And in Deuteronomy Moses, singing God’s praises, declares, “He is the Rock” (Deut 32:4, using a different word, צוּר, ṣûr). But Israel, whom God had chosen, “abandoned the God who made him and rejected the Rock his Savior” (Deut 32:15).273 It is a sobering thought that the LORD God who is mighty to save, a Rock of defense, will also be mighty in judgment. “It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb 10:31). This reflection upon the fate of the wicked would be a constant
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