^b 12 And ^a 18 Now ^b on the morrow [on the Monday following the triumphal entry], ^a in the morning ^b when they were come out from Bethany, ^a as he returned to the city [Jerusalem], he hungered. O Lord in Heaven, please in my job and at my workplace I ask for promotion and payment increase in Jesus' name. Now the life of the spirit begins with the death of the old nature, the old man, which is the position that we must take by faith. In the one case there was a remembrance of creation; in this case, of symbolic redemption, the bringing out of Egypt. Did He offer him the book of the law with the one hand or the sword with the other? Rebuilding the Temple (Ezra 1:1-6:22) Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project The Book of Ezra begins with a decree from King Cyrus of Persia, allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple that had been destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC (Ezra 1:2-4). So is it with the Church, when she concentrates her attention too exclusively on her own spiritual improvement, and forgets her mission to the world. Fr. 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. They were to remember what rebellion must end in. What a horrible thing, what a horrible thing to say about God and against God; God hates us. I'm tempted to smack you in the mouth talking about God that way. He points out that God had been with them through the wilderness experience. 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. The Lord puts no weapon of a kind to injure any into our hands; but bids us leave vengeance with himself. So they began the forty years of wandering in the wilderness, which Moses begins to rehearse for them in chapter two. God will lift to the highest level that you will allow Him to lift you and do the best for you on that level, but the work of God in our lives is always limited by us. We hear of sin and trespass-offerings, peace and burnt-offerings, meat-offerings and drink-offerings, not to speak of the daily lambs and occasional victims. 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. To get from the Red Sea into the Promised Land, it was necessary to go through the wilderness, an eleven-day journey, but most of the wilderness experience was illegitimate.Now I feel that the history is a typical history, that there are spiritual analogies to be made to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt passing through the wilderness into the Promised Land. 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. Jehovah had cut down the former generation for their disobedience. Jehovah had blessed Israel, and would have them content and thankful instead of coveting their neighbour's goods. The heart may be made up to follow the Lord, but the difficulties are still felt keenly; whereas the man who only theorises is ready in his own conceit, in word at least, to do anything; but there is no seriousness of spirit: he does not know himself yet. (Exodus 18:23) But inDeuteronomy 1:9; Deuteronomy 1:9, etc., Moses speaks of the same institution as his own without any reference to Jethro, or the divine command of which Jethro spoke." The word Deuteronomy means the second law. xlv. NOTE: This edition of this sermon is taken from an earlier published edition of Spurgeon's 1857 message. 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. And here the people were making this blasphemous accusation; "because God hates us, he brought us out here". It is not the Jewish people in the school of Jehovah to manifest what was in their heart, and what He was towards them; but the people strengthened by Jehovah in presence of a power mightier than their own. 6, 7). 5-8; 1 Cor. They were only tenants, and had to pay Him rent. Indeed he could not have written either in its present form, because that in Exodus is Jehovistic, and older than the record in Deuteronomy. The fact of Esau's pride and contempt of Israel gave them no license to take their land. "Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. We are also shown the astonishing patience of Jehovah, and with that which might be difficult to understand if we did not look to the moral scope of the book the destruction of the first tables, the writing out of fresh ones, and the place in which they were to be kept. Listen, God'll take you all the way if you'll just believe Him and trust Him for it. In Deuteronomy 6:1-9, . And Moses said, "No, don't. All this is made to converge on the children. We may without difficulty see the admirable appropriateness of such an introduction. If it is a question of access to God in His sanctuary, priests are definitely brought out, and the proper book for this is Leviticus; but there is a larger truth than this that God has a people whom He puts in a place of consecration to Himself. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey, my son, thou goest up; he stoopeth down, he coucheth as a lion, and as a full-grown lion, who shall rouse him up? You may not possess all of your possessions and yet, if you spend your life roaming in the wilderness it's not God's will, it's not his desire, but he will be with you there and help you there. Posted 11:47 pm by & filed under can you fly with pericarditis. The very point of faith, for which we are especially responsible, is what we are in most danger of forgetting under pressure or carelessness. 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. Moses reminds them how he had shared the burden of care for them with others. It is long since the oracle declared that God had given Christ the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession (Psalm 2:8). 29.) It is no use talking about Israel: the first object is God. Verse Deuteronomy 6:5. And this is another chapter from which our Lord quotes when tempted, to which we may refer in passing. Even in the very witness of domestic blessing there must be the largeness of heart that goes out to those who have no friends to care for them. They hesitated and by staying outside of the land, they were not obeying God's instructions. For instance, it is not everybody that is called to serve God in a public way; nor is everyone called to take a particular step or course which might involve him in trouble and persecution. 39; vi. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." Praying through Deuteronomy 31:6. And he comes to help me and do for me what I can't do for myself. The Mosaic Covenant is central in Deuteronomy. Not that I doubt the sabbath-day to be of the deepest possible moment, and so lasting in its claims that, when the millennium comes, that day of rest will be in full force again. It is evident therefore, that this book has the most sensible difference from all that preceded it. Thus: God is that one spiritual and infinitely perfect essence, whose being is of himself eternally (Deut. How good is our God, and what a witness of His grace! "Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned" "we have sinned against Jehovah: we will go up and fight." (1) Et non sans cause; and not without reason. The sabbath law rests entirely on the word of God Himself. Kadesh. Thank You, loving Father, that You never change. Thank Him for bringing you through the land of your [proverbial] enemies, for your enemies stood between you and the Promised Landand now you are that much closer to crossing over into the Promised Land. It is a different thing however with the book of Deuteronomy; and this was my reason for remarking it at this point. Now he dwells chiefly on their part in the matter, confessing his own inability to cope with their great increase, which ho touchingly entreats God to swell a thousand times, but withal urges on the rulers to judge righteously. The question was, did the present generation about to be brought into the holy land profit by the past? THE CHURCH'S DESTINY - to possess the land. [Breakfast with the Jews came late in the forenoon, and these closing days of our Lord's ministry were full of activity that did not have time to tarry at Bethany for it. And some of them were slain because they presumed to go without the presence of God. [Note: Craigie, p. The events in this section of verses took place before Israel left Horeb. 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. Now, the wilderness experiences where I am trying to bring my flesh into conformity to the will of God, and I'm promising God that I'm gonna do better, that I'm not gonna fail next time. That generation had passed away no doubt. and all this kind of stuff.Well, it's obvious God didn't lead him. The point then for the Jew was the one true God. The same Spirit which has the power of miracle is the Spirit of truth and the Holy Spirit. The truth is that the difference is due to moral development of Israel according to Jehovah's wisdom on the eve of introducing His people into the land, and the more settled and social habits He would have them cultivate there. And you know God told me to go here and it was just really horrible and all," and all this stuff. The time was near the end of the fortieth year since they came out of Egypt. "Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. How good is the Lord! "5. For so long I tried to deliver myself, ended in failure. Such was the uniform walk of Jesus. They knew no reason why weary wastes of disappointing years should stretch between Bethel and Peniel, between the Cross and Pentecost. "Virtually all of Palestine and Syria are included in these terms [in Deuteronomy 1:7], an area larger than Israel ever possessed in fact, even during the reigns of David and Solomon." But we must not overlook another part of the chapter not the Lord strengthening the people against the mightiest of adversaries, but Israel reminded of their rebellious heart even under such circumstances against Jehovah. Deuteronomy 7:1-26 one may sum up in a very few words. Is there anything so wholesome! It was revealed as the great operative truth, continually impressed on Israel their one true God. Then again we have what is always brought out in the book of Deuteronomy. All is perfect in its own place, and the imputation of self-contradiction as baseless as it is malicious and irreverent. 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. Both were powerful motives not to dread the Canaanite races, who were destined to extirpation. Hence the language differs most sensibly even from the joyous scene of blessing of which the feast of weeks was so redolent. We can all see how very bad it was in Israel; but do we feel that it is still worse in the Christian? Unless I am very much mistaken,--the maps of Adricomus, Tirinius, and others, ought to be corrected, which have feigned to, The readers of the eastern interpreters will observe, that Kadesh is rendered by all Rekam, or in a sound very near it. cxliii. 1. It is well to remark here that verse 24 is exactly parallel with verse 13; that it is not Moses in verse 13, but Jehovah who commands to "rise up," etc., in both; and that verses 10-12 are a parenthesis of instructive past history for moral profit like verses 20-23. They were to be guided simply not by what Jehovah had done in providence by Ammon, Moab, or Esau, but by His will as to themselves. This is the meaning of it, and such is precisely the path of duty. He's looking now outside of himself for the help. Moses reflected on the past mainly as Israels history stands revealed in the earlier books of the Pentateuch. We have to consider whether we are undertaking it out of some human desire of heroism. iv. Consequently there is here a heavy blow struck at the tendency towards idolatry. Read: Deut. 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. The character of it was so solemn as scarce to admit of this. This too explains why the book of Deuteronomy is made use of in the New Testament in so very striking a manner, and in circumstances so eminently critical. May I quickly confess my faults and choose life (to the saving of the soul) and not death. We need not dilate on the beautiful detail but at the same time simple truth of this chapter. The other had its place when God was giving the book of Leviticus. Obedience is the real spring of blessing, as disobedience is the sure pathway of ruin. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which was shown in the mount. But Israel is called to action. In the first section, i.-iv. Our mind will be upon the fleshly things continually; What shall we eat? In Deuteronomy 10:1-22 we find the provision of Jehovah's goodness is stated in a very striking way. In fact He acted as the landlord. This seems to me put to the test in the question of the land of Edom. And Jehovah our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people." Jehovah was most careful exactly where He had least sympathy. Heavenly Father, thank You for this important lesson. III. And Jehovah spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 45, was edited and abbreviated somewhat. Deuteronomy 31:6 - Prayer Points For Protection From Fear/Failure. *. Not so. Not at all, but His own people. Prayer Point #2: For The Body of Christ To Be In Unity and Walk In Love. It might be, and no doubt was, trying enough for Israel to take quietly the unfriendliness of the Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites; but no matter what the provocation given, no matter how they might be insulted by them (and they were), a hand of Israel must not be lifted up against their brethren; for Jehovah reminds them of the connection, and gives those races the closest name possible their brethren. "Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Jehovah God of your fathers giveth you. Hence it is that he alludes to the fate of Dathan and Abiram whom the earth swallowed up in consequence of their flagrant apostasy and fighting against God. 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. i. II. (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb to Kadeshbarnea.) There is the peril of religion becoming a species of enjoyment. "Can you call Him Father?" In style similar to that of ancient treaty documents, Deuteronomy opens by recounting all that Yahweh, Israels covenant God, has done for his people. He quotes accordinglyPsalms 91:1-16; Psalms 91:1-16, intimating to Jesus that, if He were the Son of God, all He had to do was to throw Himself from the pinnacle of the temple; and all must endorse His claims. However Judea, here and there, doth swell out much with mountains, yet its chief swelling appears in that broad back of mountains, that runs from the utmost southern cost as far as Hebron, and almost as Jerusalem itself. How good are the ways and the words of God!
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