Satan hates the book of Deuteronomy. He tries to twist its meaning in the minds of Christians and Jews alike.
The probable reason for the satanic attack upon the Book of Deuteronomy is that the Lord Jesus Christ quoted exclusively from this book in beating back Satan’s temptation.
Little wonder Satan hates this book.
1st temptation — Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4 compare Deuteronomy 8:3
2nd temptation — Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12 compare Deuteronomy 6:16
3rd temptation — Matthew 4:10; Luke 4:8 compare Deuteronomy 6:13 and 10:20
The Old Testament prophets quoted from Deuteronomy frequently.
There are also over 80 references to it in the New Testament.
1. Greatest doctrinal statement in Old Testament: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
2. First mention of the Great Tribulation: But if from there thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice (for the LORD thy God is a merciful God), he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them. (Deuteronomy 4:29-31)
3. Promise of a coming Prophet: The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken, according to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. (Deuteronomy 18:15-18)
4. Test for determining true and false prophets: But the prophet, who shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously thou shalt not be afraid of him. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22) (Every prophet had to speak into a local and immediate situation.)
5. Prewritten history of Israel in the land before they enter the land: Deuteronomy 28 — 30
6. Palestinian Covenant: Deuteronomy 29:1 — 30:10
7. The Song of Moses — Prophetic: Deuteronomy 32
a. Call to hear, vv. 1-4
b. The nation returns evil for the grace of God, vv. 5, 6
c. Jehovah’s goodness, vv. 7-14
d. Apostasy of the nation, vv. 15-18
e. Judgment of God upon them, vv. 19-25
f. Longing of God for His people, vv. 26-42
g. Nations of the world blessed with Israel, vv. 43, 44
8. Lonely and strange death of Moses: Deuteronomy 34:5-8 (One translation has it, “…died by the kiss of God” — God kissed Moses and put him to sleep. What a lovely thought!)
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