(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 7:1-11) The Israelites were the chosen people of God not because they were the most deserving or the greatest of all the nations on earth. They were the chosen people of God, because God loved them and because God made a promise to their ancestors. This shows us God’s faithfulness rather than any […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 6:1-25) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Hear, O Church: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one. Hear, O Church means that we are to listen, to open our ears, and not only our ears but to open our hearts as well. The Lord our […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 5:23-33) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.” When Israel saw that God spoke to Moses and that he lived, not perishing in the glory and majesty of the fire of the […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 5:1-22) Although most of the people that were gathered together to hear Moses declare the Ten Commandments in their hearing were not alive during the time when the commandments were first declared on Mount Sinai (Horeb), yet what is interesting is that Moses doesn’t just address those that were in the past, who […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 4:25-49) 32 Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? What a powerful statement […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 4:1-24) In today’s Scripture, we see Moses gather the Israelites together to prepare their hearts to once again receive the Ten Commandments. This new generation, the generation ready to enter into the Promised Land, need to hear what the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai, to renew their covenant with God, and […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 3:21-29) When we see the name Moses, what do we think of? Growing up in a Christian home and having attended Sunday School as a child, when I think of Moses I think of his loving mother and sister, a baby protected by God, a man growing in power in Egypt, a man […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 3:1-20) As we read through Deuteronomy it serves as a reminder for the path Israel took towards the Promised Land. In today’s Scripture, we are also challenged with asking, “what is the Promised Land?” In Numbers 32, which Moses refers to in today’s Scripture, we see the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 2:24-37) As Moses recounts the journey of the Israelites from Egypt, through the wilderness, into the Promised Land, we read in today’s Scripture about an encounter with Sihon king of Heshbon. As the Israelites moved towards the Promised Land, we read in today’s passage that they were not given permission to pass through […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 2:1-23) Although Israel could have taken possession of the land that the Lord promised their ancestors early on in their journey, it was because of their lack of faith and trust in the Lord that they were led to wander in the wilderness. I imagine wandering in the wilderness would take its toll […]