D.C. al Coda – if your heart turns away..

It was part of Moses’ warning, wasn’t it? The LORD will bless you, BUT IF YOUR HEART TURNS AWAY, woe to your children cursed for your disobedience.

What’s wrong with this picture?

No, I’m not asking what’s wrong with this picture of Joshua and the men of Israel about to cross the Jordan to conquer the promised land. (Yes, they had already been disobedient to the LORD.)

I ask you what is wrong with the picture of the LORD having to remind the Hebrews about their disobedience. In fact, it is a foreshadowing of further breaking of many covenants which eventually will lead to the fall of Israel, Judah and Temple worship.

Pictures of a future curse

So when you first look at the picture of two models of worship side by side in Jerusalem ask yourself, ‘What’s wrong with this picture?’

In fact, buildings of these two religions cannot stand side by side. They oppose each other.

Worshiping the place of worship is forgetting the LORD God you claim.

You say you believe the word of the LORD to Moses, so what happened?

What made the hearts of your fathers turn away?

And why have you not gone back to the beginning of Scripture to remember that, ‘These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness..’, my fellow child of God?

Have you forgotten their curses? Do you doubt the covenants of your fathers with the LORD, which turn upon you if you heart turns away?

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
The Good News of John 5:46 – Words of the Messiah Jesus

Scriptures

Deuteronomy 30

Thus says the LORD:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,
whose heart turns away from the LORD. –
Jeremiah 17:5

1 Kings 9, 11

Matthew 23

Original talkofJesus.com post

… your heart turns away …

from July 26, 2014 – Topic: Turning away from God

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