Sunday, October 10, 2021

Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.

Deuteronomy 4:32-49

You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength, to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.

Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.

Cities of Refuge: The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt.
The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other... Keep his decrees and commands... so that it may go well with you.
Three cities of refuge cast of the Jordan.
Why?
Moses once again claims the importance of the Lord to Israelites. Besides Him there is no other. There is no other God who can help them, loves them.
No gods spoke to them and show to them in fire and cloud and voice.
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沒有其他民族有神在火、雲中說話且能存活!摩西告訴他們這些事,要知道只有耶和華是他們的神。神為何如此善待他們?神沒有欠他們!不是因為以色列人比較好或是有美德、文化!唯一的原因是神愛以色列人的列祖。
神的恩慈是無條件的,但是這個世界要得到人的好處、禮遇,一定要有能力,付出。
河東只有兩個半支派,卻設立三個逃城,表示神對他們比較放心,所以要摩西在河東設立三個逃城,且有利未人住在逃城?
以下則是摩西重述神的律法,重新教導以色列人。申命記:重申律法。
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How?
There is no other God in this world to me, Worship the Lord and obey word of the Lord is my hope and my blessing.

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