Did Moses Really Die?

There are many who profess to understand the mysteries surrounding the two witnesses spoken of in Revelation, chapter 11, and, sadly, a significant number of such people claim that Moses did not actually die.  The claim goes along the lines of... "Moses must be one of the two witnesses and the other is Elijah, since they appeared on the mount of transfiguration with Christ, and they must die because all men must die once before the judgement, and we know that Elijah was taken without seeing death, and since Elijah must be one of the two witnesses because he is expected to return, and since nobody knows where Moses' body was buried and Satan contested this issue with God, then Moses must have also been translated without seeing death."... or something to that effect, including making various out-of-context scriptural references.  Sigh!  I am so tired of this nonsense, so weary of it all.  I really could NOT be bothered going to all the trouble of outlining them since if you are aware of the issue I am speaking of and if you are one who dilligently and unswervingly seeks the truth, then you know of what I speak.

So, the question really is... do we trust the scriptures?  Let me put it this way... do we trust Christ Yeshua at His word?  The Lord, Himself, said... 

Joh 10:35 ASV  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken), ...  

Did He specify just one portion of the scripture that cannot be broken?  No, not as far as I can see, not that I have perfect "vision" but, simply that, having read ALL of the scripture, many parts many times over, I have not been able to come to any other conclusion than that the Lord meant NO PART of the scripture can be broken.  Of course, there are the pride-filled, hard-hearted people who have built their reputations on incorrect views and try to twist the scripture to fit those views, using the claim that there are many mistranslations in the well accepted English versions of the scriptures, in spite of the fact that most of their scriptural references are not in question in this regard, but any person who knows God can, easily enough, recognise such false claims for what they are.  They can be safely ignored.  No need for all of that mental clutter.

So, what do the scriptures say about Moses' death? 

Deu 34:5-8 ASV  So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.  (6)  And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.  (7)  And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.  (8)  And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. 

Jos 1:1-2 ASV  Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,  (2)  Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

... and that is that.  Either believe the word of God Almighty, Himself, or do not.

Joshua had no reason to make this up and, if he did, then nothing in the book of Joshua can be firmly believed.  Such a view would bring into question the rest of the books of the bible and then the claims of creation, the fall of Adam, the need for salvation, then finally bringing doubt upon the need for a saviour, Christ Himself and, thus, the very fact that He came and existed is questioned and comes to the point of being called a fable... and those who deny that Yeshua is the Christ are antichrist, in accordance with what John the apostle taught us (1 John 22).  That is an example of what progressivism is really all about, what it does, what it is actually intended to do.  That is raw and basic progressivism.  It is entirely based on moral relativism.  No foundation, no base, no reference, just like a boat tossed around at sea without anchor and without sail.  I call it, "Boiling Frog Syndrome."  The whole world is deep in a myriad of deceptions brought on by this very method.  It would have to be one of the devil's favourite ways to destroy mankind.  Once a person deceives himself, he becomes a deceiver and such people continue deeper and deeper into deception, deceiving themselves and each other, the growing pride and fear of being seen as imperfect making them ever less capable of admitting fault.  Strange how such people think that, just by telling us what they want us to believe about them, we are not going to see them for what they really are, warts and all!  Is there any hope for those who have willfully cast themselves into that abyss?  Only the Everliving God really knows.

Those who do not believe God at His own word will be held accountable for their unbelief in the face of the huge mountain of evidence, for the veracity of the scripture and for the reality of Yeshua the Christ and the eternal, self-existent one, the Everliving God.

There is a Calm Before the Storm

We stood on that west-facing beach, the dark cloud on the northern horizon stretching across all the land and all the sea, from the far east to the far west, and the calm was before it, a quiet but eerie calm, barely a whisper of wind, gentle waves breaking on the shore.  I knew in my heart that what is coming must come and, though I longed for that peace to never end, for Him to stay there with me on that peaceful shore, I knew that I had to face the coming storm.

My house is already secured on the immovable rock, protected from the oncoming tempest by sheer, stone cliffs, set like a stone fortress.  The winds could not reach me on one side nor the waves on the other.  I fear for my siblings, for my mother, for my friends.  Why is it so difficult for them to believe their own eyes and see that all that is cannot have just happened by chance?  In death no man can see, no man can hear, all is darkness and only God can enliven that dead spirit.  Though it grieves me, I know that God is always good, and God is always at peace, even when He is at war.  I need not fear.  He said that His burden is light, so I must believe that whatever He has assigned for me to do in these final days must be something which, for the most part, I will want to do.

The only question I have is, how long will last the calm before the storm?

A Warning to False Prophets

Eze 13:4-9 ASV  O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.  (5)  Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.  (6)  They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.  (7)  Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken?  (8)  Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.  (9)  And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

What will the false prophets do?  All those fake "two witnesses" out there who are proclaiming the "word", their own word, their own vain imaginings, their doctrines of men and demons out of their darkened, vain hearts, seeking their own glory?  What shall they do when the true witnesses appear?  What will they do, what can they do when the Lord returns and His razor sharp eyes cut them to the quick?

When the true witnesses appear, the false prophets will continue plying their trade, accusing the true of falsehood, condemning them, seeking their silence, even their destruction.  How can such pride ever admit to fault?  Simply, it cannot.

The day approaches quickly, the moment of reckoning, the instant when the hearts of the liars will choose to repent or go to eternal destruction... and it will happen in the blink of an eye, for the moment that the voice of the true witnesses, who will NOT proclaim themselves to be Elijah or any other such well known name, goes out into the world, will be sudden, the word unassailable, their stand immovable, and near nary a soul will recognise them!  The world is truly in the grasp of the great delusion... a delusion that can only bring death.  As the witnesses act and bring calamity, gradually greater, gradually more intense, so will become the darkness of the veil over the eyes of all who cannot see... that is, all the dead.  How can such ever come to a knowledge of the truth?  Only the Ever Living God can lift that veil, only the Eternal One can save.

Will you know them when they come?