Day 288 - Deuteronomy 10

From: Chapter-A-Day: Volume 1 By: Norman W. Berry

Deuteronomy 10 • 1 min. read • grade level: 6

Learning lessons about God by understanding their own disobedient hearts.

V.1-11 Moses reviews their history to show them how God had provided for them the whole time. Only when we realize how awful we are, can we realize how good God is to us.

V.6-7 A parenthesis; Aaron was preserved and only died at the end of the journey (Num. 20:28²⁸And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. (Numbers 20:28)).

V.12-13 Five steps they could take when they had learned the lesson of the previous chapter. (1) Fear the Lord. (2) Walk in His steps. (3) Love Him. (4) Serve the Lord. (5) Keep His commandments.

V.14 The result of taking these five steps is that we will be looking toward heaven to be forever with the Lord.

V.16 To separate from evil in the heart, and not just in an outward way. They never did do this. But when Israel had completely failed, God had a secret. After we believers are taken to heaven, then God is going to bring Israel into blessing on earth. Not by their goodness, for He had tried them for all those centuries, but He was going to put a new heart in them. So you will see this same thought in Deuteronomy 30:6⁶And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. (Deuteronomy 30:6) as in our 16th verse. But the difference is, they would not do it, so God will.

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