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  • Essay / Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy - 1366

    The entire book of Deuteronomy tells the story of a people who made an agreement with God. They promised to serve him the way he wanted to be served. Deuteronomy describes all the wonderful things that would happen to them if they were obedient and kept their promises. It also explained what would happen if they didn't keep their promise. It was also quite hard. They would lose their country; their enemies would take their identity and they would be thrown into slavery and the curse they suffered would strike their children's children and so on until they decided to follow all the rules of worship and follow all the steps that God had given them to live on. .Condemn! That was a pretty cruel God they were working with! God knows the whole past, present and future. My question is this: God knew from the beginning that these people, whom Moses brought out of Egypt, would not be able to keep His promises. It seems to me that the God of the Hebrew Israelites had planned to wipe them all out long before they fully understood what they were getting into. Damn it! What kind of God makes a deal with you? that he knows you can't keep him? From then on, you are cursed, your children are cursed and so on. Did the Hebrew Israelites accept a curse on themselves? This didn't suit me at all! I was not capable of accepting a curse on myself or my children. I thought they might be cursed if they wanted to do that, but as for me and mine, we were free from that shit! Hell, if I hadn't allowed Jesus to control my life, I sure as hell wasn't going to allow his father to control my life with all that legalism! All these laws to respect! Ha! The Ten Commandments didn't bother me. It was easy to say... in the middle of a paper... out. They took their chairs in front of the congregation and then Elijah came out, dressed from head to toe in white. He had a white Rasta tam on his head and a full, thick beard. He was as tall as Gabriel, maybe even taller. Elijah walked up to the podium and walked as if he had the power of Moses with him! He had a very imposing presence! Elijah placed his books on the podium and asked Nadia to sing before delivering the message. He sat down. Nadia approached the microphone. The girl was crazy as hell, but one thing is for sure, no one could take away the fact that this crazy girl could sing her ass off. She wasn't the usual gospel singer like Tramaine Hawkins or Yolanda Adams, but she had a smooth alto voice that silenced the crowd. I absolutely loved her singing skills. I come from a very musically gifted family. I know