Deuteronomy 8

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Camden Bucey

Excellent. So in the first temptation, or at least the temptation here to begin that we’re discussing, Jesus invokes Deuteronomy 8.3, this is the wilderness temptation. What is the specific nature or character of this one in distinction from the other two?

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

But temptation one, which if we think of it in terms of the Lucan order, which I will just do for the sake of clarity and order in teaching, is from Deuteronomy 8.3. Jesus is invoking this. And we talked last time already about how these Deuteronomic texts invoke Jesus’ identity

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

as the eschatological son, over again, standing in contrast to Israel as typological son, who sinned and fell in the wilderness. But Voss says that Deuteronomy 8.3, man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God, highlights the religious character of the test an

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

And so what’s embedded here, in part, in the choice of Deuteronomy 8.3, is that it instantly situates Jesus’ initial temptation as the beginning of an exodus out of this age and through a wilderness. A movement that we’ll see is going to get,

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

which is covenantal fellowship with and covenantal worship of the living and true God. And the first temptation, Deuteronomy 8.3, and Voss, by the way, is following the order that you’d find in Matthew’s Gospel. He’s not following the order that you would find in Luke’s Gospel. And we can talk about

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

in this temptation is faith. Why? Satan says, if you’re the Son of God, tell the stone to become bread. Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy 8.3, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. And the whole point that Voss makes is not that Jesus should bear it, but h

Deuteronomy 8:3 · Lane G. Tipton

Yeah, that’s so much that we can say. Deuteronomy 8.3 and Exodus 4.23 quite clearly present Israel as a typological Son of God brought into the wilderness to worship and serve God,

Deuteronomy 8:5 · Camden Bucey

Now, some other texts here in Deuteronomy before we move on to just general ancient literature. We have Deuteronomy 8.5 where Yahweh disciplines his son Israel. 14.1, which is an explicit reference to Israel as God’s son. And Deuteronomy 32, we mentioned that a few times, which is the Song of Moses.

Deuteronomy 8:5 · Brandon Crowe

and I would argue in chapter 1, the divine Son. When you come to chapter 4, it’s clear that Jesus is the Son of God. And the first temptation, of course, is from Deuteronomy 8. Well, let me get back. The first temptation of Jesus in the desert, the text that comes up is Deuteronomy 8, Man should not

Deuteronomy 8:13 · Lane G. Tipton

And really what we ought to think of is this, that when Jesus is tempted, we won’t get into this in detail, but when Jesus is tempted as the last Adam in Luke 4.4, his first response to the serpent is to quote from Deuteronomy 8.13, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from