(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Deuteronomy 32:1–6, “Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?”
This is the beginning of the song that the Lord inspired Moses to write. He called up creation to listen to what he was teaching Israel to sing. The Lord’s teaching is the same as all the other good things that the Lord provided in creation. His words bring life as the dew and the rain brings to the grass and the herbs. Israel, as well as the rest of creation, was called upon to talk about the Lord’s greatness. As the only Creator, he is great and powerful and supreme above everything that He has made. The Rock provides security but anyone who trusts on other gods is really trusting sinking sand. Everything that the Lord does is perfect. He has no association with sin and can never be accused of doing anything evil. In His grace, the Lord gave the people made in His own image the right to choose. This does not make the Lord responsible for the choices that people make. Every person is responsible for the choice that he makes and the Lord is completely innocent even though He is both gracious and merciful. When people sin they get what they choose but the Lord gives them time to repent.
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