Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. (The Mosaic Covenant)
Like all the unconditional covenants God made with Israel he swore to them with an oath making him obligated to keep his promise to them in the covenant. This promise is in spite of the fact they will fail to obey him and are sure to break the covenant with God and endure the curse that he outlined in chapter 29 ((we know from history this is true) he has promised them that he will yet bring them into the land and give them his Spirit and save them nationally. God knew they would fail simply because there is no power in the flesh and his Law was given them to convince them how much they need him.
One should try to remember that Israel is collectively the son of God at this time, physical, without the Spirit, in need of the new birth.
Here is what he swore:
Deuteronomy 29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
This is made at the Jordan River as they were ready to cross over into the promised land. They must keep the law of Moses to stay there. History tells us that God kept the negative part of his oath, which is they were purged out of the land for disobedience but he has not yet kept the blessings of the covenant, which is being brought back to the land with a circumcised heart. This is yet future and will happen as sure as there is a God in heaven. When the Holy Spirit of God is in each and every one of them and the power to keep the law then is God's, there will be no possibility of sin.
Why can't we all agree with God about this because it is what he says to Israel?
Deut 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
One should read Deut 29 - 32 to prepare for this op.
These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. (The Mosaic Covenant)
Like all the unconditional covenants God made with Israel he swore to them with an oath making him obligated to keep his promise to them in the covenant. This promise is in spite of the fact they will fail to obey him and are sure to break the covenant with God and endure the curse that he outlined in chapter 29 ((we know from history this is true) he has promised them that he will yet bring them into the land and give them his Spirit and save them nationally. God knew they would fail simply because there is no power in the flesh and his Law was given them to convince them how much they need him.
One should try to remember that Israel is collectively the son of God at this time, physical, without the Spirit, in need of the new birth.
Here is what he swore:
Deuteronomy 29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:
This is made at the Jordan River as they were ready to cross over into the promised land. They must keep the law of Moses to stay there. History tells us that God kept the negative part of his oath, which is they were purged out of the land for disobedience but he has not yet kept the blessings of the covenant, which is being brought back to the land with a circumcised heart. This is yet future and will happen as sure as there is a God in heaven. When the Holy Spirit of God is in each and every one of them and the power to keep the law then is God's, there will be no possibility of sin.
Why can't we all agree with God about this because it is what he says to Israel?
Deut 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
One should read Deut 29 - 32 to prepare for this op.