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Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. As of today, we've read six books of the Bible together. Congratulations. Not only that, but in finishing Deuteronomy today, we've also finished the whole Torah, which is what the Jews call the first five books of the Bible written by Moses. For most people, the Torah is where Bible reading plans go to die.
So the fact that you're still here is huge.
God has drawn you into something here, and I'm praying for you that He will continue to carve out time for Himself in your schedule to give you wisdom, knowledge, and understanding and humility as you read, to keep showing you new things about Himself, to correct any lies you believe about Him or anything you misunderstand, and to help these truths take root in your heart in a way that is transformative.
I bet you've already seen that happening in your life, and maybe others have even taken notice too. When we fix our eyes on who God is, real change takes place. Yesterday, as we wrapped up our reading, God told Moses to write a song about the Israelites, past, present, and future.
It would serve as a reminder to them when they recalled this song after rebelling against God at some point in the days to come. And it's a lengthy song, lots of lyrics. The song starts out by calling Israel to pay attention as he proclaims God's greatness, which is what comes next. And just like with most songs in poetry, we see some poetic devices used here.
Similes, metaphors, personification, anthropomorphizing, hyperbole. So don't panic when you read phrases like, they are no longer his children because they are blemished, they are a crooked and twisted generation. God hasn't cast them off forever. This kind of hyperbole emphasizes the weight of what has happened. The context helps clarify terrifying verses like that.
The storyline of the song should be familiar to you. God created Israel, he blessed them and increased them, they turned their back on him to pursue idols and demon gods, and he grew angry and promises to discipline them. In a plan to make Israel jealous, he will even lavish affection on other nations. And that's good news for those of us who aren't of Jewish descent.
Anytime Israel rejects God, he always uses it as a part of his plan to integrate other nations into his family as well. Part of that plan involves sending Israel into disaster. But he's measured in all of that, never wanting the enemy to get credit for their victory over Israel. The only way to gain victory over God's people is if God allows it.
But God will have compassion on Israel in their weakness and defeat, and he will bring about justice. By the way, the word yesheron that appears three times in this song is a reference to the Israelites. Outside of this song, it only appears one other time in scripture. It means upright ones, and it's used almost ironically in this song, since it's a song about how they aren't upright.
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