When Mo'ses reached the top of the mountain he looked down upon the lands east of the Jor'dan which had been conquered and then allotted to the tribes of Reu'ben and Gad. Lifting his eyes far to the north, he gazed with joy upon the land of Gil'e-ad, which was now held by Ma-nas'seh. Turning to the west, he saw the deep torrents of the Jor'dan as its waters rushed into the Dead Sea just south of his gaze. Far out over the western horizon he beheld the hills, mountains, and valleys of the Promised Land soon to be conquered by Is'ra-el under the leadership of Josh'u-a. Stretching his sight to the blue waters of the Med'i-ter-ra'ne-an still further toward the sunlight, the fertile plains of the western shore brought a glow of joy to his heart.
What a glorious spot for a man of Mo'ses character and career to make his journey into the glories of the world beyond! Surely, no such glorious scenes have ever passed before the dying eyes of another man. The entire landscape of the Promised Land swept before his eyes as he went up into the presence of God. He had once ascended Si'nai to commune with Je-ho'vah, to receive from Him comfort and strength and a renewed commission of service; now he ascends Ho'reb to die. Not an untimely death, for he knew how to die as he had known how to live.
There was yet another glorious scene passing before the dying vision of this saintly man which must have greatly cheered his heart. On the plains of Mo'ab his eyes turnt to his people Is'ra-el; three million souls compacted into a powerful community, united in spirit and in purpose, ready to cross Jor'dan at the word of the LORD, and armed for the conquest of the Promised Land. This Mo'ses realized that his work would go on.
It is said that Mo'ses was buried by the LORD, and that no man has ever known the last resting place of his body. May it not be that if it was left there on top of Mount Ne'bo at all, it was only for a short time? Is it too much to believe that, like E-li'jah in later history, and like E'noch in times before, Mo'ses was carried bodily into Heaven? Did he not appear in transfigured glory when two Heavenly visitors talked with Je'sus as He was transfigured before three apostles on another mountain?
