Israel is about to undergo two major lifestyle changes. The first major change is that once they cross the Jordan River and take over the Promised Land, they are no longer going to be one cohesive and large group of people situated around the Wilderness Tabernacle. Instead, they are going to be spread out over […]
D12-4: Why We Need To Have More Understanding For The Israelites’ Failures In The Wilderness
Let’s try to understand Moses’ perspective for a minute here. Understand that we’re dealing with a man who had witnessed up close the best and worst of Israel’s behavior over a period of about four decades. It must have been one of the most daunting and frustrating experiences any anointed leader or prophet of God […]
D12-3: An Ancient Poem That Captures The Helpless Spiritual State Of Mankind BEFORE Moses
One of the main goals of this blog is to get you to understand the religious mindset and culture of not only the ancient Hebrews but the whole Middle East in general BEFORE Moses. For those of us who grew up in a culture whose foundations were steeped in Judaeo-Christianity, which is pretty much the whole […]
D12-2: How The Mosaic Covenant Was Different Than Anything Known In History Up To That Point In Time
I don’t think a lot of us realize just how much of a departure the Mosaic Covenant was from anything that had ever been known in history up to this point time… …especially when it came to the areas dealing with social justice such as caring for the widows and the orphans. The closest thing […]
D12-1: What Would Have Happened To Israel If They Declined To Enter Into A Covenant With God?
Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter Twelve. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Deuteronomy 12 is one of those chapters whose contents we’re going to take our good old sweet time in studying. This is one of those parts of the Bible just jam-packed with amazing spiritual principles […]