{"id":4702,"date":"2024-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/october-18\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:38:55","slug":"october-18","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/october-18\/","title":{"rendered":"October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Deuteronomy 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I see three important implications of the geographical notations for our reading of Deuteronomy. First, the geographical description in 1:1 is complemented by the contrast of \u201celeven days\u201d in verse 2 and \u201cin the fortieth year\u201d in verse 3. This suggests that the first generation heard the heart of Deuteronomy forty years before the faithlessness of the ten spies and the nation that followed them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, it is now forty years later. The first generation is dead due to sin, and God has graciously raised up a new generation to carry on his vision for global redemption. God\u2019s approach to the new generation is no different from his approach to the previous one. They have the same responsibility to respond to the same revelation. The question is, \u201cWill they?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third, frequently in Deuteronomy, the present Moab generation is treated as though the Horeb covenant were theirs\u2014as though they had been the ones at the mountain of God. For example, in 5:3\u20134, Moses writes, \u201cNot with our fathers did the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire\u201d (cf. 6:20\u201325). This transgenerational nature of the book is something that the very initial verses highlight. What was true in the past is equally true in Moses\u2019 present. The earlier generation heard the essence of Deuteronomy, but they rejected it. How will the new generation respond?<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4702","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}