Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 6:20, 24 (New Living Translation)

20 “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey?’ … 24 And the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.

I like the words used in the New Living Translation in verse 24.

What is the meaning of all these laws given to the people in the Old Testament (and there were many laws)? Why did the Lord Jehovah YHWH give all these laws?

So the Lord can continue to bless us. Oh, the laws were a route to blessings. The laws were a reason for blessings.

In the New Testament, why does Jesus advise against divorce? Why does Jesus implore us to love one another? Why does Jesus suggest all the things He suggests? The same reason as given here. God wants us to be blessed, to be happy, to enjoy what He has created.

I suppose that is too simplistic for some of us. I suppose it is too simplistic for most of us some of the time. Sometimes we learn slowly.