Deuteronomy
32:39
See now that I, even I,
am he, and there is no god with me; the devil is not equal to me1: I
permit the enemy to2 kill when you remove yourself from my
protection3, and I make alive because I am life4; I permit
you to suffer a5 wound when I no longer protect you6, and
I heal because I am the Lord your healer7: neither is there any that
can deliver out of my hand; change the course of events without my intervention8.
(A
paraphrase by Pastor Troy J. Edwards)
Notes
1.
Satan is a fallen angel. He is not equal to God in power or authority – Isa.
14:12; Luke 10:17-20; Job 1:11-12; 2:5-6
2.
“…. in the Jewish idiom, God is said to do what he permits to be done.” –
Richard Wright, The Free Grace of God Defended, p. 217
3.
The loss of God’s protection is the meaning of “I kill” - Deut. 32:20, 30,
36-39, see also 31:16-18; Hos. 9:12
4.
Deut. 30:15, 19, 20; John 10:10
5.
God is said to smite & wound when He no longer protects & gives people
over to their enemies - 1 Kings 14:15-16; Ps. 81:10-14; Judges 2:14; Jer. 20:5;
34:20, 21; 44:30
6.
Psa. 91; Deut. 31:16-18
7.
Ex. 15:26; Psalm 147:3; Jer. 30:17
8.
Compare Deut. 2:14-15 with Num. 14:9; See also Num. 14:40-45; Joshua 22:31;
Psalm 127:1; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chron. 36:15-17
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