Deuteronomy 31-32

Deuteronomy 31-32

This year, I plan on reading the Old Testament of the Bible within the 2012 calendar year. Follow me on this journey!

Scripture Thought (What I Learned):

Chapter 31: Be Strong and of Good Courage

                Moses gathers the congregation of Israel and announces that he is old; 120 years old. He tells the congregation to "Be strong and of a good courage..." (Deuteronomy 31:6). The Lord knows that the Israelites will be tempted and do all manner of wickedness, especially in the last days (verse 29)... so he commands Moses to reveal the book of law, which shall be read every seven years at the feast of the tabernacle and shall be "...a witness against thee." (Deuteronomy 31:26), essentially saying that ignorance is not an option, seeing as the Lord has provided many ways to know of his commandments.

                Moses tells the Israelites that in the last days people will hide their face from the Lord and abandon him... and then when trouble comes... they will ask WHERE IS GOD? (verse 17). This evil WILL happen in the "Latter Days" (verse 29).

Chapter 32: The Rock of Salvation

                Israel sings the song of Moses; announcing that God speaks to the heavens and the earth. "He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he" (Deuteronomy 32:4)

                The foolish and unwise shall be ungrateful for the hand of the Lord in their lives, for those who don't know or are doubting "Remember the days of old, consider the ears of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell they." (Deuteronomy 32:7)

                Israel was known in the pre-existence and chosen in this life by God to be his people. But they forgot the Rock of their Salvation and because of this the Lord sent terror, war and vengeance upon them.

                Moses speaks of the nations in the latter days (our current times) that they would be nations "...void of counsel... oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end" (Deuteronomy 32:28-29). Moses is saying that the nations and people in the last days won't consider the truth and will become unwise, following after their own will and not of God's will.

                The Lord speaks of his almighty power; "...I kill, and I make alive; I would and I heal..." (Deuteronomy 32:39) There is NO other god before the Lord.