And so here we are on Moses’ fifth and final book, ending the Pentateuch. After this will come 12 historical books, most of which being quite long, with several having been divided in two parts each, for they were too cumbersome for the people to carry. But I’m getting ahead of myself 😅😅 but this book is also a long one like all the others in the Pentateuch, and I’m looking forward to spelling out the love of Jesus here as best as I can.
Two things before I start: I’ve read several parts of the book in the VOICE translation already, and if we’re honest, I don’t think it’s good they did that with Moses’ last words, making it all demagogue-y. This isn’t the heart of God. Also, I’m still reading this in the above translation with the NKJV, NASB, and the first Amplified version, but I may want to use language from other translations that helped us understand the Bible better now than we did when I was 21 in August 2012 when I wrote Bible notes on sticky notes for the very first time. Most Bible versions are harder for me to understand in a foreign language, so it’ll help if I can see the truth in both methods. For about 27 of the chapters in this book are updating the law for the second generation that arose from the Exodus, after all their ancestors besides Caleb and Joshua had perished for their unfaithfulness (Numbers 14:22-24) in the previous 40 years up to that point. Also, not every Bible verse in the Old Testament was written in Hebrew; the other language for some of them was Aramaic, a language that sadly is no longer spoken, but one verse in that language is Jeremiah 10:11. It is nice that we don’t need the law of Moses to follow Jesus — Acts 15 and the book of Galatians explain why. Too bad many “disciples” claim that Jesus was for it though… justice is indeed necessary for this life, but God knew no one could save themselves… I know I couldn’t. And though there’s no direct reference to a new covenant in this book, Jeremiah 31:31-34 is complimentary to this, and as a result, the Israelites and others who wanted something better than what they were born into would be able to seek Jesus, just as Amos 9:11-12 says also (quoted in Acts 15:16-17).
Well, I need to get started… I have a surprise food bag I had ordered from a restaurant for a lot cheaper than originally priced that I need to pick up at 3 this afternoon (I have about five hours at the time of writing this to get there, but thankfully, it’s not far from where I live, even on foot). It’s from Too Good To Go, an app that sells unsold food to you in a surprise bag from a restaurant for much cheaper. You can download it from the App Store (if you have an iPhone) or Google Play Store (if you have an Android, like me). And you can choose which restaurant to pick up a surprise food bag from, yea, that which is available. It’s first come, first serve, and there may not be very many items left from these places (perishable food can expire quickly), so grab them before they’re gone! OK, that’s enough rambling from me for now 😅😅 off to chapter 1!
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