by Paul Apple | Apr 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DESPITE THE UNIQUE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOSES’ MINISTRY, HE MUST DESIGNATE JOSHUA AS HIS SUCCESSOR AND DIE WITHOUT ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: We have heard the voice of the narrator before (1:1–5; 4:41–5:1a; 29:1[28:69]), but now for...
by Paul Apple | Apr 23, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: TRIBAL BLESSINGS AS THE LAST WORDS OF MOSES PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT IN COVENANT RENEWAL AND CONQUEST PREPARATION INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Moses’ death looms over the congregation of Israel and the book of Deuteronomy. Having delivered his final pastoral...
by Paul Apple | Apr 21, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S JUDGMENT (AS REFLECTED IN MOSES’ SONG AND HIS OWN DEATH) IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS INTRODUCTION: Gerald Gerbrandt: One may speak of the Song as having a double role. First, it has an educational function as it...
by Paul Apple | Apr 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REJECTING THE ROCK OF ISRAEL RESULTS IN GOD FORSAKING HIS PEOPLE – BUT NOT UTTERLY INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Although the NIV labels this chapter as “The Song of Moses,” it should really be called “The Song of Yahweh,” because Yahweh inspired it and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 12, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DURING ANY CRISIS TRANSITION TIME, WE NEED ASSURANCE OF GOD’S ONGOING PRESENCE AND ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP INTRODUCTION: Eugene Merrill: There is a strong sense of transition at this juncture in Deuteronomy, signs that the era of Moses’ leadership is...
by Paul Apple | Apr 10, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE TWO CONTRASTING CHOICES ARE CLEAR – CHOOSE LIFE INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Deuteronomy 30 represents the climax of the gospel according to Moses as he has proclaimed it in this book. Employing the second person of direct address, Moses brings his...
by Paul Apple | Apr 8, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY SHOULD MOTIVATE COVENANT LOYALTY INTRODUCTION: Michael Grisanti: Moses begins this section by reminding the children of Israel of Yahweh’s faithfulness to them in bringing them from Egypt to the plains of Moab, as well as of the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: COVENANT CURSINGS (THE REVERSAL OF GOD’S BLESSINGS) ATTACH TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD CONDITIONED ON DISOBEDIENCE INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: In verse 20 we arrive at the longest literary unit in Deuteronomy. Whereas the imprecations of 27:15–26 and 28:15–19 are...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: COVENANT BLESSINGS ATTACH TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD CONDITIONED ON OBEDIENCE INTRODUCTION: Peter Craigie: The blessings are stated first (28:1–14) and then are followed by a much larger section dealing with the curses (28:15–68). In both parts of ch. 28, the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 5, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: COVENANT RENEWAL CEREMONY UPON ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND TO CHARGE ISRAEL WITH CONTINUED OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S LAW WHILE RECITING SPECIFIC CURSES FOR DISOBEDIENCE INTRODUCTION: Gerald Gerbrandt: Summary Outline Covenant Renewal at Shechem, 27:1–26 27:1–8A...
by Paul Apple | Apr 4, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: COVENANT RENEWAL REINFORCES ISRAEL’S COMMITMENT AS GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE TO OBEY GOD’S LAWS INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: The significance of this short paragraph within the flow of Deuteronomy is out of all proportion to its length. These four verses summarize...
by Paul Apple | Apr 3, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF FIRST-FRUITS AND OF THE THIRD-YEAR TITHE CELEBRATED GOD’S PAST FAITHFULNESS AND CALLED FOR CONTINUED BLESSING AS THE PEOPLE FULFILLED THEIR COVENANT OBLIGATIONS INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Moses concludes his exposition on the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 1, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MISCELLANEOUS LAWS REQUIRE ISRAEL TO ENFORCE GOD’S FAIR STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHILE INFLICTING SHAME ON THOSE WHO OFFEND INTRODUCTION: Duane Christensen: The laws in Deut 25 are in two parts of unequal length: a group of five laws on humanitarian...
by Paul Apple | Mar 30, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: YOUR HISTORY OF BEING REDEEMED FROM SLAVERY IN EGYPT SHOULD MOTIVATE YOU TO SHOW COMPASSION, DIGNITY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE POOR AND VULNERABLE INTRODUCTION: Albert Barnes: In this and the next chapter certain particular rights and duties, domestic,...
by Paul Apple | Mar 30, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PROHIBITION OF REMARRIAGE IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS PROTECTS THE DIGNITY OF THE FORMERLY REJECTED WIFE INTRODUCTION: Gerald Gerbrandt: The passage takes the practice of divorce for granted and is attempting to regulate a particular variation of it. Divorce...
by Paul Apple | Mar 29, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S LAWS ENSURE THAT ISRAEL REMAINS DISTINCT FROM HER SURROUNDING PAGAN NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Verses 15–25 consist of various instructions whose arrangement appears random....
by Paul Apple | Mar 28, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PRESENCE AND FAVOR OF A HOLY GOD DEMAND THAT ISRAEL GUARD THE SANCTITY OF THE WORSHIP ASSEMBLY AND THE MILITARY CAMP INTRODUCTION: Keil: From the sanctification of the house and the domestic relation, to which the laws of marriage and chastity in the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 26, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE EXAMINATION OF FIVE CASES THAT PROMOTE SEXUAL FIDELITY AND PROTECT AGAINST ABUSE INTRODUCTION: Eugene Merrill: It is commonplace in the Old Testament to find the Lord’s covenant with Israel compared to the marriage relationship between husband and...
by Paul Apple | Mar 25, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE COVENANT PEOPLE OF GOD MUST MAINTAIN THEIR HOLY DISTINCTIVENESS AND FUNCTION AS LOVING NEIGHBORS AS THEY LIVE OUT GOD’S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Although each segment here represented a specific application of...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: POTENTIALLY COMPLEX OR TROUBLESOME SITUATIONS REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF GOD’S WISDOM TO MAINTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE PROMISED LAND INTRODUCTION: Daniel Block: Deuteronomy 21 consists of five short pieces: verses 1–9, 10–14, 15–17, 18–21, and 22–23. These...
