situation as a symbol which can arouse the Israelites’ attention that the Israelites can be placed in the same situation with Moses when they forget or break the law of God. Brent A. Strawn, the author of “Deuteronomy” in Theological Bible Commentary, asserts that Moses is mortal in front of God even though he is great prophet, priest, and leader of the Israelites. Moses eagers the Israelite to be faithful, so he does not matter to use his sad refusal from God to help alert them as the reason to remember and keep the covenant. Nonetheless, it is still hard in to understand God’s treatment or plan to only Moses when it compares Moses as a person independent from Israel with Joshua and Caleb who are the same first generation of the Israelites like
Marvin Sweeney, the author of TANAK, argues, “Moses reiterates YHWH’s decision to refuse Moses entry into the land to underscore his own responsibility for the people as a prophet (or priest) whose task is to instruct the people in YHWH’s expectations and to demonstrate that even Moses is subject to punishment due to wrongdoing.” In this respect, Moses’ staying the wilderness in the Arabah is not only symbolic as the representative of the Israelites, but also God’s very harsh horrible message that the Israelites can be also abandoned anytime when they disobey …show more content…
This is because he wants to use his situation as a symbol which can arouse the Israelites’ attention that the Israelites can be placed in the same situation with Moses when they forget or break the law of God. Brent A. Strawn, the author of “Deuteronomy” in Theological Bible Commentary, asserts that Moses is mortal in front of God even though he is great prophet, priest, and leader of the Israelites. Moses eagers the Israelite to be faithful, so he does not matter to use his sad refusal from God to help alert them as the reason to remember and keep the covenant. Nonetheless, it is still hard in to understand God’s treatment or plan to only Moses when it compares Moses as a person independent from Israel with Joshua and Caleb who are the same first generation of the Israelites like