102 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 9 - Deuteronomy 26-34 - Joshua 1-4: Rahab

https:/lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 9 DEUTERONOMY 26-34: JOSHUA 1-4: RAHAB Now let's turn to Deuteronomy Chapter 7. So God, in His wrath, turned them back into the wilderness for 40 years of wandering. However Moses is going to give some strict commands from God of course: Deuteronomy 7:1 "When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;" Deuteronomy 7:2-4a "And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them (now don't get shook up that God is being cruel and unkind. I'll show you in just a little bit why he gives these kinds of instructions.); thou shalt make no covenant (or treaty) with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them(they have already been guilty of some of it); thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son." Now here is God's reason. King Solomon. Do you know that he was guilty of offering little Jewish babies to the fires of the god of Molock. Reading verse 4 again: Deuteronomy 7:4 "For they will turn away thy son from following me that they may serve other gods:..." The idol of materialism. Because after all we are living in different times than Bible times. Yes people change, economies change, societies change, but there is one who never changes.God does not change! God hates the same thing today that He hated back here in Israel's history. We don't stand here and try to shove this down people's throats, but I think the American people have to be made aware once again that the God that made our nation what she is, is the same God that laid down these requirements. I hope you take the time to read the chapters in between. Deuteronomy 20:17 "But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: (don't spare one! Why?) Deuteronomy 20:18 "That they teach you not to do after all their abominations (an abomination back then to God is an abomination today) which they have done unto their gods; (notice small `g' meaning their idols and pagan worship), so should ye sin against the LORD your God." It says it so plainly that after Solomon had married those 900 wives out of all the various pagan cultures, in order to satisfy the demands of those pagan wives, he built shrines, and places of worship to those pagan gods. In Chapter 15, as God is dealing with this man Abram, and has given him the Covenant, and all these promises. Genesis 15:8 "And he said, `Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?`" Now God is going to come down and do the same thing. Genesis 15:9,10 Then in verses 11 and 12 in order for this covenant to be as all covenants are from God and God alone, to make sure that Abram has nothing to do with this covenant responsibility, God puts Abram to sleep like He did Adam a long time before. Genesis 15:13,14 Genesis 15:15 "And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace (Abraham will die a physical death), thou shalt be buried in a good old age. Verse 16 is where we tie in Deuteronomy Chapters 7 and 20. Why does God tell Israel to utterly destroy the Canaanite people? Genesis 15:16 God has now given these Canaanites 490 years in all to turn from their iniquities, but they don't turn from it. Read Deuteronomy Chapter 27, verses 15 through 26, especially if you are an adult; and I will make the statement that you cannot take for granted that the God of Israel is any different than the God of today. Israel is ready to go in and occupy the land of Canaan under Joshua. God is leading every word, and this is what we call the inspiration, so that Moses can literally write the account of his own death. But here we read: Deuteronomy 28:1 thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:" Now I always qualify this by saying that we want to remember that in the Old Testament economy, God rewarded obedience with material blessings. God rewarded them. All God has promised the believer in the Age of Grace is a roof over our head, clothes on our back, and food to eat. Deuteronomy 28:15 Now verse 16 and following, instead of the word blessed, what word is used? Cursed. And He spells out how Israel is going to receive the wrath of God because of their disobedience. I know that Satan is doing everything he can to thwart the work of God and, consequently, he does attack God's chosen people. Deuteronomy 28:37a #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible