Day 288 Generations

 

10/15/2025

"Therefore know that the LORD your God, 

He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and 

mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him 

and keep His commandments."

 Deuteronomy 7:9

 

Moses was chosen by God to lead the children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land in Canaan, and it was no small task. Because he did not obey God when He told Moses to speak to the rock for water,  because of his anger with the people, Moses struck the rock instead, so he was not allowed to enter into the Promised Land. In this passage, Moses had been reminding the people of God's faithfulness during the 40 years of wilderness travel, and he was instructing them in the law God provided on Mount Sinai. He reminded them also that they were God's chosen people, meant to be holy, set apart for the Lord's service. He called them "a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth."

"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty had, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 7:7-8)

The people Moses was addressing were a whole new generation, born during the 40 years of wilderness wandering, with the exception of Caleb and Joshua, who did not rebel against the Lord. In verse 9 of Deuteronomy 7, as noted above, Moses was sharing the fact that God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was binding, and it extended to a thousand generations of those who love God and who keep His laws. As believers in Christ, this word applies to us as well, and our generations will be saved also, if they are obedient to the Word of the Lord. How many people realize that this Word applies to them today? How many realize that as believers in Jesus Christ, we have been grafted into the Vine, Jesus Christ? And some refuse to believe or accept this wonderful gift. A free gift, and in return we receive eternal life. That's the best deal ever!