how come nobody since moses could have a face-to-face with YHVH? even the prophets. why? what about moses that makes him so awesomely special? not that i don't think parting waters is not phenomenal. but, somehow, i don't think that is it. this has been one of those burning questions bugging me. until i began to study the book of numbers and deuteronomy with my rabbi. this is a man, plucked out of comforts, wealth, wife and family, commanded to lead a stiffneck people out of a devil they knew (slavery) to a devil they didn't know (wilderness). i mean, think about it, they even complained about mannas, they were bored of it. what a hard life moses was given. to top it all, YHVH told him in his face, you are not going into the promised land, forget it, in your dreams, but you are going to lead them to it.
what would i do if i were moses? i would be angry. well, moses was angry. i would, in one way or another, refuse to follow through with YHVH's command. but not moses. even in the depths of his anger and disappointment and frustration he never forgot his life purpose, to make sure the people would have unabiding faith for generations to come.
i pray i would be like moses in times of anger, disappointment and frustration. what a hard act to follow. but it is possible. thank you, moses.
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