W. Robert Godfrey

And then in the center of the book, the heart of the book, we could say, Moses talks about the king who will come.

So, Deuteronomy is pointing to the critical nature of leadership because the people are so often at failure.

And as we think about that leadership, it will lead us to Christ because he's the king, he's the second Moses, he's the greater Joshua.

So, Deuteronomy is not only full of all sorts of spiritual help for us, but it's full of Jesus, and I hope we'll see that as we study it as well.

We have lots of other books that are much more full of the exposition of the blessings and the grace and the mercy and the goodness of God.

But we need the book of Deuteronomy, too, to remind us precisely that life is serious and that these things matter, and to remind us

that when the threats are most dire, there is a mediator.

We come now to chapter 8 of Deuteronomy.

We're continuing with looking at these warnings that the Lord gave to Israel, various ways in which He warned them to be careful to keep the law.

And here in chapter 8, He's speaking to Israel

as a nation and particularly speaking to them as the sons of their fathers and the call to be faithful to the covenant that God gave to their fathers.

And here in chapter 8, we find a particularly interesting statement.

Verse 3 of chapter 8, Moses says, "...and he humbled you and let you hunger."

and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

That's a famous statement, isn't it?

That is the verse that Jesus quotes at the first temptation in the wilderness.

Jesus had been in the wilderness

For 40 days, fasting, not eating.

And the 40 days are meant to make us think about the 40 years in the wilderness.

Jesus has been in the wilderness.