Deuteronomy 2-3

God Is Not An “Indian Giver”, There were Giants In The Land; Nephilim

Gigantes, Hardened Hearts; Iron Steel ooparts; Remember; Provoking;

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Deuteronomy 2

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Deuteronomy 2-3, Remember History

• Moses continues recounting the journey thus far.• The book of Deuteronomy uses the word “remember” more

times than any other book of the Bible except the Psalms (it has 150 chapters).

• Here’s a few; “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb…remember that you were a slave…what God did to Pharaoh…God has led you…remember the LORD…how you provoked the LORD…you were a slave…God redeemed you…remember Egypt...you were a slave…God did to Miriam…what Amalek did…Remember the days of old…

Deuteronomy 2:5, 9, 19, Do Not Provoke Them

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:5 do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:9 "Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:19 'When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

• Don't go pick fights based on your own greed, lust, or desire.

Do Not Provoke Them

Deuteronomy 2:5, 9, 19, 24God Is Not An “Indian Giver”

• Deut. 2:5…I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.• 2:9 …because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot…• 2:19…because I have given it to the sons of Lot…• God is a covenant keeper. His Word stands forever. • NAU Genesis 12:7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your

descendants I will give this land…”, Genesis 13:15 for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever…

• Deuteronomy 2:24…I have given…his land into your hand…• Exodus 32:13, Joshua 14:9, 1 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 20:7, Ezra 9:12, Psalm 37:29, Isaiah

60:21, Jeremiah 7:7, 25:5, Ezekiel 37:25, Acts 13:19, Romans 9:4• wikipedia=, “..As observed and documented by Lewis and Clark in their journal, trading with Native Americans had a very unusual

aspect - any trade, once consummated, was considered a fair trade. If on one day, they traded beads for a dog from a tribe, then days later, the trade could be reversed - upon surrendering the beads, the tribe expected the dog back…”

Deuteronomy 2:5, Footsteps, Footprints

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:5 do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

• NAU Psalm 89:51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. NAU

Psalm 77:19 Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints may not be known.

• NAU Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.

• Andrew Bonar has said, “It is easy to follow a person’s footprints if we walk close behind him, but if we walk some distance back, we might fail to see them as clearly. Similarly, if we follow close after the Lord, we would easily see the footsteps along the way, but if we try to follow afar off, we would find it difficult to know the path of His will.”

Deuteronomy 2:10, Giants In The Land

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:10 (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.1128 Emim

Bibleworks, 1128.01 A giant war-like race, which occupied the region E. of the Dead Sea, in which the Moabites succeeded them (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10). Perhaps related to "Amu" the Egyptian word in the hieroglyphics for nomadic Shemites. The Hebrew means "terrible ones." The Rephaim were on the N.E. of Jordan, the Zuzim next, then the Emim, then the Horim on the S.E.; all gigantic.

Deuteronomy 2:10, Tall

• Deut. 2:10 (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.

• Why it's good to be tall!

Deuteronomy 2:10, Giants In The Land

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:10 (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.

• NAU Numbers 13:33 "There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

• The green slides following are from our study in Genesis chapter 6. Concerning the sons of God and the daughters of men.

Jewish and Patristic Fathers The Jewish Fathers, Early Church Fathers and Philo

of Alexandria interpreted the expression “sons of God” in Genesis 6:2, as "angels."

“The Early Church Fathers believed the same way. Men like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Athenagoras, Tertullian, Lactantius, Eusebius, Ambrose...all adopted this interpretation. In the words of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, the angels fell "into impure love of virgins, and were subjugated by the flesh...Of those lovers of virgins therefore, were begotten those who are called giants.” …We cannot deny the Jewish Fathers knowledge of their own terminology! They invariably translated "sons of God" as "angels." ” www.redicecreations.com

Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim

NAU Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth…

NET ESV CSB NAS NAU Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim... NKJ KJV Genesis 6:4 There were giants... YLT Genesis 6:4 The fallen ones were in the

earth in those days...

The Nephilim (Gigantes) in LXX Deut 3:11 (Only Og

king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

The Nephilim (Gigantes) in LXX gi,gantej noun

nominative masculine plural common

[LS] gi,gaj, GI´GAS …..mostly in pl. Gi,gantej, the Giants, a savage race destroyed by the gods, Od.; the sons of Gaia, Hes. II. as Adj. mighty, Ze,furoj gi,gaj Aesch.

Gigantes, Grk. We get English; Gigantic, Gigantism, Giants, from it. DLK

Nephilim in HebrewNaphal, The Fallen Ones

Amos 2:9 "I [the lord] destroyed

the Amorite before them,

though he was tall as the cedars

and strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit

above and his roots below.

Nephilim in Hebrew, Root naphal OT:5303, nephiyl (nef-eel'); or nephil (nef-eel');

from OT:5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:, KJV - giant.

OT:5307, naphal (naw-fal'); a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):

KJV - …(cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell (-ing), fugitive, have [inheritance], inferior, be judged…

The Nephilim (Gigantes) in LXX “When the Greek Septuagint was made,

"Nephilim" was translated as "gegenes." This word suggests "giants" but actually it has little reference to size or strength. "Gegenes" means "earth born." The same term was used to describe the mythical "Titans" -- being partly of celestial and partly of terrestrial origin... In some of the manuscripts it is left as "sons of God," but in the others-- including the Alexandrian text--it is rendered by the word "angelos." This text was in existence in the time of Christ, but there is no indication that He ever corrected or queried it. Can we not assume from His silence that He agreed with the translation!” www.redicecreations.com

And Also Afterward Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in

those days — and also afterward —

Num 13:27-33 Num 13:27-33 They gave Moses this account: "We

went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. ….

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

And Also Afterward The sons of God could have sinned again and

that is why God wiped out all the Canaanites. Genesis 9:24 When Noah awoke from his

wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan…

Or, possibly, Noah’s daughter-in-laws carried a genetic defect and were not “perfect in their generations.”

I’m not so sure about the girls. It doesn’t say, “Noah and his daughter-in-laws were perfect in their generations.”

Deuteronomy 2:18, “today”• NAS Deuteronomy 8:1 "All the commandments that I am

commanding you today you shall be careful to do… (Deuteronomy 8:1, 11, 19, 9:1, 3)

• Most commentaries say that Deuteronomy consists of three or more sermons that Moses gave. Only a few say that it was three points of one sermon delivered at one time.

• Deuteronomy uses the word “today” more than any other book of the Bible. Four times more than any other book of the Bible (58 NAU). More than 1/4 of all the uses of the word are in Deuteronomy. It sure seems to me that Moses would have us understand that he delivered the entire sermon in one day. The day they would “cross over.”

• Deuteronomy uses the phrase “this day” another 15 times.• NAU Deuteronomy 2:18 'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of

Moab. Samsung most first of the month and got paid.

Deut. 2:20, NKJ KJVGiants In The Land

• NKJ Deuteronomy 2:20 (That was also regarded as a land of giants; giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, 21 a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the LORD destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place,

• Who was responsible for cleansing the land of every man, woman, and child?

• NAU Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deuteronomy 2:21, The Lord Destroyed Them All

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:21 a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, but the LORD destroyed them before them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

• God in His patience, and long-suffering, has allowed these people to continue in their extreme sin, and iniquity, for 400 years after he gave Abram the land;

• KJV Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

• God saved the children from being raised in this godless, sinful, wretched culture. If you have concerns about the eternal destiny of these children you might watch my YouTube video;

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiLVf7Boyjw

The River Arnon

NKJ Deuteronomy 2:24 "`Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle.

Deuteronomy 2:30, God Hardened His Heart

• NAU Deuteronomy 2:30 "But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today.

• NAU Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart…

• NAU Exodus 8:32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart…• NAU Exodus 9:12 And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart…• Pray that everyone you speak to will not harden their own heart to the

point that God will finally hardened their heart.• NAU John 6:40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who

beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day… 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…

Deuteronomy 3

Deuteronomy 3:1Bashan

NAU Deuteronomy 3:1 "Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og, king of Bashan, with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.496.01 ("rich soil"). The tract beyond Jordan (Deut. 3:3,10,14; Josh. 12:5; 1:Chr. 5:23), between mount Hermon on the N., and Gilead on the S., the Arabah or Jordan valley on the W., and Salkah and the Geshurites and Maacathites on the E. Fitted for pasture; so assigned with half Gilead from Mahanaim to the half tribe of Manasseh, as the rest of Gilead was to Reuben and Gad,

Deuteronomy 3:11, An Iron Bedstead

• NAU Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.)

• NAU Genesis 4:22 As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron…

ANCIENT MODERN STEELTODAY'S CREATION MOMENT, Iron Steel

• The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat

"Medieval Metal Masters," Discover, 1/00, pp. 20 21. Photo: The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

ANCIENT MODERN STEELTODAY'S CREATION MOMENT, Iron Steel

• The ages of human history are frequently divided into periods named after rocks and minerals. There was the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. This evolutionary way of describing human history is based on the materials people used to make weapons and tools. On the other hand, the Bible describes man as developing his knowledge of metalworking within a few generations of his existence.

• The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Researchers in 2000 were studying an ancient steel factory in Turkmenistan. The 1,000 year old steel factory produced the legendary Damascus steel, which was the strongest and most durable steel produced in ancient times. When the factory was operating, steel was heated to temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Researchers examined the pottery shards that …

ANCIENT MODERN STEELTODAY'S CREATION MOMENT, Iron Steel

• are the remains of the crucible. They found traces of the steel they once held on the shards that told an amazing story. Some of the shards had traces of low carbon steel, while others had traces of high carbon steel. They concluded that the ancient steel makers were mixing the two together in a process called co fusion. The result was a strong, durable steel. What is amazing is that it was previously thought that co fusion was discovered in the 20th century!

• While our knowledge may be growing today, we need to avoid false pride. The Bible teaches that the highest knowledge is the knowledge of God. His protection is better than any provided by the hardest steel.

• Notes: "Medieval Metal Masters," Discover, 1/00, pp. 20 21. Photo: The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Out-of-place artifact or OOPArt

• wikipedia, “Out-of-place artifact (OOPArt) is a term coined by American naturalist and cryptozoologist Ivan T. Sanderson for an object of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest found in a very unusual or seemingly impossible context [1] that could challenge conventional historical chronology by being "too advanced" for the level of civilization that existed at the time, or showing "human presence" well before humans were supposed to exist….”

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifact

Deuteronomy 3:18, Armed Sons Of Israel

• NAU Deuteronomy 3:18 "Then I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it; all you valiant men shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel.

• Shabbat Inspiration, Why does God command the Children of Israel in war; wouldn't it have been easier for God to simply give them the Land in peace? We reveal our deepest values in what we are willing to give our lives for. On Monday, Israel's Memorial Day, the nation remembers its fallen soldiers who gave their lives for the freedom of Zion.

Deuteronomy 3:18, Armed Sons Of Israel

• Jerusalem Daily Photo Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces join the ranks of active service in a ceremony at the Western Wall. Each soldier receives his weapon together with a Bible.

Deuteronomy 3:25, Let Me See The Land

• NAU Deuteronomy 3:25 'Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’

• NAU Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

• NAU 2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

• 2 Kings 6:18-21, Numbers 22:31, John 9:26, 10:21, Acts 9:8-18, Genesis 21:19

• Jerusalem Inspiration, Moses’ genuine love for the Land of Israel is a lesson for all time. Though already informed that he would not enter the Promised Land, Moses sets his heart to pray for God to change His mind. His plea to "see the good Land" highlights his sincere motivation. Moses did not ask to lead the people into the Land of Israel; he was content with passing the reigns to Joshua for that. Moses simply wanted to see the Land, to breathe its air, and to experience its goodness.

• There was a women in a local church that had a son that was quite unruly. They had a visiting missionary come and he was trying to stir up interest to get people to go to a foreign country to preach the gospel. The missionary noticed that the young boy was quite a pistol. At the end of the service a woman dragging a little boy behind her, told the missionary, “I just feel like God is calling me to be a missionary.” “He is, indeed”

• and pointing to the little boy, “And there’s the little heathen he wants you to preach to.”

The End

Footsteps, Footprints• NAU Psalm 77:19 Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty

waters, And Your footprints may not be known.• NAU Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody

footprints.• NAU Deuteronomy 2:5 do not provoke them, for I will not give you any

of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

• NAU Psalm 89:51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

• Andrew Bonar has said, “It is easy to follow a person’s footprints if we walk close behind him, but if we walk some distance back, we might fail to see them as clearly. Similarly, if we follow close after the Lord, we would easily see the footsteps along the way, but if we try to follow afar off, we would find it difficult to know the path of His will.”

ANCIENT MODERN STEELTODAY'S CREATION MOMENT, Iron Steel

• The ages of human history are frequently divided into periods named after rocks and minerals. There was the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. This evolutionary way of describing human history is based on the materials people used to make weapons and tools. On the other hand, the Bible describes man as developing his knowledge of metalworking within a few generations of his existence.

• The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Researchers in 2000 were studying an ancient steel factory in Turkmenistan. The 1,000 year old steel factory produced the legendary Damascus steel, which was the strongest and most durable steel produced in ancient times. When the factory was operating, steel was heated to temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Researchers examined the pottery shards that are the remains of the crucible. They found traces of the steel they once held on the shards that told an amazing story. Some of the shards had traces of low carbon steel, while others had traces of high carbon steel. They concluded that the ancient steel makers were mixing the two together in a process called co fusion. The result was a strong, durable steel. What is amazing is that it was previously thought that co fusion was discovered in the 20th century!

• While our knowledge may be growing today, we need to avoid false pride. The Bible teaches that the highest knowledge is the knowledge of God. His protection is better than any provided by the hardest steel.

• Notes: "Medieval Metal Masters," Discover, 1/00, pp. 20 21. Photo: The Presidential Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

ooparts, TODAY'S CREATION MOMENTTHE SOUTH-POINTING CARRIAGE

• “Numerous Chinese legends refer to a mysterious carriage on which a mechanical rider rode. Its arm was outstretched and continuously pointed south no matter which way the carriage turned. How did it accomplish such a feat? If you're guessing that magnets had something to do with it, you'd be wrong. Actually, the south-pointing chariot was invented about 800 years before the first navigational use of a magnetic compass.

• South-pointing chariot exhibit in the Science Museum, LondonIn the 1960s, Dr. Joseph Needham discovered that the carriage dated back to the third century AD. He also learned that the device did not use magnets. The carriage was actually a highly sophisticated automaton that has since been described as the world's "first cybernetic machine."

• So how did the figure know how to keep pointing south? It used a complex grouping of gears similar to the differential gears found in modern cars. This system of interconnected gears allows the wheels of a car turning a corner to move at different speeds, with the "outer" wheel traveling farther than the other. The arm of the figure on the carriage was aimed southward by hand at the start of a journey. After that, whenever the carriage turned, the mechanism automatically rotated the arm to keep it pointed to the south.

• Over the years, we have told you about many such ancient devices, revealing that ancient man was much more intelligent than modern man gives them credit for. This should come as no surprise to those of us who believe the Bible.”

• Notes: P. James and N. Thorpe, Ancient Inventions, pp 140-142 (Ballantine Books, 1994). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-pointing_chariot. Photo: South-pointing chariot exhibit in the Science Museum, London. Courtesy of Andy Dingley. (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported)