The Lord promises to gather Israel from the ends of the earth, and to circumcise their hearts so they would love Him with all their hearts and souls.
In Deuteronomy, the Lord explained to Israel that when they obey Him, they would be blessed, and when they turn away from Him, they will experience curses. Further, He would discipline them and let them be scattered to all the nations. He then promises to Israel that as they turn to Him, He will gather them to the land He promised to them, and He will circumcise their hearts so they will love Him with all their hearts and souls. He will also prosper them abundantly and rejoice over them for good.
Deut. 30:4-11,14 NASB 1995: God will gather Israel, circumcise their hearts, and abundantly prosper them. Think about this! In the Torah, God has said He will sanctify (separate) Israel to Himself, and now over 3,000 years later, He is gathering them back to the land He promised them. This is unheard of in human history that a people who were scattered to many nations kept their separate identity for millennia and returned to their homeland. This shows God’s power and faithfulness to fulfill His word.
Then God says something very interesting. He said that His commandments are not too difficult, because the word is very near
you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it. Does His Word empower us to be obedient and walk in His ways?
4 “If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back.
5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. 7 The LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8 And you shall again obey the LORD, and observe all His commandments which I command you today. 9 Then the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; 10 if you obey the LORD your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. 11 “For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea
for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.”
Deut. 33:27 NASB 1995: Moses wrote that “the eternal God is a dwelling place,” intending for the sons of Israel to experience this
deep mystical relationship with the Almighty. In Ps. 90:1 Moses wrote, “Lord, Thou has been our dwelling place for all generations”. Is this a promise that is available today for those whose trust is in the Lord? Ps. 91:1-2
27 “The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you…”