“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the Faithful God, keeping his covenant of Love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV)
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The words in today's verse were delivered by Moses to the children of Israel, God's people, near to the end of his time with them. What Moses said about God is still true. It was a very long time ago that Moses wrote these words but it was not as long ago as a thousand generations which would be a much longer. A generation in the Bible might be 40, 70, or even 100 years. Imagine then that God is faithful to keep his covenant of love for 40,000 years, or even 100,000 years. What Moses meant was that God keeps His promises forever. God has promised to love us forever and He always will love us as we respond by loving Him and by obeying Him. And why shouldn't we respond that way? If we remember today that God loves us we will want to respond by loving Him more and more by doing what pleases Him. We can rest in this promise today and it will help us to face whatever is before us because God is always with us.
How long is a generation in the Bible?
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