'Their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being
Judges.' DEUT. xxxii. 31.
Moses is about to leave the people whom he had led so long, and his
last words are words of solemn warning. He exhorts them to cleave to
God. The words of the text simply mean that the history of the nation
had sufficiently proved that God, their God, was 'above all gods.' The
Canaanites and all the enemies whom Israel had fought had been beaten,
and in their awe of this warrior people acknowledged that their idols
had found their lord. The great suit of 'Jehovah _versus_ Idols' has
long since been decided. Every one acknowledges that Christianity is
the only religion possible for twentieth century men. But the words of
the text lend themselves to a wider application, and clothe in a
picturesque garb the universal truth that the experience of godless men
proves the futility of their objects of trust, when compared with that
of him whose refuge is in God.