{"id":2952,"date":"2016-12-16T09:52:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2016-12-16T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:52:30","slug":"sunday-brunch-what-did-moses-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/sunday-brunch-what-did-moses-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch &#8211; What Did Moses See?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1605 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SUNDAY-BRUNCH-1024x747-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"SUNDAY-BRUNCH-1024x747\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SUNDAY-BRUNCH-1024x747-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SUNDAY-BRUNCH-1024x747.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deuteronomy 34:1-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New International Version (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Death of Moses<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>34\u00a0Then 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\u2014from Gilead to Dan, 2\u00a0all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3\u00a0the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4\u00a0Then the Lord said to him, \u201cThis is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, \u2018I will give it to your descendants.\u2019 I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think Moses actually saw when he looked at the Promised<\/strong> <strong>Land?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My question might not make any sense, so, I will elaborate. Moses saw the Promised Land, but, due to something he&#8217;d done, something displeasing to God, he was not allowed to cross over into the land. Well, what I want to know is, when Moses was standing on Mount Nebo, what did he actually see, literally? I want to know what the land looked like. Yes, it&#8217;s a land flowing with milk and honey, but, that does not really give us a very good description.<\/p>\n<p>The land was <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/sunday-brunch-it-takes-two-men-to-carry-a-cluster-of-grapes.html\">rich with produce, lush fields, large grapes<\/a>&#8230;I just wish I could see a picture of it. <strong>I wonder if there&#8217;s anyplace on this earth, today, that resembles what Moses saw when he was standing on Mount Nebo?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wondered if the land may have resembled the Garden of Eden &#8211; a paradise. I want to see it with my own eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what do you think? Do you think there&#8217;s anyplace on this God-given earth, today, that resembled The Promised Land &#8211; the land Moses saw with his own eyes more than two thousand years ago?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteronomy 34:1-4 New International Version (NIV) The Death of Moses 34\u00a0Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. 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