God let me go over that mountain
Image via Wikipedia "And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon ." ( Deuteronomy 3:23-25 ) This was the heartfelt prayer of Moses , for he was longing to see the Promised Land that had been his goal for so many years. He knew that God, rebuking his disobedience at Meribah , had said: "Therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them" ( Numbers 20:12 ). Yet he desired greatly to "go over" the Jordan, to see firsthand the "goodly mountain." The "goodly mountain" most likely was majestic Mount Hermon , the 9,200-foot, snow-capped peak dominating the southern end of the mountain ranges of Lebanon. Go...