Day 48: October 30, 2025 – Deuteronomy 29-31 and Mark 15-16

Deuteronomy moves into the area of reaffirming the covenant that God had made with Moses throughout this whole journey from Egypt to the promised land. The emphasis is on the disobedience of the people of God and how that disobedience, if it carries on, will serve the purpose of nullifying the covenant that God has made with His people. Moses reminds them of their disobedience for the simple fact that if they were this ornery with him how much more evil will they be once he has died. Apparently this is something that only Joshua will have to worry about because he is the one who will be succeeding Moses. But it bear repeating the Moses gathered all of the tribes of Israel and all of the leaders and reminded them of the covenant that was currently in place with God. It is not to be forgotten.

In Mark we find the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus. But if you look carefully at chapter 16 you will see that there are a few different versions. We call one the short version and the other the long version. The problem with the short version is that it does not contain the resurrection. The problem with the long version is that it is not as prevalent in older manuscripts as the shorter version. We know that Jesus was raised from the dead. When he is raised it is interesting to see how many witnesses saw him but the disciples would not believe until he actually appeared to them. It reminds me of the Israelites and how much God had to do in order to bring them to obedience, but even that was a losing battle