Numbers 36:1 - Deuteronomy 1:46, Luke 5:29-6:11, Psalms 66:1-20, Proverbs 11:24-26
Today is the 23rd day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian and it’s great to be here with you today. It’s a bit of the day of transition for us. We will conclude the book of Numbers today. So, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers four pretty big books in the Old Testament we’ve made our way through, which will lead us forward in a few minutes to the book of Deuteronomy and we’ll talk about Deuteronomy when we get there but first, let’s conclude the book of Numbers, chapter 36.
Introduction to the book of Deuteronomy:
Okay, so that concludes the book of Numbers, which brings us to the threshold of the book of Deuteronomy which is the fifth book in the Old Testament, but the final book in the grouping of books known as the Torah or the Pentateuch - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. So, when we finish…when we finish this book and check off that last day in the app we’ll get our first badge, the Torah, but we have to read the whole book of Deuteronomy before we get there. And as we move into the book of Deuteronomy, we may like have this déjà vu, like I…didn’t I just hear this? Haven’t I heard this? And it would be correct. Many of the things in Deuteronomy would be things that we saw happen as they happened in the earlier books. Deuteronomy is slightly different, even though there’s review in it, that it’s clear now, that emerging generation, the one that will go into the promised land is arising and taking control and being raised up and taught and power is being transferred and the previous generation that did not have faith in God when they were sent into the promised land have died out. Moses is not going to be leading the children of Israel into the promised land and it’s time for them to go into the promised land. So, he’s not going to be going with them He’s going to pass into history as we’ll see. But before he does he gathers all of the people who he has sweat for, cried for, prayed for, lead, put down uprisings, you name it. We saw it all. We’ve travelled this journey together of the wilderness. He brings these people that he loves, these people that are supremely frustrating together to make sure that he has left nothing left unsaid, that he says everything that he needs to say, that there is nothing between him and anyone else as he leaves the stage, basically as he leaves the story and dies and becomes part of the history. So, if we understand that going in then we can pay really close attention, as if we were those children of Israel because, haven’t we learned that we behave similarly in so many situations? Haven’t we learned about our grumbling? Haven’t we learned about wandering in the wilderness? Haven’t we learned about the lesson of the wilderness? Most of those things that we learned we learned through the work of Moses as God worked through Moses to raise up this people. He’s not going to be a voice anymore. So, if we put ourselves in that crowd, understanding that we’re not gonna hear this leadership anymore we’re not gonna hear this voice anymore. This is what he wants to say before he goes. Then it has some gravity to it. Then becomes meaningful to us. And what we find in Deuteronomy is three different talks or discourses, three different speeches, three different times when he gets in front of the people to say the things that need to be said. And, so, let’s dive in. Deuteronomy chapter 1.
Prayer:
Father, we thank you for your word and we thank you for this day that is a transition day where we transitioned out of the book of Numbers and into the book of Deuteronomy and thank you for us having an understanding of what it represents so that we can tune our hearts and minds to pay close attention to these discourses of Moses before he retreats and the children of Israel move forward. And we thank you for all of the parallels, all of the things that we can look at and consider as we travel with the children of Israel. Putting ourselves in their story we also find our own story in so many ways. And, so, we thank you for that when we ask, come Holy Spirit plant what we’ve read today in the soil of our hearts, and may we collaborate as we weed this garden and as you bring the warmth and the water that we need to grow. Come Holy Spirit into all of this we ask in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.
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Community Prayer and Praise:
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