I. First impressions
1.1)What do you see in this book that tells you about the Original Reader?
Though the Ch.1:1-3, we can find that the Israelites were made up with the new generation because it's already passed 40 years after they rescued from Egypt. And because they traveled 40 years in the wilderness which normally takes only eleven days to travel, they should be very well trained in this region.
1.2)What do you see in this book that tells you about the author?
Moses wrote it around 1406 BC. Deuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea (Ch.1:5). As his final act at this important time of transferring leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses to prepare the people for their entrance into Canaan. In them, Moses emphasized the laws that were especially needed at such a time, and he presented them in a way appropriate to the situation. In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come to us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses God's claims on his people Israel.
Moses wrote it around 1406 BC. Deuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea (Ch.1:5). As his final act at this important time of transferring leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses to prepare the people for their entrance into Canaan. In them, Moses emphasized the laws that were especially needed at such a time, and he presented them in a way appropriate to the situation. In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come to us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses God's claims on his people Israel.
1.3)Main themes, repeated ideas and main idea:
Many times he required to the Israelites to obey the God's commands.
(Ch.4:1) And now, Israel, listen carefully to these laws and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
(Ch.5:32)So Moses told the people, "You must obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.
(Ch.13:18) The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him.
1.4)What is the primary reason this book was written?
Deuteronomy's purpose was to prepare the new generation of the Lord's chosen people to be his kingdom representatives in the land he had unconditionally promised them in the Abrahamic covenant.
And,Deuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea (Ch.1:5). As his final act at this important time of transferring leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses to prepare the people for their entrance into Canaan. In them, Moses emphasized the laws that were especially needed at such a time, and he presented them in a way appropriate to the situation. In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come to us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses God's claims on his people Israel.
II. Theme Tracing
2.1)What does this book show about the Character and Nature of God?
We can find God's thoroughly love, concern and counterplan for His people.
Ch.31:19-22("Now write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Teach them to sing it, so it may serve as a witness against them. For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors -- a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous; they will eat all the food they want and become well nourished. Then they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. Then great disasters will come down on them, and this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know what these people are like, even before they have entered the land I swore to give them." So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.)
2.2)What does this book show you about God's redemptive plan for mankind?
The love relationship of the Lord to his people, and that of the people to the Lord as their sovereign God, pervade the whole book. And, through Ch.31:20-22 we can understand how it is difficult to reach to the redemption through our own efforts, and why we need Jesus for the redemption. ("For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors - a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous; they will eat all the food they want and become well nourished. Then they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. Then great disasters will come down on them~)
III. Application
3.1)Personal application:
When I think about Moses' death, I feel some sorrow because he was not allowed to enter the Canaan even though he was the mostly struggled person in the wilderness for 40 years as the leader. But Moses was not complained about it, instead he always obeyed to God. I regard I have to remember that my thinking is always shorter than God's one. Instead of my judgement, I have to obey God's words.
3.2)Point of Passion Assignment
I believe that God's word is the only truth in this world. So, I have to obey God's word and think it's most important one I have to keep. But, many times I find I give priority to the other ordinary things. I have to put the first priority to God's word, and have to do my best to know it and to make people know it. -end-
(Ch.4:1) And now, Israel, listen carefully to these laws and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
(Ch.5:32)So Moses told the people, "You must obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.
(Ch.13:18) The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him.
And,Deuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea (Ch.1:5). As his final act at this important time of transferring leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses to prepare the people for their entrance into Canaan. In them, Moses emphasized the laws that were especially needed at such a time, and he presented them in a way appropriate to the situation. In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come to us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses God's claims on his people Israel.
II. Theme Tracing
2.1)What does this book show about the Character and Nature of God?
We can find God's thoroughly love, concern and counterplan for His people.
Ch.31:19-22("Now write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Teach them to sing it, so it may serve as a witness against them. For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors -- a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous; they will eat all the food they want and become well nourished. Then they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. Then great disasters will come down on them, and this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know what these people are like, even before they have entered the land I swore to give them." So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.)
Ch.31:19-22("Now write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Teach them to sing it, so it may serve as a witness against them. For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors -- a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous; they will eat all the food they want and become well nourished. Then they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. Then great disasters will come down on them, and this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know what these people are like, even before they have entered the land I swore to give them." So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.)
2.2)What does this book show you about God's redemptive plan for mankind?
The love relationship of the Lord to his people, and that of the people to the Lord as their sovereign God, pervade the whole book. And, through Ch.31:20-22 we can understand how it is difficult to reach to the redemption through our own efforts, and why we need Jesus for the redemption. ("For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors - a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous; they will eat all the food they want and become well nourished. Then they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant. Then great disasters will come down on them~)
3.1)Personal application:
3.2)Point of Passion Assignment
I believe that God's word is the only truth in this world. So, I have to obey God's word and think it's most important one I have to keep. But, many times I find I give priority to the other ordinary things. I have to put the first priority to God's word, and have to do my best to know it and to make people know it. -end-
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