Starting with this chapter, and going on to the end of chapter 11, we hear God speaking to Israel in a closer, more intimate way. In the first four chapters, Israel is seen as in the wilderness. These seven chapters are of Israel at the very entrance to the land of promise.
V.1-5 Moses reminds them that God had spoken to them from the top of the mountain at Horeb (or Sinai) when He had given the ten commandments. Do not confuse this with another talk from the land of Moab — we’ll read of it later.
V.6-21 Many people think that this section is just a repeat of the ten commandments in Exodus 20:2-17. God has a purpose. In Deuteronomy He gives the reasons why they should obey them. Compare this section with Exodus 20. You will see that the Sabbath is stressed here. The keeping of the Sabbath was something that no one could know unless God told him. Whereas people, just naturally, have at least a partial knowledge of the other commandments — stealing for example. The Sabbath brought people close to God. It reminds us of the work of the Lord Jesus, and the rest which God now has in Christ. Christ is God’s Sabbath, or rest. For Israel, the Sabbath will be fulfilled in the millennium. Because of unbelief they lost this land of rest. We believers belong to Christ, and to the new creation. We are new creatures (2 Cor. 5:17). Wonderful. So when Christianity began, the first day of the week, the Lord’s day, became the important day and not the Sabbath (Saturday). The Lord Jesus was dead all day Saturday. But there is more. Saturday is the seventh day. The next day, the 8th, is the Lord’s day, Sunday, the first day of the new order (Acts 20:7). It is never going to end. There is no 9th day.
V.22 These words were of the greatest importance for those people at that time.
V.23-28 They feared greatly when they heard and saw the thunderings and lightnings (Heb. 12:18-21).
V.29 Beautiful verse. God exposing His heart of love to people.
V.29-33 We can feel how God longed that the people would let Him pour out all His goodness and blessing on them. Did they let Him? No. Do we let Him pour out the peace and joy on us?