These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness, east of the Jordan. Deuteronomy is Moses' final address. He's about to leave them. He's going to die on the mountain and won't enter the Promised Land. So he gathers the people and speaks. He retells the history. He reminds them of the law. He prepares them for what comes next. I think about people who are coming to the end of their active leadership. My father retired from his job at sixty-five. Before he stepped down, he called a family meeting and spent hours telling us his values, the principles that guided him, the things he wanted us to remember about who he was and what mattered. He wasn't just leaving. He was intentionally transferring what he'd learned. That's what Moses does here. He's not slipping away quietly. He's using his final season to speak truth to the next generation. He's making sure they understand not just what God has done but why it matters. He's preparing them for the wilderness ahead.
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