Deuteronomy 13: 1-13.1 Case Law

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1. Case Law (Deuteronomy 13:1-4) 1. If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2. And the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3. You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul 4. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
2. Principle According to Edwards, he explains the function of the second commandments is to protect the first because “man would make God ‘man-size’.” The false prophet or dreamer who is in the passage might suppose other gods who look understandable and reasonable. If someone is …show more content…

Application Who is a prophet and dreamer in the context of today? In ancient time, the prophet might be a person who can inform the future and suggest the wise way to prepare unknown tomorrow. In this light, I think that today’s prophet and dreamer is thinkers who can have an influence on an ideology in societies because these thinkers suggest a framework of thinking, and this frame makes people understand the situation of today and expect tomorrow like a sign or wonder. Last Monday, there was a big demonstration of polish women in over 60 cities protesting the proposition of ban on abortion. In Poland, abortion is already illegal except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life, but the legislature is now proposing an absolute ban. One of the protesters said “They are violating our civic rights, and I wanted to support all the women who may be hurt, who may be denied medical help and forced to have a disabled child. And I am doing if for my daughter.” Through only one sentence, we can easily understand what is their framework of