Deuteronomy 32: 1 - 4 > The Song of Moses
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| And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel. Deut. 31: 30 |
| Deuteronomy 32: 1 - 4 ( King James Version ) |
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| Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. |
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| 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: |
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| 32: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. |
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| 32: 4 [He is] the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he. |
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| Deuteronomy 32: 1-3 ( New International Version ) |
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| Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth |
| v. 2 > Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. |
| v. 3 > I will proclain the name of the Lord. Oh praise the greatness of our God! |
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| Text Quoted in Spirit of Prophecy |
| "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children" (Deut. 32:1-5). {TMK 127.3} |
| "The head of every man is Christ." God, who put all things under the Saviour's feet, "gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all." 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22, 23. The church is built upon Christ as its foundation; it is to obey Christ as its head. It is not to depend upon man, or be controlled by man. Many claim that a position of trust in the church gives them authority to dictate what other men shall believe and what they shall do. This claim God does not sanction. The Saviour declares, "All ye are brethren." All are exposed to temptation, and are liable to error. Upon no finite being can we depend for guidance. The Rock of faith is the living presence of Christ in the church. Upon this the weakest may depend, and those who think themselves the strongest will prove to be the weakest, unless they make Christ their efficiency. "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm." The Lord "is the Rock, His work is perfect." "Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him." Jer. 17:5; Deut. 32:4; Ps. 2:12. {DA 414.3} |
| In the beginning the Father and the Son had rested upon the Sabbath after Their work of creation. When "the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them" (Gen. 2:1), the Creator and all heavenly beings rejoiced in contemplation of the glorious scene. "The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Job 38:7. Now Jesus rested from the work of redemption; and though there was grief among those who loved Him on earth, yet there was joy in heaven. Glorious to the eyes of heavenly beings was the promise of the future. A restored creation, a redeemed race, that having conquered sin could never fall, -- this, the result to flow from Christ's completed work, God and angels saw. With this scene the day upon which Jesus rested is forever linked. For "His work is perfect;" and "whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever." Deut. 32:4; Eccl. 3:14. When there shall be a "restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began" (Acts 3:21), the creation Sabbath, the day on which Jesus lay at rest in Joseph's tomb, will still be a day of rest and rejoicing. Heaven and earth will unite in praise, as "from one Sabbath to another" (Isa. 66:23) the nations of the saved shall bow in joyful worship to God and the Lamb. {DA 769.2} |
| The Rock of faith is the living presence of Christ in the church. Upon this the weakest may depend, and those who think themselves the strongest will prove to be the weakest, unless they make Christ their efficiency. . . . The Lord "is the Rock, his work is perfect." "Blessed are all they that put their trust in him." Deut. 32:4; Ps. 2:12. {FLB 310.8} |
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