Chronological Bible Reading for March 17

Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Chronological Bible Reading for March 17
Deuteronomy 17-20

Deuteronomy 17:1 – God is setting a high bar. Of course the one without blemish is going to be the most valuable. God wants the most valuable, our love. When we love we do not withhold what is needed or give poor quality. God is showing us how He feels about us and that His gift of salvation comes from a quality, unblemished sacrifice of His Son, Jesus the Christ.
Deuteronomy 17:6 – Was the Amalekite that claimed to have killed Saul worthy of death? God had told Saul to destroy the Amalekites so His confession of killing Saul and being an Amalekite was two witness statements against him. II Samuel 1:1-15
Deuteronomy 17:14 – God knows they will want a established ruler. Saul was no surprise to God. God has specific tasks for the king and specific thing he is not to do.
Deuteronomy 17:16 – God does not want a king that will be presumptuous and increase himself in abundance. He wants a king that will rely on Him for protection and wisdom.
Deuteronomy 17:17 – How many wives are too many? In Genesis God gave Adam one wife, Eve, of whom Adam said was “bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh”. Since God gave us that example of one wife, why should a man try to diverge from that. Plus adding wives and precious metals takes away from relying on God and turns to relying on things. David became proud and took a few wives. Solomon took many wives, put up much wealth, and horses. These of the best of kings did not obey God and paid for their disobedience with the poor relationship with their family.
Deuteronomy 17:18 – Wow! God wants the new king to be a student of His Law. This gives the king an advantage of knowing what God expects from him and the knowledge of what God forbids him to do. The king is to be an example to the rest of the nation.
Deuteronomy 17:19 – Yes, God wants us to study His Word and read it daily. What, you are not a king or leader? Get a head start you may be someday.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 – Specific abominations to God.
Deuteronomy 18:13 – God considered Israel perfect because they were to give an acceptable sacrifice for their sins. It is a matter of putting God’s Law first and not trying to put your own works ahead of God. Just as Able gave a acceptable sacrifice from the herd and Cain did not. Cain allowed his pride to take over and his heart became filled with sin.
Deuteronomy 18:15 – Listen to God’s prophet only. Who is this prophet of which Moses speaks? Could it be Yeshua (Joshua translated from Hebrew or Jesus translated from Greek) that took over after Moses died.

Hebrew transliterated:	Yeshua	Shimon	Jonah	Yacov
Hebrew translated:	Joshua	Simeon	Jonas	Jacob
Greek transliterated:	Iesous	Simon	Ioanne	Iacobos
Greek translated:	Jesus	Simon	John	James

 
Deuteronomy 18:16 – Because the people were afraid of the power of God they did not want to hear from Him directly this humility pleased God to use ambassadors to deliver His Word. God’s perfect ambassador is one that came from God Himself, Jesus the Christ. To hear directly from God can be frightful, but to believe the ambassador is faith. God wants us our faithful belief in His scripture, the ambassador of His Word and the man that brings it.
Deuteronomy 18:18 – While this prophecy will be immediately fulfilled by a man, This prophecy from God will ultimately be fulfilled by His Son Jesus. Many of the prophecies in the Old Testament about the Messiah also have a fulfillment in the time it was given to confirm that it was from God.
Deuteronomy 18:19 – If a person is speaking God’s Word yet does not follow it he is accountable to God and not man.
Deuteronomy 18:20 – False envoy’s exist and will be “removed” by God.
Deuteronomy 18:22 – God’s Word will always come true.
Deuteronomy 19:2 – The first three cities are on the east side of the Jordan River where Ruben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh had settled. The other three are to be on the west side of the Jordan River.
Deuteronomy 19:9 – As the country grows then there could be a total of six cities of refuge on the west side of the Jordan River.
Deuteronomy 19:12 – Yes the penalty for murder is death.
Deuteronomy 19:15 – This is why we are supposed to go to the person first and request them to return to God before bringing the problem to the church body.
Deuteronomy 19:16 – There were several false witnesses that came forward to testify about Jesus to the Sanhedrin but none of the stories matched except for two that gave false statements. Matthew 26:60-61
Deuteronomy 19:18 – Just think that if this was enforced today. Ambulance chasing lawyers would be poor and unwelcome or non–existent because the person making a false claim would be punished if found out.
Deuteronomy 19:21 – The context for this is in a legal decision against a false witness not in a dispute between two individuals.
Deuteronomy 20:9 – God wanted to reduce the force to show the people that He is fighting the battle for them and through them, they are not winning with just an overwhelming force.
Deuteronomy 20:11 – Remember the deceivers that said they came from a far land with ratty clothing and moldy bread. This is why they did that and why God allowed Joshua to make peace with them. Perhaps God was looking ahead?! Joshua 9:6-27
Deuteronomy 20:16 – In the land of Canaan they are to kill every living animal. Every man, woman, child, cow, sheep, bird, dog, and all in the city.
Deuteronomy 20:18 – God does not want anything remaining that would bring a memory of their false religion.