April 19, 2020
The Israelites had spent forty years going in circles by the time they
arrived at the Deuteronomy’s narrative. We will see how the future will take
them into the promise land under the leadership of Joshua. Yet, at the present
time of Deuteronomy, they were somewhere in between Moab and the Jordan
River...We think. Now, we think because the geographical description given in
this passage is confusing at best. It sounds a lot like someone trying to give
you directions to the middle of nowhere. It is confusing because they were
in-between one place and the next, but not quite anywhere. Yet, it is precisely
in that place that God instructs Moses to revisit the covenant between God and
the people of Israel once again.
When is the last time that you heard a child ask you, “are we there
yet?” Where were you? Where were you going?
Give an example of when you have needed a law explained to you—either an
ancient or a current law.
Why would God ask Moses to review the Covenant for a second time at this
point in time? Why not have this conversation over the last 40 years?
What do you think would have been your attitude and receptiveness to a
review of the Law if you were with Moses at this time?
How do these circumstances speak to our current reality? As a society?
As an individual?
What would they lose as soon as they cross the Jordan? What would they gain?
If a future version of you was reflecting on this moment five years in
the future, what advice do you think would give yourself?
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