Born at a time when it was a terrible thing to be an israelite and much more grievous to be a male, was protected being "a proper child". Studious, dilligent, intelligent, serious man; Trained in all the skills of Egypt and maybe on the way to winning a Nobel prize and perhaps also a preferred candidate for the throne of Egypt, he had a call of God and he was not disobedient to the heavenly calling.
He served God with all his heart. 1Cor 4:2 - "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful" Heb 3:5 - "And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant".
The bible attested to his meekness, a virtue not so common then: Num 12:3 (Now the man Moses [was] very meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.) no wonder God will show him a lot of revelations. Because Psa 25:9 says "The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way".
Until a day, he did not fully carry out an instruction from God in unbelief, and would consequentially
not get to the Land of Canaan. So painful, he sought a change of verdict to no avail.
Finally, He passed on and some would believe a malice-keeping God who would not pardon that singular sin but would make him pay with eternal fire in hell. A God so good to play and love you when you are good and pleasing, but too quick to become a consuming fire in the fierceness of His unstandable wrath at the slightest scent of partial obedience. This is surely incompliant to His promise "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb 13:5), and a violation of the nature of the one who is impossible to lie (Tit 1:2).
If little things like this will put your salvation to doubt, you are almost bettter off not being a christian since you live in uncertainty all the days of your christian life. I feel so sorry for you. Before i bother you with so long an epistle, let's see what Jude really records of this event.
"Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee" (Jud 1:9)
And that's simple enough! Michael did not go into any prolonged debate whatsoever. They were not disputing over Moses, but over his BODY, not his SPIRIT. There were no argument over his real self (spirit), he is undoubtedly saved, but Michael had come to avoid people seeing his body for the usual burial rites. IN fact, Moses is mentioned in Hebrews 11 as one of the clouds of witnesses surrounding us watching our steps.
Dear believer, never again be pushed into doubt about the fact that you are born again and that you'll go with Christ when we are caught up because you trust in His righteousness alone.
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things TRUE, noble, reputable, AUTHENTIC, compelling, GRACIOUS--the BEST, NOT THE WORST; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. (Philippians 4:8 MSG)
Stay blessed, continue in the faith!
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