Deuteronomy 1-4, Chuck Smith teaching (C2000, 1979 to 1985)

Read as you listen: Chuck Smith on Deuteronomy 1

Read the opening of his teaching

Let's turn to Deuteronomy. The word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really sort of Moses' final address to the people. It probably covers the last month and a half of Moses' life. So he's getting up there now, about a hundred and twenty years old. His eyesight is still keen, he can still hear very well and he is addressing these people, rehearsing for them the work of God in their past because many of them were born while in the wilderness. Many of them did not see the miracle of the Red Sea being parted. They did not have a personal memory of the horrible bondage in Egypt. In growing up as children, they weren't as aware of the hazards of the wilderness.