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This week’s reading of Exodus 19-25:9; 32; 40 and Deuteronomy 34, the section which seemed most significant to me was the piece from Deuteronomy. In chapter 34 of the Book of Deuteronomy, the story and life of man which began back in Exodus comes to a close. Chapter 34 signifies the death of the famed and revered prophet Moses. At the age of one hundred and twenty years old, God shows Moses the land in which his many descendants and followers will flourish, and then allows him to go to rest. Moses dies at the age of one hundred and twenty years old and it is that specific age that brings me to question, was Moses a fully human man? The lifespan of humans has been expanding over the past hundreds of years, but in this modern century, only one person has been recorded to live past the age of one hundred and twenty years old. In the past chapters, it has been clear that Moses has godly influence, so is this feat, of living to such an exponentially long times past his fellow people, perhaps evidence of an even more powerful divine connection? A man dying at that age, having minimal ailments in a time before modern medicine is truly a miracle, so why was he not seen as a physically God among his people?