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August 6 - Deuteronomy 31 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Wednesday, it's the 6th of
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August and you have tapped on Play.
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I am the Genie in Your podcast Machine and Boop here.
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I am you and me. We are going to read some of
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God's word today, and today is an epic handing over of the
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range. I don't know if you have ever
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had a point in your life where you've had to hand over control
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of something that was very precious to you over to someone
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else. Did you hand down a family
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heirloom recipe to someone else? Did you have to leave a beloved
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job that you had been in for ages and have to do a hand over
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to the next person or whatever the the situation?
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This is exactly what we are encountering today as Moses
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after spending all these years as the leader of the people of
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Israel. He is getting old and he is
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handing over control of these people, the burden of
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responsibility to the next guy. That is what we'll hear.
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And then unfortunately, God, knowing all things throughout
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time, is going to predict what's going to happen in the future.
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But we'll get to that in a SEC. Let us crack open the book of
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Deuteronomy and read together Deuteronomy chapter 31.
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When Moses had finished giving these instructions to all the
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people of Israel, he said, I am now 120 years old and I'm no
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longer able to lead you. The Lord has told me you will
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not cross the Jordan River, but the Lord your God himself will
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cross over ahead of you. He will destroy the nations
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living there, and you will take possession of their land.
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Joshua will lead you across the river just as the Lord promised.
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The Lord will destroy the nations living in the land, just
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as He destroyed Scion and Ogg, the kings of the Amorites.
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The Lord will hand over to you the people who live there, and
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you must deal with them as I have commanded you.
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So be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid and do not
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panic before them, for the Lord, your God, will personally go
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ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor
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abandon you. Then Moses called for Joshua,
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and as all Israel watched, he said to him, Be strong and
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courageous, for you will lead these people into the land that
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the Lord swore to their ancestors He would give them.
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You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of
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land. Do not be afraid or discouraged,
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for the Lord will personally go ahead of you.
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He will be with you. He will neither fail you nor
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abandon you. So Moses wrote this entire body
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of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests who
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carried the ark of the Lord's covenant and to the elders of
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Israel. Then Moses gave them this
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command at the end of every 7th year, the year of release,
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during the festival of shelters. You must read this book of
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instruction to all the people of Israel when they assembled
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before the Lord your God at the place He chooses.
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Call them all together, men, women, children, and the
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foreigners living in your towns, so they may hear this book of
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instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully
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obey all the terms of these instructions.
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Do this so that your children who have not known these
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instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the Lord your
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God. Do this as long as you live in
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the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, The time has come for you to die.
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Call Joshua and present yourself at the Tabernacle, so that I may
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Commission him there. So Moses and Joshua went and
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presented themselves at the Tabernacle, and the Lord
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appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance
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to the sacred tent. The Lord said to Moses, You are
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about to die and join your ancestors.
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After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign
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gods, the gods of the land where they are going.
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They will abandoned and break my covenant that I have made with
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them. Then my anger will blaze forth
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against them. I will abandoned them, hiding my
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face from them, and they will be devoured.
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Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they
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will say these disasters have come down on us because the Lord
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is no longer among us. At that time I will hide my face
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from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshipping
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other gods. So write down the words of this
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song and teach it to the people of Israel.
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Help them learn it so it may serve as a witness for me
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against them. For I will bring them into the
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land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with
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milk and honey. There they will become
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prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat.
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But they will begin to worship other gods.
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They will despise me and break my covenant.
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And when great disasters come down on them, this song will
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stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten
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by their descendants. I know the intentions of these
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people even now, before they have entered the land I swore to
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give them. So that very day, Moses wrote
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down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.
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Then the Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun with these
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words. Be strong and courageous, for
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you must bring the people of Israel into the land I swore to
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give them. I will be with you.
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When Moses had finished writing this entire book of instructions
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in a book, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the
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ark of the Lord's covenant. Take this book of instruction
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and place it inside the ark of the Covenant of the Lord your
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God, so it may remain there as a witness against the people of
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Israel. For I know how rebellious and
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stubborn you are. Even now, while I'm still alive
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and I'm here with you. You have rebelled against the
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Lord. How much more rebellious will
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you be after my death? Now summon all the elders and
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officials of your tribes so that I can speak to them directly and
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call heaven and earth to witness against them.
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I know that after my death, you will become utterly corrupt and
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will turn from the way I've commanded you to follow.
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In the days to come. Disaster will come down to you,
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and you will do what is evil in the Lord's sight, making him
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very angry with your actions. So Moses recited this entire
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song publicly to the assembly of Israel,
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our Lord. It's with such mixed feelings
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that we read this chapter that you know what is to come, and
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you know that your people are going to forget you and turn
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their backs on you. But still you come good with
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that promise you made their ancestors to gift them that
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land, even though you know it's going to go horribly wrong as
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they turn away from you and worship those other gods.
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Our Lord, you know everything outside of time and space.
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You see all. And Lord, you know everything
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about us, and you know just how broken and corrupted our hearts
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are too. Yet you still choose to love us,
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even though it hurts you when we choose something other than your
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way. But Lord, beyond all of that,
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you have planned to rescue us from the very beginning, and
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that rescue is sending us your son so that he could take on him
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the punishment that we deserve and wipe clean our slate so that
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we come before you perfectly restored and able to come into
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your glorious presence, our wonderful Father.
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Oh, you have made a way so that we can be with you and be
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restored and be whole. Thank you for this generosity
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and thank you for Jesus. And so we come to you now,
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wrinkles and all, covered over by the perfect blood of Christ,
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in whose name we pray. Amen.