The Strand Study Bible

DEUTERONOMY DEUTERONOMY with a multi billion barrel pool of petroleum below Israel’s surface somewhere below the “foot” of the tribe of Asher in the land of Manasseh near Megiddo ( Gen 49:25 ). This would appear to make sense given the fact that Russia and her allies, according to Ezekiel 38:12, are prophesized to attack Israel in the End Times in order “to take a spOIL.” 1 An article in Israel My Glory notes: Israel has already succeeded in finding enormous natural gas fields, but it is now believed that deep below the gas there is oil. It is that deep strata that Zion Oil & Gas and a few other companies are targeting. A World Energy Council estimate suggests Israel could be sitting on 250 billion barrels of oil, which is nearly as much as the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia. 2 34:6 According to Jude 9, the archangel Michael informed Satan that he was not allowed to “reveal” to the Israelites where the body of Moses had been buried lest the people of God make an idol out of him. God knows people and He knows the vain worship which people often attach to such information. Unfortunately for Israel, immediately after the death of Moses ( Religious Note after Deut 34:12) the Jewish people, due to their infatuation with Moses ( Jude 1:9 ), did just that – they created a new religious movement called Judaism , which was very active even in Christ’s day (Jn 9:24-28). Judy Jones and WilliamWilson in An Incomplete Education state that Judaism : …didn’t really get rolling until Moses led a group of transplanted Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt and trekked with them back to the Promised Land. 3 The New Age Encyclopedia agrees. It states that: the religious faith of the Jewish people is one of the oldest religions of mankind…every tradition points to a remarkable religious revelation wrought by the genius of the desert chieftain, Moses… 4 Again, when referring to Hinduism , Jones and Wilson, in An Incomplete Education , note that Hinduism is: Very old: Predates all other world religions, except Judaism, by centuries at least. 3 So, according to the secularists (and the Scriptures), Judaism started with Moses. However, Moses did not start Judaism . Moses was a MESSIANIC believer (Lk 24:25-27, Heb 11:24-27, Acts 3:20-24 & 7:52 & 10:39-43 & 28:23 and Heb 4:2 ). He believed in grace (I Pet 1:10-12), not works (Jn 6:28). In fact, the only difference between OT saints and NT saints is their view of the cross. Seeing that Moses penned the first five books of the Old Testament, consider the following references Moses gave concerning CHRIST : Adam and Eve (c. 4000 BC) - Gen 3:15 ( her SEED , i.e., Mary’s SEED ) (Gal 3:16 and Lk 2:7,11) Gen 3:21 ( COATS OF SKINS , i.e., the righteousness of CHRIST ) (Rom 5:19 & 10:1-4, II Cor 5:21, Mt 22:11-12, Isa 61:10 and Zech 3:3-5) Abel (c. 4000 BC) - Gen 4:1-4 ( his OFFERING ) (Acts 7:52, Lk 11:49-51, Mt 23:34-35, Heb 11:4 & 12:24 and I Jn 3:12) Enoch (c. 3300 BC) - Gen 5:22-24 ( Enoch walked with God ) (Jude 14 - Enoch...prophesied...Behold, the LORD cometh with ten thousands of his saints ) and Heb 11:5-6 - Enoch pleased God ) Noah (2343 BC) - Gen 8:20,21 ( and offered BURNT OFFERINGS ) (II Pet 2:5 - a preacher of righteousness ) Abraham (c. 1908 BC) - Gen 15:6 ( And he believed in the LORD ) (Rom 4:1-5,18-22 and Gal 3:6-8) Sarah (1892 BC) - Gen 21:1 ( And the LORD visited Sarah ) (Heb 11:11,12 - Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed ... and eventually the SEED - Gal 3:16) Isaac (c. 1859 BC) - Gen 22:8 ( GOD will provide HIMSELF a LAMB for a BURNT OFFERING : so they went ...) (Heb 11:17-20) Jacob (c. 1756 - 1736 BC) - Gen 27:26-30 (... Isaac had made an end of BLESSING Jacob ) (Heb 11:20) Gen 32:22-30 (... for I have seen GOD face to face ) (Jud 6:22-23 & 13:17-18) Jacob’s twelve sons (1685 BC) - Gen 49:9 ( Judah is a LION’S whelp ) (Rev 5:5) Gen 49:10 (... until SHILOH come ) (Rev 19:11-21) Gen 49:18 ( I have waited for thy SALVATION ) (Mt 1:21,25 and Lk 2:11,29-32) Gen 49:24 (... from thence is the SHEPHERD , the STONE of Israel ) (Jn 10:11 and Mt 21:42,44) Moses (1528 -1488 BC) - Exo 2:11 (... when Moses was grown ) (Heb 11:24-26 - Esteeming the reproach of CHRIST greater riches ) Exo 3:1-14 ( And GOD said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM ) (Jn 8:58) Exo 12:1-11 (... it is the LORD’S PASSOVER ) (I Cor 5:7) Exo 15:18 ( The LORD shall reign for ever and ever ) (Rev 20:4,6) Exo 17:6 (... and thou shalt smite the ROCK ) (I Cor 10:4) Exo 29:14 ( But the flesh of the BULLOCK ...shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering ) (Heb 13:10-13 - with HIS own blood, suffered without the camp ) Moses (1486 BC) - Lev 1:5 & 6:8-11 ( And he shall kill the BULLOCK ...and carry forth the ashes without the camp ) (Heb 13:10-13) Lev 4:12,21 & 8:14-17 & 9:8-11 & 16:27 ( And he carry forth the BULLOCK without the camp...it is a sin offering ) (Heb 13:10-13) Lev 23 (... is the LORD’S PASSOVER ) (I Cor 5:7) Moses (1448 BC) - Num 19:2-3 (... bring thee a REDHEIFER ...bring her forth without the camp ) (Heb 13:10-13 - with HIS own blood, suffered without the camp ) Num 21:5 ( And the people spake against GOD ) (I Cor 10:9 - Neither let us tempt CHRIST , as some of …) Num 21:9 ( And Moses made a SERPENT OF BRASS ) (Jn 3:14,15 - even so must the SON OF MAN be lifted up ) Balaam (1448 BC) - Num 22:22-35 ( ...and the ANGEL OF THE LORD stood ) (Exo 3:2 and Jn 8:58) Num 24:7-8,17-20,22-24 (... his KING shall be higher than Agag ) (I Tim 6:14-15 and Rev 19:16) 396