God's Plan to Bless Israel In Spite of Their Failure • Deuteronomy Ep. 8

Moses expected Israel to fail. But God's plan to bless them would not be stopped. Join Tim and Jon as they continue exploring the themes of blessing and curse in the final movement of Deuteronomy.

In this episode, you'll learn …

1. How Moses gave the opposite of a motivational pep talk in his final speech to Israel
2. How God turned Israel's failure into something good that would one day unite and bless them all
3. How the curses in Deuteronomy have to do with giving Israel exactly what they want
4. Why the human heart needed to be "circumcised"
5. How the Apostle Paul picks up on the theme of the circumcision of the heart in his writings
6. How God provided a way for us to be made righteous

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[AndreaM]

At 45, I had never read the Bible. Not raised in church. I felt something pulling me, for years, till finally I cried out " GOD ARE YOU REAL???IF SO I WANT TO KNOW YOU!!".
I picked up the Book and what was boring and dry before, CAME ALIVE. He drew me to Torah very early on. His Feasts, Shabbat, His Ways. Am humbled and so very grateful to be a part of this Awakening.
HalleluYah 🥰🕎

[davidmcgee]

I am so glad the Holy Spirit teaches the interpretation and understanding of the scriptures.

[Mikemcjr]

I love how you guys Stick to the Bible. Never change.

[TheCreepypro]

thank you Lord for blessing us despite all our failures help us to be faithful and do your will we can't do it without you

[JoseRodriguez-zyjq]

I thank God and Jesus for loving me and the world 🌎

[valjosephbacolod]

Humans themselves could not give blessings themselves. But with God alone that we can bless others. So, ask God for blessings and blessings will come. God will send people to shower you the blessings you asked.

To cut the story short, blessings can only come from God.

[valjosephbacolod]

The book of Revelation is the answer to all the questions of the first books. That is why it is very important to read.

[evanhaverlah]

Everytime I dive into Gods Word, the word flows like rivers, all combining through one. Let that sink in. Woah.
I just realized, the Wilderness is the darkness, it's a state of mind without God.
When you don't trust in the Father, who did all things and we lose the sight and hearing of what you've shown us and many signs over and over and yet we still disrespect The God who promised a King, Jesus, Yeshua, to teach you in human form, the knowledge of Good and Evil, and to make you decide what is righteous and holy, because nothing else has seemed to work.
Yet the One and Only, All Glorious and Merciful God we have, is still patient and slow to anger acting when is fit for as many to come under the same framework in the hope for the same goal.
Love you all.

[coltsinify]

Thank you gentlemen for taking the time to explain the bible in such a way. May GOD bless you for taking the time to help others.

[FierceFamily]

I was born out of sin. Would I still exist? I praise God for His mercy and would he even choose me I have no idea, but He did. If every hurt and trauma I've gone through can be shared to help another see the Glory of who He is, it all has been worth

[trufflemumkins]

The part about circumcision blew my mind. That was such a cool way to explain it.

[antonego]

So the answer is yes if you trust in Jesus and give your allegiance to God in full.

[Ricardo]

This passage is so important to me right now. The flesh doesn't want me to let me go. I need Jesus Christ to help me circumcise my heart. Thank you for this, and bless your heart also.

[BeverlyM]

Circumcision of the heart means to peel away and remove the selfishness of the heart. Purification of the heart...

[spencergage]

I have never made the circumcision and Hagar connection before! I always wondered why God used circumcision, especially with how controversial it is. I never realized it was meant to be a punishment; most people just assume it is a “sign of the covenant” without elaborating on why the symbol is unpleasant.

[chicanica]

First time hearing the correlation between the circumcision and the violation of Hagar 🤯

[ourlifeinwashington]

I wa broke all the time until I started paying tithe 8n full. Now I always have money and so much more. Praise Jesus Christ!
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[selahr.]

I think God gave Adam and Eve, then Noah’s family, then Abraham and the Israelites different levels of “laws” (and different levels of interventions/presence of God) was to grow the spiritual knowledge and capacity of the human race. Just like we give our kids age appropriate chores, answers to difficult questions, amount of freedom, access to more complex/expensive/dangerous toys and activities, is because we are moving the boundaries as their development progresses. When my baby is hungry I feed him, when my toddler is hungry I make the food but he can feed himself to some degree, when my tiny tyke is touching everything I teach him the oven/stove is dangerous and he should never touch it, in a couple of years I reverse that and begin to teach him how to cook from recipes, when he’s even older he can start to cook without recipes and be creative and most likely end up with something edible if he’s learned the basics of cooking by paying attention to the recipes and cookbooks. Adam and Eve were spiritual babies. The Israelites were supervised kids learning how to cook from recipes in mom’s cookbook. Christians with the Holy Spirit are older kids and young adults who have are at different stages of transitioning from using recipes, making our own new cooking creations from our ingrained knowledge and skills, and some are top level chefs. As a species God has let us develop our spiritual skills and abilities and it’s up to us to keep heading down that path by passing on what we know and value to future generations… or turning away and losing that skill (much like we’ve lost the ability to remember people’s phone numbers because we stopped valuing that as a skill and replaced it with cell phones/digital address books.

[dawnrumbutis]

Your insights are very unique and fascinating, they lead me to further ponder and study.