Read Deuteronomy 30 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew Paragraphs:
30:1-10 {s} Repentance, obedience, return, and blessing
30:11-14 {s} Not hidden or far off, but very near that we may do it
30:15-20 {p} Israel may choose life or death, blessing or cursing
Deu 30:20 concludes a Strong Theme …
29:10-29 {s} Do not forsake this covenant for Israel will be uprooted from this land
30:1-10 {s} Repentance, obedience, return, and blessing
30:11-14 {s} Not hidden or far off, but very near that we may do it
30:15-20 {p} Israel may choose life or death, blessing or cursing
… with this Chiastic Structure:
Deu 29:10-30:20 {sx3+p} Strong Theme: I can choose to obey God and walk the path of life, or I can choose to forsake God and walk in the path of death.
Moses did not just prophesy the apostasy, the wrath, and the devastation of the land (chapter 29). Those bad things are not the end. God will cause His people to call to mind, when they are scattered to the four corners of the earth, that all the blessings and all the curses written in this book have come to pass upon them, and they will repent of their Law-lessness, and they will return to YHVH God with a circumcised heart, and obey all His commandments again. As the apostasy, the wrath, and the devastation came to pass, so too will the repentance, the obedience, and the return come to pass. We are living in the days of the fulfillment of this prophesy.
If there are questions, these are good resources:
Deuteronomy 29 and 30, When the curse comes home to roost – Christine Miller
Deuteronomy 29 and 30, Repentance and return – Christine Miller
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