Pulelulu ‘Aokosi 25, 2021
Ko e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku fufū ‘oku ‘ia Sihova ko hotau ‘Otua
The secret things
belong to the Lord our God
Teutalōnome 29 (Deuteronomy 29)
(v. 29) Ko e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku fufū ‘oku ‘ia Sihova
ko hotau ‘Otua: ka ko e ngaahi me‘a kuo fakahā ‘oku ‘atautolu mo ‘etau fānau ‘o
ta‘engata ke tau feia ‘a e ngaahi lea kotoa ‘o e lao ni.
(v. 29) The secret things belong to the Lord our
God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever,
that we may do all the words of this law.
G. Campbell Morgan's
Exposition on the Whole Bible
The fourth
discourse of Moses urged the people to be true to the Covenant, the terms
of which had been given and are recorded in the previous chapter. It is to be
carefully remembered that the first verse of chapter twenty-nine in our
arrangement is the last of chapter twenty-eight in the Hebrew Bible. The
statement, "These are the words of the covenant," refers to what had
already been uttered.
In thus especially appealing to them,
Moses first referred to the Lord's deliverances for them, wrought in the past
(verses 2-9)-from Egypt, during the wilderness experiences, and in the day of
battle on the eve of their coming into possession.
His appeal was to all classes of the
community - to the rulers, the people, men, women, children, and also to the
servants There was to be no escape and no excuse.
Then in graphic and burning words he
described what must be the result of breaking the Covenant. Recognizing the
imperfection of the people and their Inability at all times to appreciate the
methods of the divine government, he enunciated a principle of far-reaching
importance and perpetual application as he declared that the secret or
mysterious or hidden things belong to God, while the things revealed were for
them and their children.
Matthew Henry's
Concise Commentary on the Bible
v. 29 Moses ends his prophecy of the Jews'
rejection, just as St. Paul ends his discourse on the same subject, when it
began to be fulfilled, Romans 11:33. We are forbidden curiously to inquire into
the secret counsels of God, and to determine concerning them. But we are directed and encouraged, diligently
to seek into that which God has made known. He has kept back nothing that
is profitable for us, but only that of which it is good for us to be ignorant.
The end of all Divine revelation is, not to furnish curious subjects of
speculation and discourse, but that we may do all the words of this law, and be
blessed in our deed. This, the Bible plainly reveals; further than this, man
cannot profitably go. By this light he may live and die comfortably, and be
happy for ever.
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