Track 2 - Penitence
Ode 2: The Song of Moses in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 32:1-43) Of all the odes in our Biblical Soundtrack, this one only gets played during Great Lent, because it is primarily a song of r epentance. It is harsh and painful to read. Your mind starts swimming with images of judgment, death, and failure. Fear grips your heart at the abject failure of man and his continued rejection of God. Moses is preparing for death, and the people he has lead for 40 years are standing on the precipice of taking the land of promise. This land was their place of dreaming while slaves in Egypt and the ultimat e goal of their wilderness wanderings. Within a year of the Exodus, they had stood on the banks of the Jordan ready to take the promise and receive this inheritance, but they stumbled out of fear and faithlessness. Miracles abounded throughout the journey from Egypt , yet grumbling characterized most of their desert steps. Rather than embracing the promise of the God who rescued them fro...