Deu 9:29 | KingComments | STEP | These verses connect to of this chapter. In both parts it is about intercession in the first forty days on Mount Horeb. In it is the second forty days on Mount Horeb, after Moses broke the first stone tablets because of the golden calf. In we read the third “remember” ( ), but Moses doesn’t say this here to the people, but to God . The true Moses says to God that He should not look at the stubbornness and wickedness of the people, but asks Him to think of His own Being. Here we see the intervening of the Lord Jesus and His performance as Advocate with the Father. Before the times of the ages, the Father made the promise of eternal life ( ). The Son reminds us of this promise of eternal life before the times of the ages ( ). For two thousand years now, He has said to the Father: “Remember.” God has heard the Lord Jesus on behalf of us many times already ( ). On that basis, God’s desire for a testimony on earth from a people longing for the blessing of the land is still being met.

‏ Deuteronomy 9:29

Even More Intercession of Moses

These verses connect to Deu 9:11-14 of this chapter. In both parts it is about intercession in the first forty days on Mount Horeb. In Deu 9:18 it is the second forty days on Mount Horeb, after Moses broke the first stone tablets because of the golden calf.

In Deu 9:27 we read the third “remember” (Deu 8:2 ; Deu 9:7), but Moses doesn’t say this here to the people, but to God. The true Moses says to God that He should not look at the stubbornness and wickedness of the people, but asks Him to think of His own Being. Here we see the intervening of the Lord Jesus and His performance as Advocate with the Father.

Before the times of the ages, the Father made the promise of eternal life (Tit 1:2a). The Son reminds us of this promise of eternal life before the times of the ages (Jn 17:1-2). For two thousand years now, He has said to the Father: “Remember.” God has heard the Lord Jesus on behalf of us many times already (Deu 9:19). On that basis, God’s desire for a testimony on earth from a people longing for the blessing of the land is still being met.