Deuteronomy 4:15-31
“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But I must die in this land, I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and possess that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them."
Verses 15-16 says, We are to take careful heed that we don't make God out of an liar, or to take male, female, or any animal that is on this earth and make an carved image of these things, that we might act corruptly. We're already there and have taken the likes of these things and made them our god's. Sculptures, artifacts, jewelry, and every other type of metal or wood have been carved into different works to strengthen our bank accounts and to please our flesh. Verse 19 says, That we are to also take heed that we don't lift our eyes to the heavens and begin to worship the stars, moon, or sun. Astrology, psychics, physicist, and so on, have been building their careers off these works from God since generations gone by. God wants to be our everything and in everything we are to be giving Him the glory. He says, everything in our world is His and everything is for His glory and honor. We have let our ancestors determine our out look on life and not God Almighty. Verse 20 says by doing this, we are leaving ourselves in an iron furnace to be misused and abused by man. Remember, God says, Our worlds wisdom is foolishness to Him and we will be burned in the lake of fire with the head leader of this mirage, satan. God has ordained for us an inheritance, however, after the people crossed over into the promised land, all these forbidden things were done and continues. We are killing, stealing, and deceiving one another for any material gain and believe me, God is angry. Moses has called heaven and earth as an witness against us, that we might be destroyed if we're not giving God His due honor. God is also acting upon this curse handed down until all His enemies have become His footstool. We can see and hear this misery everywhere, but verse 29 says, If we will seek the Lord, we will find Him, I did with all my heart, mind, body, and soul. We must humble to the word of God. He asks us, not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought too. Obey His voice.
(Philippians 4:6-7) "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the (peace) of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
Blessings to all who turn their ears and heart to God,
Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.
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