Session 188: Deuteronomy 27-34 “Why Were The Israelites Ultimately Exiled? And “Who Is This Rock?"

27:7 “making merry before the Lord...”
Our Mass is a CELEBRATION! We have the Real Presence of Jesus!

27 and 28 Blessings and curses - what we do counts!....Not“Faith Alone” in the Protestant sense.

29:23-28 “Exile-Why us?”  Because the people foresook the covenant!  (Remember, this was written about 600 years AFTER the events described, but written as though it were DURING the events.  The author was looking back to see the cause of the nation’s ruin.) So,
do your own daily Examination of Conscience!

32:The Rock is the Father, the Rock is the Son, who guides the people when they are willing to follow God.  The visible representative of God on earth is the Catholic Church.  Jesus conferred the name “Peter” (“Rock”) on his appointed leader. (Mt:16:18).