In Deuteronomy 4:25-31, Moses prophetically warns the people of Israel that future generations may do evil in the sight of the LORD by making carved images, provoking Him to anger. If, when they have “grown old in the land,” and do such dreadful sin, Moses warns them that the faithful, stable witnesses of heaven and earth who “observed” their covenant oath with God would testify against them, even if the original covenanters were long dead. And Moses declared that if they fall into idolatry, they will not remain in the land. They will be destroyed, scattered, reduced in number; and even worse, their minds will become darkened to the point of worshiping false gods in the lands they have been exiled to.
But as an amazing display of God’s mercy and grace, it is when the people of Israel reach such depths of despair that they will still be able to seek after the LORD and find Him … if they search after Him with all their heart and soul. Inf fact, in such moments of tribulation, and these times of judgment come upon them in the latter days (beginning with the Assyrian captivity), they will return to the LORD their God and obey His voice. And the only reason they will do so is because God is a merciful God. Moses assured them (and their future generations) that “He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them.”
You can listen to this teaching on Deuteronomy 4:25-31 by clicking on the following link: With All Your Heart And Soul
