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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 
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Who was this man? 
It was Moses. 

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But if that shocked you, wait 
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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 
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Archangel Michael over who 
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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 
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And the answer? 
Well, it's something that no one

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ever talks about #1 Moses, one 
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Scripture, was not allowed to 
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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. 
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the rock twice and said, Must we
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rock? 
In that moment he blurred the 

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line between God's authority and
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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 
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Because of this act of 
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twice and of pride, God told 
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Land, but from a distant, but he
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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 
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might seem like he was barred 
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Remember this fact because we're
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time. 
Years later, after the rock 

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incident in Deuteronomy 34, 
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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, 
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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 
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Check this out. 
In the heavenly courtroom 

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described in Job One, we learned
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about Satan. 
It is here we see he accuses 

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God's people people and seeks to
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Moses, who had once struck down 
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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 
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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? 
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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. 
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Do you think Satan believed that
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believing that he could somehow 
take a reward that Moses 

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deserved or somehow bring him on
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If I may, let me add my two 
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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 
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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 
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look at Moses's life. 
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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 
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and not by anything that we can 
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But through faith in Christ and 
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not yet come in bodily form, he 
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All those Old Testament Saints 
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Christ would come, offer Himself
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was lost in the fall when Adam 
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entered into the curse of death 
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But listen to me that Christ has
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He died on a cross for you and 
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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 
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and from everything we rely on, 
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I wonder, have you done that 
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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. 
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was the patriarch, 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 
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even worship. 
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Patriarchs at Hebron, revered 
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as the burial site of Abraham 
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And then there's other tombs 
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pilgrimage destinations. 
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God intentionally prevented that
with Moses after recording that 

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no one knows his burial place to
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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
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idolatry that we know was a big 
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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. 
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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 
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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. 
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OK, The third and final reason, 
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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
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needed again. 
In the Book of Revelation there 

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is a prophecy about two 
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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 
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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
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But guys, that combination 
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and think. 
Because yes, Elijah famously 

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called down fire from heaven 
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of Baal. 
Not only that, he soaked the 

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sacrifice with 12 jars of water 
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fire. 
Elijah also shut up the heavens 

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so that it did not rain for 3 
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the exact same time period 
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So Elijah clearly fits the first
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But Elijah never turned any 
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And Elijah did not bring any 
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Moses did. 
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turned the Nile, the lifeblood 
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And through Moses, God unleashed
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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, 
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Revelation doesn't just say the 
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signs. 
It says they can bring every 

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kind of plague. 
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perfectly. 
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that we don't forget that many 
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And they argue the Bible says is
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and after that the judgment. 
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hold when you take the entire 
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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
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But he still died eventually a 
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Gyrus's daughter, who was raised
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twice. 
Uticus died after falling asleep

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during a sermon. 
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Paul, through God's power, 
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But again, he still died. 
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limited God's ability to use 
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So the fact that Moses died does
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prophecy. 
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Moses's body. 
To this day, no one knows where 

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Moses is buried. 
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goes out of its way to tell us 
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and kept the location hidden. 
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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 
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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 
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the body of Moses mattered, not 
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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 
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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 
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him. 
The implications would be 

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enormous, especially for Israel.
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He is the great patriarch. 
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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 
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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 
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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
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It's hard to escape the 
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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 
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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.