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The Satan Question That Leaves Bible Scholars Speechless - Answered in Less Than 12 Minutes · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  Imagine this scenario. There are 117 billion people who
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  have ever lived on our earth, and yet the Bible tells us there
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  is only one man who was buried by God.
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  Who was this man? It was Moses.
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  But if that shocked you, wait until you hear this.
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  God's enemy, the evil one himself, was watching this body
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  so closely that he even had a battle with the most powerful
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  Archangel Michael over who should own it.
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  So I've delved in to try and understand what's really going
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  on here. I mean, why was Moses buried in
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  a secret place? Why would God himself take the
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  time to do it? And why is Satan so desperate to
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  get his hands on this body? There are three possible
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  explanations, but I'm convinced that only one is true.
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  And the answer? Well, it's something that no one
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  ever talks about #1 Moses, one of the greatest leaders in
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  Scripture, was not allowed to enter into the Promised Land.
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  The reason is recorded in Numbers 20 verses 7 to 12.
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  God instructed Moses to speak to the rock, to bring forth water
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  for the thirsty Israelites. Yet in frustration, Moses struck
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  the rock twice and said, Must we bring you water out of this
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  rock? In that moment he blurred the
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  line between God's authority and his own.
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  Though he was faithfully leading God's people, he took a measure
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  of credit for what only God could do by saying we.
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  Because of this act of disobedience striking the rock
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  twice and of pride, God told Moses he would see the Promised
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  Land, but from a distant, but he would not enter it himself.
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  Now this is super important. The Promised Land was a picture
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  of every believer's future hope. It was a picture of heaven.
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  So when Moses was barred from the Promised Land, to some it
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  might seem like he was barred from heaven as well.
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  Remember this fact because we're going to need it in a moment's
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  time. Years later, after the rock
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  incident in Deuteronomy 34, verses 5 to 6, we read that
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  Moses died in Moab in the land of Beth Piore, and that God
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  himself buried him. So out of the billions who have
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  ever lived, as far as we know, Moses alone is the only one to
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  have this extraordinary honor. So why would God go to such
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  great lengths? Could it be that it reflects not
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  only the greatness of Moses's service, but also the concerning
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  interests this body might attract by a certain being?
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  Check this out. In the heavenly courtroom
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  described in Job One, we learned something scary and crucial
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  about Satan. It is here we see he accuses
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  God's people people and seeks to bring them under condemnation.
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  Moses, who had once struck down an Egyptian oppressor and also
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  wasn't allowed to enter God's promised land because of his
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  sin, might have been viewed by Satan as a legitimate target.
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  His disobedience at the rock, while minor in comparison to his
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  lifetime of service, could have been seen by the enemy as a
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  foothold for accusation. Does this man really honour God
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  above himself? In a way, Moses's sin mirrors
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  Satan's own rebellion, lifting himself, taking matters into his
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  own hands and claiming a glory that belongs to God by saying we
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  bring this water out of this rock instead of the Lord brings
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  this water out of the rock. So over to you.
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  Do you think Satan believed that he had a claim over Moses body,
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  believing that he could somehow take a reward that Moses
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  deserved or somehow bring him on the condemnation with himself?
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  If I may, let me add my two cents to this first theory.
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  We don't know why God chose to bury Moses body in a secret
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  location, or why Satan entered into a dispute with the
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  Archangel Michael over it. But there's one thing I'm fairly
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  sure of. At some point Satan would have
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  laid accusation against Moses, and in the same way I believe he
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  has laid accusations against you and I as well.
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  But there is something Satan either forgets or deliberately
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  ignores, and it's something we should always remember when we
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  look at Moses's life. Yes, Moses failed and yes, he
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  messed up, but the Lord operates according to one key and
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  beautiful reality, and it's called grace.
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  We are saved by grace, not by our merits, not by our works,
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  and not by anything that we can do.
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  But through faith in Christ and Moses, although Jesus Christ had
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  not yet come in bodily form, he believed in the Messiah.
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  All those Old Testament Saints look forward to the day when the
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  Christ would come, offer Himself as a sacrifice, and redeem what
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  was lost in the fall when Adam and Eve sinned and we all
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  entered into the curse of death and rebellion.
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  But listen to me that Christ has now come.
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  He died on a cross for you and me, and He rose from the dead to
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  offer as an endless life to all who will put their trust in Him.
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  And He invites us to come to Him, to turn away from ourselves
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  and from everything we rely on, and to trust in Him alone.
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  I wonder, have you done that personally for yourself?
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  The second compelling reason why Satan might have fought with the
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  Archangel Michael over Moses body has to do with what Moses
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  meant to Israel. Moses wasn't just the leader, he
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  was the patriarch, the one who brought the law, the one who
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  gave Israel the 10 commandments, the one who guided them towards
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  their inheritance. In the ancient world, the tombs
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  of great figures often became name a place of veneration or
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  even worship. For instance, The Cave of
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  Patriarchs at Hebron, revered for generation after generation
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  as the burial site of Abraham and other patriarchs.
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  And then there's other tombs that became shrines and
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  pilgrimage destinations. The Bible itself suggests that
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  God intentionally prevented that with Moses after recording that
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  no one knows his burial place to this day.
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  Now, theologians note this secrecy because it likely
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  protected Israel from turning Moses grave into an idol or a
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  shrine, tempting them to worship the created the same sin of
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  idolatry that we know was a big problem for the Israelites when
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  they had a certain golden calf. In other words, God hid Moses's
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  body because he knew human hearts are prone to elevate
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  heroes above the Creator. And perhaps Satan was hoping to
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  exploit this very tendency, turning Moses's burial site into
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  a magnet for misguided devotion and for a whole bunch of
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  religious tourists to visit every year.
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  Before I give you the answer I think makes most sense, let me
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  ask you something very quickly. Did you notice any adverts
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  OK, The third and final reason, and for me personally the one I
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  find most compelling as to why Satan designed the body of Moses
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  so much is because I believe the Bible hints that Moses will be
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  needed again. In the Book of Revelation there
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  is a prophecy about two witnesses.
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  These are two people God sends near the end of the world to
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  tell everyone about him and to call the people to turn back to
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  God. The Bible says God protects them
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  while they speak, and they are even resurrected in front of
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  everyone after the man of lawlessness tries to have his
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  way with them. OK, so when you read Revelation
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  11 carefully, the miracles attributed to the two witnesses
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  are not vague. They're very specific.
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  We're told they will have the power to turn water into blood,
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  to call down fire from heaven, and to strike the earth with
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  every kind of plague as often as they desire.
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  But guys, that combination should immediately make us stop
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  and think. Because yes, Elijah famously
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  called down fire from heaven when he confronted the prophets
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  of Baal. Not only that, he soaked the
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  sacrifice with 12 jars of water and still got answered with
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  fire. Elijah also shut up the heavens
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  so that it did not rain for 3 1/2 years, which by the way is
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  the exact same time period mentioned in Revelation.
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  So Elijah clearly fits the first parts of this picture.
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  But Elijah never turned any water into blood.
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  And Elijah did not bring any plagues down upon a nation.
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  Moses did. Through the power of God, Moses
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  turned the Nile, the lifeblood of Egypt, into blood.
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  And through Moses, God unleashed 10 devastating plagues, each one
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  designed to confront Egypt's false gods and wake the people
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  up to the reality of the true, living God.
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  Revelation doesn't just say the Witnesses can perform some
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  signs. It says they can bring every
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  kind of plague. And that language fits Moses
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  perfectly. Now, it's absolutely critical
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  that we don't forget that many people suggest Enoch instead.
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  They point out that Enoch never died.
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  And they argue the Bible says is appointed for man wants to die
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  and after that the judgment. But that argument doesn't quite
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  hold when you take the entire weight of scripture seriously.
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  Think about it. Lazarus, Jesus friend died and
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  then he died again. He died twice.
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  The Shuma knight woman's son died, but Elijah the prophet
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  through God's power restored him back to life.
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  But he still died eventually a second time.
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  Gyrus's daughter, who was raised back to life by Jesus, died
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  twice. Uticus died after falling asleep
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  during a sermon. And the preacher, the apostle
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  Paul, through God's power, brought him back to life.
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  But again, he still died. Once again, death has never
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  limited God's ability to use someone again.
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  So the fact that Moses died does not disqualify him from this
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  prophecy. And then there's the matter of
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  Moses's body. To this day, no one knows where
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  Moses is buried. You already know that Scripture
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  goes out of its way to tell us that the Lord himself buried him
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  and kept the location hidden. And yet, astonishingly, we're
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  told in the book of Jude that the devil disputed with Michael
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  the Archangel over the body of Moses.
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  So here's the big question. Why Moses?
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  Why not Abraham? Why not David?
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  Why not Peter? Why not Solomon?
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  Why was it Moses? Why did he not choose any other
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  servant of God but Moses? Scripture gives us no details of
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  the dispute, but the very fact that it happens tells us that
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  the body of Moses mattered, not just historically, but perhaps
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  prophetically. Satan seems to have a particular
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  fascination with Moses, and perhaps that's because Satan
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  knows the Scripture better than any human being alive.
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  He understands patterns, prophecy, and he knows what is
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  yet to come. I mean, take this into your mind
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  and stop me if I get something wrong.
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  Imagine if Moses were to stand again alive, preaching in
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  Jerusalem, performing the very miracles God once did through
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  him. The implications would be
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  enormous, especially for Israel. Moses is the giver of the Law.
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  He is the great patriarch. So to see Moses testifying that
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  Jesus Christ is the true Messiah, it could trigger a
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  massive awakening. And from Satan's perspective,
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  that is something worth trying to prevent at all costs.
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  And then we come to what, for me personally, is the strongest
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  evidence of all, the Mount of Transfiguration.
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  When Jesus was transfigured in glory, God didn't randomly
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  select two figures to stand beside him.
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  He paired Moses and Elijah, the law and the prophets,
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  resurrection and preservation. Moses represents every believer
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  who has died in the Lord and will be raised again, and Elijah
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  represents every believer who will be preserved from the grave
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  when Christ returns. Moses is the Law, Elijah is the
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  prophets, and together they testified to Christ just as they
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  would again in the tribulation in my opinion.
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  So I don't believe this pairing was accidental.
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  God was showing us a pattern and when Revelation later that tells
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  us that there will be two witnesses performing Mosaic and
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  Elijah like miracles prophesying for the same symbolic time
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  period, standing in Jerusalem as a final testimony to the world.
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  It's hard to escape the conclusion, isn't it?
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  And that is why I believe Moses alongside Elijah is one of the
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  most likely candidates for the two witnesses.
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  And that is also why I believe Satan had his eye on Moses's
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  body and even dared to challenge the strongest angelic being,
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  Michael over the issue. Alright, but am I the only one
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  who's thinking about this? Here we have the strongest
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  Angel, Michael, and the most beautiful Angel, Lucifer, who we
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  now know as Satan. And here they are contending
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  with one another because at some point in history they would have
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  worked together. And I personally was overwhelmed
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  when I realised just how many angels there are in heaven and
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  how many are named and described in the Bible.
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  If you'd like to see a timeline of all the angels that have ever
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  visited Earth, you should probably click here right away.