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"A LOOK AT THE PROMISED LAND"
December 14, 2009
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 "Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land - from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the Lord said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, "I will give it to your descendents. I will let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."
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Joseph and Mary might well have considered the territory Moses would have seen from the top of Mount Nebo and then talked about the Children of Israel crossing the Jordan to enter it. This was cause for great rejoicing! They may well have sung the songs their people had been singing for ages-and were still singing!
They would have recalled their people's difficult history in that land. Often under foreign occupation, during Joseph and Mary's day the Romans held sway. But the promise was not only for a land. It was for a Messiah, a descendent of David, who was to be born in Bethlehem. They approached Bethlehem as descendents of David and in Mary's womb was the great promise of the ages.
They must have wondered what this promise meant for their baby. They must have wondered what their baby might mean for the Promised Land. And, for a moment, could they have seen something of the impact this Promised One would have for the whole world!
We, too, are on our journey to Bethlehem. We know what happened to Jesus, the Promised One. We have seen the impact on the Promised Land. What still remains to be revealed is the impact on us personally. What does it mean to have Jesus, the Promised One, in our lives? And still more to be revealed is what it means to have the Promised One in our world!
THE PRAYER: O Promised One, born in the land of promise. Release Your blessings to us, and through us to Your whole world! Amen.
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