February 2, 2020

Life on the Boundary

Anthony Gammage ~ Deuteronomy 1:1-5

Sermon Quotes

Deuteronomy 1:1-5
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness,  in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It is eleven days’s journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them, after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying…

The Story of Redemption

  • Genesis 1-2 – Creation
  • Genesis 3 – Fall
  • Genesis 3:15 – Redemption
  • Seth, Noah, Shem, Abram

Genesis 12:1–3
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Redemption

  • Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), Joseph
  • Egypt, deliverance, wilderness, law
  • Failure
  • Land

Ancient Treaty Structure       Deuteronomy
Preamble                                   1:1–5
Historical Prologue              1:6–4:43
General Stipulations             4:44–11:32
Specific Stipulations            12:1–26:19
Blessings and Curses           27:1–28:68
Document Clause                31:9–29
Witnesses                                  32:1–47

1 Corinthians 11:25–26
In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Deuteronomy 1:2-3
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them,

1 Corinthians 10:9–13
We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.