JULY 31, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:46-4731 Set your hearts on all words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days. From the very beginning, God’s Word was meant to […]
JULY 28, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:26-27 I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is high; and it is not the Lord who has done all this.” […]
JULY 27, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; they have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation. Once again, through His servant Moses, the Almighty addressed the issue of the “nothing gods” that Israel was prone to worship, this […]
JULY 26, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they did not know, to new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. Throughout this prophetic song, there are those constant reminders of Israel’s penchant for infidelity and the consequences of their actions. In short, all the disasters that would befall them […]
JULY 25, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. There are two important points being made in this very brief statement. First of all, referring to Israel as Jeshurun (the first time the Scripture […]
JULY 24, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:11-12 As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him. In this song, God likened Israel to an abandoned child that He found in the desert. Upon seeing them, He encircled them and considered […]
JULY 23, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:8-9 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. This verse seems to allude to the fact that, early in human […]
JULY 22, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. In this verse God encouraged the people to look to those who came before, and in a sense, to consult ancient history for wisdom. In […]
JULY 21, 2023 Deuteronomy 32: Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? The preface for this verse speaks to the fact that Israel, though called to be a holy people, very often corrupted themselves thus prompting the LORD to ask, more or less, “Why are you behaving this way with me?” […]
JULY 20, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:3-4 Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock; His work is perfect. For all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He. In the course of this song, we are reminded nine different times that our God is the Rock, which in Hebrew is ha’tzur. The term is used to […]
JULY 19, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. We must remember that it was the LORD who gave Moses the words to this song, and so, that the wording strikes a poetic tone should not […]
JULY 18, 2023 Deuteronomy 32:1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Thus begins the song of which Moses spoke of in the preceding chapter. As I have already mentioned, it is a song that summarizes Israel’s history from Egypt to the borders of Canaan often emphasizing […]
