하나님 말씀을 잘 들으면 복과 자비를 베풀 것이며 그렇지 않으면 사망과 저주를 내릴 거라는 명료한 내용이 나오는 신명기 30장입니다. 이 장은 특별히 천국과 지옥보다는 장수를 중시한 것 같더라고요. 실제로 구약 성경은 천국의 개념은 거의 없고 생명 연장에 관한 얘기가 더 많이 나옵니다.
회복과 자비에 관하여
1. And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 5 And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 7 And the LOrd your God will put all these curse on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today. 9. The Lord your GOd will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your ground. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, 10 when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
말 잘 들으면 복을 주시겠다는 등의 내용입니다.
언약 갱신과 하나님의 비밀 신명기 29장
모압에서의 언약 갱신을 다루며 호렙 언약을 다룹니다. 그러면서 율법을 지킬 것을 또 강조하며 우상 숭배의 위험과 불순종의 결과를 암시합니다. 특히 인간은 모르는 하나님의 비밀이 감추어
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하나님은 마음에 있다
11 "For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?" 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?" 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
하나님의 명령이 그리 멀리 있는 것도 아니다. 궁극에는 아주 가까운 곳 마음속에 있다는 것 같은데요. 하나님이 인간의 마음에 도덕과 선한 영향력을 향한 본능도 심어 두고 인간에게 자유 의지도 주었기에 선택의 기로에 놓이는 경우가 많은 것 같습니다.
삶과 죽음과 악
15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and deateh, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."
하나님 말씀을 잘 들으면 생명과 축복을 주고 그렇지 않으면 사망과 저주를 준다고 합니다. 그런데 왜 천국과 지옥이 아닌 걸까요? 천국과 지옥은 신약에서 분명해지지만 구약은 천국 개념이 아예 없는 것 같습니다. 그리고 영생을 추구하는데요. 당시 사람들의 평균 수명은 70~80세였던 것으로 알려졌습니다. 그리고 하나님은 인간의 수명을 120세로 한정했습니다. 아무튼 순종은 장수 불순종은 사망과 저주가 따른다고 합니다.
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