God sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and bring you to the place I have prepared

Exodus 23:20-33

See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.

Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

Why?

God's blessing is very clear and it is a promise to his people. God warning them the blessing and the curse is coming, in the same way, depends on what you do.

God sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way: How good and nice that I don't worry how to go and where to go, for the Lord will show me the way for me.

What I have to do is worship the Lord, do not make a covenant with their gods do not let them be a snare to me.

God's blessing is little by little for it is good to us, or we may proud of what we did.

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十誡的最後叮嚀

進入應許之地之中會遇見許多困難，神會派天使幫助他們。條件是要聽摩西的話，當人願意聽神的話，就是站在神那一邊了。

以色列的飢荒都發生在以色列人離開神的時候，敬畏神就沒有問題嗎？還是有，但是神都讓他們得勝。

進入應許之地，已經有許多人住在那裏，但是神不是一下子全部趕出去，要等到以色列的人口多起來。神要賞賜恩典給人。也要看人是否已經準備好，是否能夠承受神的恩典。我們有時候向神求這個，那個，神會在我們預備好的時候才會賜給我們。如同我們牙痛時，請我們吃飯，能吃嗎？

以色列是神的選民，卻不是唯一的民族，所以劃定一個區域給他們，其他地方要給其他民族。神要以色列人讓別的民族來傚法他們，不要以色列人去傚法這個世界。

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How?

Worship the Lord with all my heart and strength and my mind.