CHAPTER 11 THEY FACE THE FINAL CHOICE. This chapter continues the themes of the previous Chapter s and brings this section to a close. In it Moses summarises what has gone before and lays emphasis on the past history which they have experienced, both of deliverance and judgment. On the basis of thi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND TO WHICH THEY ARE GOING IS AN ABUNDANT LAND. IT IS WATERED BY GOD AND IS DEPENDENT ON HIS CARE, A CARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR OBEDIENCE TO THE COVENANT REQUIREMENTS (DEUTERONOMY 11:10). Analysis in the words of Moses: a For the land, to which you are going in to possess it, is not as the land... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR BLESSING AND FRUITFULNESS WILL DEPEND ON WHOM THEY SERVE (DEUTERONOMY 11:13 A). Analysis in the words of Moses: a If you will listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul (Deuteronomy 1... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RESULT OF THIS WILL BE THAT THEIR WAY WILL PROSPER BEFORE THEM (DEUTERONOMY 11:22). Note that love for Yahweh commenced chapter 6 and now ends chapter 11 of the general stipulations of the covenant. And if they do love Him and obey Him then their success in conquering the land is guaranteed. A... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSING AND CURSING (DEUTERONOMY 11:26). Most suzerainty treaties and some law codes had cursings against those who disobeyed their requirements, and many had both blessings and cursings. This was especially true of second millennium BC Hittite treaties and the great law codes (1st century BC trea... [ Continue Reading ]