Read:. Deut. 24-27
It sounds like Deuteronomy 24: 1-2 is a direct contradiction to Matt. 5:32 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. It actually is not. God gave man the boundaries of divorcement in the Old Testament. In the New Testament men were divorcing their wives without a written document of divorce. So to remarry was to commit adultery because they weren’t legally divorced. Jesus told them in the verse ahead of this one to give their wives a written writ of divorce.
They were to totally blot the name of Amelek out of the earth by killing all of them. Amelek was a descendent of Esau who disposed his birthright. His people despised Jacob’s offspring by preying on the weak and feeble. He had no fear of God.
Several times during today’s reading it says to “remember”. They were to remember what God had done in the past and the consequences so they wouldn’t be tempted to repeat them in the future. They were to rewrite all the laws in plaster and leave them as a reminder and a statute that this was what they were going to live by. They were to build an altar of stones and whenever they revisited those stones they were to remember the law and what God had done for them. This is such a good thing for us to do…remember what God has done for us in the past. When we lose faith or our trial seems overwhelming, we can look back on our notes as see what God has done for us in the past and it will boost our faith for the future.
Lord, thank you for your faithfulness to keep your promises to us. Help us to remember all your benefits!
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