We shall meet with others ere long, we shall come to civil ones, but we are not going beyond the religious charges at present. On this side of the Jordan: At this point Israel was camped on the great plains of Moab, able to see across the Jordan River into the . 30.) And what was the Lord's answer? It's yours." Yet he discourses not to them concerning military affairs, the arts and stratagems of war, but concerning their duty to God; for, if they kept themselves in his fear and favour, he would secure to them the conquest of the land: their religion would be their best policy. All is perfect in its own place, and the imputation of self-contradiction as baseless as it is malicious and irreverent. The time was near the end of the fortieth year since they came out of Egypt. 8. Moses began his recollections of the journey by reminding the people that their coming possession of Canaan was solely because of Gods grace, not because of any virtue in them (1:1-8).Only through Gods mercy had they grown into a strong and contented people who enjoyed the blessing (rare among ancient races) of just, impartial and humanitarian government (9-18). 1 when all these blessings and curses i have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever the lord your god disperses you among the nations, 2 and when you and your children return to the lord your god and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything i command you today, 3 then the lord your god The LORD our God spake unto you in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, [and so forth] and take the land that I have promised. It was a question of His authority, not of that which a man might intrinsically discern. Israel's stay at the mount was good while it lasted, There was a danger that Israel's stay at the mount might last too long, The conquest of which is commanded by God, Early in the year 1857. I said, "Hey, you shut up and get out of here. Although there were eleven days journey before them before they would arrive at Kadesh-barnea, nevertheless, lest anything should delay the people, who were naturally but too indolent, tie stimulates them by setting before them the ease with which it might be accomplished, telling them that they had but to lift up their feet and advance, in order to attain the promised rest. "Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. God had cared for them throughout the long and weary journey from Mount Sinai (Horeb), carrying them as a father carries his young son who has become too tired to walk. Not that this made the smallest cloud between Master and servant. The land was straight before them, and they might, as far as that was concerned, have gone in and taken possession of it at once. ), "2 Notwithstanding such express declaration, the following diversities occur. How good is our God, and what a witness of His grace! This is so decided that in the millennial age there will be a strict maintenance of that day with all the authority of God Himself, vested in and exercised by the Messiah governing Israel and the earth. Thither God brought them to humble them, and by the terrors of the law to prepare them for the land of promise. So you appointed the seventy to be rulers over them, the chief men and he charged them to hear the causes of the people and to judge among the people. 11-52. 2. They possess that inimitable solemnity which cannot be so much uttered in words as felt in the general bearing of the book. 6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." What better blessing after all can be on earth, except Christ Himself, if indeed it be not a part of Christ, than that life of Christ which walks in obedience? What did it matter about all others? p. 136 (Pitman's Edition). This indicates that Moses assumed that those who read Deuteronomy would have prior knowledge of his preceding four books. Hence the language differs most sensibly even from the joyous scene of blessing of which the feast of weeks was so redolent. But nobody knows about the sabbath-day unless Jehovah command it. They are each of them seeking supremacy. He did not just write Deuteronomy for the generation of Israelites about to enter the Promised Land but for later generations as well, including our generation. It was not merely a sight of God, but One who deigned to take the liveliest and most intimate interest in His people Israel. What a horrible thing, what a horrible thing to say about God and against God; God hates us. 1. There are two places noted by the name Rekam in the very bounds of the land,--to wit, the southern and eastern: that is, a double Kadesh. Nobody likes this. The place were they were now encamped was in the plain, in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 1:5), where they were just ready to enter Canaan, and engage in a war with the Canaanites. "Who shall deliver me" and God's answer then comes, "I am delivered by the power the dynamic of the spirit for ye shall receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you"( Acts 1:8 ). Inquiry is Made, Whether the Doubling it in the Maps is Well Done. And you know God told me to go here and it was just really horrible and all," and all this stuff. It is not at all a people or a class kept at a distance by intervening priests. That in Deuteronomy has an amplification corresponding to the style of the book. Which the Holy Scripture called "The hill-country of Judah," Joshua 21:11; Luke 1:39. This is constantly forgotten when men talk about the moral law. (Ad. The acknowledgment in a creed is all well; but when it comes to be the truth for one's own soul, stamping its value on our communion and also on our ways, men at once retreat back into some "dim religious light," where it is all forgotten and lost, merely owned verbally, but without power for the heart and life. God wants to bring you on into the walk of the spirit and the life of the spirit and a life that is dominated by the spirit. To what were they always inclined? "Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword," the small things as well as great. His death to the law is not therefore to weaken the authority of the law, but because of the principles of divine grace which are now brought out in Christ risen from the dead, founded on His death, manifested in His resurrection, and maintained by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. No matter what it may cost, he assumes that he will at once go through with the will of the Lord. Still more take the opposite hypothesis and contend that its legislation is of a later character than that of the preceding book. The date of this sermon which Moses preached to the people of Israel. Consequently it is not an isolated fact that they wished spies, or that Jehovah acceded to their desire to have them (this we have already seen), but here "Ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come." In growing up as children, they weren't as aware of the hazards of the wilderness.And so Moses is sort of recounting for them. The Lord, by the simple fact that He quotes Deuteronomy, gives evidence that He had before His eyes the condition of the people of God, whatever might be their own insensibility. There is a time in our Christian experience of growth and development and there is sort of the legitimate wilderness experience, but God surely does not want you to spend your whole life in the wilderness. For when severed from Christ then those ordinances only became a snare to men. "Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day Jehovah talked with you face to face in the Mount out of the midst of the fire. If people like to choose for themselves, as mere men, what an awful delusion it is to be choosing for God to be really governed by your own will in matters of religion! Israel must not slight God's claims in common things. Will-worship is intolerable. In fact He acted as the landlord. It is strange how little we know of the personal history of the greatest of uninspired Jewish writers of old, though he occupied so prominent a position in his time. If you suspect a rogue is in your employment, you may test him by marking a piece of money to see whether he steals or not: am I then going to mark something for God to see whether He will keep His word or not? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day." This then is the leading truth of Deuteronomy. 8). It appears to be a fresh discourse to a certain extent. Israel's stay at the mount was good while it lasted. It is strange how little we know of the personal history of the greatest of uninspired Jewish writers of old, though he occupied so prominent a position in his time. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God doth give us. vi. It is well for persons that they are not to stay long under the law, and the terrors of it, but are directed to Mount Zion; Hebrews 12:18. Bearing this in mind, any reader can see that "at that time" in verse 8 really coalesces with "at that time" in verses 1-6, and therefore is in perfect accord withNumbers 8:1-26; Numbers 8:1-26; and yet is it repeated in p. 336. Jeremiah, or any other prophet. 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; 4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. There are deeper feelings in the heart than joy. I. Praying through Deuteronomy 6:6. "Jehovah our God made a covenant with us at Horeb." Oh, I'm getting close because I realize now I can't deliver myself. Tempting God was to doubt Him, as many, all of us, are apt to do. Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed. )Ver. Was it not the pettishness of disobedient children, if ever there were such? XXI. At the same time it is in no way opposed to the strictest views of inspiration to hold that the law was edited by an inspired man, whether Ezra (according to the Jews, as Josephus, etc.) And it is always our unbelief that places the limitations upon the work that God is seeking to do in our lives. (Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:22. No wonder therefore that Deuteronomy in general has been but little understood, even by the children of God; that the thoughts of expositors are comparatively vague in explaining it; and that men are apt to read it with so little insight into its bearing that the loss might seem comparatively trifling if it were not read at all. "Reckon ye your old man to be dead with Christ. God said that He's not gonna deliver them into your hand" and how that they armed themselves anyhow and went up against the hill of the Amorites and were pursued by them. Then they are told not to celebrate the feast indiscriminately where and as they please. Not withstanding [Moses said] you rebelled against the Lord: And you murmured in your tents ( Deuteronomy 1:26-27 ). O. T. i. p. 235) ventures to set portions of this chapter in juxtaposition with two from elsewhere, in order to show that God's speaking to the inspired writer was simply his own mind and conscience enlightened from on high. This therefore gives its tone to the book. Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh "hereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. "Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life." ii. maro itoje harrow house; cupid shuffle artist net worth; lakeside garden centre warminster menu So long God had borne their manners, and they had borne their own iniquity (Numbers 14:34), and now that a new and more pleasant scene was to be introduced, as a token for good, Moses repeats the law to them. Moses recounts for them the history of what had taken place before as a warning not to repeat the same mistakes. I do not mean that there should not be the profoundest feeling of gratitude, and the fullest expression of thanksgiving to God. Background of Text: Israel has been delivered out of Egypt. It seems needless to say that this is altogether short of Christianity; and as we have referred to the difference of a Jew and a Christian as to the sabbath-day and the first day of the week, so as to this. Deuteronomy 14:1-29 insists on what became the children of Jehovah their God in abstaining from unseemly maimings or disfigurements for the dead, as well as from any food which He, who knew better than they, pronounced abominable. Besides, "Thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes." . Nothing irritates me more than to have people make foolish charges against God.I was-had a young man come in when we were back over in the little chapel and he was you know, "God led me do this and God led me to do that and God led me here" and then he's, you know, "God led me out there and I almost starved to death. Deuteronomy 31:6 - Prayer Points For Protection From Fear/Failure. I have no hesitation in subscribing the opinion that our Lord Jesus chose them not only because they were in themselves exactly such as met and confronted Satan's temptations perfectly, but because there was a moral suitability in the fact that they were the words addressed to the people when ruin had already come in when nothing but the grace of God was afresh appealing to them before they were brought into the holy land. The Israelites thought to settle the whole matter with God by saying, "We have sinned;" but then they proved that there was nothing settled, nothing right; because what really pleases God is this the acceptance of His good will, whatever it be. Still it is too solemn to admit of what is so buoyant, which has its own proper exercise. 2). Consequently we have these three feasts, which set forth particularly Jehovah providing to fill the heart of His people with peace and joy to overflowing, Yet at the first of these feasts Israel were not told to rejoice. Some wonder why it should be joined with the other commandments; but the sabbath is so much the more important here, because it is not strictly a moral command. 39; vi. Study Notes - Deuteronomy 6 1-9. The prime duty for every creature, whether Jew or Christian, is obedience. And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and went presumptuously up into the hilt And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do," there was a most ignominious flight "and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. But the believer sees wisdom and grace in comparing the first historical statement with the solemn use the legislator makes to the generation about to enter the land, and the added information is of grave import. Help me to abide in Christ, knowing that His grace is sufficient for every challenge in life. Covenant favour would surely do as much for Israel as providence had done for Moab and Ammon! He could have cited from any other, had any other been in all respects so suitable to the occasion. From the beginning of the second month of the first year of the exodus (Exodus 19:1) to the twentieth day of the second month of the second year (Numbers 10:11).This was the period of organisation, in which the people . Such was the genuine result of sending the spies. "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.". The essential revelation of God to us is the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost the Father displayed by the Son, and made known by the Spirit. cxliii. And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20. Or, if the cognate clause used in both books, 'that God wrote them on two tables of stone,' be not literally pressed in one case, there is no necessity for doing so in the other. No, not merely so, but by ourselves. They knew no reason why weary wastes of disappointing years should stretch between Bethel and Peniel, between the Cross and Pentecost. "These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which Jehovah God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth." What we find here is a warning not to yield to the sight of their eyes or the violence of their hands, guarding against a covetous spirit which pays slight regard to that which God had assigned to others. In advancing to take possession of the world for Christ, we have the encouragement of thinking that he knows precisely to what kind of work he is sending us, and yet promises success. But this was no reason why they were to expect Jehovah to destroy the Ammonites now. Thus then the circumstances of Moses, as well as of the people, were precisely those suited to impress the lesson of obedience. Hey, it's time to go in and begin to possess that which God has promised unto you." And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19. In style similar to that of ancient treaty documents, Deuteronomy opens by recounting all that Yahweh, Israels covenant God, has done for his people. 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