Deuteronomy takes place in the final month of Moses’ life at 120 years of age and is made up of the three final sermons delivered by him to a new generation who were either too young to remember or not born yet when Moses first brought forth the commandments at Mount Sinai 38 years earlier. The young nation had spent most of 38 years complaining about every move God made, they were unhappy, ungrateful and defeated followers of God because they were unwilling to slay their biggest foe, themselves. Theses three final sermons delivered by Moses was to a new generation who were either too young to remember or not born yet when Moses first brought forth the commandments at Mount Sinai 38 years earlier.
Oh, dear ones how many times do we fail to trust our loving Father and fail to enter in and then blame Him for our condition and time in the wilderness of our own making? In the 2nd chapter, Moses reviewed their journey after they failed to trust God through 38 years of wandering and emphasized God’s continual hand of deliverance from those who dwelt in the land they were wandering through even though they continued to be faithless. There is a continual theme in this chapter of God’s faithfulness contrasted against the nation’s faithlessness. The lesson for us today is not to repeat these same errors and instead walk in joy that only obedience can produce!