Deuteronômio 1

Deuteronômio 1

Meyer - Deuteronomy 1:31 The Lord thy God bare thee. A safe carriage was that! In his love and in his pity God redeemed them, and bare them, and carried them all the days of old. When the little lad was tired and complained of his head, his father bade a servant carry him to his mother; but God does not hand over his children to his servants, He carries them Himself. When we realize that his everlasting arms are underneath, it is safer riding than any the ingenuity of man can devise; and here we need fear no ill. “In all the way.” — There are great varieties in the way — sometimes the sleepers are badly laid, and the carriage rocks and jolts; sometimes the gradient is steep, and the progress tedious; sometimes the pilgrim has to go afoot, climbing with difficulty from ridge to ridge; sometimes the route lies through a territory infested with enemies, and haunted by miasma; but we can each rejoice in the fact that the Lord “knoweth the way that I take,” and that all the way, those gentle and unwearied arms bear us up and on. “All the days.” — Never a day without its cross, its lesson, its discipline, its peril; but never a day that God does not bear us up in his hands, as some mighty river bears up the boat of the missionary explorer. Through wilds, past villages of infuriated savages, over reefs and rocks, the patient river bears the voyager and his goods. Thus does God carry us. The Good Shepherd carries the lambs in his bosom. Why, then, should we dread the future, or quail before the faces of our foes? “The eternal God is thy refuge; and underneath are the everlasting arms.” So strong: so tender! Let yourself go, and trust. Deuteronomy 1:32 "But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, 2Ch 20:20 Ps 78:22 106:24 Isa 7:9 Heb 3:12,18,19 Jude 1:5 Deuteronomy 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Resources: Hebrews 3:12+ Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. Hebrews 3:18-19+ And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were DISOBEDIENT (apeitheo)? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of UNBELIEF (apistia)(NOTE THAT "DISOBEDIENT" PARALLELS "UNBELIEF" - THE ONLY FAITH THAT SAVES IS FAITH THAT RESULTS IN OBEDIENCE!) Numbers 14:11+ The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe (aman) in Me, despite all the signs (VISIBLE EVIDENCE) which I have performed in their midst? THE TRAGEDY OF DISTRUST OF THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD But for all this - For all the pleas of Moses and all the blessings of God and all the assurances of God's supernatural help that they (FIRST GENERATION) themselves had experienced in their deliverance from Egypt and then the divine power and provision after they had come to Sinai and been guided safely through the great and terrible wilderness. Utley on all this - This includes God’s special, personal presence and care from the call of Abraham (Genesis 13) through the Exodus (Exodus—Numbers). (Deuteronomy 1 Commentary) Not only did they not walk by faith, but given all the sights evidencing the greatness and goodness of God, they likewise did not walk even by sight! Sad testimony to their stubborn hearts. THOUGHT- Moses found out that God’s blessings do not automatically produce grateful hearts. As far as the Israelites were concerned, the glorious past was immediately negated by the discouraging present. In their fears, they forgot their God and His blessings. (Maxwell) You did not trust the LORD your God - You refers to the first generation of Israel that was now dead, the parents of those who are now hearing Moses' discourse. Israel steadfastly refused to trust Jehovah in spite of the repeated overwhelming evidence of His power and provision on their behalf. Their unbelief was manifest in their rebellion (Dt 1:26). They even witnessed the Shekinah glory cloud (Abiding Presence of God) by day and night, and still refused to trust in God, referred to here as the LORD your God! (Dt 1:10, 21, 26, 30, 31, 32). One is reminded of the many miracle of Jesus in Palestine and the tragedy that for all these miracles most of the Jews refused to believe in Him. Their hearts in the first century AD were just as stony hard as their ancestors 1400 years prior. One is reminded of the words of Isaiah 53:1 "who hath believed our report" (Isa 53:1, Jn 12:38, Ro 10:16). The Hebrew word for trust (aman) is translated in the Septuagint with the rare verb empisteuo which means literally to trust in. The irony is that this same rare verb for "trust in" was used centuries later to describe the idol worshipping Ninevites who heard Jonah's preaching and "believed (aman; Lxx = empisteuo) in God" and were saved from destruction! (Jonah 3:5) Merrill says that in this context trust (aman) "with the following preposition bĕ, means to “make oneself secure” in the Lord." (New American Commentary – Volume 4: Deuteronomy) The As the writer of Hebrews said (see above) "they were not able to enter because of UNBELIEF." (Hebrews 3:19+)