Deu 6:21-22 | KingComments | STEP | In the parents are commanded to speak to their sons about the commandments of the LORD. Here, in , the son comes with a question. We find four times a son asking a question: 1. The question concerning the Passover; this question is, in picture, about redemption ( ). 2. The question about the redemption of the firstborn. Here, in picture, it is about separation for and devotion to the LORD ( ). 3. The question regarding the passage through the Jordan, is, in picture, the conquest of the heavenly position by the church through her connection with a once dead, risen and glorified Man ( ). 4. The question concerning the meaning of the Word of God ( ). The testimony of the parents is about the redemption from Egypt. But that’s not all. The LORD has redeemed his people from Egypt to bring them into the land which he promised the fathers. That is also God’s purpose with our redemption. He did not only want to save us from the power of Satan, sin and the world, so that we could have forgiveness of sins and peace with God. His goal with us is also that we will enjoy the blessings of the land. This means that as His own sons we would be “holy and blameless before Him in love” ( ).

‏ Deuteronomy 6:21-22

Testimony of the Father

In Deu 6:7 the parents are commanded to speak to their sons about the commandments of the LORD. Here, in Deu 6:20, the son comes with a question. We find four times a son asking a question:

1. The question concerning the Passover; this question is, in picture, about redemption (Exo 12:26).

2. The question about the redemption of the firstborn. Here, in picture, it is about separation for and devotion to the LORD (Exo 13:14).

3. The question regarding the passage through the Jordan, is, in picture, the conquest of the heavenly position by the church through her connection with a once dead, risen and glorified Man (Jos 4:6).

4. The question concerning the meaning of the Word of God (Deu 6:20).

The testimony of the parents is about the redemption from Egypt. But that’s not all. The LORD has redeemed his people from Egypt to bring them into the land which he promised the fathers.

That is also God’s purpose with our redemption. He did not only want to save us from the power of Satan, sin and the world, so that we could have forgiveness of sins and peace with God. His goal with us is also that we will enjoy the blessings of the land. This means that as His own sons we would be “holy and blameless before Him in love” (Eph 1:4-5).