Deuteronomy 1:34~46
Today's passage shows the wrath of righteous God toward the unbelief of the covenant people and the result of a battle without God.
# Who is God like?
Vv.34~40 When God saw the unbelieving hearts of the Israelites(v.32) and heard their complaints, He was angry. God is the Mighty one who can hear what they grumble in their tents(v.27). God priclaims that He will not give the Promised Land to the disobedient generation(the first generation), but to the obedient generation(the next generation of the covenant people). This decision reveals that God requires the price of sin and is also the Righteous one who provides grace to the obedient. Do not test God’s righteousness with a disobedient heart and complaining words; God knows your heart.
V.39 God promised to give the children of the exodus generation the land He had sworn to the fathers. He faithful to keep His promise, even though Israel betrayed Him(Nu23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent： hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? ; 1Sa 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent： for he is not a man, that he should repent).
#What lesson is God teaching me?
Vv.41~46 In spite of God’s proclaimed punishment, the Israelites rashly prepared for war and went to battle by themselves. The people did not accept God’s punishment that they would wander the dersert for 40 years, but responded in a human way(Nu 14:40
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised： for we have sinned). The result of the battle without God, however, was obvious. The Israelites cried out before God, but God did not listen to them. For believers, the victory of the battle belongs to those who obey and rely on the Word of God who is with them.
Prayer
Please let me live faithfully according to Your Word and confess my love to You.
오늘도 제가 당신의 말씀을 따라 진실하게 살게 하시고 당신께 저의 사랑을 고백하게 하소서!
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