Deuteronomy reminds the Hebrews that memory and celebration in terms of God and god's gifts, is the only way that they can retain their freedoms. Deuteronomy serves as a message and reminder to all Hebrews about the path they must follow in order to remain in God's favor. By a process of faith, trust in God's messages and obedience to God's rules, is a central part of the Hebrew identity and central part of the Hebrew identity and central to the book of Deuteronomy as a whole.

Deuteronomy 26 ends the section of the book dedicated to the messages given to Moses from God that provide outline and guidance for life. God promises the Hebrews and Moses a new life and a new land with freedom and joy. At the same time, the Hebrews must follow God's laws in order to take part in these new freedoms. This section offers a number of reminders of the

The end of Deuteronomy 26:1-11 suggests that each man has a responsibility to honor God within himself and follow the guidelines he sets, but also has a responsibility to promote the same following in other men. Within each man's home, he has the ability to support the covenants of God, but he also must look around him and discern if he can help strangers in his midst to promote following among others in the community.

God asks for the presentation of fruits because they represent more than simply the crops that man can create. They are the very essence of life, every bit of man's existence is directly connected to his ability to feed and provide for himself and his family, and God has given man the ability to create his own source of life. The important task for the Hebrews as people of faith and followers of God is that they must refuse to live outside of the grace of God (Christensen 60).

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 offers an initial presentation of the expectations between God and man. The symbolic expression of faith and obedience are clearly set forth. God's expectations hold no difficult moral question and no complicated instruction. God requires that man, now in the promised land, follow an obedient course of action. God asks that man plant and harvest in the new land, and when the crop comes, when man can harvest the "first fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy hand" (26:2), and present the fruits to God. Verses 5-11 are the words of remembrance and appreciation, or thanksgiving, that God expects from man as an act of obedience. First, man is required to remember the sufferings of his fathers, who were prepared to perish in Egypt in the name of God (26:5). The Egyptians, who are described as evil, put the Hebrews into bondage and created mass suffering among the Hebrews (26:6). God then asks man to remember that it was at the request of man that God intervened and perceived their suffering and their bondage. God was able to hear their calls and perceive their oppression (26:7). It is important to note, at this point, that God did not act without a directive set forth by the Hebrews, and thi

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