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Moses and the Lamb sing of God’s justice and compassion (Deuteronomy 32)

Moses and the Lamb sing of God’s justice and compassion (Deuteronomy 32). A hand holds a palm branch against a blue sky.

Whom do we trust when we’re backed into a situation where there’s no escape and no way to overcome our pursuer? That’s what happened when the God of Israel led the newly freed nation to the sea, only to be pursued by the army of a superpower that had enslaved them. After Heaven opened the sea and redeemed Israel, a song of gratefulness arose on the opposite shore (Exodus 15). 

In the Torah reading הַאֲזִינוּ Ha’azinu (“listen,” Deuteronomy 32), Moshe (Moses) reminded Israel in verse of the folly in crying out to God for deliverance when times are bad then running away from God to every other way of life when things are good.

Later in the book of Revelation, those who are redeemed by Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) sing about the great works of redemption in the Song of the Lamb. In this study, we explore how our song of gratefulness and trust (faith) can rise to Heaven like those who have gone before us.

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Got knocked down? You can get up again (Deuteronomy 32–34)

Got knocked down? You can get up again (Deuteronomy 32-34)

The Torah does not end on a high note, but on a solemn one. The final dual reading — הַאֲזִינוּ Ha’azinu (“listen,” Deuteronomy 32) and וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה Vezot Haberachah (“and this is the blessing,” Deuteronomy 33–34) — is written so that when the descendants of Israel eventually hit rock bottom, they would see the way back home.

This restoration only is possible by the perfect Atonement offering — the Mashiakh (Christ). This is why we read through the entire Torah over the course of the year and put into practice those things that apply to us.

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Deuteronomy 30-31: Prelude to the Song of Moshe

A Prelude to the Song of Moses: "God's love is not co-dependent or enabling. He will not enable His children to sin.

Revelation fortells of a time when those who trust completely in God and aren’t fooled by the beast, his image and the number of his name will sing “the song of Moses” and “the song of the Lamb” (Rev. 15:2–4).

We know of the “song of the Lamb” from Revelation 5. There’s the “song of Moshe” in Exodus 15 just after God saves Israel and destroys the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. There’s also another “song” of Moshe in Deuteronomy 32, and understanding it helps us understand apostle Paul’s terms “under [the] law” and “under grace.”

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Deuteronomy 15-16: God teaches complete freedom via cycles of seven

Seven shows up repeatedly in Scripture. It appears first with the seventh day of creation, threads through God’s cycles of appointments with mankind, and foreshadows the timing of Messiah Yeshua’s arrival as the Word become flesh and culminates with many of the symbols of the Day of the Lord.