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Deuteronomy chapter 34, verse 10. And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses

whom the lord knew face to face isn't that such a great phrase this verse that summarizes

Moses's life and leadership and all that he did

he is the man who knew the Lord face to face this is the exact language we see in

Exodus chapter 33 when we read that God, the Lord,

would speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks with his friend. And you think about it,

this was a privilege only reserved for a few people in the Old Testament, relatively few. I mean,

Moses was the only one who got to go up on the mountain and meet with God. He's the only one who

got to go into the tent of meeting to meet with God. And when you keep turning the pages of

scripture, it was only a few people like the high priest who got to go into the

holy of holies, into the presence of the holy Lord to offer a sacrifice. You think about the prophets

who got to hear God's word directly in order to share it with God's people.

And yet, when you turn the pages of the New Testament, the new covenant, and Jesus dies on a cross for sinners, the great high priest, pays the price for all our sins.

And the curtain of the temple is torn into and the way is

made open wide open for all who trust in Jesus to be with God to meet with God not just to meet

with him but to be the dwelling place of his spirit. Our body is the temple, like the reality

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