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| MarkStaneart | Sep 17 2011, 07:19 AM Post #1 |
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Probably the most common answer for the dismissal of Torah as bearing application for our lives to day is, "that was then." It’s easy to preserve Torah as simply a relic of antiquity- something interesting to learn about something of long ago. But if you think about it, the children of Israel who stood on the brink of the Jordan, ready to follow Joshua into the land had would have had the same opportunity. All of the people who had entered into covenant with God at Mount Sinai (save Joshua and Caleb) had died. This was a completely a new generation: a new nation. Were they obligated to adhere to the commitments made by their fathers? Moses answers this argument here in Deuteronomy 26:16 with the simple words, "This day." Forget about yesterday, the failings and shortcomings. Forget about the religion that had been passed on to you from generations past. What are you going to do with God’s covenant relationship this day? Every day they shall be new in your eyes, as though you have been commanded them today. (Rashi) |
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