Deuteronomy 18
THE priests the Levites (in Deuteronomy, priests are not separated from Levites, as they are in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers) were in a special way cared for by God. They were His servants, and His offerings were shared with them. If the people were going on in a godly way, their offerings to God would be bountiful, and His servants would be well provided for; while if they were going on badly, the offerings would be poor, and God’s servants would suffer. This is a principle that holds good today. If the believer’s heart is right toward God, the Lord’s servants will be provided for in abundance, and when the servants are poorly cared for, it is a sure sign of coldness of heart toward the Lord.
Verses 9 to 14 and on to the close of the chapter, have a lesson for today also. Christians should have nothing to do with card-readers, astrologists, spiritualists and others who claim to be able to tell the future, “for all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord.”
God has raised up the Prophet of verses 15 and 18, in the person of the Lord Jesus: “unto Him ye shall hearken . . . and it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto My (God’s) words which He shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.”
ML 01/04/1925