Deuteronomy 32:40-52 Click here for Bible Verses
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Deuteronomy 32:40-52. Let’s go!
Deuteronomy 32:40-44 (NIV)
40 I lift my hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, while my sword devours flesh: the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.
44 Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
On verses 40-44: Here Moses finishes his song for the Israelites. His song ends talking about God’s vengeance against His enemies, how God will avenge the blood of His people (v43), punish all wrongdoing and eliminate His adversaries. That is what a just God does. God would not be just if He did not hate evil or punish wrongdoing. God is a just judge and a mighty warrior who will one day put an end to all evil.
Deuteronomy 32:45-46 (NIV)
45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,
46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.
On verses 45 to 46: Here Moses commands the people to take to heart the words he has spoken so that they may command their children to obey them. If you want your children to love and obey God, then it begins with you “taking His Word to heart” (v46). How? Read His Word. Study it. Meditate on it. Live it out. Get into the Word of God until the Word of God gets into you. When you take God’s words to heart, that’s when you are able to teach your children to have it in their hearts too.
Deuteronomy 32:47 (NIV)
47 They are not just idle words for you–they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
On verse 47: In this world we and our children will be exposed to billions of words and countless messages. Many of them are “idle words” (v47) — messages that don’t build us up but tear us down and confuse us. But God’s words “are your life”. Only His words bring us life and enable us to step into our destiny.
Deuteronomy 32:48-52 (NIV)
48 On that same day the LORD told Moses,
49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.
50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.
52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
On verses 48-52: Here God prepares Moses for his death on Mount Nebo in Moab. Because Moses had not been completely faithful to God, God would not let him enter the promised land. Instead, He allowed Moses to see the promised land from a distance. You might say, “How could God do that to Moses after all that Moses sacrificed and endured?” Check out my GAME sharing on Numbers 20:1-13 where I address this question.
God has a land of blessings that He has reserved for you, your very own promised land. Like Moses, we have not been completely faithful to God and don’t deserve to enter into that promised land. But God had incredible mercy on us. He sent His Son Jesus Christ. Jesus obeyed His Father perfectly and earned the right to enter heaven and its blessings. When we trust in Jesus, we are found in Him and we get to enter into all of the blessings Jesus had earned. Jesus is our ticket to the promised land.
Thank You, Heavenly Father, for being a just God who hates evil and punishes wrongdoing. Thank You for Your words that bring us life. And thank You that when I didn’t deserve to enter into Your blessings, You still gave me Jesus as my ticket to the promised land. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
