Deuteronomy 1:1-8
“See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and their descendants after them.”
Let me begin by letting you all know how excited I am for our study in Deuteronomy! Taking a book of the Bible and teaching through each chapter is something that our church loves to do and has been dedicated to doing for the last decade. Deuteronomy makes the 24th book that we have taught through faithfully during the last 13 years of my ministry! As we take the next year to grow together, I hope that you read in advance each week, are disciplined in the weekly devotions, and are faithfully present in the church, if you can join us. I can’t promise many things, but I can promise that dedicating yourself to learning God’s word alongside other believers will bless you in tremendous ways.
So let us now begin…..
Deuteronomy is the 5th book of the Bible and last book written by Moses. The first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch or the Torah and traditionally viewed as the foundation of the Old Testament. All five books of the Pentateuch were written by Moses and consists of God’s story of creation, man’s fall, and God’s deliverance. The first five books of the Bible are an amazing, adventurous story filled with peaks and valleys that have shaped our world and Christian faith today. Not only are these five books foundational to our beliefs, but they also all point towards the true Cornerstone of our faith.
Each one of the books written by Moses aggressively pushes us towards the story of and the need for Jesus! Each book is a foreshadow of the Gospel. After sin entered the world, man became enslaved to this world, much like the Israelites were in Egypt in the book of Exodus. We see God’s goodness and grace in His rescue and freedom in Exodus much like we do in the story of Christ coming to save the lost. The wilderness represents our struggling journey in this world while the books of Leviticus and Numbers symbolize God’s never abandoning love for His children. These two books show God’s law as a symbol of His care for us, but also to draw us to a deeper appreciation for and need of the finished work of Jesus!
In Moses’s last book, the book of Deuteronomy, we see the picture of Glory through His promises of the Holy Land! We see the journey from slavery to true freedom in peace and amazement! The people could stop wandering in all their struggle and experience the glory of God in new life! However, even though we see the symbol of Glory in the promises of the land of milk and honey, we also come to see that the promised land is not Heaven and man is still sinful. The book of Deuteronomy is filled with God’s goodness, but also a story of man’s continued war against sin and his need of a savior.
I can’t wait until Sunday and pray you are able to join us.
Stay faithful church,
Pastor Hunter
So let us now begin…..
Deuteronomy is the 5th book of the Bible and last book written by Moses. The first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch or the Torah and traditionally viewed as the foundation of the Old Testament. All five books of the Pentateuch were written by Moses and consists of God’s story of creation, man’s fall, and God’s deliverance. The first five books of the Bible are an amazing, adventurous story filled with peaks and valleys that have shaped our world and Christian faith today. Not only are these five books foundational to our beliefs, but they also all point towards the true Cornerstone of our faith.
Each one of the books written by Moses aggressively pushes us towards the story of and the need for Jesus! Each book is a foreshadow of the Gospel. After sin entered the world, man became enslaved to this world, much like the Israelites were in Egypt in the book of Exodus. We see God’s goodness and grace in His rescue and freedom in Exodus much like we do in the story of Christ coming to save the lost. The wilderness represents our struggling journey in this world while the books of Leviticus and Numbers symbolize God’s never abandoning love for His children. These two books show God’s law as a symbol of His care for us, but also to draw us to a deeper appreciation for and need of the finished work of Jesus!
In Moses’s last book, the book of Deuteronomy, we see the picture of Glory through His promises of the Holy Land! We see the journey from slavery to true freedom in peace and amazement! The people could stop wandering in all their struggle and experience the glory of God in new life! However, even though we see the symbol of Glory in the promises of the land of milk and honey, we also come to see that the promised land is not Heaven and man is still sinful. The book of Deuteronomy is filled with God’s goodness, but also a story of man’s continued war against sin and his need of a savior.
I can’t wait until Sunday and pray you are able to join us.
Stay faithful church,
Pastor Hunter
SCRIPTURE TO GO WITH THE MESSAGE
Read Genesis 12:4-7, Genesis 15:18, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 28:13-15, and Exodus 3:8. These verses will give you a wonderful background to God’s promises of the Promise Land.
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