Introduction It was a sobering scene. Location : The plain of Moab, near the Jordan River, at the back door of the ‘Promised Land,’ near the city of Jericho. Main character: Moses, the aged and faithful servant of God, was about to give his valedictory speech. The audience: A large group of Israelites: the younger generation, who were born in the wilderness (‘the wilderness generation’). The challenge: Moses would need all the God-given communication skills he could muster to reach this younger group of people who knew no other leader but him. After all, if Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, in their 70s, could connect with younger people, why not God’s anointed prophet? The setting: It had been forty years since Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt by the power of God. The journey on foot should have taken around forty days. Yet, due to tempting God ten times (Numbers 14:22, 24-34), the days turned to years. During these forty years, the ...
'The Road Ahead' looks at some of the world trends issues and future forecasts from a Biblical worldview.