Jon Collins
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given us a pointer to embrace life and avoid death.
I'll just throw this in here, just because it's cool.
It's something Moses says about God's commands in the book of Deuteronomy, but it's kind of actually a great summary point.
It's near the end of his life and near the end of the Torah in Deuteronomy, and Moses puts it this way.
He says to the Israelites, look, I am setting before you life and the good, death and the bad.
What I'm commanding you today, there's the word, same word from Garden of Eden, tzava in Hebrew.
What I'm commanding you today is to love Yahweh, your God, by going in His ways and keeping His commandments, His statutes, His regulations.
It's a pretty simple math equation.
Love Yahweh, which means keep what he commands, you will have life.
You'll become numerous, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the land that you're going.
Later on in paragraph, verse 19, he says, I bring forward as a witness against y'all today the skies and the land.
I have set before you life and death and
Blessing and curse choose life so that you can have life, you and your offspring, by loving Yahweh and listening to your voice, clinging to Him, this is rad, because He is your life.
Such a great way to summarize that.