Deuteronomy

Today we start reading through the book or Deuteronomy, chpts 1 & 2

Deuteronomy is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Literally the word means "second law". It wasn't that the law was changed, or that it was simply repeated. Instead it was a new generation and they were about to enter into the land; and Moses recounted for this new generation all that God had said to them so that they could know how to apply this as they entered into their inheritance.

In these first two chapters Moses reminds this new generation of why they were the ones to go into the land while their parent's generation had been set aside 40 years before. The lesson was clear, obedience counts. If we want the blessings of God - and make no mistake they were not going to succeed without God - they needed to pay attention to the details. It's sort of like getting something new and ignoring the owner's manual...seldom does it pay off in the end.

What was clear was that God had prepared them for their inheritance...now it was time to claim it...true for us in Christ also.

Peace


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