MARCH 22, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:26 Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the Lord chooses. When discussing the importance of “The Place” and where the Creator established His Name, it should not be overlooked that He emphasized “where” His people were to worship Him –- […]
MARCH 21, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:23, 25 Be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat … You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Once again, the […]
MARCH 20, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:10-11 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. Embedded in […]
MARCH 19, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:8-9 You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes— for as yet you have not come to the rest. Until the Sanctuary was built in Jerusalem, it would seem that private altars were permitted, a fact that seems obvious in the day […]
MARCH 17, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:5-7 But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings … and there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice … you and your households, in which […]
MARCH 16, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:5-7 But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings … and there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice … you and your households, in which […]
MARCH 15, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:5 But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. When Moses referred to “the place” it should be understood that it was not just any place. Specifically, the Hebrew word ha’makom refers to the […]
MARCH 14, 2023 Deuteronomy 12:2-4 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods … and you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. You shall not worship the Lord your […]
MARCH 13, 2023 Deuteronomy 11:29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. I find it interesting that the location of these two mountains is described as being “opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth […]
MARCH 11, 2023 Deuteronomy 11:26-28 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. The translation here uses the word obey in regard to the blessing. Other translations […]
MARCH 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 11:26-28 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. In the previous devotion we discussed the importance of hearing as it relates to […]
MARCH 10, 2023 Deuteronomy 11:26-28 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. The choice that was presented to Israel was simple — decide to obey and […]
