CHAPTER 6 THE ESSENCE OF THE COVENANT IS THAT ISRAEL SHALL LOVE YAHWEH WITH ALL THEIR BEINGS AND REVEAL IT IN THEIR OBEDIENCE, KEEPING SOLELY TO HIM AS LONG AS THEY LIVED. Having reminded them of the awesome experience of the giving of the covenant, and of what it basically contained, Moses now see... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ESSENCE OF THE COVENANT IS LOVE FOR YAHWEH AND THEY MUST LOOK TO NO ONE ELSE (DEUTERONOMY 6:4). For in this is the essence of the covenant, that they might recognise Yahweh as their one God and their one Lord, their only one, so that their worshipping love might be centred totally on Him, and o... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY MUST NOT PUT YAHWEH TO THE TEST FOR HE REQUIRES A LOVING AND RIGHTEOUS RESPONSE (DEUTERONOMY 6:16). Analysis. a They are not to put Yahweh to the test as they did at Massah (Deuteronomy 6:16). b They must diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, and His testimonies, and His stat... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHAT THEY KNOW FOR THEMSELVES THEY MUST EXPLAIN TO THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT PREVAIL IN THE LAND (DEUTERONOMY 6:20). Analysis in the words of Moses: a When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh o... [ Continue Reading ]