The Bible In A Year 110
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Deuteronomy 28-29, Mark 13
58 thoughts on "The Bible In A Year 110"
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Deuteronomy can sometimes really be hard to read and comprehend, because it seems like God has really cruel punishments for anyone that strays away from Him. Why would he do that? Doesn’t He love us all the same way? But today, while reading the part from 28:15-69, it kind of “hit me”. These aren’t the punishments our God, that has so much love for us, will send on us the moment we stray. The purpose of these paragraphs is to depict how our soul, mind & body will feel like if it ever happens that we get further away from god. We will feel so bad inside, that it will seem like thousand of wars are happening inside, as if our loved ones are cheating on us, as if every disease known to human has found it’s place in our body… can you imagine the pain? It will feel as if everything we have has been taken away from us – and that is kind of true. Because, God is our “everything” and when we stray away from Him, if we don’t keep a special place for Him in our hearts, we lose Him, we lose everything important to us.. Hopefully I managed to express my thoughts correctly for everyone to understand what I wanted to say :)
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When reading the Bible, it is very helpful to know the original audience. Something that would help in understanding Deuteronomy is realizing this was the word of God to the nation Israel when they were ready to enter the promised land. If Israel obeyed, the LORD would bless them, if they disobeyed he would curse them (which happened in the Babylonian captivity). Israel was called to be set apart from the pagan nations, so that He could reveal His law to them, setting the stage for the Messiah to come and fulfill the law. Today God does not deal with the church as He dealt with Israel because we are not under law, but under grace (Romans 6:14). Of course there will be spiritual truths to learn from these passages, but first we must understand the original context and audience.
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Stand firm until the end
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Think about the curse…what people do you know who have been enslaved by lands not native to their own, and have been scattered across the earth, (ahem, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade). Now ask yourself if the so called “Jews” of modern day are true Hebrews.
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You know I was just thinking, HOW can the Israelites NOT be eternally cursed because they always sin.
But then I remembered the sacrifices.
And then I realized that they have to sacrifice for EVERY single sin. Can you imagine every sin that you do during even one day, much less time that times 1000+ people. That temple must have been going all the time, even at night.-
Not only that, but we are just as bad! We sin just as much every day! We can’t judge the Israelites when we are doing the same thing.
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12 “The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands.”-ellie
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Lord may we stay awake, lest we walk in the stubbornness of our hearts against the Lord’s commandments which have been revealed to us through the whole of Scripture.
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God did carry out those curses on Israel (written in Ezekiel and Jeremiah) and in those 2 books, they also prophecy what Jesus prophecies in this chapter in Mark!
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Good points!
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This was written to the Israelites but I see so much comparison to today. Just like them, God has saved us from bondage and slavery. For then it was the desert and for us it’s this world. We are tested through the journey and there are trials and struggles. Times we need to trust God to get us through. Many will turn to false “Gods” or answers…even rely on ourselves. Some will not make it. Many will turn away from God to pursue their own desires. The “curses” are consequences to making unhealthy choices. They will find themselves in a desperate way out of natural consequence for turning their backs on God.
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Oh dang. This is great
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