Gilbert House Fellowship #316: Deuteronomy 4-5

GOD ALLOTTED other gods to the rest of the world, but kept Israel for Himself.This week, we discuss another important verse for understanding the nature of the world:And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 4:19 (ESV)In context, this verse tells us that God delegated responsibility for other nations to lesser elohim, but reserved Israel for “His own inheritance” (Deut. 4:20).We also discuss God’s prohibition on idolatry and why it’s more than just carving images; what God meant when He described Himself as “jealous”; and Moses’ recapitulation of the Ten Commandments.——————The Bible’s Greatest Mysteries launches the first week of October! For more information, log on to www.BiblesGreatestMysteries.tv!——————The special offer for the first six books of The Redwing Saga is almost gone! Get books one through six of Sharon’s series of supernatural thrillers along with our first book Veneration, our documentary Wars of the Gods Volume 2: Search for the Rephaim, and the groundbreaking book by W. O. E. Oesterley, Immortality and the Unseen World for just $100.Click here to see the offer at the SkyWatchTV Store: https://www.skywatchtvstore.com/products/veneration-expanded-collection——————New dates for the SkyWatchTV Tour of Israel! We will lead our next tour through the Holy Land March 20-April 4, 2022, with an optional three-day extension to Jordan, with visits to Mount Nebo, Wadi Rum, and Petra.For more information, log on to www.SkyWatchinIsrael.com.——————Our new book Giants, Gods & Dragons is available now in Kindle and paperback! Get it as part of a great package with more than 27 hours of our video teachings at the SkyWatchTV Store (https://bit.ly/3oLGRlU), or at Amazon.com (https://amzn.to/2GiApBH).——————Derek's novels The God Conspiracy and Iron Dragons are available now in paperback and Kindle! See the official trailers and learn more at the website for Rose Avenue Fiction (www.roseavenuefiction.com).——————Check the website for links to some of our favorite Bible study tools! And please, take advantage of our free mobile app for iOS and Android. Links to the iTunes App Store and Google Play are on the main page at www.GilbertHouse.org.For the complete Gilbert House Fellowship archive, go to www.spreaker.com/show/gilbert-house-fellowship.