Deuteronomy 32 - The Song of Moses (continued) | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Deuteronomy 32 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Deuteronomy 32 contains the song of Moses, which the Lord gave him in the previous chapter, just days before his death. According to Coffman’s commentary there are three divisions in this song: the faithfulness of God and the faithlessness of Israel, verses 4-18.
The punishment and the need of its execution by God, verse 9-33 God's compassion upon the low and humbled state of his people, verses 34-42 Strikingly in the above three points, God cannot really bring people into true grace until they are humbled. While Israel was truly humiliated when in slavery, they were not contrite because their humiliation seemed to have been caused by an external source.
But as time progressed it became clear that they were the cause of their own terrible state. This leads to internal humility, allowing God to give true grace and lift them up. While God is always compassionate, he cannot extend compassion to lawbreakers, but once the heart has seen its own evil state, now it is in position to receive from God.
This song is called a didactic poem - or a teaching song. It was designed to teach the Israelites and it still teaches us today. The song covers the future of Israel after it enters the land, then the corruption of the nation, then its punishment, God’s final redemption and surprisingly the inclusion of the Gentiles.
Paul uses a quote from this song to make his point in Romans 10 about the Jews becoming jealous of the Gentiles. After this song it outlines what would happen to Moses and how he was to die on Mt Nebo at the age of 120.