To Us

Deu 5:1  Moses called all Israel together. He said to them, Attention, Israel. Listen 
obediently to the rules and regulations I am delivering to your listening ears today. Learn 
them. Live them. 
Deu 5:2  GOD, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb. 
Deu 5:3  GOD didn't just make this covenant with our parents; he made it also with us, 
with all of us who are alive right now. 
Deu 5:4  GOD spoke to you personally out of the fire on the mountain. 

	But I never heard that! I know you're saying that this and that was said to me, but 
unless you can prove it, there's no way that I'll be able to believe that those things were 
actually said to me. The way you're telling it, I could accept that this was communicated 
to the person in the story and that there was really something going on between you and 
them, but you're saying that this actually took place between you and me? I have no 
memory of this and I'll need some written verification, with validation of the script, in 
order to accept this scenario as true and be able to act on it. 
	There are things that have been spoken throughout history that were spoken not 
just for the benefit of those within hearing distance, but for all those who would ever be 
able to receive the communication of their thoughts and directives. To qualify as one to 
whom these phrases have been intended only requires citizenship or membership of a 
specific nation or group of people. Every law that has been written on a federal level has 
been written directly to all citizens, whether or not they were there personally or not. 
Representation is all that is required in America for there to be validation of the laws that 
are written to our citizenry. By our connection with elected representatives, 
communication of important matters that pertain not only to us, but to our children takes 
place continually. 
	We have a representative in heavenly places that has made everything that has 
been said to those who have gone before us apply to us personally. It's just like we were 
there hearing it for ourselves. How cool would that be, to have been right there with 
Abraham when God was making those promises to Him. To have been at Moses side on 
the mountain while God was communicating the 10 commandments on the stone would 
have definitely brought a whole different perspective to their existence. In fact, though, 
just like Moses is saying here in Deuteronomy, it really wasn't to just Moses that any of 
those things were said. Everything, to the smallest detail, that was said to Moses was 
actually said to the whole of the nation of Israel. And, in Christ everything that was 
promised to any that went before was actually said to all that would find their life in Him. 

2Co 1:20  Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus.

We were there, receiving all of the communication from God Himself, that included 
direction for living and promise of blessing. If there was something ever communicated 
to the nation of God's creation, it was said to us personally in Christ. He is our 
representative, our advocate, that makes every communicated thought or promise of God 
a valid and affective transmission of information to us personally. It's as if we really were 
there, hearing and seeing it for ourselves. 
	We don't have to wait around for a light beam from heaven or a donkey to take off 
talking in order for us to receive direct communication from our Father. There may be a 
moment when something is experienced by way of a visitation from God to our physical 
senses, but this never has to take place in order for us to have God's communication to us 
personally. When we are given citizenship of the heavenly nation upon our acceptance of 
Christ, there is application of everything that has ever been promised, and we are given 
direct access to the reality of all that His promises and answers provide. We were there. It 
was said to us personally, and we can act as if its communication is ours, because it is. 


4/25/05