The Song of The Redeemed-The Song of Moses

DUET. 32:1-47, Rev. ch 15:1-8
In the bible there are two places that teach us about a very important song, The Song of Moses. Its the song of the redeemed, both of the Jews, and the Gentiles who are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb-The Lord Jesus Christ. In this blog, we'll explore both versions. 

Moses spoke this song to the Jews, in Dueteronomy chapter 31 and 32, ending in verse 44. It was one of the last blessings he gave to them before his death. It was to give instruction, encouragement and add to their faith. He ended by emphasizing the importance of the words in this song:

Deu 32:45  And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 
Deu 32:46  And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 
Deu 32:47  For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Now, the full reading to the people by Moses:
Deuteronomy 32:1-45

                                       MOSES’ SONG: THE LORD’S FAVOR UPON ISRAEL
Deu 32:1  Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 
Deu 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: 
Deu 32:3  Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 
Deu 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. 
Deu 32:5  They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 
Deu 32:6  Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 
Deu 32:7  Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 
Deu 32:8  When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 
Deu 32:9  For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 
Deu 32:10  He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 
Deu 32:11  As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 
Deu 32:12  So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. 
Deu 32:13  He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 
Deu 32:14  Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 
Deu 32:15  But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 
Deu 32:16  They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 
Deu 32:17  They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 
Deu 32:18  Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 
Deu 32:19  And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 
Deu 32:20  And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 
Deu 32:21  They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 
Deu 32:22  For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 
Deu 32:23  I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 
Deu 32:24  They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 
Deu 32:25  The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 
Deu 32:26  I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 
Deu 32:27  Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. 
Deu 32:28  For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 
Deu 32:29  O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 
Deu 32:30  How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 
Deu 32:31  For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 
Deu 32:32  For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 
Deu 32:33  Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 
Deu 32:34  Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 
Deu 32:35  To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 
Deu 32:36  For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 
Deu 32:37  And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 
Deu 32:38  Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. 
Deu 32:39  See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 
Deu 32:40  For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 
Deu 32:41  If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 
Deu 32:42  I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 
Deu 32:43  Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 
Deu 32:44  And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. 
Deu 32:45  And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 

To get a deeper teaching of this song, go back to chapter 31 and read the account of the Lord giving this song to Moses; it will enrich your understanding.

He ended it by emphasizing the importance of the words in this song:
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Deu 32:46  And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 
Deu 32:47  For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

I've pondered how different this world be today-if the people had heeded his words, and kept them. 
To go further into this- I'll add a commentary:

                                           MOSES’ SONG: THE LORD’S FAVOR UPON ISRAEL
The song of Moses, like the fabled song of the swan, was his last and sweetest. It is probably the noblest ode in the whole compass of the Bible, and is the source from which subsequent singers derived suggestions for their noblest outbursts. The marginal references prove how deeply it dyed the national sentiment.

It excels in the names and designations of the Almighty. He is the Rock: Deu_31:4; Deu_31:15; Deu_31:18; Deu_31:30; Jehovah: Deu_31:6; Father: Deu_31:6; the Most High: Deu_31:8; God: El, the strong, Deu_31:15, etc. What a study are the names of God, scattered through the Bible! Each was coined to meet some need of the human soul. What the rocks of the desert are to its shifting sands God is amid the changes of this mortal existence.
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This earlier part of the song is very tender. We are God’s portion; the apple of His eye; as young eaglets, whom the mother-bird is carefully teaching to fly, the favored recipients of God’s richest gifts, Deu_31:13, etc. F.B. Meyer comm.

Below is posted a two-part teaching on the Song of Moses.

Song of Moses Lyrics
And I saw another sign in Heaven
Great and Marvelous
Seven Angels having the Seven Last Plagues
For in them was filled up
The wrath of God
And I saw as though a sea of Glass
Mingled with fire
And them that had gotten the victory
Over the Beast, and over his image, and over his Mark
And over the number of his name
Stand on the sea of glass
Having the harps of God
And they sing the song of Moses
The Servant of God and the song of the Lamb
Saying.

Great and marvelous are thy works
Lord God Almighty
Just and True are Thy ways
Thou king of Saints
Whom shall not fear Thee
Whom shall not fear Thee
Whom shall not fear Thee oh Lord
And glorify Thy name.

Great and marvelous are thy works
Oh Lord God Almighty
Just and True are Thy ways
Thou king of Saints

Whom shall not fear Thee
Whom shall not fear Thee
(Oooh) who shall not fear Thee oh Lord
And glorify Thy name.

Nations shall come and worship Him
(Oooh) Lord God Almighty
The judgement shall be then manifest
Thou king of Saints
Whom shall not fear Thee
And glorify Thy name.

Whom shall not fear Thee
(Oh oh oh oh) whom shall not fear Thee
(Oooh) whom shall not fear Thee oh Lord
And glorify Thy name.
For Thou alone art Holy
For Thou alone art Holy
Ooh Thou Hallelujah alone art Holy
And we glorify Thy Name

For Thou alone art Holy
For Thou alone art Holy
(Ooh) Thou alone art Holy
(and we glorify Thy Name)
And we glorify Thy Name
And we glorify Thy Name (Thy name, Oh oh oh yes we do)
And we glorify Thy Name
Thy Name
Thy Name
Thy Name
Thy Name
​This version will be sung by the redeemed in heaven in Rev. ch. 15
Song of Moses Paul Wilbur - https://youtu.be/wq3eXoD18pU

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​Moving forward, the book of Revelation teaches us about the song of Moses-and what it means to us today.

​​Rev 15:2  And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 
Rev 15:3  And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 

Here the Apostle John depicted in his vision the myriad of God's people before the Throne of God-worshiping Him in all His glory-forever united with Him, never to know pain or heartache again. What a picture of infinite rapture. I'll use some commentaries to bring greater clarity and beauty to this future event.

They sing the song of Moses . . . and the song of the Lamb. When Israel was delivered from Egypt they sang the song Moses as they had done on the shores of the Red Sea. Here, the spiritual Israel, redeemed, standing on the crystal sea, sings a song of deliverance, but it is the old song to a new strain; the song of the Lamb now; of the Redeemer.

Just and true are thy ways. The salvation of the true worshipers and the judgment seat upon which the wicked beast, demonstrated the truth and justice of God.

Who shall not fear thee? The judgments now given to the seven angels showed that God is a consuming fire, as well as a sun and a shield. We are left in no doubt concerning the identity of these singers. They are "them that had gained the victory over the beast and his image, and over his mark and the number of his name." The ground of their rejoicing is also recorded. "All nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest." The mighty arm of God is to be revealed in bringing to naught the powers of evil, and especially all the great enemies over whom they had been victorious. The saints who have undergone the persecution of the beast are represented as rejoicing because the day of its judgment has come.  excerpt from B.W. Johnson commentary

Song of Moses ... and ... the Lamb — The New Testament song of the Lamb (that is, the song which the Lamb shall lead, as being “the Captain of our salvation,” just as Moses was leader of the Israelites, the song in which those who conquer through Him [Rom_8:37] shall join, Rev_12:11) is the antitype to the triumphant Old Testament song of Moses and the Israelites at the Red Sea (Exo_15:1-21). The Churches of the Old and New Testament are essentially one in their conflicts and triumphs. The two appear joined in this phrase, as they are in the twenty-four elders. Similarly, Isa_12:1-6 foretells the song of the redeemed (Israel foremost) after the second antitypical exodus and deliverance at the Egyptian Sea. The passage through the Red Sea under the pillar of cloud was Israel’s baptism, to which the believer’s baptism in trials corresponds. The elect after their trials (especially those arising from the beast) shall be taken up before the vials of wrath be poured on the beast and his kingdom. So Noah and his family were taken out of the doomed world before the deluge; Lot was taken out of Sodom before its destruction; the Christians escaped by a special interposition of Providence to Pella before the destruction of Jerusalem. As the pillar of cloud and fire interposed between Israel and the Egyptian foe, so that Israel was safely landed on the opposite shore before the Egyptians were destroyed; so the Lord, coming with clouds and in flaming fire, shall first catch up His elect people “in the clouds to meet Him in the air,” and then shall with fire destroy the enemy. The Lamb leads the song in honor of the Father amidst the great congregation. This is the “new song” mentioned in Rev_14:3. The singing victors are the 144,000 of Israel, “the first-fruits,” and the general “harvest” of the Gentiles.
servant of God — (Exo_14:31; Num_12:7; Jos_22:5). The Lamb is more: He is the SON.

Great and marvelous are thy works, etc. — part of Moses’ last song (Deu_32:3, Deu_32:4). The vindication of the justice of God that so He may be glorified is the grand end of God’s dealings. Hence His servants again and again dwell upon this in their praises (Rev_16:7; Rev_19:2; Pro_16:4; Jer_10:10; Dan_4:37). Especially at the judgment (Psa_50:1-6; Psa_145:17).

saints — There is no manuscript authority for this. A, B, Coptic, and Cyprian read, “of the NATIONS.” C reads “of the ages,” and so Vulgate and Syriac. The point at issue in the Lord’s controversy with the earth is, whether He, or Satan’s minion, the beast, is “the King of the nations”; here at the eve of the judgments descending on the kingdom of the beast, the transfigured saints hail Him as “the King of the nations” (Eze_21:27).  excerpt from JFB commentary

THE SONG OF MOSES AND OF THE LAMB

The imagery in the magnificent scene with which this chapter opens is perhaps borrowed from Pharaoh’s overthrow in the Red Sea, which, as the rich lines of an Eastern dawn illuminated its waters, seemed like a sea of glass mingled with fire. So, beside the crystal sea of Time, from whose surface all traces of storm will have been removed and on which the eternal morning will be breaking, we, who by grace have overcome, shall celebrate the final victory of God. We shall sing an anthem in which the Hebrew and the Christian, the children of the old dispensation and of the new, the souls who have seen through a glass darkly and those who have beheld face to face, shall rejoice together.

One day we shall see the rightfulness of all that God has done, Rev_15:4. All His ways are just and true, whether our poor human sense detects this or not. Let us dare to affirm it even now. Ponder that great name-King of the ages, Rev_15:3, R.V. He only is holy; we need the perfect cleansing and righteousness which He gives us, that we may dare to stand in His presence. From this radiant vision, we turn sadly to the fate of the godless, Christ-rejecting world. See Rev_15:1-8; Rev_14:1-20; Rev_13:1-18; Rev_12:1-17; Rev_11:1-19; Rev_10:1-11; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_8:1-13.
F.B. Meyer commentary

Revelation ch. 12 relays the defeat of the accuser of the brethren.

                                                  Satan Thrown Down to Earth
Rev 12:7  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 

Rev 12:8  And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 

Rev 12:9  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 

Rev 12:10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 

Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 

I'm looking forward to this day, with great anticipation. In the book of Job it tells of the account of Satan accusing Job before God, and his response-it's a window of what he does to God's people, all the time.

As you read the account below-realize this is a picture of what he does to us, every day.

                                                    Satan Allowed to Test Job
Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 
Job 1:7  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 
Job 1:8  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 
Job 1:9  Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 
Job 1:10  Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 
Job 1:11  But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. 
Job 1:12  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. 

The song of Moses is the song of the redeemed who have overcome the evil of this world, and stand now before the Throne, in victory.

​The expositor's bible sums up this end time event beautifully:

"The song now sung, however, is not that of Moses only, the great centre of the Old Testament Dispensation; it is also the Song of the Lamb, the centre and the sum of the New Testament. Both Dispensations are in the Seer’s thoughts, and in the number of those who sing are included the saints of each, the members of the one Universal Church. No disciple of Jesus either before or after His first coming is omitted. Everyone is there from whose hands the bonds of the world have fallen off, and who has cast in his lot with the followers of the Lamb. Hence also the song is wider in its range than that by which the thought of it appears to have been suggested. It celebrates the great and marvelous works of the Almighty in general. It speaks of Him as the King of the nations, that is, as the King who subdues the nations under Him. It rejoices in the fact that His righteous acts have been made manifest. And it anticipates the time when all the nations shall come and worship before Him, shall bow themselves at His feet, and shall acknowledge that His judgments against sin are not only just in themselves, but are allowed to be so by the very persons on whom they fall."
Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen