Deuteronomy 30:11

Deuteronomy 30:11 says, For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.  Moses said God's commandment was not hidden from the people of Israel, nor was it far off.  God's command that we enter into a covenant relationship with Him by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord is not hidden today, nor do we have to search the world to know it.  Verse twelve adds, It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?  Moses said God's commandment were not in heaven so they didn't need to ask who could go up to heaven and bring it down to them.  God first sent His commandments down to Moses and they were written down for the people of Israel, and then Jesus Christ came down from heaven to fulfill God's laws that we were unable to keep so that we might have the death penalty of sin removed and have everlasting life with God.  Verse thirteen continues, Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?  Moses said God's commandment was not beyond the sea so that they would have to ask who was going to go and get it for them.  These were God's chosen people who had received His law, so there was no need to go anywhere else to look for it.  As followers of Christ, He has come to us to bring salvation to us and we do not need to look anywhere else to know what God expects of us. Verse fourteen concludes, But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.  Moses said the word was very close to them, in their heart and mouth, so that they could do it.  We as Christians have God's word written in our heart so that we can speak it to the world, and this is what we need to be doing.  Verse fifteen states, See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;  Moses said he had set before them that day two choices.  Though Moses was the spokesman, the choices were really from God.  They could choose life and good or death and evil.  These are still our only two choices today spiritually.  Verse sixteen adds, In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.  Moses said that he commanded them to choose to love God and then everything would be well with them.  Of course, Moses could not really make the choice for them, and we cannot make the choice to follow Christ for others today.  Verse seventeen continues, But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;  Verse eighteen concludes, I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.  Moses said if their heart turned away from God that they would not have their days prolonged after they crossed over Jordan into the Promised Land.  If we do not accept Jesus Christ alone as our Savior and Lord but turn away to chase other gods, we will not gain everlasting life in heaven.  Verse nineteen declares, I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:  Moses said he called on heaven and earth to be his witness that he had that day set the choices before them and called on them to choose God and life.  We still have the same two choices today, and we must choose life by putting our faith in Jesus Christ if we are to be a part of God's kingdom.  Verse twenty adds, That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.  As Moses said then, we must love God with all our heart if we are to claim His promise of everlasting life, which comes from faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord and not from anything else that we may do or not do.  

Deuteronomy 30:1

Deuteronomy 30:1 says, And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,  This is a call for the people of Israel to remember both God's promise of blessings when they obey His commandments and His curses on them if they don't while they are in captivity in other nations.  Verse two adds, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;  Moses said when they remembered God's promises that he hoped they would repent and return to Him in obedience.  If we stray away from God today we need to remember His promises and return to Him and obey His commandments.  Verse three continues, That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.  Moses said that if they repented and returned to God that He would gather them from all nations.  If we as followers of Christ stray away from God's commandments, we will not lose our salvation, but we may not have God's protective hand on us in the world today.  If we stray away from Him, we must first realize that we have and then repent.  Verse four declares, If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:  Moses said that they could never be so far away from God that if they repented that God would not find them.  There is no place today, in heaven or earth, that God cannot find those who repent and call on Him by faith.  Verse five adds, And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.  Moses said God would would return them to the Promised Land if they repented of their sins. Again, though we as Christians do not lose our salvation if we sin again, we can certainly lose the joy of our salvation if we do, and if we repent and once more live by faith in God, He will not restore our joy.  Verse six continues, And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.  Moses said that if they returned to God that He would mark them as His own once more,  If we are followers of Christ, and have strayed away from Him, if we repent and return to Him, we will rejoice in being a part of His kingdom once more, and the people of the world should be able to see this.  Verse seven states, And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.  Moses said once they repented and God restored them as His people, that God would put the curses on their enemies.  The biggest curse on people today is everlasting separation from God, and the only way to be restored to Him is through faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord.  Once we repent and come to Him in faith, this curse of everlasting separation is removed, but it still remains on those who do not repent and accept Jesus Christ.  Verse eight adds, And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.  Moses said once God restored them that they were to obey all His commandments.  Even though we are forever saved as Christians, we are still expected to follow God's commandments.  If we do, we should be different than the rest of the world, and they should be able to see this difference.  Verse nine continues, And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:  Moses said that after they repented and returned to God that He would bless their works.  Though we are forever saved by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, if we stray away from Him, we still need to repent and return to Him if we want His protection and blessings in life. Verse ten concludes, If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.  This restoration was based on the people of Israel repenting and returning to God.  Our restoration today whoever we are is based on our accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, and once we do the joy of our salvation is based on our obeying His commandments. There needs to be a change in how we live our life once we become a follower of Christ. 

Deuteronomy 29:18

Deuteronomy 29:18 says, Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;  Moses called on the entire nation to enter into a covenant relationship with God, so that no one's heart would be tuned away from Him and lead others to follow other gods.  I don't believe that once we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord that we can ever lose our salvation, but someone can profess to without really doing so and try to lead others away from Him.  Verse nineteen adds, And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:  Moses said that they needed to take the curses seriously unless they should say in their heart that they would have peace even in disobedience.  We should never fool ourselves into believing that we will have peace without being a follower of Christ.   Verse twenty continues, The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.  Moses said that anyone who felt this way would have all theses curses fall upon him and his name would be blotted out from under heaven.  If we reject Jesus Christ in favor of other gods, so will our name. Verse twenty-one states, And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:  Moses said God would separate anyone who failed to keep His covenant from the rest of Israel, and one day He is going to separate those who put their faith in Jesus Christ from all others.  If the plague of idolatry began to rule Israel, other nations would see the plagues that had befallen them fall on the nation of Israel if they turned away from their covenant relationship with Him.  Verse twenty-two adds, So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;  The plagues would begin with sickness that the LORD would place on them.  Verse twenty-three continues, And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:  The plagues would grow to be like those sent on Sodom and Gomorrah, or total destruction.  Total everlasting punishment or destruction is what awaits those who refuse to put their faith in Jesus Christ today.  Verse twenty-four continues, Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?  Moses said other nations would ask why God had done this to those who were supposed to be His people.  The answer would be because they had failed to do so.  Verse twenty-five says,Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:  As just stated, the answer would be because they had failed to live up yo their covenant relationship with God.  We cannot be a Christian nation without living up to our covenant relationship with Jesus Christ.  Verse twenty-six adds, For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:  The answer would also include the fact that not only did they fail to put their faith in God, but that they also served and worshipped other gods.  As Christians, we need to make sure that we don't begin to worship the things of this world more than we worship Jesus Christ.  Verse twenty-seven continues, And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:  Moses said because of their disobedience, the world would see God send plagues upon the people of Israel.  Verse twenty-eight states, And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.  Moses said that because of their disobedience to God that the people would be rooted out of the Promised Land and once again be scattered throughout other nations. Verse twenty-nine adds, The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.  Moses said that we will never totally understand the things of God, but we know enough to put our faith in Him.  We are also to seek to know more about God, though we should never think that we will ever know everything. .

Deuteronomy 29:10

Deuteronomy 29:10 says, Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,  Moses said that the people of Israel stood before God that day.  We also stand before God every day, whether we admit it or not.  Verse eleven adds, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:  Moses said they all stood before God, even their little ones and the strangers.  We need to bring our little ones and strangers to God.  Verse twelve continues, That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:  Moses said that they stood before God to enter into a covenant relationship with Him.  We today all stand before God, but the question is will we enter into a covenant relationship with Him by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse thirteen concludes, That he may establish thee today for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.  Moses said that God stood ready to enter into a covenant relationship with them, as He had sworn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  He was still the same God, and He was calling them into a covenant relationship with Himself, and this is still true today, not just for the people of Israel, but for everyone.  Verse fourteen states, Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;  God said that He wasn't just making the oath with those who stood there that day,  God's redemption plan was not and is not limited to just certain people at a certain time, but is available to anyone at any time.  Verse fifteen adds, But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:  God said that His plan included even those who weren't there that day, and that would include you and me.  Verse sixteen continues, (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;  Verse seventeen concludes,  And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)   Moses reminded them of how God had dealt with Egypt and other nations because of their abominations and idols.  God still will one day deal harshly with those who reject Him and worship idols.

Deuteronomy 29:1

Deuteronomy 29:1 says, These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.  Moses had recited the covenant to the people, but it was at God's direction.  The people had entered into this covenant with God at Mount Horeb, but this was a new generation, so Moses repeated it for them, and they were to enter into a new covenant with God personally.  Though the gospel of Christ has not changed, each new generation must accept it personally for it to have effect, and no preacher or anyone else can change it.  Verse two adds, And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;  Moses said that they had seen what God did to Pharaoh in Egypt, and but most had just heard about it.  Once we have heard the gospel, even if we have not seen the power of God through faith in Christ personally yet, we must see it spiritually by believing it.  Verse three continues, The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:  Moses said they had seen great temptations, but they had also seen great signs and miracles.  Both will come our way as we follow Christ in our life.  Verse four concludes, Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.  Moses said that God had not given them the ability to understand all this until that day.  Until the day that we come to Jesus Christ by faith and accept Him as our personal Savior and Lord, we will not be able to understand the great salvation that God has already provided for us.  Verse five states, And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.  Moses said that he had led them for forty years in the wilderness, and that during that time, neither their clothes nor their shoes had worn out.  This was a sign of itself that even though God was upset with their lack of faith when they refused to go into the Promised Land the first time that He was still protecting them even in the wilderness.  Once we become a follower of Christ, even when we disappoint God, He is still with us.  Verse six adds, Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.  Moses reminded them that during those forty years that God had provided their food and drink, so that they would know His might.  Sometimes, we may overlook the fact that as Christians God provides daily for our needs if we are living by faith in Jesus Christ, and we begin to think that we are responsible for this instead of giving God the credit.  Verse seven says, And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:  Moses then spoke of what the people there that day had seen for themselves, and that was the defeat of two kings on this side of the Promised Land.  Though our victory through Jesus Christ will not be truly complete until we reach heaven, our Promised Land, we should be able to see many victories over sin along the way.  Verse eight adds, And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.  Moses reminded them that this land that they took by the power of God had now been given to the tribe of Rueben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.  Though not all the tribes of Israel had received their part of the Promised Land yet, they could see proof of God's power to deliver it, so they had no need to be jealous of those who had.  We as Christians never need to be jealous of what other Christians have, because God will always give us what we need if we live by faith.  Verse nine continues, Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.  Moses called on the people there that day to enter into a covenant relationship with God and to keep His covenant that they might prosper.  What other people have done in the past by entering into a covenant relationship with Jesus Christ, or even what those today have done, does us no good until we personally enter into that covenant relationship with Him.

Deuteronomy 28:58

Deuteronomy 28:58 says, If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;  Moses said if the people of Israel did not obey all the law written in this book, they were to be afraid of the glorious and fearful name; THE LORD THY GOD.  God was to be their only God, and if they didn't obey all His laws, they failed to keep their part of the covenant relationship.  We will always fail to keep all of God's laws, and unless we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we need to be afraid of His coming judgment.  Verse thirty-nine adds, Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.  Moses said if they didn't obey God's laws, He would send terrible and long lasting plagues on them.  No matter what happens in this lifetime, if we do not accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, then we face the everlasting torture in hell while being separated from God.  Verse sixty continues, Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.  Moses said that God would bring all the plagues He sent on Egypt on the people of Israel.  The plagues were sent on Egypt because they refused to obey God, and they would be sent on Israel for the same reason.  We cannot disobey God without their being consequences.  Verse sixty-one continues, Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.  Moses said not only would God bring all the plagues of Egypt on them, but He would bring new sicknesses that they did not know of upon them.  We see so many new diseases today, and this may be a fulfillment of God's promise, since those who were called to be His people still do not acknowledge the fulfillment of His law by Jesus Christ, and those who are not called by His name never acknowledged Him at all.  Verse sixty-two concludes, And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.  Moses said that because of their failure to keep God's commandments that they would be reduced from being a nation as plentiful as the stars to a nation of few people.   When we fail to reach others with the gospel of Christ or they refuse to accept it, we become few in numbers as Christians.  Verse sixty-three states, And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.  Moses said because of their failure to keep God's laws, which they swor to do when they entered into a covenant relationship with Him, that He would not rejoice over them, but would destroy them.  If we do not want to face everlasting destruction, we have to sincerely accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, and not just make an empty confession that we have.  Verse sixty-four adds, And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.  Moses said instead of gathering them together in the Promised Land as He wanted to do that if the didn't follow His laws, He would scatter them throughout the other nations, some of which they had never even heard of.  Verse sixty-five continues, And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:  Moses said that once they were scattered, instead of living in a land flowing with milk and honey, they would be in lands where they could find no rest or peace.  Verse sixty-six says, And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:  Mose said that their disobedience to God would lead to a life filled with fear and doubt, where even survival hung in the balance.  This is really all anyone can look forward to today if they do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.  Our everlasting destination hangs in the balance until or unless we do accept Him.  Verse sixty-seven adds, In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.  Moses said that they would pray that it was night in the morning and that it was morning at night.  They would never really find a time of rest and peace.  One day, God's judgment is going to come, and those who have not accepted Jesus Christ will find themselves in a place where there can never be any peace and comfort.  Verse sixty-eight continues, And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.  Moses said God would bring them again into bondage in Egypt and that no one would even want to buy them as bondmen and bondwomen.  They would then be at the total mercy of the one who owned them because they had no value to anyone else.  Our only real value comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ. 

Deuteronomy 28:43

Deuteronomy 28:43 says, The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.  Moses said that when they were cursed for disobeying God that the stranger would be over them.  We can either serve God or be under the power of the world. Verse forty-four adds, He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.  Moses then said strangers would be better off financially than the people of Israel were and in a position of authority over them because they had not kept their covenant with God.  Verse forty-five declares, Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:  Moses said that they brought all these curses on themselves by failing to listen to the voice of God and keep His commandments.   We cannot effectively serve God without obeying His laws, even if we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse forty-six adds, And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.  Moses said that these curses would be on the people of Israel forever, as long as they refused to obey His commandments and listen to His voice.  Verse forty-seven continues, Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;  Moses said that these curses would also be on them because they had not served God joyfully even as He had supplied them with an abundance of all things.  I believe that we as Christians too often complain to God or about God instead of praising Him for meeting our needs abundantly.   We will not be cursed, or lose our salvation because of this, but we will certainly lose the joy of our salvation and harm our witness for God if we complain all the time as followers of Christ.  Verse forty-eight concludes,  Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.  Moses said instead of blessing them with success, God would allow them to be totally defeated because they had failed to be obedient to Him by keeping His commandments.  Verse forty-nine states, The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;  Moses said God was going to bring a nation against them from the far ends of the earth who spoke a language that the people of Israel did not understand.  This nation was the Romans.  As a Christian nation, we have always had God on our side, but if we continue to turn farther and farther away from His commandments and say they no longer apply, then this will no longer be true.  Verse fifty adds, A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:  Moses said that this nation that would destroy them would give no consideration to whether or not a person was old or young.  All would be at the mercy of this nation.  Verse fifty-one continues, And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.  Moses said that the people of Israel would be left with nothing because they had refused to obey God Who had given them everything to start with.  We as Christians cannot expect to have our needs met by God if we do not live by faith in Him, glorifying Him for all His provisions He has provided for us to use.  Verse fifty-two says, And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.  Moses said that although God had given them the victory over all their enemies when He gave them the Promised Land, that now without His protection because of their disobedience that all their walled cities would not protect them.  As Christians, if we fail to obey God's commandments, we should not be surprised if we are besieged by sin.  Verse fifty-three adds, And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:  Moses said that they would become so hungry that they would resort to eating their own children.  This was in the land flowing with milk and honey that God had given them.  Though God is ready to bless us today, He will not do so if we do not keep His commandments and give Him the glory.   Verse fifty-four continues, So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:  Verse fifty-five concludes, So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.  Moses said that the fathers who committed this barbaric act would not even share with their wife and other children.  Verse fifty-six states, The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,  Verse fifty-seven adds, And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.  Moses said that the women who were usually so kind and compassionate toward their children would even be reduced to eating them because of their hunger.  There is no end to the depravity of people when they refuse to acknowledge God and follow His commandments.  We may not even be able to imagine this happening, but without God in our life, there is no limit to the wickedness that we might give in to, especially if we are starving.