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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• God declares additional terms for His covenant with Israel. The second generation of Israelites must be careful to reflect on all they have seen and heard. They must correctly interpret the years in the wilderness as judgment. Yet, they must believe that God desires to bless and flourish them.
• God provides a disciplined way for them to express their gratitude towards Him. He also provides testimony to instruct future generations so they may correctly interpret the events of their day. Everything will depend on their choices, therefore their actions.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• God's law reveals His character. God teaches Israel about His righteousness and wrath; about man's faith and wickedness. God requires Israel to define His holiness as He reveals it. They must believe what God makes known by faith. They must order their lives accordingly!

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Until the Messiah comes, Israel must administer God's justice among the covenant community and in the midst of other nations. Israel--living under and bearing the law of God given through Moses--will prove to the world that God is good and His word is true.
• When the Messiah comes, He will mediate God's covenant between man and Himself. He will serve man as the Prophet they need. His word will be the non-negotiable word of God. The Messiah will be a Prophet. He will be the perfect unlimited Prophet. The Messiah is God.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Moses begins with a warning about false prophets. I will remind you that who you allow to teach you is one of the most important decisions you will make!
• Moses warns Israel to mourn properly, eat properly, tithe properly, lend properly, and help the poor properly.
• Finally, Israel is instructed to observe the feasts according to their calendar scheduling.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• The second generation of liberated Hebrews must remember that the terms of their covenant with God, the Ten Commandments, rest in the Lord's presence in the ark of the covenant.
• Moses reminds them they must not forget the tribe of Levi. They have no inheritance with their brethren. The Levites will minister to the Lord and bless Him, standing between God's wrath and the Israelites. In return, they will be supplied by the offerings of God's covenant people.
• Moses poses the simplicity of God's covenant with Israel. They must only fear the Lord, walk in all His ways and love Him, serve the Lord with all their heart and soul, and obey Him. After all, God's laws are for their good.
• God promises to choose a place for His permanent dwelling among His people. In sharp contrast to the practices of idol worship, Israel will not isolate themselves to worship God in the dark, where the heart is able to run wild with all sorts of pleasurable pursuits. Rather, Israel will worship God in community. They will worship God in the light. The entire community will be accountable to rejoice before the Lord according to His terms and the boundaries God has placed for their flourishing.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Moses commands Israel to believe a preeminent truth: The Lord their God is one. They must love the Lord with all their hearts, with all their souls, and with all their strength.
• Moses also reminds the new nation that they must completely remove the Canaanites from the land the Lord is giving them.
• Finally, Moses explains why God allowed Israel to journey in the wilderness for forty years.

 In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Moses reminds Israel's next generation of God's crucial acts among them:
• Joshua has witnessed the power of Creator God fighting for Israel's army. He is not to fear the Canaanites...or any nation for that matter.
• Joshua will lead the people to take the land of promise. Moses' response to the first generation's disobedience will prevent him from entering the land with them.
• The Hebrew Scriptures are unique among all human fabricated religious documents. God spoke His terms of His covenant with Israel in the hearing of the entire nation. They must be careful to obey the laws given to them. The Hebrew law is not made up from the imagination of man.
• God's law is good. God desires that His people flourish. It will be through their flourishing that God declares His great Name to the nations.

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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Moses tells the story of Israel's forty-year wilderness journey. This second generation of Israelites must understand how God is preparing them to cross the Jordan to possess the land God swore to their forefathers.

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©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• God teaches Israel to administer justice when a person is killed. God also responds to a special inquiry.

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©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),

• Some decisions God dictates. At other times, God is pleased to allow His servants to steward their own choices. He administers both opportunities for His people at different times.
• Through choices--ones He dictates and ones over which He gives us stewardship--God teaches His people to obey.

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©2023joelstrahan