CHAPTER 7 THEY MUST REMOVE THE CANAANITES FROM THE LAND, HAVING NO TRUCK WITH THEM AND MUST GO FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE DELIVERER FROM EGYPT, FOR HE HAS SET HIS LOVE ON THEM AND WILL DO THEM GOOD. Having emphasised the need to love Yahweh wholly, and to respond to Him totally in Deuteronomy 6... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REASON FOR DOING THIS IS BECAUSE IN COMPASSION AND MERCY HE HAS CHOSEN THEM TO THE END THAT THEY ARE HIS HOLY (SET APART FOR HIMSELF) PEOPLE AND HAS SET HIS LOVE ON THEM (DEUTERONOMY 7:7). In this passage the love and faithfulness of God is accentuated, and it is stressed that He loves them, no... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS AND OBEDIENCE TO HIS COVENANT WILL BE MULTIPLIED BLESSING (DEUTERONOMY 7:12). a It shall come about that because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the lovingkindness (covenant love) which he s... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY MUST THOROUGHLY CLEANSE THE LAND OF BOTH ITS PEOPLES AND ITS IDOLATRY, AND HE HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM TO ENABLE THEM TO DO IT (DEUTERONOMY 7:16). This reference to their enemies who hate them leads back to the subject of the destruction of their enemies in the land. The land must be thorough... [ Continue Reading ]