People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
The Greatest Commandment. “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one [the only God]! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being].
These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be [written] on your heart and mind.
MOSES BETWEEN GOD AND THE PEOPLE
Moses between God and the people. You, Moses, go near and listen to everything that the LORD our God says; then speak to us everything that the LORD our God speaks to you, and we will listen and do it.’
“The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and the LORD said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
THE DECALOGUE REPEATED
The Decalogue repeated. ‘You shall have no other gods before Me. ‘You shall not make for yourself an idol [as an object to worship], or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth……
THE LORD ALONE IS GOD
The Lord Alone Is God. Therefore know and understand today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is no other.
JEHOVAH IS A JEALOUS GOD
Jehovah is a jealous God. So be on your guard and watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He has made with you, and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].
MOSES FORBIDEN TO ENTER THE LAND
Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land. I pray, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country [with Hermon] and Lebanon.’
But the LORD was angry with me because of you [and your rebellion at Meribah], and would not listen to me; and the LORD said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no longer about this matter.
THE DEFEAT OF KING OG
The Defeat of King Og. And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you, him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
CONQUERING BEYOND JORDAN
Conquering beyond Jordan. his day I will begin to put the dread and the fear of you on the peoples (pagans) under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the reports about you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.
THE PENALTY FOR ISRAEL’S REBELLLION
The Penalty for Israel’s Rebellion. The Wilderness Years. Now thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley, until that entire generation of the men of war had died from within the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.
ISRAEL’S REFUSAL TO ENTER THE LAND
Israel’s Refusal to Enter the Land. Yet you were not willing to go up [to take possession of it], but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.