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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 2:26-37
Referring back to Genesis 15:16 we hear the LORD giving account to Abraham of the iniquity of the nations of Canaan (see also Deuteronomy 9:5). However it was "not yet full." It took four hundred years for that evil to ripen. How great is God’s patience! To think that for two thousand years He has tolerated a world which crucified His Son!
Those nations either side of the Jordan had heard of all that the LORD had done for Israel. Nevertheless they did not repent. Therefore judgment had to take place and nobody could be spared. The children would also perish. As we know that a young child who dies is destined for Heaven, these children were saved from a fate far worse than death. Would it not be right in thinking that when they grew up, they would have followed in the guilty footsteps of their parents, leading them into damnation?
Those nations were the enemies of the LORD and the people had to destroy them on account of God’s glory. The Christian is never called, like Israel, to fight against men. In contrast, what he should imitate here is the meekness in which Israel presents her testimony (vv. 27-29).
