Kristy on Deuteronomy
I really enjoyed reading through Deuteronomy- it was like the rest of the Pentateuch, just with a different spin on it all. The things that stuck out to me the most were:
1) God is really after the heart of His people. On the surface, it seems like there are so many laws, nit-picky that God wants them to follow exactly- which is true, but the other part is that God is pursuing the people’s hearts. He desires them to love Him with all their heart and all their soul- and I feel like that is the root to it all. If one loves God with all their heart and soul, it will be natural to meditate on God’s laws and desire to obey all His commandments.
2) The law is such a shadow of the New Testament- so many laws, I can see are set up as a foundation so God’s people will understand the new covenant! It was really fun to look at different laws and find how they transformed into the new covenant.