the Fourth Week after Easter
Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 10:1-11
Hardly had the first two tables been in Moses’ hands than they were shattered so that the judgment did not enter with them into the camp of idolatry. Therefore, this time the LORD orders the new tables to be placed immediately in the ark, a type of Christ, who is the surety for the integrity of the law. In His own words, Jesus had not come to destroy the law, rather to fulfil it. Our dear Saviour kept to it to the letter. In this respect also, He will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:17; Matthew 5:19).
2 Corinthians 3 compares the "ten commandments" written at that time on stone with the "epistle of Christ" which was written "in fleshly tables of the heart." The latter can be summed up in one name, that of Jesus, which the Holy Spirit imprints on the hearts of His redeemed ones. But not so that it can remain hidden there. A letter is written to be read. The name of Christ should be able to be read by those who know us. Many of those around us never read the Bible. In an indirect way they can be challenged by it as our conduct, which they observe, puts into practice its teachings and reflects Jesus (1 Peter 3:1-2).
