Deuteronomy 1:6-8New International Version. Even before the law from Abraham's days there certainly was no injunction more solemn or more obligatory than the circumcision of every male child; yet we are assured that no male was circumcised during Israel's wandering for forty years through the wilderness. And we're looking at the obstacles rather than the power of God to deliver us from those obstacles. Listen, God'll take you all the way if you'll just believe Him and trust Him for it. This is the grand pith of the chapter as it appears to me. "What is the mountainous country of Judea? "Jehovah our God made a covenant with us at Horeb." It is not then a grouping of types, whatever might be the particular scope and aim of those employed, such as we have seen in distinct forms throughout the books of Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers; but here all that the Spirit is using, whether it be direct moral application which forms much the larger part of the book, or whether it be a selection of such shadows as fall in with its. 95. Now this is a foolish charge that they brought against God and it is something that we oftentimes are prone to do. Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it; and that ye may prolong your days in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey" (ver. "Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. (Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 5:22. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you." In Deuteronomy 8:1-20 we have quite a different character. We never can duly understand the Old Testament unless in the light of the New; and if there is anyone who is personally and emphatically "the light," need it be said that it is Jesus? When Peter and John came to the Samaritans, and found that they were, 'And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain; 18. Then the bitter consequences came. We have here, I. "6. O. T. p. 65) says: "From Deuteronomy 10:8 it is plain that the Levites were not appointed at Sinai but later; whereas we learn fromNumbers 8:1-26; Numbers 8:1-26. that their institution took place at Sinai." Types are but sparsely presented over the great bulk of the instruction which crowds its pages. What a guard this was against the misuse of outward forms! 24; 2 Cor. At the same time we are told how the tribe of Levi was separated, after having brought in (in an episodical way) an allusion to Aaron's death. In style similar to that of ancient treaty documents, Deuteronomy opens by recounting all that Yahweh, Israels covenant God, has done for his people. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two, Ver. In Deuteronomy 3:1-29 it is substantially similar with Bashan. O. T. i. God had already multiplied the Israelites, and He was ready to give them the land. The chief point to observe is that there was not a spirit of obedience in the people, and this they lacked because there was no faith in God. Not so. Whatever we are called out for is what Satan endeavours to destroy. It was no longer "How shall I free myself?" This is the plain gist of the book. But it was not a question here of truth or its forms, but of obedience: this is ever in view. There the nation enjoyed a season of rest, ratified its covenant with God, received the Law, constructed a sanctuary, and was otherwise equipped and organized. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN. God appointed judges (Deuteronomy 1:16) to help Moses carry the burden of legal decisions that resulted from the giving of the Law. This is the point here, and thus we see the connection with all that has gone before. Thus Jehovah from the very first was teaching them that they were not called out on an errand of indiscriminate conquest. As the epithet applied to God, "Jehovah our God," presupposes the reception of Israel into covenant with Jehovah, which took place at Sinai, so the words, "ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain," imply that the purpose for which Israel was taken to Horeb had been answered, i.e., that they had been furnished with the laws and ordinances requisite for the fulfilment of the covenant, and could now remove to Canaan to take possession of the promised land. It consists of moral addresses, and appeals in a tone quite unexampled in all the five books of Moses. I pray that I may abide in Christ and He in me and that my life would be a testimony to Your goodness and grace. There are two places noted by the name Rekam in the very bounds of the land,--to wit, the southern and eastern: that is, a double Kadesh. "Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. Is not this in wonderful harmony with the rest, following on the confession of the one true God of Israel? And you came near to me Moses said, and you said, Let's send spies into the land, in order that they might find out which cities we'll be facing and the directions by which we should go into the land ( Deuteronomy 1:21-22 ). This makes the principle at stake to be felt the more. 11). In this Second Narration, Moses expressly declares that God not only gave them a visible sign, by uplifting the cloud, but that He also verbally commanded the people to leave Mount Sinai, and to set about the performance of the rest of their journey. So, after it has been brought before us from the first, we find their failure to trust Jehovah leads to a fresh command. Your fruit baskets and breadboards. Some there are, no doubt, who assume that God has not in these things expressed any will of His, own. These figures Moses was inspired to give as a whole to the people, entirely apart from the question whether they were or could be carried out according to the letter while passing through the wilderness. ^d 11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? 5; John iv. Hey, it's time to go in and begin to possess that which God has promised unto you." In His dealings with them He applied a higher standard, and far more severity. We luxuriate in retired communion, in restful fellowship with God, in converse with fellow-believers, in Church ordinances; and we think how sweet it would be if this could always last. Deuteronomy 31:1 "And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel." "Moses went and spake": Though some interpreters view this verse as the conclusion to the foregoing address in (chapters 29-30), it is better to see these words as an introduction to the words of Moses which follow, based upon the general pattern of Deuteronomy. Not withstanding [Moses said] you rebelled against the Lord: And you murmured in your tents ( Deuteronomy 1:26-27 ). Consequently it is not an isolated fact that they wished spies, or that Jehovah acceded to their desire to have them (this we have already seen), but here "Ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come." Thus was kept up a thorough sense of discipline in the people, and above all dependence on and confidence in Jehovah. O. T. i. pp. 5, 11, 14, 18, 21, 26). W. McGarveyThe Four-Fold Gospel, In the Temple at the Feast of Tabernacles. 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. It is rather a proof of hardness of heart. . How good is our God, and what a witness of His grace! What gentle censures, if any, what palpable favouritism towards his own party, where they most deserve reproof and rebuke or perhaps still more stringent measures! And you know God told me to go here and it was just really horrible and all," and all this stuff. Kadesh. 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. Which the Holy Scripture called "The hill-country of Judah," Joshua 21:11; Luke 1:39. Such is the reason why a Christian even now on earth passes into a new state of things altogether. 12). Thus: God is that one spiritual and infinitely perfect essence, whose being is of himself eternally (Deut. The tragedy of unbelief, verse thirty-two.Now, I love this. If one were simply a man, one must have to do with the place and state of Adam fallen. In fact He acted as the landlord. So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and went presumptuously up into the hilt And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do," there was a most ignominious flight "and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. I have called it therefore an abstract typical system; for the value of it does not at all depend on the fidelity of the people to it. Nobody likes this. Deuteronomy 1:6-9: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. This is just as characteristic a truth for us as the one Jehovah was for a Jew. Hence there is a tone of exceeding seriousness, as well as of chastened affection; there is a solemnity founded on the grand dealings of a God whose faithful and holy hand was now ushering them into His land. And yet the inability to bring the flesh into conformity with the spirit of God. These feasts made an appeal to a male Israelite which none besides could make. It is not the liberty of grace, which the feast of pentecost is, but rather the epoch in type when the liberty of glory shall arrive. And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.'' Praying through Deuteronomy 31:6. Monday, April 4, a.d. But the same duty abides for them. That is the point to do God's will. They possess that inimitable solemnity which cannot be so much uttered in words as felt in the general bearing of the book. Undoubtedly the gatherings in of the corn and the wine (that is, the harvest and the vintage) are the well known types of God's final dealings: the harvest when He separates the wheat from the chaff, or at any rate from that which is not wheat; and the vintage when He executes unsparing judgment upon the vine of the earth upon all religion that is vain and denies heaven. The type was the land of Canaan; the antitype, so far as it lies in time, is the world, which it is the Church's calling to conquer for Christ, and for her own possession. In short how could it be respected as it deserves, if regarded as an almost garrulous repetition of the law? deuteronomy 1:6 prayer points. But inasmuch as the Lord's three answers are taken from the early portion of Deuteronomy, which comes before us on this occasion, I have at once referred to this patent fact. He cites from none other. Now we find what would test their obedience. Which the Holy Scripture called "The hill-country of Judah," Joshua 21:11; Luke 1:39. But Satan as usual tampered with the plain written word, alike with its letter and its spirit; for after "to keep thee" he omitted "in all thy ways." British Library, Harleian MS. 5596. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. We'll go in, we'll take the land". In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. Preventive against Backsliding. 30.) And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God doth give us. II. There is another remark to be made. Could they match with Him? Our, (October, a.d. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. I must have to come to the place where I despair of freeing myself or despair of my own righteousness or despair of ever being righteous in the eyes of God by my own works and my own efforts. This he had fully shown in the history. p. 136 (Pitman's Edition). It is the same principle here again as elsewhere. So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there." To what were they always inclined? Begin to move forward in your spiritual development, in your spiritual life. The Promised Land into which God was bringing them is typical to the glorious life and victory in the spirit. Notice: 1. Therefore, I must take a position of faith and recognize that the old nature, the life of the flesh, was crucified with Christ in order that I might now live after the new nature, the nature of Christ, and living now after the spirit. They're each of them seeking to rule our lives. . Every step in really obeying God puts the man morally to the test, and is more or less attended with severe trial. This is then what he was pressing. Forever and ever. This supposes a heart that knows God; and certainly so it is with Moses. deuteronomy 1:6 prayer points. there is formality enough, and without having written forms, the heart may frame forms of its own, as we may have observed, if not known it in our own experience, without finding fault with other people, For notoriously, in a legal state of mind people are apt to get through the acknowledgment of sin in what they know has grieved the Lord; but even then there is a want of bowing to His will. In the first section, i.-iv. Why should they not rejoice? About a hundred and twenty-six miles from Mount Horeb to Kadeshbarnea. NOTE: This edition of this sermon is taken from an earlier published edition of Spurgeon's 1857 message. "Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name." The heritage of the descendants of Jacob shall be restored unto thee!" After the praise and worship session, go with your prophetic sword into battle using these 13 prayer points for DAY 6. In general, Moses spoke unto them all that the Lord had given him in commandment (Deuteronomy 1:3; Deuteronomy 1:3), which intimates, not only that what he now delivered was for substance the same with what had formerly been commanded, but that it was what God now commanded him to repeat. Pray it at midnight and midday. vol. Numbers 13:1-33 gives the fact when God warranted Moses to send the spies; Deuteronomy supplies the motives which wrought in the people to desire them. Now, shut up". Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God, who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day." And here the people were making this blasphemous accusation; "because God hates us, he brought us out here". And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess that thou mayest inherit his land. The land was straight before them, and they might, as far as that was concerned, have gone in and taken possession of it at once. i. "Judah, thou, thy brethren shall praise thee; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; before thee shall bow down the sons of thy father. Appendix ii. 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? 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. Giants had dwelt there in times past, and the Ammonites called them Zamzummims. This was the mount that burned with fire (Hebrews 12:18), and gendered to bondage,Galatians 4:24. God wanted to free them from the horrible bondage of Egypt, yet now they are accusing God of hating them.You remember the case of Job, it said in all of these things, that is the loss of his family and his wealth and all, he did not curse God neither did he charge God foolishly. It was not in His mind to offer men His law or the sword. In short, whatever it be to which God summons us is precisely what the devil endeavours to obscure, and so to hinder our testimony. It ought most of all to shock the Christian. None ever honoured God's word as Christ did. Surely this is very significant, and points out a manifest difference in the character and scope and design of the book of Deuteronomy as compared with Exodus. It is exactly so here. God says, then, that enough time had been spent in one place; (1) for, before they left it, an entire year had passed away there. Indeed He found His moral glory in this very fact, that He alone of all men that ever lived never in a single particular swerved from that which after all is the sweetest, loveliest, highest thing in man here below absolute devotedness to another, doing the will of His God and Father. Sihon rushed on them to his own ruin; and only so did Israel smite and dispossess the king of Heshbon. It was very important, therefore, that these men judge fairly (Deuteronomy 1:17). His Father will take care of him. God must and does choose for Himself a simple yet most important consideration (ver. XXI. And when they had situations that were too difficult for them to handle, that Moses would handle those cases. Not only did the Lord say the right thing, but the ground, the line, and the spirit of the book whence He chose His answers were such as took the becoming place under such circumstances before God. (1) These are the words. 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