Deuteronomy 5-7
The Law was the character of God. It was designed to identify one Man, the Christ. Only He could keep it, since only He would have the character of God. Everyone else would come under its mercy (shown in the sacrifices), the very mercy that would be paid by the ultimate Passover Lamb, that same Christ.
Deuteronomy is “The Love of God.” It is here in this book that God describes all that He, as the Great Covenant Blesser, had done, was doing, and would do, for Israel his chosen nation. It was because of this unique blessing in the Seed of the Woman, which they had received, that they would bless the Gentiles (Genesis 12:1 3). Then they, as His unique national representative, would be able to give out what God had given to them. Thus, they would be able to act on behalf of the God of creation. They alone would have this privilege. They alone would be set above all the nations of the earth.
The love of God in Deuteronomy is a self-sacrificing, generous love. It is this character of God that one should desire to know and to “love with all their heart and soul and mind” (Deuteronomy 6:4-6). It is not a love for oneself or a self-esteem that God wants man to have, but a love for YHWH alone, to see oneself as a mercy receiving representative through the great sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ. It is this love of the Pentateuch that pervaded the Psalmist life.
Dr. Charles Baylis
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TeachMeTheBible.com - Dr. David Klingler
The Spring Church Sermons - Prof Caleb Foley
Traceway Church Sermons - Dr. Nathan Tullos
TheBiblicalStory.org - Dr. Charles Baylis
