Just Looking for a Home, Part 11 (The Covenant & the Cross #92)

We always like to start out with the Word of God, and today's passage of Scripture is Deuteronomy 29:1-6 which reads: "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. And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God."

Today's Covenant & the Cross quote about the Bible is from John Flavel. He said: "The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying."

Our topic for today is titled "Just Looking for a Home (Part 11)" from the book, "The Promise and the Blessing" by Dr. Michael A. Harbin. 

Earlier we observed that the relationship between the nation of Israel and God was that of a covenant, specifically a treaty between a suzerain and His vassal. This relationship is evident in the terminology used throughout Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. It is also evident within their literary structure, although that feature is most apparent in the case of the book of Deuteronomy. The chart on the next page shows Deuteronomy laid out within that structure. 
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