Introduction Moses has been preparing the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land: the land which God promised to give to Abraham and his descendants; the land where they would enjoy the presence of the Lord in their midst; the land which was a foretaste of the new heavens and earth, where all of … Continue reading Deuteronomy 10(12)–11(32) →

Introduction Moses is preparing the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land, the land which the Lord promised to give to Abraham and his descendants after him; a land flowing with milk and honey and filled with good things for them to enjoy; a land which they did not deserve or merit, but which … Continue reading Deuteronomy 09(01)–10(11) →

Introduction Moses is preparing the people to enter the Promised Land, the land which the Lord swore to Abraham to give to his descendants after him. And having rescued Abraham's descendants from slavery in Egypt, and having brought them through the wilderness, God is about to lead them across the River Jordan and into the … Continue reading Deuteronomy 08 →

Introduction The book of Deuteronomy tells us how Moses gathered the people of Israel together in the desert near the River Jordan and across from Jericho in the fortieth year after they left Mount Sinai. And Moses is preparing the people for life in the Promised Land which they're about to enter. He's speaking, of … Continue reading Deuteronomy 07 →

Introduction When we began to study this book, I said that the book of Deuteronomy can be divided into two main parts: chapters 1 to 28 and chapter 29 to 34. The first part -- chapters 1 to 28 -- is chiefly about the past: reviewing the past forty years in the wilderness and the … Continue reading Deuteronomy 06 →

Introduction Whenever the Lord rescued the Israelites from Egypt, he led them to Mount Sinai, where he entered into a covenant with them in which he promised to treat them as his treasured possession and they promised to do all that the Lord commanded them to do. Today's reading took place around forty years later, … Continue reading Deuteronomy 04(44)–05(33) →

Introduction We've seen that the things written in this book were spoken by Moses to the people of Israel as they camped in the desert near the River Jordan and across from Jericho and right before they entered the Promised Land. And I've said before that this book is a book about God's grace, because … Continue reading Deuteronomy 04(01–43) →

Introduction Last week we saw that the things we read in the book of Deuteronomy where spoken by Moses to the people of Israel as they camped in the desert near the River Jordan and across from Jericho in the fortieth year after they left Mount Sinai. So, before they entered the Promised Land, Moses … Continue reading Deuteronomy 02+03 →

Pre-amble I think I've discovered that I'm a completionist. You know what a completionist is, don't you? If someone plays video games, and he's a completionist, then he has to complete every level of the game and he's not satisfied until he does. Or if someone is on twitter or another social media platform, and … Continue reading Deuteronomy 01 →